House Arryn •
Jon Arryn (portrayed by
John Standing) is the former head of House Arryn, Defender of the Vale, and Warden of the East. He was the husband of Lady Lysa Arryn, and father of Lord Robin Arryn. Jon fostered both Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon in their youth, and supported Robert during Robert's Rebellion, and served as the first Hand of the King to Robert Baratheon. Jon died of mysterious circumstances. Following his death, Lysa sends a letter to Catelyn Stark, stating that the Lannisters were responsible for his death, eventually leading to Eddard Stark's discovery of the legitimacy of Joffrey, Mycella and Tommen. Whilst the Lannisters were suspected to have poisoned Jon, in reality, he was poisoned by his wife, Lysa, using the Tears of Lys, under the influence of Lord Petyr Baelish. •
Hugh of the Vale (portrayed by
Jefferson Hall) The former squire of Jon Arryn before his death. Following Lord Arryn's death, he is knighted by King Robert Baratheon, and is killed during the Heir's Tourney, by Gregor Clegane. Eddard Stark suspected him of playing a part in Jon Arryn's death. Jefferson Hall also portrays
Tyland Lannister and
Jason Lannister in
House of the Dragon. •
Marillion (portrayed by
Emun Elliott) is a former singer. He accompanies Lady Catelyn Stark, when taking Tyrion Lannister to the Eyrie. After the death of King Robert I Baratheon, Marillion writes and performs a mocking song concerning the circumstances of his death. After being forced to perform, King Joffrey asks whether he would prefer to keep his fingers or his tongue, and when he answers fingers, Ser Ilyn Payne removes Marillion's tongue. •
Lysa Arryn (portrayed by
Kate Dickie) is the widow of Lord Jon Arryn. Born to the Lord and Lady of the Riverlands, she is the younger sister of Catelyn Stark, Lady of Winterfell, and the older sister of Lord Edmure Tully, Lord of Riverrun. She has grown mentally unstable since the death of her husband, and is convinced that as long as she stays boarded up in the Eyrie she will be safe. She is overly protective of her son, Robin Arryn, which has made him a weak and spoiled child. By season 3, the Vale has remained untouched by the war, and she is betrothed to Littlefinger, who travels to the Vale to marry her. In season 4, it is revealed that Lysa and Littlefinger have been having an affair for quite some time, and are the ones responsible for poisoning Jon Arryn and (though indirectly) Joffrey Baratheon. When Littlefinger returns from King's Landing with Sansa Stark, Lysa greets her niece warmly and insists on marrying Littlefinger that same day. Lysa catches Petyr kissing Sansa and angrily confronts Sansa about it, threatens to push her through the moon door, but Petyr intervenes and pacifies Lysa, before telling her that the one woman he only truly ever loved was Catelyn, and pushes Lysa through the moon door to her death. Her death is ruled a suicide thanks to lies by Petyr and Sansa. •
Robin Arryn (portrayed by
Lino Facioli) is the only child of Jon and Lysa Arryn and a sickly boy doted on by his mother. He is still breastfed despite being well into pre-adolescence, and is mentally and socially maladjusted. He enjoys seeing people executed by
defenestration, whether they are guilty or not. In season 1, he is present at Tyrion Lannister's trial, but shows little to no interest in the details and continuously begs his mother to make the "little Lannister baby-man" fly, which would mean Tyrion being executed, although Tyrion is acquitted. In season 4, he greets Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish as "Uncle Petyr" and meets his cousin, Sansa Stark, for the first time. After Lysa is killed, Petyr proposes that Robin be taken on several tours of the Vale so as to prepare him for ruling it one day as its new Lord, though Petyr implies that his intention is for Robin to be killed in the process. In season 5, Robin is being trained in the art of fighting, but lacks the skill and determination due to his upbringing. Petyr leaves him in the care of Yohn Royce. In season 6, Robin is informed of Sansa's escape from House Bolton, and through Petyr's manipulations, Robin gives the order for the Knights of the Vale to aid her and Jon Snow against Ramsay Bolton. In season 8, following the death of Daenerys Targaryen, Robin is a member of the Great Council, and advocates for Bran Stark. •
Shagga (portrayed by
Mark Lewis Jones) is the leader of the Stone Crows, one of the hill tribes in the Vale of Arryn. Shagga forms an alliance with Tyrion Lannister, and participates n the Battle of the Green Fork. •
Timmet (portrayed by Tobias Winter) is the warrior leader of the Burned Men, a hill tribe in the Vale, and the son of Timmet. Alongside the Stone Crows and Black Ears, Timmet forges an alliance with Tyrion Lannister, serving him, in exchange for gold and participates in the Battle of the Green Fork during the War of the Five Kings. In season 2, Timmet travels to King's Landing, serving under Tyrion, as acting Hand of the King. Timmet later shortens Grand Maester Pycelle's beard, after Tyrion uncovers that he is in fact a spy. •
Chella (portrayed by Natalia Lee) is the warrior leader of the Black Ears, a hill tribe in the Vale, and the daughter of Cheyk. Alongside the Stone Crows and Burned Men, Chella forges an alliance with Tyrion Lannister, serving him, in exchange for gold and participates in the Battle of the Green Fork during the War of the Five Kings. In season 2, Chella travels to King's Landing, serving under Tyrion, as acting Hand of the King. •
Yohn Royce (portrayed by
Rupert Vansittart) is the head of House Royce of Runestone, a powerful
vassal house of House Arryn. Like Lady Waynwood, he suspects Petyr Baelish of having murdered Lysa Arryn, but her death is eventually ruled a suicide. In season 5, he takes Robin Arryn in as his ward. In the sixth season, he is summoned by Baelish to lead the Knights of the Vale to aid Sansa Stark and Jon Snow against the Boltons. In the aftermath, after voicing his disapproval of the wildlings, Yohn joins the Northern Lords in proclaiming Jon the new King in the North. When Baelish is accused by Sansa of Lysa's murder, Yohn supports Sansa's decision to try Baelish. In season 8, following the death of Daenerys Targaryen, Yohn is a member of the Great Council, and advocates for Bran Stark. •
Anya Waynwood (portrayed by
Paola Dionisotti) is the head of House Waynwood, a powerful
vassal house of House Arryn. She suspects Petyr Baelish of murdering Lysa Arryn, but the death is ruled a suicide. •
Donnel Waynwood (portrayed by
Alisdair Simpson) is a knight of House Waynwood, and the son of Lady Anya Waynwood. Donnel is a guard at the Bloody Gate, and informs Sandor Clegane and Arya Stark of Lady Lysa Arryn's death.
House Baratheon •
Myrcella Baratheon (portrayed by
Aimee Richardson on season 1 and 2, and by
Nell Tiger Free in seasons 5 and 6) is the younger sister of Prince Joffrey and only daughter of Cersei Lannister. She, like her brothers, is also the child of her mother's brother, Jaime, though she remains unaware of this. Unlike her older brother Joffrey, Myrcella is a kind and good person and enjoys being with her uncle Tyrion who in turn dotes on his niece. As part of an alliance between House Lannister and Martell, Myrcella is betrothed to Trystane Martell, son of Prince Doran Martell of Dorne, and sent to Dorne as a ward of House Martell. For over two years, she has been a guest and ward of Prince Doran, betrothed to his son, but her position has become tenuous with the death of Oberyn Martell, the Prince's brother. In season 5, Myrcella is shown at the Water Gardens with her betrothed, with whom she seems to have a good relationship. Unbeknownst to her, she has become a part of Ellaria Sand's plans for revenge although Prince Doran refuses that the young princess be hurt as part of their revenge against the Lannisters. Myrcella is nearly taken by the Sand Snakes but is rescued by the Prince's Guard. She later tells her uncle that she now considers Dorne her home and wants to marry Trystane. A while later, Prince Doran allows her to return to the capital with Jaime on the condition that Trystane accompany them, where he will become a member of the Small Council. On the jetty, about to board the ship, she forgives Ellaria Sand, who unexpectedly gives her a kiss on the mouth. On board the ship, Jaime awkwardly attempts to explain the true nature of his relationship with her mother, to which Myrcella responds that she already knows, having "felt" it for a long time. Jaime embraces his daughter, only to discover in horror that she is bleeding from a poison imbued orally by Ellaria. She collapses and dies in his arms. In season 6, her body is returned to King's Landing and laid to rest in the Great Sept of Baelor. Her funeral is attended only by Jaime and Tommen. •
Renly Baratheon (portrayed by
Gethin Anthony) is the youngest brother of King Robert and Master of Laws in the Small Council. He is popular with the people because he is handsome, jovial, and throws extravagant balls and masquerades. He is not fond of fighting or bloodshed, and would rather make friends than kill enemies. He is secretly the lover of Ser Loras Tyrell, the Knight of the Flowers, who convinces him that those qualities make him better ruling material than either of his older brothers. While Robert lies dying, Renly attempts to convince Ned of this, and that the two of them should kidnap Joffrey and rule the realm themselves. However, Ned refuses, so Renly, Loras, and their followers flee south. Once Joffrey becomes King and has Ned executed, Renly challenges his alleged nephew's claim to the throne. Renly declares himself King of the Seven Kingdoms during Season 2 and wins the support of the Baratheon bannermen and the support of other houses, despite Stannis' better claim. He also seals an alliance with the powerful House Tyrell and its bannermen by marrying Margaery Tyrell. He leads his massive army slowly through southern Westeros, biding his time. Catelyn Stark tries to convince Renly and Stannis to put aside their differences and unite against the Lannisters but it fails as both brothers refuses to give up their claim for the throne. On the night before a battle between his and Stannis' forces, Renly agrees to Catelyn to allow the North and Riverlands be an independent kingdom if they allied with him, but on the condition that Robb Stark swear fealty to him. However, Renly is assassinated by Melisandre, who gives birth to a shadow demon and sends it to kill Renly to remove him from Stannis' path. Stannis is initially unaware of the nature of Melisandre's crime, and is later visibly shocked and saddened of the role he played in his brother's death, which he visibly regrets. •
Maester Cressen (portrayed by
Oliver Ford-Davies) is the aged Maester of Dragonstone, and skeptical of Melisandre's predictions and the ambitions she has instilled in Lord Stannis to proclaim himself king, claiming "since that boar killed his brother, every lord wants a coronation". He is disgusted when Melisandre sets idols of the Seven gods on fire in the name of her god – R'hollor. He dies in a suicidal attempt to kill Melisandre by offering to share a poisoned cup of wine with her, which does not affect her but kills the aged Cressen almost instantly. •
Matthos Seaworth (portrayed by Kerr Logan) is Davos' son and second-in-command on his ship,
Black Betha. Matthos is a devout follower of the Lord of Light and continually tries to convince his father to convert. During the Battle of Blackwater, the
Black Betha is caught in a wildfire explosion, killing Matthos. •
Salladhor Saan (portrayed by
Lucian Msamati) is a notorious
pirate,
trader, and
smuggler from Lys. An old friend of Davos, he now sails for Stannis Baratheon on his ship, the
Valyrian and his fleet of thirty ships. He has little patience for those that worship R'hollor – Melisandre's God – since he has traveled the world and seen many gods and has come to the conclusion the only true god is between a woman's legs. He agrees to work with Stannis after Davos promises him and his pirates they will be paid in gold and plunder from King's Landing. Salladhor even goes as far as to request the chance to bed Cersei Lannister after the battle, but Davos refuses, unsure if Cersei will be alive at the time. After the Battle of the Blackwater, he finds Davos stranded on a rock and rescues him, but considers his allegiance broken and departs from Stannis' cause after dropping Davos off at Dragonstone, warning him that the Red Woman will pose a threat to him. In season 4, Davos tracks him in Braavos, and offers him gold in exchange for his help in gathering a new army to help them aid the Night's Watch. •
Selyse Florent (portrayed by
Tara Fitzgerald) is the wife of Stannis Baratheon who is kept locked in a tower on Dragonstone. She married Stannis sometime before the events of Robert's Rebellion. Selyse is a fervent worshiper of R'hllor and a supporter of Melisandre. She keeps the preserved corpses of her stillborn sons in jars in her chambers, seemingly even to Stannis's disgust, but expresses resentment over their daughter, Shireen, who suffers from greyscale and who Selyse sees as a demon, though she is only stopped from abusing her by Stannis. She later accompanies her husband to the Wall, and is present at the funeral of the Night's Watch brothers who died in the Battle of Castle Black. She witnesses Mance Rayder's execution and accompanies her husband on the march to Winterfell. After their army becomes trapped in a blizzard, she accepts Melisandre's advice to have Shireen sacrificed as a gift to the Lord of Light, only to recant in the last moments, refusing to stand by as her daughter burns to death. Restrained by Baratheon soldiers, she collapses in screams of agony. The next morning, Selyse hangs herself out of grief. •
Shireen Baratheon (portrayed by
Kerry Ingram) is the young daughter of Stannis Baratheon and Selyse Florent. Her face is disfigured by the disease Greyscale, but she is not yet crippled by it. She is a friend of Davos Seaworth and visits him during his captivity at Dragonstone with books, convincing him to teach himself to read, which he does. Though she does not get on well with Melisandre and has a bleak relationship with her mother, she shares a strong bond with her father, who loves her dearly. She later accompanies her father to the Wall, where she witnesses the funeral of the Night's Watch brothers who died in the Battle of Castle Black, as well as the execution of Mance Rayder, and also becomes friends with Gilly and Samwell Tarly. She is sacrificed to the Red God, when Stannis' army is stuck in a snow storm on the way to Winterfell, crying out for her parents who witness her death in tears. This leads to the departure of half of Stannis's army and Stannis losing the battle against the Boltons.
House Bolton •
Locke (portrayed by
Noah Taylor) is a
man-at-arms sworn to House Bolton, and acts as Roose Bolton's personal bounty hunter. He captures Brienne of Tarth and Jaime Lannister, who were on their way to King's Landing. Locke later cuts off Jaime's sword hand en route to Harrenhal and tries to feed Brienne to a bear rather than hold her ransom, further demonstrating his contempt for wealth and nobility. He holds Harrenhal in Roose Bolton's name until former Master of Coin Lord Petyr Baelish is proclaimed Lord of Harrenhal and the Riverlands. In season 4, Locke has followed Lord Bolton in pledging loyalty to the Lannisters, and arrives at the Dreadfort with Roose and his men. Locke warmly greets Roose's bastard Ramsay – the two are friends and share mutual interests in flaying and mutilation of their enemies. When Roose learns Bran and Rickon Stark are alive, and may pose a threat to his new title as Warden of the North, he commands Locke to go on a hunt to find the boys, in exchange for a thousand acres of land and a holdfast of his own. Locke eventually arrives at the Wall and becomes acquainted with Jon Snow, Bran and Rickon's half-brother, who he apparently plans to kill as per Ramsay's suggestion. Locke is one of the few who join Jon on his mission to kill the Night's Watch mutineers at Craster's Keep, and in the ensuing battle, he escapes the fray and locates Bran Stark held captive with Jojen Reed, Meera Reed and Hodor. Locke attempts to kidnap Bran and kill him unseen, but Bran uses his warg abilities to enter Hodor's mind, and kills Locke by snapping his neck. His body is brought back to Craster's Keep by Eddison Tollett, and burned along with the rest of the slain. •
Myranda (portrayed by
Charlotte Hope) is a servant of House Bolton. She is one of Ramsay Snow's bedwarmers and assists in his sadistic schemes. It’s later revealed that Myranda is a
cannibal. She later accompanies the Boltons to Winterfell, and is present when Sansa Stark arrives with Petyr Baelish, eyeing Sansa with jealousy and anger. Myranda initially comes across as friendly towards Sansa, with her actual intentions hidden. She embraces Sansa upon her first arrival and grabs a beetle which was crawling on Sansa and then eats it in front of Sansa. Myranda also accompanies Ramsay to the aftermath of the surrender of Moat Caitlin, where she eats some of the bodies. During Sansa's stay at Winterfell, Myranda encounters her again with Theon and torments her with stories of her and Ramsay's sadism towards Theon to a horrified Sansa. When Sansa is trying to escape Winterfell, she is caught by Myranda accompanied by Theon. Myranda taunts her further with threats of her plans to mutilate her and eat her once she has a child with Ramsay. After Sansa refuses to be bullied, Myranda points an arrow at her, preparing to injure her while leaving her usable for Ramsay to father a child. However, this tips Theon into finally rebelling against the Boltons and he saves Sansa by disarming Myranda and pushing her off the castle wall to her death. Her body is found shortly afterwards by Ramsay, who pays his respects to her before ironically having her fed to the hounds. •
Walton Steelshanks (portrayed by Jamie Michie) is a
man-at-arms, in service to House Bolton. He transports Jamie Lannister to Harrenhal, under the orders of Lord Roose Bolton, although he is threatened by Jamie, into returning him to Harrenhal in order to save Brienne of Tarth. •
Tansy (portrayed by
Jazzy de Lisser) was a servant of House Bolton, and a bedwarmer of Ramsey Snow. Due to Myranda, a fellow bedwarmer's jealousy of her, Tansy is hunted by Ramsey, Myranda, and his hounds, in the wood near the Dreadfort, as part of Ramsey's game, stating if she escaped, she would win, and be allowed to live. Myranda eventually shoots her with an arrow in the leg, and Ramsey goads his dogs into ripping her to shreds. •
Walda Bolton (portrayed by
Elizabeth Webster) is a granddaughter of Lord Walder Frey. She is the new wife of Roose Bolton, the Lord of the Dreadfort. During the wedding feast of Edmure Tully and Roslin Frey, Lord Bolton recounts to Catelyn Stark and Ser Brynden "Blackfish" Tully how Lord Walder Frey proposed him to marry one of his granddaughters and offered her weight in silver as dowry. Lord Bolton then adds he chose the fattest bride available and she has made him very rich. In season 4, she arrives at the Dreadfort with her new husband and his men (having been smuggled back into the North to avoid the Ironborn) and is greeted warmly by Ramsay Snow as "mother". She accompanies the Boltons to Winterfell, and receives Sansa Stark and Petyr Baelish along with her husband and stepson. In season 5 it is revealed that she is pregnant, which makes Ramsay feel threatened for his position as Roose's heir. In season 6, after she gives birth to a boy, she and her baby are mauled to death by Ramsay's hounds, shortly after Ramsay kills his father. •
Harald Karstark (portrayed by Paul Rattray) is the lord of Karhold and the son of Rickard Karstark, who was executed by Robb Stark. He declares for House Bolton to counter any Stark force that Sansa may muster after escaping Winterfell, and witnesses Ramsay kill Roose. In the subsequent battle between the Bolton forces and Jon Snow's army, Harald leads the Karstark men into battle, but he disappears in the ensuing conflict. Although his death is not shown, Jon Snow confirms it in the season 7 premiere. •
Jon Umber (portrayed by Dean Jagger) is the son of Greatjon Umber, one of House Stark's most powerful bannermen. "Smalljon" became Lord of Last Hearth, the northernmost of the castles in the North, after his father's death. Smalljon, however, chooses to side with the Boltons by handing his father's wards, Rickon Stark and Osha, to Ramsay Snow as an alliance gift, to gain Ramsay's help in countering Jon Snow and his wildling army. In the subsequent battle between Ramsay's forces and Jon Snow's army, he leads the Umber forces into battle and fights Tormund Giantsbane. Though it seems as if he will win, Smalljon is momentarily distracted by the arrival of the Knights of the Vale, long enough for Tormund to bite his throat out and stab him to death.
House Frey •
Walder Frey (portrayed by
David Bradley) is the head of House Frey, Lord of the Crossing and bannerman to House Tully. He is known for outliving his many wives (now on his 8th) and siring over 100 children (both bastard and trueborn). Because the use of the Twins became a strategic necessity for Robb's host, Walder was able to negotiate marriage contracts for his children to Robb and Arya Stark. But during Season 2 Robb broke his word and married Lady Talisa. For this slight, and willing to take advantage of the war's changing fortunes, he conspires with Tywin Lannister and Roose Bolton to betray Robb Stark at the wedding of his liege Edmure Tully, which he insists in return for support of his men. Frey hosts the infamous "Red Wedding" at which Robb Stark, his wife and mother are all murdered, refusing to spare Robb even as Catelyn holds Lady Frey hostage and threatens to slit her throat, which she does. He is subsequently granted Riverrun and its lands and expresses delight to take another young wife, but his house is irredeemably tarnished by the betrayal and House Tully's vassals refuse to submit to his rule. In season 6, he is outraged when he hears of the Blackfish recapture' of Riverrun and blames his sons Lothar and Black Walder for allowing him to escape. He then orders them to retake the castle using Edmure Tully as a hostage. Though they successfully retake Riverrun with the help of a Lannister host led by Jaime Lannister, Walder is ambushed shortly afterwards by Arya Stark, who slits his throat in revenge for the Red Wedding. In season 7, Arya uses Walder's face to deceive and poison the rest of his family. •
Stevron Frey (portrayed by Colin Carnegie) is the firstborn son of Lord Walder Frey, and Heir to the Twins. When Lady Catelyn Stark attempts to bargain with his father, Stevron attempts to reprimand his father for his manors but is quickly dismissed. •
Joyeuse Frey (portrayed by Kelly Long) is the eighth wife of Lord Walder Frey, and a former member of House Erenford. During the Red Wedding, her throat is slit by Lady Catelyn Stark, when she attempts to a get Walder to spare Robb Stark, in exchange for Joyeuse's life, but Walder retorts that he will find another one. After Robb is killed, Catelyn slits her throat. •
Lothar Frey (portrayed by
Tom Brooke in season 3, and by Daniel Tuite in season 6) is one of Lord Walder Frey's many sons, nicknamed “Lame Lothar” because of his twisted leg. He and his half-brother Black Walder are sent by their father to Riverrun to propose a marriage between Lord Edmure Tully and Roslin Frey as terms for House Frey rejoining Robb Stark's campaign against the Lannisters. He is one of the first to commence the "Red Wedding", stabbing Talisa Stark in the womb several times and killing her and her unborn child. In the sixth season, he is ordered by Walder to retake Riverrun, which he manages to do with Lannister help. Eventually, he is killed by Arya Stark, who bakes him into a pie. •
Black Walder Rivers (portrayed by
Tim Plester) is one of Lord Walder Frey's many bastard sons, nicknamed “Black Walder” for his dark demeanor. He and his half-brother Lame Lothar are sent by their father to Riverrun to propose a marriage between Lord Edmure Tully and Roslin Frey as terms for House Frey rejoining Robb Stark's campaign against the Lannisters. He kills Catelyn Stark at the Red Wedding, after she slits Lady Frey's throat in retaliation for her son's death. In the sixth season, he takes part in the siege of Riverrun, which they reclaim with the help of a Lannister host. Eventually, Black Walder is killed along with Lothar by Arya Stark, who bakes them both into a pie. •
Roslin Frey (portrayed by
Alexandra Dowling) is Lord Walder Frey's daughter and considered the most beautiful one. She was previously the intended bride for Robb Stark, who was unaware of her beauty and went on to marry Talisa Maegyr instead. She is married to Lord Edmure Tully as compensation at what becomes known as the Red Wedding. In the sixth season, it is mentioned that Roslin has given birth to Edmure's child. •
Kitty Frey (portrayed by Lucy Hayes) is the ninth wife of Lord Walder Frey. She is present during Arya Stark's mass poisoning of House Frey.
House Greyjoy • ''''
(portrayed by Gemma Whelan) is the daughter of Balon Greyjoy and his wife Alannys Harlaw, and elder sister of Theon. She is fierce and proud, and defies traditional ironborn gender roles by commanding her own ship, the Black Wind''. She has earned her father's respect by commanding men, and killing men. When her brother Theon takes Winterfell, Yara tries to convince him to go back with her to the Iron Islands, but Theon refuses. Theon is betrayed by his own men and given to Ramsay Snow, Lord Bolton's sadistic bastard son, who brutally tortures and eventually castrates him. Ramsay sends Theon's penis in a box to Balon, with Ramsay threatening to mutilate Theon more unless the Ironmen leave the North, whom Ramsay also threatens to flay alive. Balon refuses this, but Yara intends to save her brother of her own accord, taking one ship and fifty of the best killers on the Iron islands with her. In season 4, Yara and her men attack the Dreadfort, but find that Ramsay has broken Theon so badly that he refuses to leave with her and even insists that his name is Reek. Ramsay and his men confront Yara in the dungeon and a battle ensues in which Ramsay frees the hounds and sets them on Yara, who is forced to flee the Dreadfort without Theon, telling her men that Theon is dead. In season 6, Yara contests the Kingsmoot to decide Balon's successor and appears to sway the Ironborn by declaring that she will build the world's largest fleet, but is defeated by Euron, who plans to forge an alliance with Daenerys Targaryen to conquer Westeros. Correctly suspecting that Euron will have them killed, Yara and Theon flee the Iron Islands with their loyalists and the bulk of the Iron Fleet, and head to Meereen to forge an alliance with Daenerys first. After explaining the situation, Yara pledges her forces to Daenerys in return for the Iron Islands' independence. Yara is ordered to sail to attack King's Landing. While below decks enjoying the company of Ellaria Sand, her fleet is set upon by ships under Euron's command and they are captured. Shortly before the Battle of Winterfell, Theon leads a raiding party and frees his sister. Yara sails to the Iron Isles, to retake them in the name of Daenerys, in case the Queen and her people need a fallback position after the battle. Following the death of Daenerys Targaryen, Yara is a member of the Great Council, and advocates for Bran Stark. •
Balon Greyjoy (portrayed by
Patrick Malahide) is the Lord of the Iron Islands and father of Theon and Yara. Balon wished to continue the conquering ways of his people, which led him to rebel against the Iron Throne 9 years prior to the start of the series. He lost, with two of his three sons killed in the war; his youngest, Theon, was taken as a ward at Winterfell as a way to keep him from attempting another rebellion. After Theon returns to the Iron Islands with an offer from King Robb Stark for an alliance against the Lannisters, Balon refuses and instead launches beach raids against the North, proclaiming himself King of the Iron islands and the North. Theon, however, is captured and brutally tortured by the sadistic Ramsay Snow, lord Bolton's bastard, who eventually castrates him. Ramsay sends Theon's penis in a box to Balon, with Ramsay threatening to mutilate Theon further unless the Ironmen retreat from the North, whom Ramsay also threatens to flay living. Balon refuses, stating that as Theon defied him by attacking Winterfell, claiming him a "fool" and "not a man anymore", to which Yara responds she intends to save her little brother of her own accord. In season 6, he is confronted by his younger brother, Euron, who declares that Balon has ruled for too long and throws him from a rope bridge to his death. •
Aeron Greyjoy (portrayed by
Michael Feast) is a brother of King Balon Greyjoy, and an uncle of Theon and Yara Greyjoy. Aeron is a Drowned Priest in service to the Drowned God. When Theon returned to the Iron Islands, Aeron reinitiated him into the faith of the Drowned God. After Balon's death, Aeron held a Kingsmoot to determine Balon's successor. Euron Greyjoy wins the election and is baptized by Aeron. •
Dagmer Cleftjaw (portrayed by
Ralph Ineson) is an Ironborn Raider and Theon Greyjoy's first mate on the
Sea Bitch. He suggests that Theon prove himself by taking Winterfell, and persuades him to commit further atrocities to shore up his rule, such as executing Ser Rodrik Cassel for defying Theon and killing two children to pass off as Bran and Rickon Stark. However, when Robb Stark sends Ramsay Snow with an offer to spare the Ironborn if they surrender Winterfell and Theon, he knocks Theon out to hand him over and fatally wounds Maester Luwin. It is revealed in the season three finale that Dagmer and the other ironborn were instead flayed alive by Ramsay Snow and his men. •
Black Lorren (portrayed by
Forbes KB) is an infamous Ironborn raider better known as "Black Lorren". He is considered among the fiercest Ironborn warriors. He is under Theon's command while taking Winterfell. He is ultimately flayed alive by Ramsay Snow, along with the other Ironborn at Winterfell. •
Drennan (portrayed by David Coakley) is an Ironborn raider, under the command of Theon Greyjoy, during the War of the Five Kings. He, under Theon's command, seizes Winterfell from Bran Stark. Drennan is seduced by Osha, whilst guarding Bran and Rickon Starl, and his throat is slit, allowing them to escape. •
Euron Greyjoy (portrayed by
Pilou Asbæk) is the brother of King Balon Greyjoy, and the uncle of Theon and Yara Greyjoy. Euron is an infamous pirate who has terrorized seas all around the world. He is cunning, ruthless, with a touch of madness. He kills Balon Greyjoy by throwing him off a rope bridge, declaring that Balon's time is past and that it is time for a new king. At the Kingsmoot he confesses to killing Balon, but convinces the Ironborn that Balon was a poor military commander and declares that he will seduce Daenerys Targaryen and give her the Iron Fleet to conquer Westeros. The Ironborn declare Euron as their king, but before Euron can put Theon and Yara to death he discovers they have fled with the best ships of the Iron Fleet. Undeterred, he orders the Ironborn to begin constructing a new fleet. He uses this fleet to attack Yara's fleet with fire. He kills two Sand Snakes and captures Yara, Ellaria Sand and Tyene Sand. He gives the Sands to Cersei and keeps Yara prisoner. When he meets Theon he taunts him over his captive sister. Euron later becomes a close partner of Cersei Lannister during the final weeks of her reign and organizes the defense of King's Landing in anticipation of an attack by Daenerys Targaryen. Euron's navy is later destroyed by Daenerys and her dragon, Drogon. While King's Landing falls, he fights and wounds Jaime Lannister but is defeated and ultimately killed. •
Harrag (portrayed by Brendan Cowell) is an Ironborn raider, under the command of Yara Greyjoy. After Euron Greyjoy attacks the Iron Fleet, he refuses Theon Greyjoy. Later, then Theon states that he is going to rescue Yara, Harreq refuses to help him, citing that they are going to raid a remote island, breaking Yara's pact with Daenerys Targaryen. Harreq fights with Theon, and ultimately loses.
House Lannister •
Gregor Clegane (portrayed by
Conan Stevens in season 1, by
Ian Whyte in season 2, and by
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson from season 4 onwards)A huge
knight and the elder brother of Sandor Clegane. Called "the Mountain That Rides", he is known for his incredibly cruel nature and uncontrollable temper. His size and strength make him a fearsome warrior, and he has earned a reputation for cruelty and brutality. He is able to wield a two-handed sword one handed. When they were children, Gregor shoved Sandor's face into a brazier, gruesomely scarring him. In season 1, Tywin Lannister sends him to raid the Riverlands. Beric Dondarrion is sent to arrest Gregor. When war breaks out, Gregor is given command of Tywin's vanguard and left flank and leads his men through intimidation. In season 2 he is left to command Harrenhal in Tywin's absence and to find and destroy "the Brotherhood Without Banners", invoking the escape of Arya, Gendry and Hot Pie from Harrenhal. He later abandons the castle after slaughtering the prisoners and is defeated by Edmure Tully at the Stone Mill, but manages to escape back to the Westerlands. Robb chides his uncle, having planned to draw the Mountain into a trap of his own making to be captured or killed. In season 4, Gregor is chosen as Cersei's champion for Tyrion's trial by combat, and fights Oberyn Martell, Tyrion's champion who wants to kill Clegane as revenge for the needless murder of his sister, Elia Martell Targaryen. Oberyn inflicts several serious injuries on Clegane with a weapon that is laced with poison, but Clegane kills Oberyn by crushing his skull, while admitting that he did rape Elia, killed her children and enjoyed it, before collapsing from his own injuries. It is later revealed that Clegane has been poisoned with manticore venom, a poison that Oberyn had laced his weapon with, and that he is slowly dying. Cersei enlists ex-maester Qyburn to save him, though Qyburn claims that the procedure will "change" Clegane. The procedure is a seemingly a success, as Gregor has become active again and joins the Kingsguard as a personal knight for Cersei, though the procedure has changed his physical appearance and his behavior. In the sixth season, he continues to act as Cersei's bodyguard to intimidate all those who may bother or mock her. After Cersei destroys the Great Sept of Baelor and retakes power, she has Gregor torture Septa Unella in revenge for Unella torturing her during her time in prison. Fighting his brother, Sandor, the pair perish in the firestorms caused by Daenerys Targaryen. •
Lancel Lannister (portrayed by
Eugene Simon) The eldest son of Kevan Lannister and cousin of Cersei, Jaime, and Tyrion Lannister. He served as King Robert's
squire; in which he is clumsy and incompetent in his duties leading Robert to dislike him intensely. In season 2, Cersei knights him for his part in Robert's death. When Jaime goes to war, Cersei takes Lancel as a lover because he resembles her brother. Tyrion eventually discovers the affair and blackmails Lancel into spying for him. During an attack on King's Landing, Lancel guards Cersei's son King Joffrey Baratheon and takes a serious wound in the fighting, causing him to retreat. When Joffrey later abandons the battle out of cowardice, Lancel pleads with Cersei to let him take Joffrey back to the battle to inspire the troops, but Cersei, clearly more concerned for Joffrey than the city, refuses to listen. In season 5, he and his father return to King's Landing to attend Tywin's funeral. Lancel joins the sparrows, a devout religious movement, and apologises to Cersei for the sins they committed together, such as their affair and conspiracy to murder Robert Baratheon. With the reestablishment of the Faith Militant, Lancel abandons his family name and leads the sparrows on a rampage throughout King's Landing, arresting Ser Loras Tyrell in the process. Later, on Littlefinger and Olenna Tyrell's urging, he confesses his own sins to the High Sparrow, which leads to Cersei's arrest. In the sixth season, Lancel continues to serve in the Faith Militant. On the day of Cersei and Loras's trial, he is lured by one of Qyburn's little birds to the catacombs underneath the Great Sept of Baelor, where he is stabbed in the spine, rendering him unable to use his legs. He spots a cache of wildfire rigged to explode and crawls towards it, but is too late to stop the detonation and is the first to die. •
Kevan Lannister (portrayed by
Ian Gelder) is Lord Tywin's younger brother, a skilled warrior who is loyal to but overshadowed by him. Unlike his older brother, Kevan is very amiable and cares more about the safety of his family members even if it will humiliate the family's honour. In season 1, he is present when Tyrion returns from the Vale and informs him on Jaime's military victories against Tully bannermen. After Jaime's capture, he suggests to his brother that they "should sue for peace" which is immediately refuted by Tyrion who reminds that Ned Stark's beheading prevents it. In season 2, he sits on a war council in Harrenhal, surmising (correctly) that Robb Stark would not march on Casterly Rock until "at full force" and also suggesting that Cersei and her children leave King's Landing before Stannis Baratheon sacks the city, but the proposition is countered by Tywin, refusing to surrender the Iron Throne. In season 5, he returns to King's Landing to attend Tywin's funeral alongside his only surviving son, Lancel, who has joined the Sparrows movement, which Kevan disapproves of. He later refuses to serve on Cersei's Small Council, in spite her offering him the position of "Master of War", questioning her authority, and returning to Casterly Rock until the King himself calls for him. When his niece is arrested by the Faith Militant for sleeping with his son among other sins, Grand Maester Pycelle summons him back to offer him the position of Hand of the King. He later is present at Cersei's return to the Red Keep, immediately after her enduring Walk of Atonement. In the sixth season, Kevan continues to serve as Tommen's Hand while attempting to deal with the High Sparrow without bloodshed and spurning Cersei's attempts to regain influence in the royal court. On the day of Cersei's trial, Kevan is killed when Cersei has the Great Sept of Baelor destroyed with wildfire. •
Leo Lefford (portrayed by Vinnie McCabe) is a powerful Bannerman to Lord Tywin, who fought for him against House Stark. He is Head of House Lefford and Lord of The Golden Tooth. •
Addam Marbrand (portrayed by B.J. Hogg) is the son of Lord Damon Marbrand, and heir to Lannisport, and a bannerman of Lord Tywin Lannister. •
Alton Lannister (portrayed by
Karl Davies) is a cousin of Cersei, Jaime and Tyrion Lannister, and a captive of Robb Stark. In the books there is no character by this name. Here the character Cleos Frey, also a cousin to the Lannisters, has the role of being a captive of House Stark and delivering terms to House Lannister. While held prisoner in the same cell he talks with his cousin Jaime at Stark's camp, he talks about the time he was allowed to prove himself by squiring for Jaime in a tourney, however during this encounter he is killed by Jaime in an attempt to escape. •
Polliver (portrayed by
Andy Kellegher) is a Lannister
man-at-arms who comes into possession of Arya Stark's sword; Needle. He captures Arya – believing her to be a recruit of the Night's Watch called "Arry" and takes her sword which he then uses to kill a crippled Lommy after he asks Polliver to carry him. In season 4, he inadvertently crosses paths with Arya and Sandor Clegane in an inn in the north. After a brief exchange of insults, a fight breaks out and Polliver's comrades are slain by Clegane. Arya wounds Polliver from behind, retrieves Needle and kills him in exactly the same manner that he killed Lommy. •
Amory Lorch (portrayed by
Fintan McKeown) is a
knight and loyal but brutal bannerman of House Lannister. He catches Arya in stealing a parchment containing war orders concerning her brother Robb Stark. She manages to escape him, then finds and hurries the assassin Jaqen H'ghar, to kill Ser Amory to repay the second of the three "lives" he owes her. Before Ser Amory can denounce Arya, he drops dead on the doorstep of Tywin's chambers with a poisoned dart lodged in his neck, as Tywin (who comes to believe the attempt was on his life) raises the alarm. The Mountain subsequently kills a number of Lannister soldiers in his hunt for the culprit, but Jaqen leaves Harrenhal without being captured. •
The Tickler (portrayed by Anthony Morris) is a soldier under the service of Ser Gregor Clegane, who specializes in torture. During the War of the Five Kings, the Tickler tortures a variety of peasants, whilst attempting to gain information on the Brotherhood Without Banners. He is the first man killed by the assassin Jaqen H'ghar as part of his debt to Arya Stark. •
Bernadette (portrayed by Sara Dylan) A handmaiden of Sansa Stark, and later Cersei Lannister. When Sansa has her first period, Bernadette goes to inform to Cersei, but is threatened by Shae. In season 7, Bernadette uncovers Cersei and Jamie Lannister's incestuous relationship. •
Martyn Lannister (portrayed by
Dean-Charles Chapman) is the son of Lord Kevan Lannister, and brother to Lancel and Willem Lannister. Martyn is captured by Lord Edmure Tully after the Battle of the Fords, alongside his brother. He is murdered by Lord Rickard Karstark in his cell, alongside his brother, to avenge the death of his son Torrhen by Jamie Lannister. •
Willem Lannister (portrayed by Timothy Gibbons) is the son of Lord Kevan Lannister, and brother to Lancel and Martyn Lannister. Willem is captured by Lord Edmure Tully after the Battle of the Fords, alongside his brother. He is murdered by Lord Rickard Karstark in his cell, alongside his brother, to avenge the death of his son Torrhen by Jamie Lannister. •
Maggy the Frog (portrayed by
Jodhi May) was a woods witch, who lived near Castery Rock, during the youth of Cersei Lannister. In a flashback, Cersei threatens Maggy into answering three questions about her future, telling her that she would marry "the king", and that she would become queen, but would be overthrown by another, younger queen, and learns that she would have three children, telling her that gold would be their crowns, and gold their burial shrouds, implying that all of Cersei's children would predecease her. •
Melara Hetherspoon (portrayed by Isabella Steinbarth) was a childhood friend of Queen Cersei Lannister, who in her youth, visited Maggy the Frog.
House Martell •
Oberyn Martell (portrayed by
Pedro Pascal) is the Prince of Dorne and younger brother of Doran Martell, known as the Red Viper. A renowned warrior and traveler, Oberyn has eight bastard daughters, called the Sand Snakes. His sister, Elia Targaryen, was raped and killed during the Sack of King's Landing by Ser Gregor Clegane. In season 4, Oberyn arrives in King's Landing with his paramour, Ellaria Sand, to attend Joffrey's wedding in his brother's stead, and his meeting with Tyrion makes it clear that he has actually come to take revenge against the Lannisters for their role in the deaths of his sister, nephew and niece. At the wedding, Joffrey dies after being poisoned, and Tywin initially suspects Oberyn of having a hand in the murder since Oberyn has a past with poison chemistry, while Oberyn denies involvement and accuses Tywin of ordering Gregor Clegane to rape and murder Elia. The two reach a settlement when Tywin promises Oberyn a meeting with Clegane in exchange for Oberyn serving as one of the three judges at Tyrion's trial. At the trial, Oberyn implies that he is not convinced of Tyrion's guilt, and openly questions Cersei's testimony and asks Shae why Tyrion would tell her about all of his plans to murder Joffrey if he was the perpetrator. When Tyrion demands a trial by combat and Gregor Clegane is chosen as Cersei's champion, Oberyn volunteers to fight for Tyrion, proclaiming that he will exact his vengeance, starting with Ser Gregor. Martell valiantly fights Clegane, his superior speed making up for Clegane's size, and manages to wound him in the shoulder and the leg, flooring him. Refusing to kill him immediately, Oberyn furiously demands that Clegane admit to raping and killing Elia and her children, and that the order came from Tywin himself. Distracted for a moment, Oberyn is floored by Clegane, who – in a manner self-admittedly paraphrasing the murder of Elia – knocks out his teeth, straddles him and slowly gouges out his eyes, admitting to the rape and murder of Elia before crushing his skull. Tyrion is subsequently sentenced to death, but Oberyn's objective of vengeance was not in vain, since his spear is revealed to have been laced with the deadly venom of the manticore, which is slowly killing Clegane. Oberyn's death, however, throws House Martell into chaos, since Ellaria is driven insane to the point that she kills Myrcella Baratheon, Doran Martell and Trystane Martell (Oberyn's own brother and nephew, respectively) to get revenge against the Lannisters. •
Trystane Martell (portrayed by
Toby Sebastian) is Prince Doran's son and heir to Dorne. His father betrothed him to
Myrcella Baratheon as part of the alliance offered by
Tyrion Lannister, then acting as Hand of the King. He and Myrcella later grow to love each other and Trystane offers to ask his father if they can marry immediately. He is struck by Bronn when he and
Jaime Lannister arrive to take Myrcella back, but Trystane later shows Bronn mercy and decides not to have him mutilated, satisfied with having Areo Hotah strike him in a similar manner instead. Doran allows Trystane to accompany Myrcella back to King's Landing to take his uncle Oberyn's place on the Small Council, but Trystane's life is put in danger when Ellaria Sand secretly poisons Myrcella just as their boat leaves Dorne. Though Jaime prepares to send him back to Dorne unharmed, Trystane refuses to leave, insisting on being present for Myrcella's funeral, so Jaime instructs him to stay on the boat for his own safety. However, as he is painting funeral stones for Myrcella, he is ambushed and killed by Obara and Nymeria Sand, his own cousins, sent by
Ellaria Sand to kill him as part of her coup, though most believe his death was Cersei's doing. •
Doran Martell (portrayed by
Alexander Siddig) is the ruling lord of Dorne and older brother to the late Prince
Oberyn Martell. Unlike his brother, Doran is even-tempered and deliberate. In season 4, he is invited to
Joffrey Baratheon and
Margaery Tyrell's wedding, but due to suffering from
gout, he is unable to attend and sends Oberyn in his stead. After Oberyn is slain by
Gregor Clegane, Doran grieves but takes no action, claiming that Oberyn suffered a self-imposed death in a trial by combat, a legal act, and coldly rebutts Ellaria's proposal to harm
Myrcella Baratheon to exact revenge on the Lannisters. However, after a skirmish in which
Jaime Lannister and Bronn fight with the Sand Snakes over possession of Myrcella, Doran orders all locked up, including Ellaria. He later grants Jaime an audience and agrees to allow Myrcella to return to King's Landing along with his son, Trystane Martell, Myrcella's betrothed, while threatening Ellaria and the Sand Snakes with severe consequences should they defy him again. However, Ellaria later secretly poisons Myrcella despite Doran's warning. In the sixth season, Doran finds out about Myrcella's assassination, but he is immediately killed by Ellaria, while his men stand and watch as he dies. •
Areo Hotah (portrayed by
DeObia Oparei) is the long-serving captain of
Doran Martell's palace guard, renowned for his loyalty and his longaxe. He arrests
Jaime Lannister,
Bronn,
Ellaria Sand and the Sand Snakes following their battle over
Myrcella Baratheon, but releases them all on Doran's request. As retribution for striking
Trystane Martell, Areo strikes Bronn across the face. In the sixth season, after Doran finds out about Myrcella's death at Ellaria's hands, he is stabbed and poisoned by
Tyene Sand, and dies immediately. •
Tyene Sand (portrayed by
Rosabell Laurenti Sellers) is the daughter of Prince
Oberyn Martell by
Ellaria Sand. Tyene is fiercer than she looks, especially with her twin daggers. She assists her mother in her plot to assassinate
Myrcella Baratheon as revenge against Cersei, whose actions led to Oberyn's death. In the ensuing fight with
Jaime Lannister and
Bronn, she poisons Bronn by striking him with a poison-coated dagger before they are all arrested. In the cells, she strips in front of Bronn to hasten his heartbeat as well as the poison's effects, though she shows him mercy and gives him the cure. She later synthesises a similar poison for Ellaria, who uses it to poison Myrcella. She gives Ellaria the antidote before she too is killed. When Doran finds out, Tyene kills Areo Hotah while Ellaria stabs Doran in the chest. Tyene subsequently watches her own uncle die without remorse. She is later present when Ellaria meets with
Olenna Tyrell to discuss an alliance with
Daenerys Targaryen, where she is silenced by Olenna before she can speak. While journeying to Sunspear with her sisters and Ellaria aboard Yara Greyjoy's ship, Tyene is captured by
Euron Greyjoy while defending her mother and taken as a captive aboard his flagship,
Silence. Given as a gift to Cersei, Tyene is chained with her mother in a dungeon. Cersei uses a version of the poison on Tyene and leaves her chained in front of her mother so that Ellaria can watch her daughter not just die but decompose. •
Nymeria Sand (portrayed by
Jessica Henwick) is the second eldest of Prince Oberyn's bastard daughters. Her mother was an Eastern noblewoman who brought Nym up to be cultured, graceful and deadly with a whip. She assists
Ellaria Sand in her plot to assassinate
Myrcella Baratheon as revenge against
Cersei Lannister, whose actions led to Oberyn's death. Though she is briefly imprisoned by her uncle Doran for her treachery, Ellaria murders Myrcella, and Nym joins her in her coup by ambushing and murdering Trystane Martell. She is later present when Ellaria meets with
Olenna Tyrell to discuss an alliance with
Daenerys Targaryen, where she is silenced by Olenna. In season 7, Nymeria accompanies Ellaria, Yara and
Theon Greyjoy, and her sisters on the journey to Sunspear from Dragonstone. After they are ambushed by
Euron Greyjoy and his fleet, both Nymeria and Obara confront Euron while Tyene protects Ellaria. After the Lord Reaper of the Iron Islands kills Obara, an enraged Nymeria attacks him with her whip, only to be choked to death and then hung from the prow of the ship with her weapon, next to her sister. •
Obara Sand (portrayed by
Keisha Castle-Hughes) is a fearsome warrior and the eldest bastard daughter of Prince Oberyn Martell. Her mother was a Dornish peasant girl who caught the eye of the Prince. She assists
Ellaria Sand in her plot to kill
Myrcella Baratheon as revenge against
Cersei Lannister, whose actions led to Oberyn's death. Though she is briefly imprisoned by her uncle Doran for her treachery, Ellaria kills Myrcella, and Obara joins her in her coup by personally murdering
Trystane Martell, her own cousin. She is later present when Ellaria meets with
Olenna Tyrell to discuss an alliance with Daenerys Targaryen, where she is silenced by Olenna. In season 7, Obaara accompanies Ellaria, Yara and Theon Greyjoy, and her sisters on the journey to Sunspear from Dragonstone. After they are ambushed by
Euron Greyjoy and his fleet, both Nymeria and Obara confront Euron while Tyene protects Ellaria. Ultimately, Euron proves to be a more skillful fighter and ultimately stabs her in the stomach with her own spear. She is impaled at the front of the ship with her spear, next to her hanging sister, Nymeria. •
Arthur Dayne (portrayed by
Luke Roberts) was a knight of King Aenys II Targaryen's Kingsguard, known as the "Sword of the Morning". During one of his weirwood dreams, Bran witnesses the duel between Arthur and Eddard Stark at the Tower of Joy. Arthur is wounded by Howland Reed, allowing Eddard to win their duel. •
The Prince of Dorne (portrayed by Toby Osmund) was the ruler of Dorne, following the defeat of Ellaria Sand by Cersei Lannister and Euron Greyjoy. He pledges his support to Daenerys Targaryen before the Battle of King's Landing. After the assassination of Daenerys, the Prince is a member of the Great Council, and advocates for Bran Stark.
House Stark •
Rickon Stark (portrayed by
Art Parkinson) is Lord Eddard and Lady Catelyn's youngest child, naturally aggressive and strong-willed. His black
dire wolf Shaggydog shares these qualities also. When Theon Greyjoy captures Winterfell in season 2, Rickon hides in the crypts. After Winterfell is sacked and burned, he, Bran, Hodor, the Wildling woman Osha and the direwolves travel through the North. In season 3 before they reach the Wall, Rickon, his direwolf and Osha split up from the rest of the group heading to Last Hearth, the seathouse of the Umbers. In season 6, Rickon and Osha are betrayed by the Umbers to the Boltons following Greatjon Umber's death, and become hostages of Ramsay Bolton. At the beginning of a grand showdown between the Boltons and the Northern rebels led by Jon Snow, Rickon is released by Ramsay and told to run towards Jon, unaware that it is merely a trap to lure Jon into the open. Just before he can reach Jon, Rickon is shot and killed by Ramsay. Following Ramsay's defeat, Jon orders Rickon's body buried in the Winterfell crypt. •
Maester Luwin (portrayed by
Donald Sumpter) is the Maester of Winterfell, and chief advisor to Lord Stark. He is one of the few Maesters to have studied magic and the occult. With Robb Stark's departure, the day-to-day rule of the North falls to Ser Rodrik Cassel and Maester Luwin, acting with Bran's voice. After Winterfell is taken by Theon, Luwin must advise him because of his valour to serve to the ruler of Winterfell. When Ramsay Snow launches an attack on Winterfell to drive the Ironborn away, Luwin advises Theon to flee to the Wall and join the Night's Watch, where his crimes will be pardoned, but Theon instead rallies his few remaining men to face Ramsay, and betrayed by his own men. Luwin, in an attempt to save Theon, is stabbed by Dagmer. Bran Stark and his party emerge from hiding to find Winterfell sacked by Ramsay and his men and Luwin dying in the Godswood, where he declares his loyalty and love for the Starks before having Osha perform a mercy killing on him, out of sight of Bran and Rickon. •
Rodrik Cassel (portrayed by
Ron Donachie) is the
Master-at-Arms at Winterfell. After the discovery of the origin of the knife from the attempted assassination of Bran Stark, he accompanies Lady Catelyn Tully to King's Landing. Later Lady Catelyn decides to join Robb at Moat Cailin, and names Ser Rodrik castellan of Winterfell. When the Ironmen attack Torrhen's Square, Ser Rodrik gathers a force to expel them, including most of the Winterfell garrison. The Ironborn under Theon Greyjoy then attack and take Winterfell, and Ser Rodrik is captured while defending himself. Ser Rodrik refuses to swear allegiance to Theon, and spits in his face. Theon orders him thrown into the dungeons, but Dagmer insists that Theon execute him to gain respect. Theon executes Ser Rodrik himself, but it takes several blows of the sword to behead him and only gains more contempt and hatred from the Northerners. •
Jory Cassel (portrayed by
Jamie Sives) was
Captain of the Guard at Winterfell and the nephew of Ser Rodrik. Killed by Jaime Lannister during a fight between Jaime's men and Eddard Stark over Tyrion Lannister's abduction by Eddard's wife. •
Septa Mordane (portrayed by
Susan Brown) was a
priestess of the Faith of the Seven Gods and governess to the young ladies of Winterfell. She was killed by the Lannisters after Eddard Stark's failed attempt to arrest King Joffrey and Queen Regent Cersei. •
Hodor (portrayed by
Kristian Nairn) is a huge, physically strong and intellectually disabled
stablehand at Winterfell who can only say the word "Hodor". He hides in the crypts along with Osha, Bran and Rickon, faking their escape out of the castle. They eventually leave the crypts only to find the castle destroyed. After speaking to the dying Maester Luwin, it is decided that they must go to the Wall. In season 3 Bran decides to go beyond the Wall to find the Three-Eyed Raven and Hodor helps him along with Meera and Jojen Reed after the departure of Rickon and Osha. In season 4, they stumble across Craster's Keep, where they are captured by the Night's Watch mutineers led by Karl. Hodor is chained to a post and abused by some mutineers, who poke him with spears and eventually stab him in the leg to stop him intervening on Bran's behalf. Hodor is later chained in a hut with the other prisoners, and when Bran is abducted by Locke, Bran wargs into Hodor and uses him to kill Locke by snapping his neck. Hodor frees the others and they escape, eventually reaching the Three-Eyed Raven in his cave. During Season 6, Bran learns through visions of the past that, as a boy, Hodor was named Wyllis and possessed normal abilities of speech. When the cave is overrun by White Walkers and wights while Bran is viewing the past, Bran simultaneously wargs into Hodor to induce him to carry Bran to safety. Once they exit through a passageway, Meera orders Hodor to "hold the door" against the wights; in the past, Wyllis collapses and repeats this phrase until it slurs into "Hodor". In the present, Hodor is killed as the wights eventually tear through the door, but Meera escapes with Bran. Hodor only ever says one word: "Hodor". However, according to Kristian Nairn's interview to Vulture, he has developed 70 ways to say it. •
Old Nan (portrayed by
Margaret John) was an old
serving woman at Winterfell who tells the Stark children stories from beyond the Wall. She is the great-grandmother of Hodor. Margaret John died before the filming of Season 2, so her character was killed offscreen in between seasons rather than being recast. •
Jon Umber (portrayed by
Clive Mantle) is the
Lord of Last Hearth and a Bannerman of the North. In season 1 he joins Robb Stark in the war and is the first one calling him The King in the North. In season 3, the North loses the war after the death of King Robb, but his youngest brother Rickon heads to the seat of House Umber to seek refuge. In between the third and sixth seasons, Rickon and Osha arrive at Last Hearth, but at some point, Greatjon dies under unknown circumstances and his lands pass to his son, Smalljon Umber, who betrays Rickon and Osha to Ramsay Snow. •
Osha (portrayed by
Natalia Tena) is a Wildling woman captured by Robb and held captive at Winterfell. Osha works in the kitchens, often giving Bran advice when she bathes in the godswood. After Winterfell is taken by the turncloak Theon Greyjoy, Osha bends the knee to Theon. After the Sack of Winterfell, Osha helps Bran and Rickon escape, along with their direwolves and Hodor. She gives a mercy kill to wounded Maester Luwin. Later, she and her companions travel to the Wall to seek help. In season 3 before they reach the Wall, Osha, Rickon and his direwolf split up from the rest of the group heading to Last Hearth, the seathouse of the Umbers. In season 6, they are betrayed by the Umbers to the Boltons after Greatjon Umber dies, and become hostages of Ramsay Bolton. Osha later attempts to kill Ramsay, but is instead killed herself. •
Maege Mormont (portrayed by Elizabeth Barrett) was the Head of House Mormont of Bear Island, and mother to Lady Lyanna Mormont. She, alongside other Northern Lords is summoned by Robb Stark to march south, and later declares Robb Stark, King in the North. •
Vayon Poole (portrayed by Matthew Scurfield) is the Stewart of Winterfell, and the father of Jeyne Poole, a companion of Lady Sansa Stark. Vayon travels south with Lord Eddard Stark, and later, alongside other members of the household, is killed by Lannister men when Lord Eddard is arrested. •
Torrhen Karstark (portrayed by Tyrone McElhennon) is the son of Rickard Karstark, the Lord of Karhold. During the War of the Five Kings, Torrhen stands as guard to a captured Jamie and Alton Lannister. Torrhen is strangled to death by Jamie, by his chains, whilst investigating Alton's death, allowing Jamie to escape. •
Rickard Karstark (portrayed by Steven Blount in season 1, and by
John Stahl from season 2 onwards) is a Bannerman of the North, Lord of Karhold and he is a chief member of Robb Stark's war council. The Karstarks are distant cousins of the Starks of Winterfell. Karstark's sons Harrion and Torrhen was killed by Jaime Lannister and Karstark vows retribution. He is enraged when Catelyn Stark decides to free Jaime in an attempt to secure the safety of her daughters. When Karstark discovers that Edmure Tully has defeated the Lannisters in battle near Riverrun and taken two of his young relatives hostage, Karstark orders his men to kill them. Karstark is subsequently sentenced to death by Robb, and he cryptically warns Robb that his actions will eventually lead to his own demise, just before he is executed. •
Jacks (portrayed by Paul Caddell) is a guardsman in service to House Strak. During the War of the Five King, Jacks informs Lady Catelyn Stark of Jamie Lannister's recapture, crossing words with Brienne in Tarth by doing so. •
Farlen (portrayed by Peter Ballance) is the kennelmaster of Winterfell. When Theon Greyjoy seizes Winterfell, he refuses to submit, despite Bran Stark's protests, and is beaten for it. •
Jojen Reed (portrayed by
Thomas Brodie-Sangster House Tully •
Jonas Bracken (portrayed by Gerry O'Brien) is the Lord of Stone Hedge, a vassal of House Tully. After the execution of Lord Eddard Stark, Jonas urges that they pledge allegiance to King Renly Baratheon and travel south, although he later joins in the declaration of Robb Stark, as King in the North. •
Hoster Tully (portrayed by Christopher Newman) is the former Head of House Tully, Lord of Riverrun, and Lord Paramount of the Riverlands. He is the father of Lady Catelyn Tully, Lady Lysa Arryn and Lord Edmure Tully, and the elder brother of Ser Brynden Tully. Hoster died following the Battle of the Blackwater, and his funeral is attended by Catelym, Edmure, and his grandson Robb Stark, the King in the North. •
Edmure Tully (portrayed by
Tobias Menzies) is a wealthy slaver from the Ghiscari city of Astapor. Sexist and rude, he repeatedly insults to Daenerys in Valyrian, not realizing she speaks the language. He agrees to sell Daenerys 8,000 slave-soldiers called the Unsullied in exchange for one of her dragons, throwing in his translator, Missandei, as a bonus. Daenerys reveals she speaks Valyrian and orders her new army to kill the Astapori slavers. Kraznys is killed by Drogon. •
Greizhen mo Ullhor (portrayed by Clifford Barry) was a slave-trader in the city of Astapor. He negotiates with Daenerys Targaryen, when she purchases an unsullied army, alongside half-trained warriors, which Greizhen opposes, concerned that if these half-trained warriors fail on the battlefield it would shame Astapor. After purchasing the Unsullied, Greizhen is killed, when Daenerys orders the Unsullied to kill the good masters. •
Razdal mo Eraz (portrayed by George Georgiou) is a slave-trader from the city of Yunkai, on the coast of Slaver's Bay, and one of the Wise Masters, the ruling elite of the city. He attempts to parley with Daenerys for her to leave Yunkai, but she refuses and takes the city. Later, he helps fund the Sons of the Harpy to resist Daenerys's rule over Slaver's Bay and breaks a peace treaty with Tyrion Lannister. He is killed by Grey Worm when the slavers' attack on Meereen is thwarted. •
Mero (portrayed by
Mark Killeen) was a Braavosi captain of the sellsword company, the Second Sons. He is nicknamed the 'Titan's Bastard', due to his size. He meets with Daeneyrs Targaryen alongside his fellow captain Prendahl na Ghezn and lieutenant, Daario Naharis, where he insults her and her company. He and Ghezn send Daario to assassinate Daenerys, but is beheaded by Daario instead. •
Prendahl na Ghezn (portrayed by
Ramon Tikaram) is a captain of the sellsword company, the Second Sons. He meets with Daeneyrs Targaryen alongside his fellow captain Mero and lieutenant, Daario Naharis. He and Mero send Daario to assassinate Daenerys, but is beheaded by Daario instead. •
Tycho Nestoris (portrayed by
Mark Gatiss) is a representative of the Iron Bank of Braavos. He initially refuses to loan Stannis Baratheon money to help him hire mercenaries, but Davos Seaworth changes his mind. In season 5, Tycho greets Mace Tyrell, who has been sent to renegotiate the royal debt. In season 7 he arrives in King's Landing to collect the debt, expecting to be met with a default. He is impressed when Cersei, newly enriched by the captured Tyrell treasury, pays the debt in full and he agrees to Cersei's request for further funding. •
Lhara (portrayed by Saine Sofair) is a sex worker in Braavos. She entertained the pirate Sallenor Saan, and later becomes a regular customer of ‘Lanna’, who sells oysters. •
Ternesio Terys (portrayed by
Gary Oliver) is the captain of the ''Titan's Daughter'', a trading galleon from Braavos. After being presented the iron coin by Arya Stark, he sails her to Braavos. •
Vala (portrayed by Meena Rayann) is a prostitute in Meereen who is secretly in league with the Sons of the Harpy, a resistance movement against Daenerys Targaryen. Her actions cause the death of several Unsullied and Ser Barristan Selmy. She is later captured by Varys and forced to reveal who are funding the Sons of the Harpy on pain of death and her son becoming an orphan. She cooperates and is sent to Pentos with her son to live peacefully. •
The Waif (portrayed by
Faye Marsay) is a sadistic young woman who lives in the House of Black and White, a temple to the Many-faced God, in Braavos. She participates in Arya's training but repeatedly deems her unfit to become a Faceless Man (assassin). After Arya is struck blind for her unsanctioned killing of Ser Meryn Trant, the Waif repeatedly beats and abuses Arya, though Arya learns how to fight without her eyesight and her vision is soon returned to her. When Arya refuses to kill an innocent target, Lady Crane, the Waif is sent to kill her. Though she stabs Arya multiple times, Arya survives. The Waif then kills Lady Crane and pursues the wounded Arya all over Braavos before cornering her in her hideout. Arya, however, extinguishes the room's only candle and manages to kill the Waif in the ensuing fight. Arya rips her face off and adds it to the Hall of Faces. •
Malko (portrayed by
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) is a captain of a slaving ship. He captures and sells Tyrion Lannister and Jorah Mormont. •
Yezzan zo Qaggaz (portrayed by
Enzo Cilenti) is a slave-trader from the city of Meereen, on the coast of Slaver's Bay, and one of the Great Masters, the former ruling elite of the city. He buys Jorah Mormont and Tyrion Lannister after they are captured by Malko and takes them to a fighting pit to train as
gladiators, though he loses both Tyrion and Jorah when they are accepted into Daenerys Targaryen's inner circle. He, along with Razdal mo Eraz and Belicho Paenymion, negotiates with Tyrion in Daenerys's absence and they reach an accord to end slavery throughout seven years in exchange for ordering the Sons of the Harpy to stand down, but they go back on their word and order a naval assault on Meereen. When Daenerys's dragons defeat the slaver fleet, Yezzan is betrayed by Razdal and Belicho and handed over to be killed by Grey Worm, who kills the other two instead. Tyrion instructs Yezzan to warn his friends about angering Daenerys further. •
Thin Man (portrayed by Oengus MacNamara) was a target of the Faceless Men. He sells insurance on merchant chips, agreeing to pay ship captains and owners if they should lose their vassals on sea. He operates at Ragman Harbor in Braavos. The Thin Man scams a variety of his customers, and one of them goes to the Faceless Men. Jaqen H’ghar tasks Arya Stark with studying the man, ad prepares to poison him with an oyster when see spots Meryn Trant. •
Ghita (portrayed by Hattie Gotobed) was a terminally ill child, whose father brought her to the House of Black and White. Arya Stark puts the girl out of her misery Ghita is brought to the House of Black and White, giving her poisoned water. Arya later wears Ghita's face and pretends to be a child sex worker to ambush and murder Ser Mern Trant in a brothel. •
Qhono (portrayed by
Staz Nair) is a Dothraki warrior, first in Khal Moro's khalasar and later a lieutenant for Daenerys Targaryen. Qhono comments on Daenerys after taking her captive, and later kneels to her when she comes out of the fire. Qhono later crosses the Narrow Sea with Daenerys, and confiscates Jon Snow and Davos Seaworth's weapons when they arrive on Dragonstone to talk with Daenerys. Qhono later oversees the Battle of Goldroad with Tyrion Lannister, commenting that his people do not fight well against the Dothraki. He is present during the Dragonpit Summit. Qhono travels to Winterfell, to fight against the Army of the Dead, and later informs Daenerys that the dragons are not eating. At the Battle of Winterfell, Qhono serves alongside Jorah Mormont, when, before the charge, Melisandre casts magical spell, lighting the blades of the Dothraki. During the charge Qhono is slaughtered, and later is reanimated by the Night King, where his body attacks Drogon, although he is later destroyed when the Night King is killed by Arya Stark. •
Aggo (portrayed by
Chuku Modu) was a Dothraki warrior in Khal Moro's khalasar. Aggo comments on daenerys Targaryen's appearance after they have taken her captive. In Vaes Dothrak, Aggo and Iggo encounter Jorah Mormont and Daario Naharis as they attempt to infiltrate the city to find Daenerys. Aggo battles Jorah, who he overpowers, but is stabbed in the back by Daario before he can kill him. To hide the wound, Daario bludgeons Aggo's corpse with a rock •
Khal Moro (portrayed by
Joe Naufahu) is a Dothraki Khal whose khalasar finds Daenerys after she flees Meereen. Out of respect for Khal Drogo, Moro takes Daenerys to the Temple of the Dosh Khaleen to live the rest of her life with the widows of former Khals. When Daenerys refuses to submit, Moro and the other Khals threaten her with being raped and killed. Daenerys responds by burning the temple down with the Khals inside and taking over the entire khalasar. •
Iggo (portrayed by Deon Lee-Williams) was a Dothraki warrior in Khal Moro's khalasar. In Vaes Dothrak, Iggo and Aggo encounter Jorah Mormont and Daario Naharis as they attempt to infiltrate the city to find Daenerys. Iggo's neck is snapped by Daario. •
High Priestess of the Dosh Khaleen (portrayed by
Souad Faress) is the leader of the dosh khaleen, the widows of former Khals. •
Ornella (portrayed by
Hannah John-Kamen) is a young member of the Dosh khaleen who befriends Daenerys Targaryen. •
Belicho Paenymion (portrayed by Eddie Jackson) is a prominent noble of the Free City of Volantis, and a member of the "Old Blood", descendants of the original Valyrian settlers of the city. Like most of the Volantene nobility, Belicho is involved in the slave trade and funds the Sons of the Harpy to resist Daenerys. After breaking a peace pact with Tyrion Lannister, his throat is slit by Grey Worm when their attack on Meereen fails. •
Khal Rhalko (portrayed by Andrei Claude) was a Dothraki khal. Alongside other khals, and bloodriders they are gathered to decide if Daenerys Targaryen should enter the Dosh Khaleen. Rhalko advocates for raping her. Rhalko is later burned alive after Danerys tips over a fiery pillar. •
Khal Forzho (portrayed by
Tamer Hassan) was a Dothraki khal. Alongside other khals, and bloodriders, they are gathered to decide if Daenerys Targaryen should enter the Dosh Khaleen. Forzho is later burned alive after Danerys tips over a fiery pillar. •
Izembaro (portrayed by
Richard E. Grant) is the manager of a Braavosi troupe of actors, in which he also acts. He portrays King Robert Baratheon and Lord Tywin Lannister in the production of
The Bloody Hand. He is outwardly dismissive to his actors, and witnesses Arya Stark foil an assassination attempt on one of his actresses, Lady Crane. He subsequently kicks Bianca, the actress who ordered Crane's death, out of the troupe. •
Lady Crane (portrayed by
Essie Davis) is the leading actress in Izembaro's Braavosi theater troupe. She portrays Queen Cersei Lannister in the production of
The Bloody Hand. She becomes a target of the Faceless Men on the request of her jealous co-star, Bianca. She is almost killed by Arya Stark, who poisons her rum but briefly speaks with her, realizing she is an innocent woman who is a mere victim of someone else's selfishness, and thwarts the assassination, warning her about Bianca. Crane subsequently mutilates Bianca's face and has her expelled from the troupe. Shortly after, she finds Arya severely wounded as retribution for the assassination and cares for her, but is herself killed by the Waif, who was sent to kill Arya. •
Camello (portrayed by
Kevin Eldon) is a member of Izembaro's comedic theatre troupe in Braavos. He portrays Eddard Stark in the production of "the Bloody Hand". •
Bobono (portrayed by
Leigh Gill) is a member of Izembaro's comedic theatre troupe in Braavos. He portrays Tyrion Lannister in the production of
The Bloody Hand. •
Bianca (portrayed by
Eline Powell) is a member of Izembaro's comedic theatre troupe in Braavos. She portrays Sansa Stark in the production of
The Bloody Hand. Though she is far less skilled than the lead actress, Lady Crane, she is consumed by jealousy and desires to replace her. She contracts the Faceless Men to have her assassinated, but the assassin, Arya Stark, instead warns Lady Crane about Bianca's intentions. Lady Crane subsequently mutilates Bianca's face and Izembaro kicks her out of the troupe. •
Clarenzo (portrayed by Rob Callender) is a member of Izembaro's comedic theatre troupe in Braavos. He portrays Joffrey Baratheon in the production of
The Bloody Hand. •
Kinvara (portrayed by
Ania Bukstein) is the High Priestess of the Red Temple of Volantis, one of the high-ranking leaders in the religion of R'hllor, the Lord of Light. Tyrion Lannister and Varys enlist her help in acquiring the common peoples' support for Daenerys, whom she believes to be the Prince that Was Promised, destined to defeat the Night King. •
Harry Strickland (portrayed by
Marc Rissman) was a captain of the Golden Company, hired by Cersei Lannister to defend King's Landing. Harry, alongside the company is ferried across the narrow sea by Euron Greyjoy. Upon his arrival in King's Landing, Harry informs Cersei of their lack of elephants. During the Battle of King's Landing, Harry is thrown of his horse by dragonfire and later is impaled by Grey Worm.
People of Westeros •
Ros (portrayed by
Esmé Bianco), is a red-haired
sex worker. The Ros of the television adaptation is an amalgam of more than one character from the books, including the unnamed redheaded northern prostitute and Alayaya. She initially lives in a brothel outside the gates of Winterfell, where she is a favorite of Theon Greyjoy, though she has attracted the attention of several others such as Tyrion Lannister and Jon Snow. Later in the season, Ros moves to King's Landing and is given employment in a brothel owned by Littlefinger. At the start of season 2, Ros has been promoted, managing the brothel and interviewing new employees. She is later abused by King Joffrey and savagely beaten by Cersei's men who mistake her for Tyrion's lover. She later enters an alliance with Varys. Her primary function in season 1 appeared to be one of
sexposition, as the backstories and motives of Theon, Littlefinger and Pycelle are all revealed during sexual encounters involving her. In season 2, she is used mostly as a familiar face for the audience in several key events. Midway through season 3 she is shot dead by King Joffrey after Littlefinger discovers that she has been spying for Varys. •
Mycah (portrayed by Rhodri Hosking) A butcher's boy who practises sword fighting with Lady Arya Stark. Upon the discovery of the two of them sword fighting, Prince Joffrey Barathoen sadistically berates and abuses Mycah. When Arya attacks Joffrey, Mycah runs away, but is later cut down by Sandor Clegane on Joffrey's order. In season 3, the Brotherhood Without Banners sentences Sandor to trial by combat to Mycah's murder at Arya's behest, which Sandor wins. •
Syrio Forel (portrayed by
Miltos Yerolemou) is the former First Sword of the Sealord of Braavos, hired by Lord Eddard to train Arya Stark at "Water Dancing", the Braavosi style of sword fighting. Syrio trained Arya using wooden swords filled with lead. He also mentored her on how to move and think like a warrior: to be perceptive, move with grace, and command her fear. After Eddard Stark's arrest, Cersei Lannister sends men to capture Arya. Syrio orders Arya to run while he holds them off with only a wooden practice sword. He defeats five guardsmen but cannot bring down the armored Meryn Trant, who cuts his practice sword in half. Arya escapes. The fate of Syrio after that is unknown. •
Tobho Mott (portrayed by
Andrew Wilde) A blacksmith in King's Landing, who took Gendry on as an apprentice. When King Joffrey, orders the mass murder of his half siblings, sired by Robert Baratheon, Tobho is forcibly questioned by the Gold Cloaks on Gendry's location. •
Mhaegen (portrayed by Antonia Christophers) is a
sex worker, in Littlefinger's brothel, and the mother of the royal bastard Barra, sired by King Robert Baratheon. Eddard visits Mhaegen and Barra, when investigating the murder of Jon Arryn. In season 2, when King Joffrey Baratheon orders the mass murder of his half siblings, Ser Janos Slynt personally kills Barra, after one of his men cannot kill the baby. •
Armeca (portrayed by
Sahara Knite) is a sex worker in Littlefinger's brothel. She is tutored by Ros upon arrival. She feigns lack of knowledge of the common tongue in order to appear more exotic, and entertains Bronn before the Battle of the Blackwater. •
Lommy Greenhands (portrayed by
Eros Vlahos) is a dyer's apprentice who was caught stealing and sent with Yoren to join the watch. When Yoren's band is attacked by Ser Amory Lorch, Lommy is one of the survivors, though he is injured in the leg, slowing down Arya and the other escapees. They are later captured by soldiers under the command of Ser Gregor Clegane. Polliver kills Lommy when he learns that he cannot walk. When the soldiers ask where Gendry is, Arya tells them that Lommy was Gendry, saving the real Gendry's life. •
Hot Pie (portrayed by
Ben Hawkey) is a
baker's boy from King's Landing recruited by Yoren to join the Watch. He is shown to be a friend of Lommy and together they try to bully Arya, but, instead she beats him. Hot Pie and Arya survive the attack on Yoren's band by Ser Amory Lorch, along with Gendry and Lommy Greenhands. They are later captured by soldiers of Ser Gregor Clegane, who kill Lommy. Like Arya, Hot Pie is made a servant at Harrenhal, in the kitchens. He escapes Harrenhal with Arya and Gendry and head to Riverrun. On the way, they are captured by the Brotherhood Without Banners, Hot Pie decides to stay at a local Inn to become a cook. In season 4, Hot Pie meets Brienne of Tarth and Podrick Payne on their journey to find Sansa Stark and tells them that Arya is likely still alive. Then when Arya passes through in season 7 he is able to give her the news that Jon Snow has retaken Winterfell. •
Daisy (portrayed by Maisie Dee) is a
sex worker in Littlefinger's brothel, from Haystack Hall, in the Stormlands. Dais is tutored by Ros, and witnesses the murder of Barra. Daisy is later abused by Ros, who is being forced to by King Joffrey Baratheon. •
Rorge (portrayed by
Andy Beckwith), a violent criminal from King's Landing, is taken from the Black Cells by Yoren to join the Night's Watch, which is customary for criminals. He, with the other criminals Jaqen H'Ghar and Biter, is kept caged in a cart for their journey north to keep from harming the other recruits. When Yoren's band is attacked by Ser Amory Lorch, Arya saves the three men by giving them an axe so that they can break out of their cage, which has been set on fire. The three join the Lannister soldiers for a time. In season 4, Rorge and Biter attack Arya and Sandor to collect the bounty on Sandor Clegane's head, but Biter is killed by Sandor and Rorge by Arya. •
Biter (portrayed by
Gerard Jordan), a violent criminal from King's Landing, is a frightening man who hisses instead of speaking, and his teeth have been filed to points. Like Jaqen H'Ghar and Rorge, Biter was collected by Yoren for the Night's Watch. When Yoren's band is attacked by Ser Amory Lorch, Biter and his companions find themselves trapped in the wagon in the middle of a fire, but Arya Stark, throws an axe into the wagon so that they can break free and save themselves. They manage to escape and are later taken into Ser Amory's service, eventually arriving at Harrenhal. In season 4, Rorge and Biter attack Arya and Sandor to collect the bounty on Sandor Clegane's head, but Biter is killed by Sandor and Rorge by Arya. •
Marei (portrayed by Josephine Gillan) is a sex worker in Littlefinger's brothel. She is one prostitutes hired by Tyrion Lannister as a gift to his squire Podrick Payne, for saving his life during the Battle of the Blackwater. In season 4, Marei later entertains Ellaria Sand, the paramour of Oberyn Martell. In season 5, Marei is beaten by the Faith Militant. •
Podrick Payne (portrayed by
Daniel Portman) is a young
squire assigned to Tyrion Lannister. In season 2, he fights alongside Tyrion at the Battle of the Blackwater and saves him from an assassination by Ser Mandon Moore. In season 4, Podrick is anonymously offered a knighthood in exchange for testifying against Tyrion at his trial for the murder of King Joffrey, but he does not accept or reject the offer – Tyrion orders Podrick to leave King's Landing before he is killed. Tyrion makes his brother, Jaime, assure Podrick's safety, who assigns him to serve Brienne of Tarth. Podrick initially appears to be incompetent but slowly wins Brienne's trust. Podrick and Brienne eventually find Arya Stark and Sandor Clegane near the Vale. A brawl ensues between Brienne and Sandor, and Podrick loses sight of Arya, much to Brienne's annoyance. Podrick and Brienne then search for Sansa, finding her with Petyr Baelish and some Vale knights in an inn. A fight ensues, and Podrick is only barely rescued by Brienne. They decide to follow Sansa and Baelish north. During their journey, Brienne slowly opens up to Podrick, and offers to teach him how to use a sword and defend himself. Brienne and Podrick reach the North and take shelter in a nearby inn, sending Sansa a message to signal for help should she need it. Podrick later alerts Brienne when Stannis arrives with his army to retake Winterfell. Podrick and Brienne later save Sansa and Theon Greyjoy from pursuing Bolton soldiers and Podrick manages to slay one with his newfound skills. He and Brienne escort Sansa to find Jon Snow at Castle Black. Sansa sends Brienne and Podrick to the Riverlands to seek the aid of Brynden Tully, where Podrick briefly reunites with Bronn. When Riverrun falls to the Freys, Brynden apparently sacrifices himself to allow Brienne and Podrick to escape in a boat. Though they are seen by Jaime Lannister, he lets them go. At the parley in the Dragonpit, Pod meets Bronn and at Bronn's suggestion they go for a drink. In season 8, Podrick participates in the Battle of Winterfell, and becomes a member of King Bran Stark's Kingsguard, and is knighted. •
Kayla (portrayed by Pixie Le Knot) is a sex worker in Littlefinger's brothel. She is one of the prostitutes hired by Tyrion Lannister as a gift to his squire Podrick Payne, for saving his life during the Battle of the Blackwater. In season 4, during the wedding of King Joffrey Baratheon and Queen Maragery Tyrell, Kayla is part of the entertainment hired for the wedding. •
Anguy (portrayed by
Philip McGinley) is a
commoner from the Dornish Marches, a member of the Brotherhood Without Banners. He is called "the Archer". •
Beric Dondarrion (portrayed by David Scott in season 1 and by
Richard Dormer from season 3 onwards Four of them are still alive at the end of the fifth book
A Dance with Dragons. In the
HBO television adaptation, only two are alive at the end of the series. •
Ghost is
Jon Snow's male direwolf, named due to it being
albino and always quiet. Ghost is born the
runt of the litter but later grows into the largest of the six Stark direwolves. He accompanies Jon to Castle Black. Following the Night's Watch mutiny, he is imprisoned by Karl and Rast. He is later freed by Bran Stark and mauls Rast to death before rejoining Jon and the loyal Night's Watch brothers. Though he is taken back to Castle Black, Alliser Thorne spitefully orders Jon to lock up Ghost. When the wildlings reach Castle Black, Jon orders Sam to free Ghost, and the direwolf subsequently helps the Night's Watch by mauling several wildlings to death. He survives the battle. After Jon departs for Hardhome, Ghost remains at Castle Black and scares off two Night's Watch bullies after they beat Sam and attempt to rape Gilly. After Jon is murdered by mutineers led by Alliser Thorne, Davos and the loyalists bring Ghost to help protect Jon's body. Once the mutineers are defeated and arrested, Ghost rests by Jon's body, and is later the first to witness Jon's resurrection back to life. Once Jon executes the mutineers and reunites with his sister Sansa, Ghost leaves Castle Black with Jon, but does not participate in the battle against the Boltons. After the Starks win, Ghost returns to Winterfell with Jon, and survives the battle against the Night King. Jon entrusts Ghost to Tormund when the latter departs back north beyond the Wall. •
Grey Wind was
Robb Stark's male direwolf, named for its swift speed. He accompanies Robb on his campaign against the Lannisters and often fights alongside him in the War of the Five Kings. When Robb is betrayed by Walder Frey and Roose Bolton, Grey Wind is locked up in a
pen and killed with crossbows. •
Lady was
Sansa Stark's female direwolf, named due to it being the smallest and prettiest of the pups. After an incident on
the Kingsroad when Nymeria bites Joffrey, Cersei first demands that Nymeria be killed, and when Nymeria cannot be found, demands that
a direwolf be killed. Despite his objections, Ned Stark obeys the king's order but kills Lady personally, though he sends her body north instead of allowing Cersei to have her skin. •
Nymeria is
Arya Stark's female direwolf, named after a legendary Rhoynish warrior queen whom Arya admires.
On the way to King's Landing, Crown Prince
Joffrey Baratheon attacks Arya with a sword after she attempts to defend her friend, the butcher's son Mycah, from his abuse. Nymeria comes to protect Arya and bites Joffrey in the arm. Knowing that Joffrey will lie to the court about what actually transpired, Arya forces Nymeria to flee to prevent it from being killed. A very long time afterward, Arya reunites with Nymeria in the Riverlands on her way back home to Winterfell and finds out that Nymeria has joined a pack of wild wolves. Arya attempts to urge Nymeria to return with her, but Nymeria turns away and remains with her new pack. •
Summer was
Bran Stark's male direwolf. When an assassin attempts to murder the comatose Bran, Summer tears out the assassin's throat, saving both Bran and Bran's mother Catelyn. Summer and Shaggydog survive the sacking of Winterfell by
Ramsay Snow and join Bran, Rickon, and their group on their journey to the Wall to find Jon Snow. When they stumble across Craster's Keep, Bran mentally takes over Summer's body to scout the area, but Summer falls into a trap and is imprisoned. He is later freed and continues the journey north with Bran. During the battle with the skeletons outside the Three-Eyed Raven's cave, Summer mauls several and escapes with Bran into the caves. After the White Walkers and the Wights attack the tree, the group is forced to escape. Only Meera and Bran make it out alive as Hodor, Summer, the Children of the Forest, and the Three-Eyed Raven are all slain by the undead while giving Bran time to escape. •
Shaggydog was
Rickon Stark's male direwolf, and is the only black one and the most temperamental of all the direwolf pups, whom
Jojen Reed describes as "full of fear and rage". Following the sacking of Winterfell, Shaggydog and Summer join Rickon, Bran, Osha and the Reed siblings on their journey to the Wall to find
Jon Snow. When the journey beyond the Wall is deemed too dangerous for Rickon, the group splits up, and Shaggydog accompanies Rickon and Osha to go to House Umber at Last Hearth. However, after Greatjon dies, his son Smalljon decides to ally with the Boltons and goes to
Ramsay Bolton, to whom he gives Osha and Rickon as hostages, while presenting Shaggydog's severed head as proof of Rickon's identity.
Dragons • '''''' is the black one of Daenerys' three dragons. Visibly the biggest and Daenerys's favourite dragon, Drogon is named after Khal Drogo, her late husband. Throughout seasons 2 and 3, Drogon is loyal to Daenerys, but in season 4, he roars in her face when she tries to stop him from harming the other dragons over food, which makes her realise that she may be losing control over her dragons. While in Meereen, Daenerys receives two complaints from the citizens of Slaver's Bay about Drogon's behaviour, one of them a shepherd whose flock of sheep Drogon torched, and the second a farmer whose three-year-old daughter Drogon killed. Though Drogon disappears before he can be captured, he saves Daenerys from an ambush in Daznak's Pit and flies off with her on his back, though he is wounded by the Sons of the Harpy in the process. He later lands in the Great Grass Sea, where Daenerys will be captured by Dothrakis. Drogon will finally join with her and his brothers and they finally sail towards Westeros. When Drogon discovers Daenerys' lifeless body, he is overwhelmed with anger and grief, realizing how his mother's obsession for the Iron Throne brought her to her own death. Drogon then proceeds to burn the Iron Throne until it is nothing but a puddle of molten slag. He then grasps Daenerys' body in his talons and flies with it across the Narrow Sea. • '''''' was the green one of Daenerys' three dragons. He is named after Daenerys' deceased brother, Rhaegar Targaryen. When Daenerys begins to lose control over them, she locks Rhaegal and Viserion in the catacombs beneath Meereen. She later goes to visit them, but they attempt to attack her, forcing her to flee. After being freed by Tyrion, Rhaegal flies to Westeros and is ridden by Jon Snow later on during the Battle of Winterfell. Rhaegal is eventually killed by Euron Greyjoy's fleet when Daenerys approaches King's Landing to strike a final attack on Cersei's troops. • '''''' was the yellow one of Daenerys' three dragons. He is named after Daenerys' deceased brother, Viserys Targaryen. When Daenerys lost control over them, she locked Rhaegal and Viserion in the catacombs beneath Meereen. She later goes to visit them, but they attempt to attack her, forcing her to flee. Viserion was killed with an ice spear during a battle with the White Walkers beyond the Wall, only to be resurrected by the Night King. With the Night King riding on his back, Viserion breathes blue fire at the Wall, which then disintegrates. After the Battle of Winterfell, Viserion's body collapses into its skeletal form after Arya kills the Night King. ==See also==