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Ser Richard Lonmouth, known as the Knight of Skulls and Kisses, was a famous knight from House Lonmouth.

History

He was a close personal friend and former squire of Prince Rhaegar Targaryen, alongside Ser Myles Mooton. When he was ready, he received his knighthood from Prince Rhaegar.

Richard was present at the tourney at Harrenhal, where he played a drinking game with Lord Robert Baratheon.




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Ser Richard Morrigen is a knight of House Morrigen and is sworn to King Stannis I. He is the brother and heir to Lord Lester Morrigen.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

He accompanies and continues to serve his King at the Wall.




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Richard Rodden was a noble from the Reach. During the civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons, Richard was loyal to King Aegon II Targaryen and the greens. A member of the Caltrops, he took an arrow during the Second Battle of Tumbleton and died the following day.




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Ser Richard Roote was a knight from House Roote. He was chosen by Queen Visenya Targaryen to be one of the first knights of the Kingsguard when the order was founded in 10 AC by King Aegon I Targaryen.




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Rickard Karstark is the Lord of Karhold and head of House Karstark. He has three sons, Harrion, Eddard, and Torrhen, and one daughter, Alys. Their lands are along a heavily-forested headland far to the north-east of Winterfell, overlooking the Shivering Sea.

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Appearance

See also: Images of Rickard Karstark

Rickard is gaunt and large, with a thick beard and hair loose past his shoulders.

History

Named after Lord Rickard Stark,

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Lord Rickard brings his forces to Winterfell when Robb Stark calls his banners. He is accompanied by his three sons, Harrion, Eddard, and Torrhen..

Rickard's younger sons, Torrhen and Eddard, are killed by Ser Jaime Lannister during the Battle of the Whispering Wood. Lord Rickard swears fealty to Robb when Lord Greatjon Umber declares him the King in the North.

A Clash of Kings

Lord Rickard storms out of the Great Hall of Riverrun when Robb Stark explains his terms for peace with the Iron Throne.

A Storm of Swords

After Catelyn Tully releases Ser Jaime Lannister from captivity, Lord Rickard, overcome with grief and anger, murders Willem Lannister and Tion Frey in their cells at Riverrun and sends his men to track down the Kingslayer, promising his daughter Alys to anyone who recovers Jaime for him. King Robb Stark declares Rickard a traitor and sentences him to die. Following his father's teachings, Robb carries out the sentence himself. With his last breath Rickard curses Robb, denounces him as his king, and calls him a kinslayer due to the blood ties between Stark and Karstark..

Quotes by Rickard

Any man who steps between a father and his vengeance asks for death.

Robb: This is my work, He dies at my word. He must die by my hand.

Rickard: For that much, I thank you. But for naught else.

The blood of the First Men flows in my veins as much as yours, boy. You would do well to remember that. I was named for your grandfather. I raised my banners against King Aerys for your father, and against King Joffrey for you. At Oxcross and the Whispering Wood and in the Battle of the Camps, I rode beside you, and I stood with Lord Eddard on the Trident. We are kin, Stark and Karstark.

– Rickard and Robb Stark

Old gods or new, it makes no matter, no man is so accursed as the kinslayer.

Quotes about Rickard

Rickard Karstark killed more than a Frey and a Lannister. He killed my honor.

Robb Stark

My father never bellowed like the Greatjon, but he was no less dangerous in his wroth.

- Alys Karstark

Family




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Rickard Liddle known as Little Liddle, is the youngest son of Lord Torren Liddle, known as The Liddle, or clan chief of House Liddle, a mountain clan in the North.




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Rickard Ryswell is a son of Lord Rodrik Ryswell and a member of House Ryswell.

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Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Theon Greyjoy sees a Ryswell lead a column of riders to the camp of Ramsay Bolton at the siege of Moat Cailin, but is unable to tell the difference between Rickard and his brother Roger.

Along with the rest of House Ryswell, Rickard attends the wedding of Ramsay to "Arya Stark" (actually Jeyne Poole) in Winterfell. Theon spots Rickard nuzzling at the neck of one of Abel's washerwomen near the Burned Tower of Winterfell.

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Annotation #1 for item #46269327: Wiki: Rickard Stark

For other articles sharing the same title, please see this disambiguation page.

Rickard Stark was Lord of Winterfell, Warden of the North, and head of House Stark during the reign of Aerys II Targaryen. He was the only child of Lord Edwyle Stark and Lady Marna Locke. flashback.

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Appearance

See also: Images of Rickard Stark

In the crypts of Winterfell there is a statue of Rickard at his tomb, which is flanked by those of his eldest son, Brandon, and his daughter, Lyanna. Rickard's engraving is said to match his appearance in life with a long, stern face and quiet dignity.

History

The son of Edwyle Stark and Marna Locke, Rickard married his cousin once removed, Lyarra Stark, and had four children: Brandon, Eddard, Lyanna, and Benjen. Lord Rickard visited King's Landing in 264 AC, leading King Aerys II Targaryen to consider building another Wall and claiming more land in the far north.

Rickard negotiated the betrothals of Brandon and Lyanna to Catelyn Tully of Riverrun and Robert Baratheon of Storm's End, respectively.

Before any of the marriages could take place, however, Lyanna disappeared near Harrenhal in early 282 AC.

As was his right, Lord Rickard demanded a trial by combat, expecting to fight a Kingsguard. Aerys granted Rickard's request but to the Mad King, House Targaryen's champion was fire. Protected by Ser Gerold Hightower and Ser Jaime Lannister of the Kingsguard, Aerys had Rickard suspended in the throne room of the Red Keep. Rossart and another pyromancer lit a fire beneath Rickard while he was dressed in his steel armor. Brandon, with a Tyroshi noose around his neck and a sword just out of his reach, was made to watch his father roast. Trying to reach the sword to save his dying father, Brandon strangled himself.

Rickard was succeeded by his second son, Eddard. Together with Lords Jon Arryn, Hoster Tully, and Robert Baratheon, Lord Eddard was a leader of Robert's Rebellion, the revolt against the Targaryens that overthrew their dynasty. Some have blamed Rickard's alliances for the near fall of House Stark.

One of Eddard's sons, Bran Stark, believes that his grandfather was beheaded by the Mad King.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Rickard appears in Theon Greyjoy's nightmare of King Robert I Baratheon's feast of the dead at Winterfell.

Meera Reed takes the heavy sword from Rickard's tomb when Bran Stark and his companions leave the crypt of Winterfell.

Quotes

Lord Rickard demanded trial by combat, and the king granted the request. Stark armored himself as for battle, thinking to duel one of the Kingsguard. Me, perhaps. Instead they took him to the throne room and suspended him from the rafters while two of Aerys's pyromancers kindled a blaze beneath him. The king told him that fire was the champion of House Targaryen. So all Lord Rickard needed to do to prove himself innocent of treason was ... well, not burn.

Jaime Lannister to Catelyn Stark

They tend to us when we are sick and injured, or distraught over the illness of a parent or a child. Whenever we are weakest and most vulnerable, there they are. Sometimes they heal us, and we are duly grateful. When they fail, they console us in our grief, and we are grateful for that as well. Out of gratitude we give them a place beneath our roof and make them privy to all our shames and secrets, a part of every council. And before too long, the ruler has become the ruled. That was how it was with Lord Rickard Stark. Maester Walys was his grey rat's name.

Barbrey Dustin to Theon Greyjoy

The day I learned that Brandon was to marry Catelyn Tully, though ... there was nothing sweet about that pain. He never wanted her, I promise you that. He told me so, on our last night together ... but Rickard Stark had great ambitions too. Southron ambitions that would not be served by having his heir marry the daughter of one of his own vassals.

Barbrey Dustin to Theon Greyjoy

Family

Rickard was probably an only child.

Annotation #2 for item #46269327: Wiki: (king) Rickard Stark

For other articles sharing the same title, please see this disambiguation page.

Rickard Stark, known as the Laughing Wolf for his good nature, was a King in the North and a member of House Stark. He was the son of King Jon Stark.

History

King Rickard took the Neck away from the Marsh King and took his daughter as wife.




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Ser Rickard Thorne was a knight of House Thorne and a member of the Kingsguard during the reigns of Viserys I, and Aegon II Targaryen.

History

After the death of King Viserys I Targaryen, Rickard choose the side of King Aegon II Targaryen in the ensuing civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons.

During the fall of King's Landing, Lord Larys Strong, the master of whisperers, smuggled Aegon, Princess Jaehaera, and Prince Maelor Targaryen to safety through a secret passage known only to Larys within Maegor's Holdfast. The party was accompanied by Rickard and Ser Willis Fell of the Kingsguard.

Rickard was commanded to see Maelor safely to Oldtown.




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Rickard Tyrell is a member of House Tyrell, a distant cousin of the ruling line. He is the son of Ser Olymer Tyrell and Lysa Meadows.

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Rickard Wylde is the son of Ser Jon Wylde and Elyana Vypren.

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Annotation #1 for item #46269331: Wiki: Rickon Stark

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Rickon Stark is Eddard and Catelyn's youngest child, only three years old when the series begins. Rickon is a naturally aggressive and strong-willed child, but his youth makes it difficult for him to cope with the terrible changes that come to his family and life. He is usually accompanied by his direwolf, Shaggydog. In the television adaptation *Game of Thrones* Rickon is played by Art Parkinson.

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Appearance and Character

See also: Images of Rickon Stark

Rickon favors his mother Catelyn in appearance, having the bright blue eyes, auburn hair, and easy smile of a Tully.

Young Rickon is playful but temperamental and stubborn.

Rickon wears an ermine mantle.

History

Born at Winterfell in 295 AC, Rickon is the third son and youngest child of Catelyn and Eddard Stark, Lord of Winterfell. Maester Luwin helped deliver the child.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Rickon and Shaggydog in the crypts of Winterfell, by Chris Casciano © Fantasy Flight Games

Lord Eddard Stark allows his children to adopt a litter of direwolves found by Jon Snow.

When he departs for King's Landing to serve Robert as Hand of the King, Eddard leaves his youngest son at Winterfell with the boy's mother, Catelyn Stark, and eldest brother, Robb.

A grief-stricken Catelyn lingers at Bran's bedside, so Rickon follows Robb around, crying. After Bran wakes from his coma, Catelyn departs Winterfell to inform Eddard of the catspaw assassin, leaving Robb to rule the castle.

Having learned that Robb is marching south to rescue their father from imprisonment in King's Landing, an upset Rickon hides in the crypt of Winterfell. Rickon slashes at Robb's men with a rusty sword and Shaggydog wounds Gage and Mikken. Rickon cries even more when Shaggy is chained in Farlen's kennel, and the boy refuses to bid farewell when Robb departs Winterfell.

Bran has a dream of Eddard in the crypt, so Osha and Maester Luwin bring the boy to the vaults so he can see that his father's tomb is empty. Shaggydog jumps out of the shadows and wounds Luwin, however, and Summer begins fighting with Shaggy. Four-year-old Rickon, who had freed Shaggy from the kennel, explains that he had also dreamed that Eddard would be coming home. Rickon accompanies the group to Luwin's tower, and the maester shows obsidian arrowheads to the boys. Rickon cries when a raven then arrives at the tower bringing word that Eddard has been executed by order of King Joffrey I Baratheon in the capital.

After the Battle of the Camps, Robb is proclaimed King in the North at Riverrun by northmen and rivermen.

A Clash of Kings

Rickon and Shaggydog, by Mark Evans © Fantasy Flight Games

Rickon is initially upset when Big Walder and Little Walder Frey arrive at Winterfell as wards according to the alliance between Houses Stark and Frey.

With his mother Catelyn away in the south, Rickon refuses to have his hair cut and instead bites a girl who tries to cut his long, unruly hair.

Rickon became a hostage of Theon Greyjoy after the capture of Winterfell by ironborn. Meera Reed protects Rickon when Stygg kills Mikken.

During the Battle of the Blackwater, Sansa Stark sings for her siblings.

Rickon and his companions have secretly hid from Theon in the crypts, however, and they survive the sack of Winterfell by Reek, who is actually Ramsay Snow.

A Storm of Swords

Traveling north toward the Wall, Bran Stark wonders if Osha took his brother to White Harbor or the Last Hearth.

Robb Stark, the King in the North, sleeps with Jeyne Westerling at the Crag after having been informed of his brothers' supposed deaths. Robb then marries Jeyne, breaking his promise to marry a daughter of Lord Walder Frey.

Sansa, expecting to marry Willas Tyrell, hopes to one day name sons after Rickon, Bran, and Eddard.

A Dance with Dragons

Most of Westeros believes Rickon dead, but Lord Wyman Manderly and Robett Glover learn from Wex Pyke, Theon's onetime squire and a survivor of the sack of Winterfell, that the boy is alive. Wex tells them—via writing and chalk drawings since he cannot speak—that Ramsay killed Rodrik Cassel, not Theon, in the battle at Winterfell, and that Wex followed a boy, a woman, and a direwolf after they left the castle.

When Lord Davos Seaworth attempts to convince Lord Manderly to take up Stannis Baratheon's cause, Wyman brings Wex into their meeting in the New Castle and explains to Davos what Wex witnessed. Wyman explains that in order for House Manderly to take Stannis as king, Davos must use his smuggling skills to retrieve Rickon, the heir of House Stark with Robb dead and Bran's fate unknown, from Skagos.

Ramsay, who is now Lord of Winterfell,

The Winds of Winter

Northmen in Stannis's army at the crofters' village want the king to execute Theon for having killed supposedly Bran and Rickon. Theon, who has been tortured by Ramsay, incoherently tries to explain his actions to his sister, Asha Greyjoy.

Quotes by Rickon

Art Parkinson as Rickon in *Game of Thrones*

Rickon: You let my father be. You let him be.
Bran: Rickon. Father's not here.
Rickon: Yes he is. I saw him. I saw him last night.

—Rickon to Luwin and Bran Stark

Are we going home? I want my horse. And I want applecakes and butter and honey, and Shaggy. Are we going where Shaggydog is?

—Rickon to Bran Stark

Quotes about Rickon

Rickon needs you. He's only three, he doesn't understand what's happening. He thinks everyone has deserted him, so he follows me around all day, clutching my leg and crying. I don't know what to do with him.

Robb Stark to Catelyn Stark

His baby brother had been wild as a winter storm since he learned Robb was riding off to war, weeping and angry by turns.

—thoughts of Bran Stark

Though he knew Lord Eddard was dead, sometimes Rickon forgot ... willfully, Bran suspected. His little brother was stubborn as only a boy of four can be.

—thoughts of Bran Stark

Brienne: I ... there are no words, my lady. My good lady. Your sons, they ... they're with the gods now.
Catelyn: Are they? What god would let this happen? Rickon was only a baby. How could he deserve such a death?

Brienne of Tarth and Catelyn Stark

Roose Bolton has Lord Eddard's daughter. To thwart him White Harbor must have Ned's son ... and the direwolf. The wolf will prove the boy is who we say he is, should the Dreadfort attempt to deny him. That is my price, Lord Davos. Smuggle me back my liege lord, and I will take Stannis Baratheon as my king.

Wyman Manderly to Davos Seaworth

Family

Annotation #2 for item #46269331: Wiki: (son of Benjen) Rickon Stark

Rickon Stark was Lord of Winterfell and head of House Stark. The eldest son of Lord Benjen Stark and Lady Lysa Locke. He married Lady Gilliane Glover and had one son by her Cregan.

Family

Annotation #3 for item #46269331: Wiki: (son of Cregan) Rickon Stark

Rickon Stark was a member of House Stark, the eldest son and heir of Lord Cregan Stark and Lady Arra Norrey. He married Lady Jeyne Manderly, with whom he had two daughters, Serena and Sansa Stark.

History

Rickon fought beneath the Targaryen banner when the Young Dragon, King Daeron I Targaryen, sought to conquer Dorne. He fought bravely, his deeds reported by Daeron in his *Conquest of Dorne*. Rickon’s death outside of Sunspear in one of the final battles was lamented in the North for years to come because of the troubles that dogged the reigns of his half brothers.

Family




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Archmaester Rigney is a member of the Citadel.

According to Rodrik Harlaw, Rigney once wrote that history is a wheel, because the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging.

Quotes

What has happened before will perforce happen again.

Behind the Scenes

This character and his philosophy is most likely a reference to Robert Jordan (real name: James Rigney, Jr.) and his series *The Wheel of Time*. See also House Jordayne.




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The Rills

The north and the location of the Rills

The Rills is an area in the north ruled by House Ryswell..

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History

House Ryder ruled the Rills as First Men kings after the Long Night, but they eventually submitted to the Kings of Winter and became vassals of House Stark of Winterfell. It is unknown what led the Rills to eventually be ruled by House Ryswell instead of House Ryder, but King Theon Stark put down a rebellion in the Rills during his reign.

In the story of the seventy-nine sentinels, deserters of the Night's Watch sought refuge in the castle of Lord Ryswell, but he returned them to the Wall.

Brandon Stark enjoyed riding in the Rills, where he met Barbrey Ryswell.

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A Storm of Swords

Lord Roose Bolton includes spearmen from the Rills as part of the force he leaves behind to defend the ruby ford from the Mountain's men.

Maester Aemon sends a raven to the Rills requesting aid against Mance Rayder's wildlings who are approaching the Wall.

A Dance with Dragons

The Ryswells lead men from the Rills in attacking the ironborn on the Fever River

Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series

Rillwater Crossing, the seat of House Glenmore in *Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series*, may be located in the Rills.




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Rimegate

The North and the location of Rimegate

Rimegate is a castle along the Wall abandoned by the Night's Watch. It is located between Sable Hall to the west and the Long Barrow to the east.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Lord Commander Jon Snow intends to garrison the abandoned castle but does not name a commander.




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The Ring is the seat of House Roxton in the Reach.




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Annotation #1 for item #46269336: Wiki: Riot of King's Landing

For the riot during the Dance of the Dragons, see Riot of King's Landing (Dance of the Dragons).

The Hound defends King Joffrey I Baratheon - by Franz Vohwinkel © Fantasy Flight Games

The riot of King's Landing is a large riot in the city of King's Landing during the War of the Five Kings. It leaves several notable people dead and burns parts of the city.

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Prelude

The riot is caused by lack of food and a sense of dissatisfaction among the general populace during Tyrion Lannister's preparation for the eventual assault on King's Landing by Stannis Baratheon, a claimant to the Iron Throne. With Lord Mace Tyrell cutting off supplies from the Reach, and the riverlands awash in blood, King's Landing is supplied mainly by House Rosby and House Stokeworth, whose lands have been largely untouched by the war.

The Riot

Sandor Clegane saves Sansa Stark from rioters - by Mathia Arkoniel ©

On the way back to the castle, as the king's party rides up the Hook at the foot of Aegon's High Hill, a woman walks out of the crowd with a dead baby and blocks the way. Sansa Stark encourages the king to win the people by throwing the woman some gold, but the woman ignores the coins as they fall around her and continues to hold the baby before her. Someone throws dung at the king, hitting him squarely in the face. Incensed, Joffrey demands the culprit and sends Sandor Clegane after them. This angers the crowd and shouted curses shower down on the party, further inflaming the situation. The crowd begins to move in and soon the party is surrounded and has to fight their way out. When Sandor is unhorsed and vanishes in the crowd, Ser Mandon Moore abandons Sansa to protect Joffrey.

Not all of the party escape the mob. Among those killed are Ser Aron Santagar, Ser Preston Greenfield, and the High Septon. Lollys Stokeworth is raped and Tyrek Lannister disappears. Dozens of smallfolk are killed by the gold cloaks and the knights of the Kingsguard who defend Joffrey.

Even after the king is safely within the walls of the Red Keep, the riot continues. Flea Bottom is set afire.

Aftermath

Nine gold cloaks are killed and over forty are wounded. However, the smallfolk pay for their attack. By night-time, the fires are out and most of the mobs disperse. There is no improvement in the welfare of the general populace and now a curfew is set in place so that anyone found in the streets after dark is to be killed. Tyrek Lannister remains missing. Lollys has a son, who is subsequently named Tyrion Tanner. Tyrion Lannister has a new High Septon named, and Ser Balon Swann fills Preston Greenfield's place in the Kingsguard.

Ser Jaime Lannister later notes that Varys was not present to see Myrcella off to Dorne, thereby avoiding the riot. He wonders if Varys had agents abduct Tyrek during the riot due to the fact that Tyrek squired for King Robert I Baratheon.

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Survivors

Dead

Missing

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The riot of King's Landing took place during the Dance of the Dragons, as Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen was losing her grip on the Iron Throne and the citizenry of King's Landing were living in paranoia and terror of the coming of the greens' dragons. The suicide of the beloved Princess Helaena Targaryen was the final event that caused the riots. Rumor spread that she was murdered under the orders of the queen.

The riots began in Flea Bottom as men and women poured from the wine sinks, pot shops, and rat pits, by the hundreds and then the thousands, drunk, angry and afraid. They called for justice for the murders of Helaena and her child before her, the young Prince Jaehaerys. Wagons were overturned and shops and warehouses were looted. No one was spared, whether of high birth or low. Lords and knights were murdered. Lady Darla Deddings saw her brother Davos stabbed through the eye when he tried to defend her from drunken rapists.

Sailors unable to return to their ships attacked the River Gate. By morning the bodies of the captain of the River Gate and three of his serjeants hanged from the gate. In Flea Bottom five hundred gold cloaks attempted to hold back a mob of ten thousand which resulted in the death of Ser Luthor Largent. Ser Lorent Marbrand led a hundred knights and men at arms into Flea Bottom but only sixteen returned. Among them was Ser Glendon Goode, who brought back the body of Lorent, killed in the riots.

A hedge knight called Ser Perkin the Flea crowned his squire Trystane Truefyre, claiming him to be a son of Viserys I Targaryen. Ser Perkin started knighting every sellsword, thief, and murderer who joined him till he led a ragged army of gutter knights who managed to swarm all over Fishmonger's Square and River Row.

The captains of the Old Gate and Dragon Gate managed to sally out and restore some semblance of order to the streets north and east of Rhaenys's Hill. Ser Medrick Manderly did the same for the area northeast of Aegon's Hill, to the Iron Gate.

The riots culminated in the storming of the Dragonpit and the deaths of five dragons, after which Rhaenyra fled the city.

Subsequently, King's Landing descended into anarchy for some time, a chaotic period known as the "Moon of the Three Kings". Different factions divided up sections of the city into their own rival fiefdoms: Trystane Truefyre and Gaemon Palehair, both alleged Targaryen bastards, were proclaimed as king by their respective mobs. Trystane's followers managed to gain control of the Red Keep itself on Aegon's Hill, while Gaemon's held Rhaenys's Hill (from the Street of Silk below the Dragonpit). The Shepherd and his followers, however, controlled large swaths of the rest of the city - though many districts weren't controlled by anyone, as the lawless rioting continued.




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The Rippledown Rill is a river in the Riverlands. It begins between Harrenhal and Riverrun but loops back around and flows into the Gods Eye.




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The River Arrow is a warship of the royal fleet in service at King's Landing.

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A Clash of Kings

The River Arrow is part of King Joffrey I Baratheon's fleet at the Battle of the Blackwater. The ship survives the battle and its captain is honored by the Iron Throne.




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© Fantasy Flight Games

The River Gate is one of the seven huge gates that surround the huge walls of King's Landing. It is known as the Mud Gate by the population of the city. It is near the center of the southeast wall and connects Fishmonger's Square and the wharfs on the Blackwater Rush. Opposite the River Gate on the southern shore of the Blackwater is the kingsroad, which leads to Storm's End.

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History

In the reign of Maegor I Targaryen, Maegor had his own wife and queen; Alys Harroway tortured to death and executed. Following her death, Alys body was cut into seven parts and mounted on spikes above each of the seven gates of the city, one of which was above the River Gate.

In the Fall of King's Landing which occurred during the civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons, Thirteen House Hightower knights and a hundred men-at-arms managed to hold the River Gate for eight hours from both attacks without and within the city. Despite this impressive resistance, the other six gates fell swiftly to the Blacks.

Later the same year, a massive riot broke out in the city, Sailors unable to return to their ships attacked the River Gate. By morning the bodies of the captain of the River Gate and three of his serjeants hanged from the gate.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

The commander of the River Gate, Ser Jacelyn Bywater, is made the new commander of the City Watch of King's Landing. The River Gate is assaulted with a battering ram by the army of Stannis Baratheon during the Battle of the Blackwater.

A Feast for Crows

Jaime Lannister is sent by his sister Cersei to inspect the city gates. According to him, the Mud Gate needs to be replaced due to the damage it suffered during the Battle of the Blackwater.




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The river road

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Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

At the start of the War of the Five Kings, Ser Jaime Lannister uses the river road to march to the Golden Tooth and Riverrun.

A Feast for Crows

After visiting his son Lancel at Darry, Ser Kevan Lannister returns to Casterly Rock via the river road from Riverrun.




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Riverbend is a village near the crossroads inn in the Riverlands.

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A Feast for Crows

After stopping at the crossroads inn, Septon Meribald intends to travel on, stopping at Nutten, Riverbend and Lord Harroway's Town.




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The riverlands with the major strongholds

The riverlands

Because of their central position in Westeros and lack of natural boundaries, born in the riverlands are given the surname Rivers.

The riverlands are ruled from Riverrun by House Tully, the Lords Paramount of the Trident. Notable houses of the region have included Blackwood, Bracken, Darry, Frey, Lothston, Mallister, Mooton, Mudd, Piper, Ryger, Strong, Vance, and Whent.

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Geography

Riverrun, the seat of House Tully. Franz Miklis. © FFG©.

The riverlands encompass a region of plains, forests, hills, and endless rivers, and borders on every single kingdom except Dorne.

The riverlands are named for the number of rivers which are present. The Red Fork runs from its source in the western mountains to Riverrun where it combines with the Tumblestone and then runs to the east. The Blue Fork flows southeast from its sources near Seagard, while the Green Fork runs south from swamps in the Neck, near the kingsroad. The three forks come together a short distance from Lord Harroway's Town to form the Trident, which then pours into the Bay of Crabs at Saltpans. The northern Blackwater Rush and a river from the Gods Eye run through the southern riverlands.

The riverlands do not contain any major cities,

People and Economy

The riverlands are rich and fertile and populous.

Military strength

While the riverlands are rich, fertile and populous, the region lacks natural borders and suffers from divided leadership. This affects the military strength House Tully of Riverrun can field. It is unknown whether the same men made up part of the armies in battle on both occasions, or just one.

House Frey alone is capable of raising at least four thousand men,

History

First Men

See also: Dawn Age, and Andal invasion

Harrenhal, the seat of House Whent, along the Gods Eye. Illustrated by Lino Drieghe. © Fantasy Flight Games.

During the Dawn Age the First Men settled in the riverlands, coming into conflict with the native children of the forest. After centuries of fighting, a pact was signed at the Isle of Faces, the children withdrew to their forests, while the First Men raised their kingdoms in the lands ceded by the mysterious folk.

During the thousand years that followed, various families ruled the riverlands as river kings, claiming the titles King of the Trident or King of the Rivers and the Hills. Many dynasties claimed these lands during the Age of Heroes, including Fishers, Brackens, theBlackwoods, and Mudds, who were the last of the First Men to claim the riverlands as their own.

The time of the First Men river kings came to an end with the Andal invasion. Remembered in song are the Fall of Maidenpool, the Widow's Ford, the White Wood, and the Battle of Bitter River.

Andals

The victorious Andals raised their own kingdoms and dynasties. House Justman united the riverlands for almost three centuries, and King Benedict II Justman expanded their realm east to Duskendale, Rosby, and the mouth of the Blackwater Rush.

The riverlands were then disputed by Houses Blackwood, Bracken, Vance, Mallister, and Charlton for a century. The Hooks were also river kings of old who claimed the mouth of the Blackwater.

Storm Kings

The last native kings, the Teagues, were killed by the Storm King Arlan III Durrandon in the Battle of Six Kings.

House Hoare

The Storm Kings in turn were defeated by the Iron King, Harwyn Hardhand, who established his own kingdom from the Iron Islands to the riverlands.

Harwyn's grandson, Harren the Black, ordered the construction of an immense castle, Harrenhal, as a display of his wealth and power. Construction of Harrenhal took forty years and a huge amount of resources and money to build. Feuding between the Blackwoods and the Brackens during the construction led Harren to punish both houses. Ironically, the same day the most immense castle in history was finished, Aegon Targaryen, the Lord of Dragonstone, landed in Westeros with his dragons.

The Conquest

Harren the Black was unpopular within the riverlands when Aegon invaded Westeros. Rather than support House Hoare, the river lords rose in rebellion and joined House Targaryen during Aegon's Conquest. The first to do so was House Tully, followed by the Blackwoods, Mallisters, Vances, Brackens, Pipers, Freys, and Strongs.

Harren thought if he refused battle Aegon would have to lay siege Harrenhal with the river lords. Instead, Aegon let his dragons attack. The heat produced by the dragons was so great that much of Harrenhal burned and melted, killing Harren and his children. After the burning of Harrenhal Aegon raised Lord Edmyn Tully to dominion over the riverlands, below the sovereignty of the Targaryens, as the Lord Paramount of the Trident.

Targaryen Dynasty

Lord Edmyn Tully repaired much of the damage caused by the rule of Harren the Black.

When the Dance of the Dragons began, the notoriously-quarrelsome river lords were nominally under the rule of House Tully. Most supported Rhaenyra Targaryen and the blacks against Aegon II Targaryen and the greens. Prince Daemon Targaryen led the assault on Harrenhal and followed up with the Battle of the Burning Mill. The green army from the westerlands was victorious in the Battle of the Red Fork but was then defeated by rivermen and northmen in the Battle by the Lakeshore. Prince Aemond Targaryen and his dragon, Vhagar, burned much of the riverlands in response,[N 1] but Aemond was eventually killed in the Battle Above the Gods Eye by Daemon. Ser Criston Cole, the Kingmaker, led an army of greens through the riverlands, but they were hampered by scorched earth tactics. Rivermen and their northern allies crushed Criston and his greens in the Butcher's Ball, an ambush south of the Gods Eye.

Robert's Rebellion

Lord Hoster Tully betrothed his daughter, Catelyn, to Brandon Stark, the heir to Winterfell. Brandon and his father, Lord Rickard Stark, were executed by King Aerys II Targaryen, however, and Hoster supported the rebels during Robert's Rebellion.

A number of Lord Tully's vassals remained loyal to House Targaryen, including Lords Darry, Goodbrook, Mooton, and Ryger, however, and Hoster punished the Goodbrooks with fire and sword.

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A Game of Thrones

Riverlands ravaged by war by Rene Aigner©

After Catelyn Stark abducts Tyrion Lannister,

After the death of King Robert I Baratheon, Tywin leads a Lannister army and captures or besieges several castles, including Darry, Harrenhal, Pinkmaiden, Raventree Hall, and Stone Hedge.

Ser Jaime Lannister's army defeats a riverland army under the command of Ser Edmure Tully in a battle under the walls of Riverrun and besieges the capital of the riverlands.

Meanwhile, Robb Stark gathers the northern bannermen and marches south to rescue his imprisoned father, Eddard.

With Eddard having been executed by King Joffrey I Baratheon, the northern and river lords gathered in Riverrun's Great Hall proclaim Robb to be king.

A Clash of Kings

Harry the riverlands. © FFG

In 299 AC, during the War of the Five Kings, Renly Baratheon believes that a host of twenty thousand riverlanders has joined Robb. However, according to Catelyn Stark the actual number is much less.

The acting Hand of the King, Tyrion Lannister, strips Lord Janos of Harrenhal and exiles him to the Night's Watch.

Robb takes the northern horse and some of the Freys to raid the westerlands.

Roose Bolton is able to recover Harrenhal and other territory in the riverlands when Tywin leaves to defend the westerlands from Robb.

As a reward for negotiating the alliance between House Lannister and House Tyrell, the Iron Throne grants Harrenhal to Petyr Baelish and names him Lord Paramount of the Trident. Petyr remains in King's Landing, however. Ser Lancel Lannister receives Darry,

A Storm of Swords

Arya Stark meets the brotherhood without banners, a band of outlaws led by a revived Lord Beric Dondarrion. In the name of the late King Robert I Baratheon, they engage in a guerrilla campaign against House Lannister and the Iron Throne.

Robb returns to Riverrun after successfully raiding the westerlands, but has lost the support of the Freys after marrying Jeyne Westerling instead of a daughter of Walder Frey.

Leaving Ser Brynden Tully at Riverrun as the Warden of the Southern Marches, Robb leads the bulk of his northmen and rivermen army to the Twins for Edmure's wedding to Roslin Frey.

After the Red Wedding most of the river lords surrender to the Iron Throne;

A Feast for Crows

Ser Jaime Lannister travels to deal with the few river lords still in resistance to the Iron Throne. Brynden Tully continues to hold out, despite the siege of Riverrun by House Frey..

Even though the War of the Five Kings has seemingly ended, the brotherhood without banners and broken men still roam the riverlands. Led by Lady Stoneheart, the outlaws of the brotherhood engage in a campaign of retribution against House Frey.

A Dance with Dragons

Jaime Lannister resolves the siege of Raventree, with Lord Tytos Blackwood the last river lord to submit to the Iron Throne. Jaime disappears with Brienne of Tarth at Pennytree.

Houses

House Baelish of Harrenhal.
House Bigglestone.
House Blackwood of Raventree Hall.
House Blanetree.
House Bracken of Stone Hedge.
House Butterwell of Whitewalls.
House Chambers.
House Charlton.
House Cox of Saltpans.
House Darry of Darry.
House Chambers.
House Deddings.
House Erenford.
House Fisher of the Misty Isle.
House Frey of the Crossing.
House Frey of Riverrun.
House Goodbrook.
House Grell.
House Grey.
House Haigh.
House Harlton of Castlewood.
House Harroway of Harrenhal.
House Hawick of Saltpans.
House Hoare of Harrenhal.
House Hook.
House Justman.
House Keath.
House Lannister of Darry.
House Lolliston.
House Lothston of Harrenhal.
House Lychester.
House Mallister of Seagard.
House Mooton of Maidenpool.
House Mudd of Oldstones.
House Nayland of Hag's Mire.
House Paege.
House Perryn.
House Piper of Pinkmaiden.
House Qoherys of Harrenhal.
House Roote of Lord Harroway's Town.
House Ryger of Willow Wood.
House Shawney.
House Slynt of Harrenhal.
House Smallwood of Acorn Hall.
House Strong of Harrenhal.
House Teague.
House Terrick.
House Towers of Harrenhal.
House Tully of Riverrun.
House Vance of Atranta.
House Vance of Wayfarer's Rest.
House Vypren.
House Wayn.
House Whent of Harrenhal.
House Wode.

Quotes

Memories of ancient wrongs and bygone betrayals were not oft put aside by the lords of the Trident, whose enmities ran as deep as the rivers that watered their lands.

- writings of Yandel

North of here the kingsroad ran along the Green Fork of the Trident, through fertile valleys and green woodlands, past thriving towns and stout holdfasts and the castles of the river lords.

- thoughts of Catelyn Tully

Tell them I want to see the riverlands afire from the Gods Eye to the Red Fork.

Tywin Lannister to Kevan Lannister

The land was gentle enough, rolling hills and terraced fields interspersed with meadows and woodlands and little valleys where willows crowded close to slow shallow steams ... Here farmland gave way to forest, the villages and holdfasts were smaller and farther apart, the hills higher and the valleys deeper.

- thoughts of Arya Stark

Between rains, floods, fire, and war, they had lost two harvests and a good part of a third. An early winter would mean famine all across the riverlands.

- thoughts of Merrett Frey

From what Jaime had seen of the riverlands, scarce a field remained unburnt, a town unsacked, a maiden unspoiled.

- thoughts of Jaime Lannister

And these Lords of the Trident may have bent their knees, but methinks their hearts are still .. wolfish.

- Daven Lannister to Jaime Lannister

Notes

  1. Aemond and Vhagar attacked Darry, Lord Harroway's Town, Lord's Mill, Blackbuckle, Buckle, Claypool, Swynford, Spiderwood, Old Willow, White Willow, Hogg Hall, Merrydown Dell, Stonyhead, Sweetwillow, Sallydance, Bowshot Bridge, Old Ferry, Crone's Mill, and Bechester.



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Riverrun

The riverlands and the location of Riverrun

Riverrun is the ancestral castle of House Tully, the Lords Paramount of the Trident. It is situated in the western riverlands, at the confluence of the Tumblestone and Red Fork rivers.

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Household

The household of Riverrun includes Vyman, its maester, and Utherydes Wayn, its steward. Ser Desmond Grell serves as master-at-arms, while Ser Robin Ryger commands the Tully guards as their captain. Rymund the Rhymer entertains as a singer.

Layout

See also: Images of Riverrun

Riverrun is a strong three-sided castle, although not especially large. The castle is bordered on the north by the Tumblestone and on the south by the Red Fork, while on the west a third side faces a massive man-made ditch. In time of danger the sluice gates can be opened to fill a wide moat and leave the castle surrounded on all three sides by water, turning Riverrun into an island and leaving it practically unassailable. It commands a view of many leagues.

The castle has sandstone walls which rise sheer from the water, its battlements are crenelated and have arrow loops, and its towers command the opposite shores.

Riverrun castle - by Franz Miklis. © FFG

The Wheel Tower has a great waterwheel turned by the Tumblestone. It has ivy climbing alongside it, and below one makes a wide turn and ends up in churning waters. The Tumblestone leads to the Water Gate, a wide arch and a heavy iron portcullis, red with rust in its lower half. It is named so for being half in the water, and one must use a boat to go through it. Many boats are tied up within the Water Gate, secured to iron rings in the walls. The water stair leads from the lower bailey up to the castle.

The keep is triangular, like Riverrun itself, and the lord's solar is triangular as well with a triangular stone balcony jutting eastwards. The solar can be reached by a spiral stairway.

The Great Hall is where large councils are held and the high seat of the Tullys sits.

The shortest way from the Great Hall to the keep is through the godswood,

The dungeons of Riverrun are windowless and stables.

History

Andal era

House Tully knights leave Riverrun - Illustrated by Marco Caradonna. © Fantasy Flight Games.

House Tully had served House Mudd of Oldstones, but King Tristifer IV Mudd was killed during the Andal invasion. After the king's death, Ser Axel Tully constructed the red castle at the juncture of the Red Fork with the Tumblestone, land which he had received from an Andal king, Armistead Vance.

The strategic position of Riverrun brought wealth to the Tullys, who guarded the western riverlands from the Kingdom of the Rock. The castle has rarely been surrendered and has never fallen by storm.

When Harwyn Hoare, King of the Iron Islands, invaded the riverlands, Riverrun was abandoned by Lord Tully, who joined the host of Lady Agnes Blackwood. Agnes's forces were betrayed by Lord Lothar Bracken, however.

Targaryen Era

During Aegon's Conquest a few generations later, Lord Edmyn Tully raised the standard of House Targaryen above Riverrun, beginning the rebellion of the river lords against Harwyn Hoare's grandson Harren the Black, the King of the Isles and the Rivers. Following the burning of Harrenhal, King Aegon I Targaryen named Edmyn the first Lord Paramount of the Trident.

Prince Maegor Targaryen was knighted during a great tourney at Riverrun in 28 AC.

House Tully supported King Maegor I against Aenys's son, Prince Aegon Targaryen, in the Battle Beneath the Gods Eye.

Riverrun was initially neutral during the Dance of the Dragons, as Ser Elmo Tully barred the castle's gates against the wishes of his father, the green-supporting Lord Grover. Elmo and his son Kermit actively supported the blacks later in the war.

Petyr Baelish spent part of his youth at Riverrun with the Tully siblings, Catelyn, Lysa, and Edmure.

In Riverrun's sept during Robert's Rebellion, Lords Eddard Stark and Jon Arryn married Catelyn and Lysa, respectively.

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A Game of Thrones

With Lord Hoster Tully ill at the start of the War of the Five Kings, Ser Edmure Tully is defeated by Ser Jaime Lannister in a battle under the walls of Riverrun.

A Clash of Kings

Siege of Riverrun - FFG@.

Robb allows the gathered riverlords to disperse from Riverrun to defend their own lands.

Edmure admits smallfolk within the walls of Riverrun to protect them from war. The knight regathers riverlords

Following the Battle of the Blackwater, the Iron Throne names Petyr Baelish the Lord Paramount of the Trident, the new liege lord of the riverlands, with the castle of Harrenhal as his seat.

A Storm of Swords

Arya Stark hopes that the brotherhood without banners will escort her to her family at Riverrun,

Robb's mother, Catelyn Stark, releases Jaime from Riverrun's dungeon in an attempt to exchange him with the Iron Throne for her daughters, Sansa and Arya Stark. Ser Robin Ryger, the captain of Riverrun's guards, tries to recover Jaime but is stopped by Jaime's escort, Brienne of Tarth.

Having been informed that Robb has married Jeyne Westerling instead of one of Lord Walder Frey's daughters, the Freys at Riverrun angrily return to the Twins.

Livid with Catelyn's release of Jaime, Lord Rickard Karstark sends his riders from Riverrun in search of the escapee, and he murders two of Robb's captives, the squires Willem Lannister and Tion Frey. Robb beheads Rickard in the castle's godswood.

Once Hoster dies, a funerary boat with his body is launched by Robb, Tytos Blackwood, Jonos Bracken, Jason Mallister, Marq Piper, Karyl Vance, and Lothar Frey.

When Robb marches north to attend the wedding of Lord Edmure to Roslin Frey at the Twins, he leaves Ser Brynden Tully at Riverrun as the Warden of the Southern Marches. Jeyne, Robb's queen, also remains at Riverrun.

Edmure is captured and Robb is killed at the Red Wedding, however, Lord Tywin Lannister, the Hand of the King, strips Riverrun from House Tully and grants it to Ser Emmon Frey, forming House Frey of Riverrun. Brynden the Blackfish continues to hold the castle against a Frey siege.

A Feast for Crows

Brynden expels the smallfolk from Riverrun and replenishes its provisions from the countryside.

During a meeting at the castle's drawbridge, Brynden rejects Jaime's terms of surrender. After Jaime tells the captive Edmure he will sacrifice rivermen in an assault and launch Edmure's unborn child into the castle,

Brynden escapes through the Water Gate, however, and presumably swims down the Red Fork. Lord Emmon has a large garrison of two hundred to defend his new castle, while the Blackfish's garrison is allowed to depart without arms and armor. Robin Ryger and Ser Desmond Grell agree to take the black. Ser Forley Prester commands the escort taking Edmure and the Westerlings from Riverrun to the westerlands. When snow falls at Riverrun, its people engage in a snowball war along the battlements. Maester Vyman receives Cersei's request for aid from Jaime, but the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard refuses to answer his sister.

A Dance with Dragons

After resolving the siege of Raventree, Jaime is said to have disappeared while returning to Riverrun.

Quotes

She had been born a Tully, at Riverrun far to the south, on the Red Fork of the Trident. The godswood there was a garden, bright and airy, where tall redwoods spread dappled shadows across tinkling streams, birds sang from hidden nests, and the air was spicy with the scent of flowers.

- thoughts of Catelyn Stark

The southern rain was soft and warm. Catelyn liked the feel of it on her face, gentle as a mother's kisses. It took her back to her childhood, to long grey days at Riverrun. She remembered the godswood, drooping branches heavy with moisture, and the sound of her brother's laughter as he chased her through piles of damp leaves. She remembered making mud pies with Lysa, the weight of them, the mud slick and brown between her fingers. They had served them to Littlefinger, giggling, and he'd eaten so much mud he was sick for a week. How young they all had been.

- thoughts of Catelyn Stark

Harys: How could this happen? How? Even after the Whispering Wood, you had Riverrun ringed in iron, surrounded by a great host ... what madness made Ser Jaime decide to split his men into three separate camps? Surely he knew how vulnerable that would leave them?
Kevan: I would have done the same. You have never seen Riverrun, Ser Harys, or you would know that Jaime had little choice in the matter.

- Harys Swyft and Kevan Lannister

It was late afternoon when they sighted Riverrun, rising from the narrow point where the Tumblestone joined the Red Fork. The Tully castle looked like a great stone ship with its prow pointed downriver. Its sandstone walls were drenched in red-gold light, and seemed higher and thicker than Jaime had remembered.

- thoughts of Jaime Lannister

Riverrun is mine, and no man shall ever take it from me.

- Emmon Frey to Genna Lannister

This was my father's solar. He ruled the riverlands from here, wisely and well. He liked to sit beside that window. The light was good there, and whenever he looked up from his work he could see the river. When his eyes were tired he would have Cat read to him. Littlefinger and I built a castle out of wooden blocks once, there beside the door. You will never know how sick it makes me to see you in this room, Kingslayer. You will never know how much I despise you.

- Edmure Tully to Jaime Lannister

Chapters that take place at Riverrun




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Riverspring is the seat of House Sarwyck in the westerlands in the video game *Game of Thrones*. The town is situated near the source of the Blackwater Rush




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Rogar Baratheon was Lord of Storm's End and head of House Baratheon. He was Lord Orys Baratheon’s grandson.

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History

Lord Rogar was the first great lord to openly proclaim for Prince Jaehaerys against his uncle, Maegor I Targaryen. In 48 AC at Storm's End, Rogar proclaimed Jaehaerys to be the lawful king of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men. In return, Jaehaerys named Rogar the Protector of the Realm and the Hand of the King.

Twenty-three days after the mysterious death of King Maegor I, Rogar arrived at King's Landing at the head of a large host, accompanying Dowager Queen Alyssa Velaryon, to meet up with Prince Jaehaerys, Princess Rhaena, and Princess Alysanne, who had arrived a fortnight earlier.

During the remainder of King Jaehaerys' minority Rogar shared the rule of the realm with Dowager Queen Alyssa. Half a year after Jaehaerys came to rule on his own, Rogar and Alyssa were wed.

Behind the Scenes

In published works, Rogar is called both "Rogar Baratheon" and "Robar Baratheon". In *The World of Ice & Fire, the name "Robar" is consistently used, while the character is called "Rogar" on some occasions in *The Sons of the Dragon and (at least in the printed version) "Robar" on others. According to Elio Garcia, one of the co-authors of The World of Ice and Fire, George R. R. Martin used both names interchangeably in the original manuscript. Even though "Rogar" was used more frequently in the manuscript, for The World of Ice & Fire, the choice was made to use "Robar" as it was the name Martin wrote down towards the end of the manuscript.

Family




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High King Robar II Royce was the last Bronze King of House Royce of Runestone, who lived during the Andal invasion. He was the grandson of Yorwyck VI Royce. He united much of the Vale under his rule as Robar Royce, Second of That Name, High King of the Vale, the Fingers, and the Mountains of the Moon.

History

Robar II inherited the crown less than a fortnight before his sixteenth nameday yet proved a fearsome warrior and a cunning and charming leader. He united the houses of the First Men that still held out against the Andals - Redforts, Hunters, Belmores, and Coldwaters - as well smaller clans and houses, bringing them together with marriages, grants of land or gold and, in one case, outshooting Lord Hunter in an archery contest - though legend claims King Robar cheated. He even won the allegiance of reputed sorceress Ursula Upcliff. Thus Robar was proclaimed High King of the Vale, the Fingers and the Mountains of the Moon.

Instead of attempting an attack against all the Andals, King Robar warred upon one enemy at a time, as the Andal houses had fallen to petty rivalries and infighting - the same infighting that had plagued the First Men and allowed the Andals to seize power. The first to fall was the King of the Fingers, Qyle Corbray. According to legend, Robar II slew Corbray after striking his Valyrian steel sword, Lady Forlorn, from his hand. Gulltown was retaken when Robar sent his own sister inside the city to convince the surviving Shetts to rise against the Graftons and open the city gates. The Hammer of the Hills, an Andal king who held the eastern end of the Vale, fell before Robar's host beneath the walls of Ironoaks.

The Andals ultimately reacted and chose to unite under a knight named Ser Artys Arryn, the Falcon Knight. The two armies fought in the Battle of Seven Stars. According to singers, Robar's army threw back six Andal charges, but the seventh one broke through. Nevertheless, Robar ordered a counterattack and led the charge himself, with his champions at his side, slaying Torgold Tollett with Lady Forlorn. Then he spied the Falcon Knight's armor across the field and spurred toward him. King Robar managed to slay Ser Artys, but then five hundred knights charged down the slopes of the Giant's Lance to take Robar's host in the rear. Leading the attack was a champion in silvered steel, with a moon-and-falcon on his shield and wings upon his warhelm: the true Ser Artys; whereas the man King Robar had slain was a mere decoy. King Robar and thirty lords supporting him died. It is unknown who slew King Robar: Ser Aryts, Lord Ruthermont, Ser Luceon Templeton, or Ser Jaime Corbray.




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For the historical king, see Robar II Royce.

Ser Robar Royce, also known as Robar the Red, is a knight of House Royce. He is the second son of Lord Yohn Royce.

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Appearance

See also: Images of Robar Royce

Robar is "comely in a rough-hewn way". He is a good tourney warrior and a very good swordsman.

Catelyn Tully thinks that Ser Robar and the company he keeps are young and foolish because they see war as a game.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Ser Robar attends the Hand's tourney in King's Landing with his father, Lord Yohn Royce, and his elder brother, Ser Andar. The Royces wear steel armor with bronze runes. Robar defeats Lothor Brune and is defeated in turn by Ser Loras Tyrell.

After Lord Eddard Stark decides to send a party to bring Ser Gregor Clegane to justice for raiding the riverlands, he sends Ser Robar to the kingswood to inform King Robert I Baratheon and Yohn.

A Clash of Kings

As a second son Robar has to make his own name, so he decides to support Renly Baratheon's claim to the Iron Throne. Renly appoints him to his Rainbow Guard as Robar the Red. When Catelyn Stark attends the feast near Bitterbridge, Lord Bryce the Orange goads him into juggling daggers. On the eve of the battle between the brothers Renly and Stannis Baratheon, Robar escorts Catelyn from Renly's camp to the sept and back.

Seconds after the murder of Renly, Robar the Red and Emmon the Yellow burst into the tent and find Renly's dead body in the arms of Brienne the Blue. They both think that Brienne has killed Renly, and Ser Emmon and others attack her. Catelyn, who has seen the murder, is able to convince Ser Robar that Brienne is innocent. Robar tells Catelyn to take Brienne away and holds the attackers at bay.

A Storm of Swords

Loras Tyrell recalls that he killed Robar and Emmon in his rage.

Family




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Robard Cerwyn was a member of House Cerwyn, married to Aregelle Stark and had issue.




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Ser Robb Reyne was a knight of House Reyne, during the reign of Daeron II Targaryen. He was considered one of the finest knights of his time.

History

He sided with Daemon Blackfyre during the First Blackfyre Rebellion.




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Robb Rivers, known as Red Robb Rivers and the Bowman of Raventree, was a bastard of House Blackwood of Raventree Hall.

History

One of the blacks, Robb brought three hundred archers to the battle by the Lakeshore during the Dance of the Dragons. Caught by armies from the Riverlands and the North, Lord Lefford sent ravens to Prince Aemond Targaryen at Harrenhal for assistance. However, Robb used his archery to prevent any of the ravens from reaching Aemond.

Quotes

Though a dozen birds took wing, not one ever reached the prince; Red Robb Rivers, said to be the finest archer in all Westeros, took them down on the wing.

Archmaester Gyldayn writing of the battle by the Lakeshore




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Robb Stark is the eldest son of Eddard Stark and Catelyn Tully and is the heir of House Stark to Winterfell and the north. He is called the Young Wolf by friend and foe alike. In the television adaptation *Game of Thrones* he is played by Richard Madden.

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Appearance and Character

See also: Images of Robb Stark

Robb's appearance favors his Tully side, with a stocky build, blue eyes and thick red-brown hair. He is strong and fast. He opens the series as a boy of fourteen years.

Robb wears a surcoat over his armor and carries an oak shield decorated with a direwolf's head.

Robb is his father Eddard's son, with a keen sense of justice. He shares his father's devotion to honor and is frequently accompanied by his direwolf, Grey Wind.

History

Robb was conceived during the first fortnight of the marriage of Lord Eddard Stark and Lady Catelyn Tully

Robb was raised at Winterfell as his father's heir, and is the closest of companions with his half-brother Jon Snow.

After Greyjoy's Rebellion in 289 AC, Eddard brought to Winterfell a hostage, Theon Greyjoy, the last surviving son of Lord Balon Greyjoy. Robb came to befriend Theon and enjoy the elder boy's company.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Robb Stark captures Jaime Lannister - by Mathia Arkoniel ©

Robb attends the execution of Gared and discovers a litter of six direwolf pups in the snow. He claims one of the direwolves for his own and names him Grey Wind.

When his father Eddard is named Hand of the King to Robert and journeys south to King's Landing, Robb remains in Winterfell to rule in his father's stead with the help of his his mother, Catelyn Stark.

After word of Eddard's arrest in King's Landing for treason against the late king Robert's successor, Joffrey, reaches Winterfell, Robb calls the Stark bannermen to war. His youth and experience is questioned by his father's bannermen, such as Jon Umber, but he manages to unite them behind him.

Upon learning that Riverrun has been besieged by a host led by Ser Jaime Lannister, whilst another force led by Lord Tywin Lannister approaches from the south, Robb splits his forces, sending his foot under the command of Lord Roose Bolton to engage Tywin's army, while crossing the Green Fork at the Twins with the majority of his horse.

Robb leads his horsemen to Riverrun, where, aided by the counsel of his great-uncle, Ser Brynden Tully, he achieves complete surprise in ambushing Jaime's army in the Whispering Wood, annihilating Jaime's forces and taking Jaime captive.

Upon Eddard's execution in King's Landing at the command of King Joffrey, effectively ending the possibility of peace between Stark and Lannister, Robb is crowned at Riverrun by his bannermen and the river lords as the King in the North.

Jon Snow leaves Castle Black so he can help his half brother, Robb, but Jon's new brothers in the Night's Watch convince him to return to the Night's Watch.

A Clash of Kings

King Robb Stark and Grey Wind - by C.Griffin ©

Riverrun's smith creates for Robb a crown inspired by the ancient crowns of the Kings of Winter. The bronze circlet depicts runes of the First Men and is decorated with nine black iron spikes shaped like longswords.

Remaining idle for a time at Riverrun, Robb sends Theon Greyjoy, who fought with him in the Whispering Wood, to Pyke with the goal of securing an alliance with his father, Lord Balon, against the Lannisters in exchange for recognition of the independence of the Iron Islands.

Robb also sends his mother, Catelyn, south to treat with the late King Robert's youngest brother, Renly Baratheon, who has crowned himself king.

Having sent Theon and Catelyn on their ultimately unsuccessful missions, Robb heads west to deal with Stafford Lannister's host before it is fully trained..

A Storm of Swords

At the Crag, Robb suffers a wound and is tended by Jeyne Westerling. There he learns that a small force led by his one-time friend, Theon Greyjoy, has taken Winterfell and murdered his younger brothers Bran and Rickon, although the two youths actually escaped. Jeyne comforts Robb upon his hearing this news, which leads to his taking her maidenhood. In an effort to preserve her honor, Robb weds her immediately thereafter.

Other problems await Robb in Riverrun: Ser Edmure Tully, acting Lord Paramount of the Trident whilst his father Hoster Tully lays on his deathbed, met Tywin Lannister's army as they attempted to cross the Red Fork at a ford near Riverrun and threw them back. While the Battle of the Fords prevented Tywin's force from approaching Robb's from the rear, Robb's plan had been to entangle Tywin's army in a chase in the west while Stannis Baratheon marched on King's Landing. Being thrown back at Riverrun allowed Tywin's force to turn around and arrive at the capital in time for the Battle of the Blackwater, which turned the tide of the battle, and indeed the war, in House Lannister's favor.. With all others, he is the solemn King in the North.

Additionally, Robb learns that in her grief over the supposed murder of two of her sons, Catelyn released Jaime Lannister from captivity and entrusted him with a mission to return her daughters Sansa and Arya to her, if possible.

Robb is betrayed and murdered in front of his mother Catelyn at the Red Wedding - by nejna ©

After the death of Hoster Tully, Robb intends to return to the north, reclaim his territory, much of which has been conquered by the ironborn, and avenge the deaths of Bran and Rickon. Aware that he slighted Walder Frey in his marriage to Jeyne Westerling, Robb suggests that Edmure Tully wed one of Lord Walder's daughters in his stead, a proposal to which Edmure reluctantly agrees.

Because he believes his brothers dead and Arya lost, and fearing that, by the laws of succession, were he to die without issue, Winterfell and the north would go to Sansa's new husband, Tyrion Lannister, Robb discusses the matter of his succession with his mother. To her chagrin, he suggests that, if he were to die, his bastard half-brother Jon Snow should succeed him. At Hag's Mire, Robb sends Maege Mormont and Galbart Glover north to Howland Reed at Greywater Watch to procure guides which will enable Robb to attack the ironborn unawares at Moat Cailin. Robb provides letters containing false orders in order to protect Maege and Galbart if they are captured. Robb has a small group of supporters—Catelyn, Edmure, Maege, Galbart, Jason Mallister, and Greatjon Umber—witness his choice of successor,

Because Grey Wind is aggressive toward Freys when Robb arrives at the Twins, the direwolf is penned up. Robb apologizes to Lord Frey and receives salt and bread.

A Dance with Dragons

The Frey envoys at White Harbor tell the Merman's Court that Robb turned into a wolf and slew the knights Wendel Manderly, Tytos Frey, and Garse Goodbrook.

Quotes by Robb

Robb: I can't release the Kingslayer, not even if I wanted to. My lords would never abide it.

Catelyn: Your lords made you their king.

Robb: And can unmake me just as easy.

– Robb and Catelyn Stark

Love’s not always wise, I’ve learned. It can lead us to great folly, but we follow our hearts ... wherever they take us.

– Robb, to Catelyn Stark

I’ve made a botch of everything but the battles, haven’t I? I thought the battles would be the hard part, but ... if I had listened to you and kept Theon as my hostage, I’d still rule the north, and Bran and Rickon would be alive and safe in Winterfell.

– Robb, to Catelyn Stark

Robb: Greatjon, keep Lord Karstark here till I return, and hang the other seven.

Greatjon: Even the dead ones?
Robb: Yes. I will not have such fouling my lord uncle’s rivers. Let them feed the crows.
Captive: Mercy, sire. I killed no one, I only stood at the door to watch for guards.
Robb: Did you know what Lord Rickard intended? Did you see the knives drawn? Did you hear the shouts, the screams, the cries for mercy?
Captive: Aye, I did, but I took no part. I was only the watcher, I swear it...

Robb: Lord Umber, this one was only the watcher. Hang him last, so he may watch the others die.

– Robb and Jon Umber

Brynden: You know that for a certainty? That this will make young Karstark your enemy?
Robb: What else would he be? I am about to kill his father, he’s not like to thank me.
Brynden: He might. There are sons who hate their fathers, and in a stroke you will make him Lord of Karhold.

Robb: Even if Harrion were that sort, he could never openly forgive his father’s killer. His own men would turn on him. These are northmen, Uncle. The north remembers.

– Robb and Brynden Tully

Gods be good, why would any man ever want to be king? When everyone was shouting King in the North, King in the North, I told myself ... swore to myself ... that I would be a good king, as honorable as Father, strong, just, loyal to my friends and brave when I faced my enemies ... now I can’t even tell one from the other. How did it all get so confused? Lord Rickard’s fought at my side in half a dozen battles. His sons died for me in the Whispering Wood. Tion Frey and Willem Lannister were my enemies. Yet now I have to kill my dead friends’ father for their sakes.

- Robb to Brynden Tully

I have won every battle, yet somehow I'm losing the war.

- Robb to Catelyn Stark

Catelyn: You would not be the first king to bend the knee, nor even the first Stark.

Robb: Never.
Catelyn: There is no shame in it. Balon Greyjoy bent the knee to Robert when his rebellion failed. Torrhen Stark bent the knee to Aegon the Conqueror rather than see his army face the fires.

Robb: Did Aegon kill King Torrhen’s father?

– Robb and Catelyn Stark

If you keep all your treasures in one purse, you only make it easier for those who would rob you.

- Robb to Catelyn Stark

Quotes about Robb

No sword is strong until it’s been tempered. The Stark boy is a child. No doubt he likes the sound of warhorns well enough, and the sight of his banners fluttering in the wind, but in the end it comes down to butcher’s work. I doubt he has the stomach for it.

Tywin Lannister to Kevan Lannister

Varys: Cersei is frightened of you, my lord ... but she has other enemies she fears even more. Her beloved Jaime is fighting the river lords even now. Lysa Arryn sits in the Eyrie, ringed in stone and steel, and there is no love lost between her and the queen. In Dorne, the Martells still brood on the murder of Princess Elia and her babes. And now your son marches down the Neck with a northern host at his back.

Eddard: Robb is only a boy.

Varys: A boy with an army.

Varys and Eddard Stark

There sits the only king I mean to bow my knee to, m’lords. The King in the North!

Jon Umber to the northern bannermen

He is a boy no longer, she realized with a pang. He is sixteen now, a man grown. Just look at him. War had melted all the softness from his face and left him hard and lean.

- thoughts of Catelyn Stark

Robb Stark had won more battles in a year than the Lord of Highgarden had in twenty.

Tyrion Lannister's thoughts

The Young Wolf remains unbeaten in the field.

Petyr Baelish to Paxter Redwyne

Yes, Lord Umber, leave me to the king. He means to give me a scolding before he forgives me. That’s how he deals with treason, our King in the North. Or should I call you the King Who Lost the North, Your Grace?

Rickard Karstark to Jon Umber and Robb

If you had to fall into a woman’s arms, my son, why couldn’t they have been Margaery Tyrell’s?

Catelyn Stark's thoughts

Tyrion: He foreswore himself, shamed an ally, betrayed a solemn promise. Where is the honor in that?
Kevan: He chose the girl’s honor over his own. Once he had deflowered her, he had no other course.

Tyrion Lannister and Kevan Lannister

He won the war on the battlefield and lost it in a bedchamber.

Jaime Lannister's thoughts

More beast than boy, that one, puffed up with pride and bloodlust ... Robb Stark betrayed us all. He abandoned the north to the cruel mercies of the ironmen to carve out a fairer kingdom for himself along the Trident. Then he abandoned the riverlords who had risked much and more for him, breaking his marriage pact with my grandfather to wed the first western wench who caught his eye. The Young Wolf? He was a vile dog and died like one.

- Rhaegar Frey to the Merman's Court

Robb who had been more a brother to Theon than any son born of Balon Greyjoy's loins. Murdered at the Red Wedding, butchered by the Freys. I should have been with him. Where was I? I should have died with him.

- thoughts of Theon Greyjoy

Family




Annotations from item #46269352:

Robb Stark's battle guard are the new protectors of Robb Stark, the heir of Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell. Unlike the Kingsguard, this is not an official order with any sworn vows, but an informal group of battle companions.

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Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

When Robb Stark rides to war against the Lannisters after the arrest in King's Landing of his father, Lord Eddard Stark, he surrounds himself with highborn warriors. Just as he rides with a different lord at the head of his army every day in order to know and honor his bannermen, Robb's choice of bodyguards serves to honor the houses from which they are picked. Most of these fighters are young men, although Dacey Mormont is female and Ser Wendel Manderly and Robin Flint are mature men.

Forming Robb's battle guard during the battle in the Whispering Wood are thirty nobles.

A Clash of Kings

Robb's companions continue to fight bravely during his invasion of the westerlands and to serve him in other critical capacities. Robb sends northmen and rivermen to protect his mother, Catelyn Stark, during her journey to treat with Renly Baratheon at Bitterbridge and Stannis Baratheon at Storm's End.

A Storm of Swords

During the wedding feast of Lord Edmure Tully and Roslin Frey at the Twins, Robb is protected by Robin, Dacey, Patrek Mallister, and Smalljon Umber, who all remain sober.

Known Members

Quotes

I have fought beside the Young Wolf in every battle, he has not lost one yet.

- Dacey Mormont to Maege Mormont

A wedding feast was not a battle, but there were always dangers when men were in their cups, and a king should never be unguarded.

- thoughts of Catelyn Stark




Annotations from item #46269353:

Robert's Rebellion, and the beginning of Robert Baratheon's reign.

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Prelude

Tourney at Harrenhal

In 281 AC, a grand tourney was held by Lord Walter Whent at Harrenhal.

The most prominent visitor of the tourney was King Aerys II Targaryen, however. Aerys had not left the Red Keep for many years, ever since his half-year capture during the Defiance of Duskendale in 277 AC,

The tourney was cause for great celebration, as spring had come to Westeros, or so men thought.

Abduction of Lyanna Stark

At the coming of the near year, Lyanna Stark was abducted by Prince Rhaegar Targaryen near Harrenhal.

King Aerys did allow for trials, of a sort. Lord Rickard Stark demanded a trial by battle, and the king granted his request. Rickard dressed for battle, but Aerys declared fire to be the champion of House Targaryen. He had Rickard suspended from the rafters in the throne room, where his pyromancers, Rossart amongst them, kindled a blaze beneath the Lord of Winterfell. Brandon Stark was brought in as well, and placed in a Tyroshi strangling device, while a longsword was placed just outside his reach. Brandon was allowed to try and free his father, but the more he struggled to reach the sword, the tighter the cord around his neck became. Brandon strangled himself in an attempt to reach the sword and save his father, while Lord Rickard cooked in his armor.

Next, Aerys demanded that Lord Jon Arryn send him the heads of Lord Robert Baratheon of Storm's End, Lyanna's betrothed,

The Rebellion

Overview of the war: 1 Summerhall, 2 Ashford, 3 Battle of the Bells, 4 The Trident, 5 King's Landing, 6 Storm's End. The colors represent faction amies: Baratheon. Stark. Tyrell. Lannister. Targaryen.

Taking of Gulltown

Main article: Taking of Gulltown

Fighting began in the Vale of Arryn. Though Jon Arryn called for all his banners, not all of his bannermen sided with him. Once north, Eddard could call his banners.

Gulltown's defenses eventually fell after an unknown amount of time, with Robert Baratheon slaying Marq Grafton in the taking of Gulltown.

Battles at Summerhall

Main article: Battles at Summerhall

Just as not all the lords in the Vale had sided with Jon Arryn, not all the lords in the stormlands sided with Robert Baratheon. The first major battle in the stormlands took place at Summerhall. They were three battles (1 on the map), in truth, all fought on one day. Lords Grandison, Cafferen, and Fell had gathered their hosts and planned to join forces at Summerhall. From there, they would march on Storm's End. However, thanks to an informer, Robert learned of their plans and rode with his knights and squires to Summerhall, where he attacked each host in turn.

Lord Cafferen and Grandison,

Following his victory at Summerhall, Robert was now free to march north, to join up with Jon Arryn and the northmen.

Battle of Ashford

Main article: Battle of Ashford

The next major battle was the Battle of Ashford

During the battle, Lord Cafferen was cut down by Randyll Tarly, who sent his head to King Aerys II.

King Aerys, due to the events in the stormlands, came to believe that his Hand of the King, Lord Owen Merryweather, was ineffectual. The king was even considering that Merryweather might have been so ineffectual as to possibly aid the rebellion.

Battle of the Bells

Main article: Battle of the Bells

Battle of the Bells

Eddard Stark had managed to reach Winterfell, where he called his banners. He marched south with his forces, and joined up with Lord Jon Arryn. Together, they negotiated with Lord Hoster Tully, the Lord of Riverrun, for his support.

Lord Jon Connington led a mighty army into the field. The forces he commanded gave chase, and Robert's march became a grueling one.

Battle began when Lords Stark and Tully arrived with a rebel army. The soldiers fought in the streets and alleys and on the rooftops, and the septons rang the bells to warn the residents to lock their doors.

Suspicious of the loss at the Stoney Sept, King Aerys exiled Jon Connington, stripping him of his titles.

With both Elbert Arryn and Denys Arryn now dead, Jon Arryn was in need of an heir. Hoster Tully swiftly betrothed his daughter, Lysa, who had previously proven fertile, to Jon.

Battle of the Trident

Main article: Battle of the Trident

The Battle of the Trident as depicted by Justin Sweet in *The World of Ice and Fire*.

After at first refusing to send aid to Aerys, both due to his caution as well as due to his anger over Elia's treatment,

The Battle of the Trident (4 on the map) was the decisive battle in the war. Fought in 283 AC

Around the time the Battle of the Trident was fought, Robert proclaimed his intention to claim the Iron Throne. though it was conquest which won him the throne.

Because Robert had taken a wound from Rhaegar during battle, he gave the pursuit of the remnants of the Targaryen army to Eddard Stark. Eddard followed the remnants of the army back to King's Landing, where the Red Keep was being held by several thousand loyalists.

Battle at the Mander

Main article: Battle at the Mander

Quellon Greyjoy, Lord of the Iron Islands, desired neutrality for the ironborn during the war. After Pyke was informed of Rhaegar's death, however, Quellon was convinced by his eldest sons—Balon, Euron, and Victarion—to join the rebels as soon as possible or else lose all chance at spoils. Since it was still unknown whether House Lannister of Casterly Rock would side with the loyalists or the rebels, most of the ironmen's fleet remained at home, while Quellon led fifty longships in attacking the Reach.

The Greyjoys captured some ships and and raided some towns and villages. They were intercepted by the longships of the Shield Islands, however, at the mouth of the Mander. After Lord Quellon was slain in the battle at the Mander, his heir, Balon, led the remaining ironmen back to the Iron Islands, having accomplished little.

Sack of King's Landing

Main article: Sack of King's Landing

Ned finds Jaime seated on the Iron Throne by Amok©

Already prior to the Battle of the Trident, King Aerys had been preparing his wildfire plot. His Hand of the King, Lord Qarlton Chelsted, however, eventually became suspicious of the frequency with which the pyromancers visited the king. When he discovered the king's wildfire plot, he attempted to change the kings mind, and when nothing worked, he choose to resign his position. For this, Aerys had him burned alive.

While the Trident is seen by many as the decisive battle of the war, the capital remained untaken until the Sack of King's Landing

Upon the realization that all was lost, Aerys ordered Rossart to ignite the wildfire caches throughout the city, wishing to leave Robert nothing but “ashes and bones”. He ordered Ser Jaime Lannister, Lord Tywin’s eldest son and the only knight of his Kingsguard present in the city, to kill Tywin and bring his head to Aerys. Instead, Jaime killed Rossart, and upon the realization that Aerys would simply give the order to burn the city down to another pyromancer, returned to the Red Keep and murdered Aerys himself in the throne room, mere seconds before soldiers from the westerlands entered.

Meanwhile, Ser Gregor Clegane and Ser Amory Lorch had entered Maegor's Holdfast to deal with the rest of the royal family, to secure the throne for Robert, and to prove that House Lannister had forsaken the Targaryens forever. Gregor killed Prince Aegon Targaryen, Rhaegar's son and heir in front of the child's mother, Princess Elia Martell, and then raped and murdered Elia herself with Aegon's blood and brains still on his hands. Amory dragged Princess Rhaenys Targaryen from under her father's bed and killed her, stabbing her half a hundred times.

When Eddard Stark arrived in the city, he found Jaime seated on the Iron Throne and Aerys's corpse slumped below it.

In the days that followed the Sack of King's Landing, Jaime Lannister sought out and killed Garigus and Belis, the remaining two pyromancers aware of the wildfire plot.

Aftermath

While Robert's Rebellion is considered to have ended at the Sack of King's Landing, was still missing.

End of the Siege of Storm's End

Main article: Siege of Storm's End

The siege of Storm's End (6 on the map) had begun after the Battle of Ashford.

Combat at the Tower of Joy

Main article: Combat at the tower of joy

Tower of joy, by Henning Ludvigsen, FFG©.
Note: The bottom image is the original version, but was redone to make the top image, which features the red mountains of Dorne.

After lifting the siege at Storm's End, Lord Eddard Stark rode further south with six companions: Howland Reed, Lord Willam Dustin, Ethan Glover, Martyn Cassel, Theo Wull, and Ser Mark Ryswell.

Near the Red Mountains of Dorne, they found three knights of Aerys II's Kingsguard, Ser Arthur Dayne, Ser Oswell Whent, and the Lord Commander, Ser Gerold Hightower.

Afterwards, Eddard travelled further south, to Starfall, where he delivered the famed sword Dawn, which had been in the possession of the Sword of the Morning, to Arthur's sister, Lady Ashara Dayne.

Assault on Dragonstone

Main article: Assault on Dragonstone

In between the Battle of the Trident and the Sack of King's Landing, Queen Rhaella Targaryen and her son and Aerys's new heir, Prince Viserys Targaryen, had been sent to the island of Dragonstone

In 284 AC, nine months after the flight to Dragonstone,

Establishment of Baratheon Dynasty

Following the conclusion of the rebellion, Robert I Baratheon was successfully installed as the new Lord of the Seven Kingdoms. Robert named his foster father, Jon Arryn, as his Hand of the King, and he named his middle brother, Stannis, as Lord of Dragonstone.

Robert had no wish to marry following the death of his betrothed, Lyanna Stark, but Jon convinced him otherwise by informing Robert that the realm was in need of an heir. Jon suggested Lord Tywin Lannister's daughter, Cersei, as the marriage would ensure Tywin's support, should Viserys Targaryen ever attempt to win his throne back.

Rumored Dornish Resistance

The deaths of Princess Elia Martell and her two young children, Rhaenys and Aegon Targaryen, infuriated House Martell. Prince Oberyn Martell, Elia's younger brother, attempted to raise Dorne for the exiled Viserys. Messages were sent by both raven and messenger, though their contents have remained a secret.

Houses by Allegiance

While not every house supporting the loyalists and the rebels respectively is known, this list provides an overview of the loyalties that have been revealed thus far. While it is known that the houses in the riverlands, the Vale, and the stormlands were divided between the loyalists and rebels in their loyalties, no mention has been made regarding any divided loyalties in Dorne, the Reach, and the north. Nonetheless, this list presents only houses specifically mentioned by name to have supported a side in the war.

Loyalists

Rebels

Quotes

There are still those in the Seven Kingdoms who call me Usurper. Do you forget how many houses fought for Targaryen in the war? They bide their time for now, but give them half a chance, they will murder me in my bed, and my sons with me.

Robert I Baratheon to Eddard Stark

Robert was betrothed to marry her, but Prince Rhaegar carried her off and raped her. Robert fought a war to win her back. He killed Rhaegar on the Trident with his hammer, but Lyanna died and he never got her back at all.

Bran Stark to Osha

Robert Baratheon led the rebellion. All commands came from him, in the end.

Tyrion Lannister to Varys

Once Rhaegar died, the war was done.

Pycelle to Tyrion Lannister

And so ended both the reign of House Targaryen and Robert's Rebellion—the war that put an end to nearly three hundred years of Targaryen rule and ushered in a new golden era under the auspices of House Baratheon.

—writings of Yandel




Annotations from item #46269354:

Robert Arryn, also known as Sweetrobin,.

Robert is named after King Robert I Baratheon..

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Appearance and Character

See also: Images of Robert Arryn

Robert is six years old but small and painfully thin for his age. He is pale with brown hair and big eyes

Young Robert is spoiled and whiny, prone to crying when his dolls are taken away

Robert is afflicted with a disease that causes frequent seizures. Maester Colemon bleeds him with leeches

For formal occasions Robert dons a doublet of cream and blue,

History

Robert has been sickly all his days.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Robert became Defender of the Vale upon the death of his father, Lord Jon Arryn, but does not receive his father's title of Warden of the East, as King Robert I Baratheon grants it instead to Ser Jaime Lannister.

Before his ascension, Lord Tywin Lannister offered to take young Robert as his ward, something he had never offered to anyone else. Lord Eddard Stark suspects Tywin made this offer in order to seize Robert Arryn as a hostage. King Robert planned to accept the offer but Lady Lysa Arryn fled from King's Landing to the Vale with her son to avoid this.

Robert's mother, Lady Lysa, rules the Vale as regent in his name, but makes no effort to school him in the governance of his realm. He presides over the trial of Tyrion Lannister for the attempted murder of Bran Stark. He is upset when Bronn defeats Ser Vardis Egen in Tyrion's trial by combat as he wanted to "make him fly" through the Moon Door.

A Storm of Swords

Tywin, the Hand of the King, agrees to restores the title of Warden of the East to House Arryn, in return for Petyr Baelish marrying Robert's widowed mother, Lysa, and bringing the Vale to the king's peace.

Following the death of King Joffrey I Baratheon at his royal wedding, Petyr smuggles Sansa Stark to the Fingers, where he marries Lysa. Lady Arryn tells Sansa that she intends to marry her to Robert once Sansa's husband, Tyrion Lannister, is executed for Joffrey's murder.

At the Eyrie, Robert uses his doll to destroy the snow castle replica of Winterfell made by his cousin, Sansa, in her guise of Alayne Stone. When Sansa rips the doll, Robert has a fit and is taken away by Maester Colemon. After an altercation between Sansa and Lysa, Petyr pushes Lysa through the Moon Door and blames Marillion.

A Feast for Crows

Upon the death of Robert's mother, Petyr Baelish assumes the position of Lord Protector of the Vale, claiming the rule of the Vale of Arryn and the guardianship of Lord Robert through his brief marriage to Lysa.

Seated on the weirwood throne, Robert hosts Lord Nestor Royce. When Sansa, disguised as Alayne Stone, tells Nestor that Lysa had been killed by Marillion, Robert has another fit. Ser Lothor Brune is kicked in the face during the boy's spasms.

Several of the more prominent nobles of the Vale sign a declaration to oust Petyr from the Eyrie and assume the rearing and training of Robert, calling themselves the Lords Declarant.

Petyr invites Gyles Grafton and Terrance Lynderly to be companions and squires for Robert.

The Winds of Winter

Robert immediately approves of Alayne Stone's suggestion he be protected by an order inspired by his hero, the Winged Knight, with a tourney choosing the eight members of the new Brotherhood of Winged Knights. Robert tells Alayne he wants to marry her, but she says he cannot as she is baseborn. Robert dislikes his cousin, Ser Harrold Hardyng, thinking they are waiting for him to die so Harry the Heir can take over the Eyrie.

Conflicting accounts about plans for fostering Robert

In the early books, various characters give conflicting accounts on whether Robert was meant to be fostered by Stannis Baratheon at Dragonstone or instead by House Lannister at Casterly Rock, suggesting some change of plans linked to his father's death.

As the history stands at the end of *A Dance with Dragons*, it would seem that Lord Jon Arryn planned to send Robert to Dragonstone to protect him from his enemies, but Queen Cersei Lannister found out and convinced King Robert I Baratheon to interfere and send young Robert to Casterly Rock instead. The main evidence is Cersei's conversation with Ser Jaime Lannister in the First Keep. It would seem that Jaime is unaware of the original Dragonstone plans.

Quotes by Robert

The bad little man. Mother, can I make him fly? I want to see him fly.

- Robert to Lysa Arryn

Robert: It wasn't me, it was a giant hurt the castle. She killed him! I hate her! She's a bastard and I hate her! I don't want to be leeched!
Colemon: My lord, your blood needs thinning. It is the bad blood that makes you angry, and the rage that brings on the shaking.

- Robert and Colemon

Alayne: Mya will keep the mules from biting, and I'll be riding just behind you. I'm only a girl, not as brave or strong as you. If I can do it, I know you can, Sweetrobin.
Robert: I could do it, but I don't choose to. Tell Mya I am going to stay abed. Perhaps I will come down on the morrow, if I feel better. Today is too cold out, and my head hurts. You can have some sweetmilk too, and I'll tell Gretchel to bring us some honeycombs to eat. We'll sleep and kiss and play games, and you can read me about the Winged Knight.

- Alayne Stone (Sansa Stark) and Robert

Myranda: My lord, you've grown so big!

Robert: Have I?

Myranda: You will be taller than me soon.

- Myranda Royce and Robert

Alayne: Sweetrobin, I'm scared. Hold my hand, and help me get across. I know you're not scared.

Robert: I'm not?
Alayne: Not you. You're my winged knight, Ser Sweetrobin.
Robert: The Winged Knight could fly.

Alayne: Higher than the mountains.

- Alayne Stone (Sansa Stark) and Robert

Quotes about Robert

Lord Robert. Six years old, sickly, and prone to weep if you take his dolls away. Jon Arryn's trueborn heir, by all the gods, yet there are some who say he is too weak to sit his father's seat.

Brynden Tully to Catelyn Stark

Isn't he beautiful? And strong too, don't you believe the things you hear. Jon knew. The seed is strong, he told me. His last words. He kept saying Robert's name, and he grabbed my arm so hard he left marks. Tell them, the seed is strong. His seed. He wanted everyone to know what a good strong boy my baby was going to be.

Lysa Arryn to Catelyn Stark

The boy is utterly without discipline. He will never be strong enough to rule unless he is taken away from his mother for a time.

- Catelyn Stark to Rodrik Cassel

The boy is weak and sickly.

Stannis Baratheon to Cressen

Arryn won't live long enough to breed.

Jaime Lannister to Genna Lannister

No matter what you offered him, Robert always wanted more.

- thoughts of Sansa Stark

Petyr: So tell me, sweetling—why is Harry the Heir

Alayne: He is not Lady Waynwood's heir. He's Robert's heir. If Robert were to die ...

Petyr: When Robert dies. Our poor brave Sweetrobin is such a sickly boy, it is only a matter of time.

Petyr Baelish to Alayne Stone (Sansa Stark)

Family




Annotations from item #46269355:

Ser Robert Ashford was a knight of House Ashford during the reign of Daeron II Targaryen. He a younger son of the ruling Lord Ashford.

History

Robert participated in the tourney at Ashford Meadow in 209 AC. Along with his older brother, Ser Androw, he was one of his sister's champions in the tourney. In the first tilt he was challenged by Ser Lyonel Baratheon, who beat him after ten lances and a fight afoot.




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Annotation #1 for item #46269356: Wiki: Robert Blackwood

See also Robert Blackwood (209).

Robert Blackwood is the sixth son of Lord Tytos Blackwood of Raventree Hall.

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Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Robert dies of looseness of the bowels nine days before Ser Jaime Lannister comes to end the siege of Raventree. Lord Tytos tells Jaime that Robert was never strong.

Family

Annotation #2 for item #46269356: Wiki: (209) Robert Blackwood

Not to be confused with Robert Blackwood, the sixth son of Lord Tytos Blackwood of Raventree Hall, who died in 300AC.

Robert Blackwood was a member of House Blackwood during the reign of Daeron II Targaryen. His relation to the main branch is unknown.

History

Robert attended the tourney at Ashford Meadow.




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Ser Robert Brax is a knight from House Brax, he is the second son of Lord Andros Brax.

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Ser Robert is slain at the Battle of the Fords.

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Robert Brax is a member of House Brax, the eldest son of Ser Flement Brax and Morya Frey. He is a page at Casterly Rock.

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Ser Robert Flowers, better known as Red Robert Flowers, was a member of the Kingsguard and a bastard from the Reach. Despite his bastard origin, he rose to become Lord Commander of the Kingsguard.




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Robert Frey is the eldest son of Ser Raymund Frey and Beony Beesbury. He is in training at the Citadel in Oldtown.

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Robert Frey a member of House Frey, the eldest son of Rhaegar Frey and Jeyne Beesbury.

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Robert I Baratheon is the Lord of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros and the head of House Baratheon of King's Landing. Robert was crowned king after King Aerys II Targaryen, his first cousin once removed, was killed during Robert's Rebellion. Following the war, Robert married Cersei Lannister to ensure political stability. With her, Robert has three children: Joffrey, Myrcella, and Tommen. In the television adaptation *Game of Thrones* he is played by Mark Addy.

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Appearance and Character

See also: Images of Robert Baratheon

Robert has the classical Baratheon look: black hair and bright blue eyes.

Well loved by soldiers,

Robert is as strong as a bull and fearless in battle.

Robert is a man of huge appetites, who knows how to take his pleasures.

Robert owns a black velvet doublet decorated with a crowned golden stag,

History

Early life

Born in 262 AC,

According to Stannis, when Robert was five or six years old, the two brothers were brought to court by their father, Steffon, where they witnessed the Hand of the King, Lord Tywin Lannister, sitting on the Iron Throne and holding court.

From an early age onwards, Robert had been fostered by Lord Jon Arryn in the Eyrie, together with Eddard Stark of Winterfell. The two boys became fast friends, and Jon Arryn, who had no children of his own, became like a second father to them.

After reaching manhood, Robert divided his time between Storm's End and the Eyrie. With his father's death, Robert became the Lord of Storm's End.

Lyanna Stark

Robert fell in love with Lyanna Stark, Eddard's younger sister.

In 281 AC, Robert was present at the tourney at Harrenhal, where he took part in the melee.

The next year, Prince Rhaegar kidnapped Lyanna,

Robert's Rebellion

Main article: Robert's Rebellion

News of Lyanna Stark's kidnapping led her eldest brother, Brandon, and later her father, Lord Rickard, to King's Landing demanding justice. Both were executed by order of King Aerys II Targaryen, who then demanded that the heads of Robert and Eddard Stark, wards of Lord Jon Arryn at the Eyrie. Jon refused, however, and rose up in rebellion instead, with Eddard (now Lord of Winterfell following the deaths of his father and older brother) and Robert rallying the north and the stormlands respectively.

Young Robert at the battles at Summerhall (*Game of Thrones* History and Lore).

However, some of his own remained loyal to the throne. When Robert learned that Lords Grandison, Cafferen, and Fell had gathered their hosts and planned to join forces at Summerhall in order to march on Storm's End, he rode ahead with his knights. He fought each of the lords in turn, defeating them all.

Free to march north so he could join forces with Jon Arryn and the northmen,

King Aerys began to realize that Robert was the greatest threat to the Targaryen dynasty since Daemon I Blackfyre, and exiled Connington, naming Lord Qarlton Chelsted as his Hand in Connington's stead.

Robert fighting Prince Rhaegar, as depicted by Justin Sweet in *The World of Ice & Fire*

Robert led the rebel forces during the Battle of the Trident, the decisive battle near war's end. Around this time, Robert proclaimed his intention to claim the Iron Throne. though it was conquest which won him the throne.

In 283 AC[N 1] the rebel and loyalist forces fought at a place that became known as the ruby ford, located on the northern bank of the Trident.

Himself wounded and unable to chase the loyalists,

Rebellion's Aftermath

Coronation of King Robert Baratheon by Henning Ludvigsen © Fantasy Flight Games

In late 283 AC, Robert was crowned king. He chose his second father,

Robert tasked his brother Stannis with building a new royal fleet and capturing Dragonstone, the last Targaryen-loyalist stronghold, where the pregnant Dowager Queen Rhaella Targaryen and her son Viserys remained. Stannis led the assault on Dragonstone some nine months[N 2] after the Trident, but Viserys and the newly-born Daenerys Targaryen had been smuggled from the island shortly before by Ser Willem Darry. Robert blamed Stannis for letting the Targaryen children escape, even though the two children had been spirited to safety by Targaryen loyalists shortly before Stannis had set sail.

As he now resided in King's Landing, Robert granted the ancestral Baratheon seat of Storm's End to his youngest brother, Renly, while naming Stannis as Lord of Dragonstone. Both Stannis and Queen Cersei Lannister believe that Robert intended this as a slight against Stannis,

Although peace returned to the Seven Kingdoms, many of those who did not support Robert referred to him as the Usurper. Dorne never forgot or forgave that Robert condoned the murders of Princess Elia Martell and her two young children, Princess Rhaenys and Prince Aegon. The year after Robert took the throne, Elia's younger brother, Prince Oberyn, began plotting a rebellion in the name of the exiled Viserys. Lord Jon Arryn, Robert's new Hand of the King, travelled to Dorne, sat down with Doran Martell, the Prince of Dorne, and ended all talk of rebellion. Regardless, Robert never visited Dorne.

Marriage

Though Robert had no wish to marry after Lyanna Stark's death, the realm needed an heir, and Lord Jon Arryn suggested that Robert marry Lady Cersei Lannister, the only daughter of Lord Tywin Lannister, to ensure political stability and Tywin's support should Viserys Targaryen ever attempt to win back his throne.

While Robert "claimed his rights" frequently during the early years of their marriage, his drinking led to him hurting Cersei during those encounters. When she confronted him once during their first year of marriage, Robert claimed it was because of the drink, and he was not to blame. According to Robert, he did not remember anything of those nights, but according to Cersei, Robert did recall what he did to her, but felt that pretending to have forgotten was easier than facing the truth. Over time, Robert came to Cersei's bed less frequently, not even once a year. placing further strain upon the marriage.

Cersei has had an incestuous relationship with her twin brother, Jaime Lannister, for years, and they continued their illicit relationship after Cersei's marriage to Robert. Although Robert often urged Cersei to join his hunts in the early years of their marriage, Cersei refused so she could discretely be with her brother.

Cersei gave birth to three children: Prince Joffrey, born in 286 AC, Princess Myrcella, born in 289 AC, and Prince Tommen, born in 290 AC.

Reign

Balon Greyjoy kneels before King Robert Baratheon (*Game of Thrones* History and Lore)

Six years after taking the crown, Robert joined forces with his Warden of the North, Lord Eddard Stark, and his Warden of the West, Lord Tywin Lannister, to crush Greyjoy's Rebellion, which lasted less than a year. Robert and Ned fought side by side during the siege of Pyke,

Robert does not like his kingship;

Though Robert loves him,

Due to his frequent whoring, Robert has sired several bastards during his marriage to Cersei, though he has kept them out of sight. According to a prophecy by Maggy the Frog, Robert has fathered sixteen children.

Ser Justin Massey developed his lustiness while squiring for Robert.

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A Game of Thrones

Robert and Eddard Stark leaving Winterfell by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games

When his Hand of the King, Lord Jon Arryn, dies suddenly, Robert decides to offer the position to his old childhood friend, Eddard Stark, Lord of Winterfell.

Traveling with a large retinue to the north, Robert insists upon paying his respects at the tomb of Lyanna Stark within the crypt of Winterfell.

While riding through the barrowlands, Robert discusses the marriage of the exiled Princess Daenerys Targaryen to Drogo, a *khal* of the Dothraki, and the king is uncertain about Ned's opinion that the marriage does not represent a danger.

Renly Baratheon, Lord of Storm's End and Robert's youngest brother, plots with House Tyrell to have Robert replace Cersei as queen with Margaery Tyrell, daughter of Mace Tyrell, Lord of Highgarden.

Against Ned's wishes, Robert decides to host a tourney for his friend's appointment as Hand of the King.

When Robert calls a meeting to demand the assassination of Daenerys, who is now pregnant with Drogo's child, Eddard resigns in protest.

Accompanied by Renly, Barristan, Joffrey, Sandor Clegane, Ser Balon Swann, Lord Yohn Royce, and other nobles, Robert goes hunting in the kingswood for a white hart.

King Robert on his deathbed by Chris Dien © Fantasy Flight Games

Cersei had given Robert's squire, Lancel Lannister, a fortified strongwine, three times as potent as normal, to give to Robert during his hunt.

When King Joffrey wishes to punish someone for his father's death, Varys suggests that Barristan, the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, be blamed.

Renly and Loras flee the capital for Highgarden, where Renly is crowned king with the support of House Tyrell.

A Clash of Kings

Stannis Baratheon claims the Iron Throne as Robert's heir and sends words throughout the Seven Kingdoms that Cersei's children were not fathered by Robert.

With Robert dead, Balon Greyjoy declares independence for the Iron Islands during the War of the Five Kings, proclaiming himself King of the Isles and the North.

Yoren helps Gendry flee the capital.

Lancel Lannister, who has received knighthood at the insistence of his secret lover and cousin, Queen Cersei, admits his role in Robert's death to her brother, Tyrion Lannister.

At Qarth, Daenerys Targaryen learns from Quhuru Mo about Robert's death and the subsequent chaos.

A Storm of Swords

Lord Beric Dondarrion and Thoros of Myr lead the brotherhood without banners in fighting for smallfolk in Robert's name.

King Joffrey dies at his wedding feast

Lord Davos Seaworth helps Edric Storm flee Dragonstone.

A Feast for Crows

Cersei, the Queen Regent for Tommen, thinks she makes a better king than Robert.

Princess Arianne Martell fails in an attempt to crown Princess Myrcella Baratheon.

Lancel, now Lord of Darry, admits to his cousin, Jaime, that they have both killed kings.

A Dance with Dragons

Barristan, now serving Daenerys in Meereen, regrets having accepted Robert's pardon after Robert's Rebellion instead of seeking her brother, Viserys Targaryen.

Jon Connington regrets not having slain Robert in the Battle of the Bells.

Having been arrested by the High Sparrow, Cersei insists she is innocent of causing Robert's death.

The Winds of Winter

Petyr gifts Robert's tapestries to Nestor Royce, Lord of the Gates of the Moon.

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Quotes by Robert

Balon: You may take my head, but you cannot name me traitor. No Greyjoy ever swore an oath to a Baratheon.
Robert: Swear one now, or lose that stubborn head of yours.

Balon Greyjoy and Robert

The gods be damned. It was a hollow victory they gave me. A crown ... it was the girl I prayed them for. Your sister, safe ... and mine again, as she was meant to be. I ask you, Ned, what good is it to wear a crown? The gods mock the prayers of kings and cowherds alike.

—Robert to Eddard Stark

Eddard: You're too fat for your armor, Robert.
Robert: Fat? Fat, is it? Is that how you speak to your king? Ah, damn you, Ned, why are you always right?

—Robert to Eddard Stark

I swear to you, I was never so alive as when I was winning this throne, or so dead as now that I've won it.

—Robert to Eddard Stark

STOP THIS MADNESS, IN THE NAME OF YOUR KING!

—Robert to Gregor and Sandor Clegane

I will not kill a man for loyalty, nor for fighting well.

—Robert to Roose Bolton

Robert: The realm ... the realm knows ... what a wretched king I've been. Bad as Aerys, the gods spare me.
Eddard: No, not as bad as Aerys, Your Grace. Not near so bad as Aerys.

—Robert and Eddard Stark

Quotes about Robert

The king was a great disappointment to Jon. His father had talked of him often: the peerless Robert Baratheon, demon of the Trident, the fiercest warrior of the realm, a giant among princes. Jon saw only a fat man, red-faced under his beard, sweating through his silks. He walked like a man half in his cups.

—thoughts of Jon Snow

The eunuch had hit upon a truth; tell Robert Baratheon he could not, should not, or must not do a thing, and it was as good as done.

—thoughts of Eddard Stark

Robert was never the same after he put on that crown. Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them up and they go to rust.

Donal Noye to Jon Snow

They said Robert Baratheon was strong as a bull and fearless in battle, a man who loved nothing better than war.

—thoughts of Daenerys Targaryen

Robert wanted smiles and cheers, always, so he went where he found them, to his friends and his whores. Robert wanted to be loved. My brother Tyrion has the same disease.

Cersei Lannister to Sansa Stark

Sandor: Robert is the king of the worms now. Is that why you're down in the earth, to keep his court for him?
Beric: The king is dead, but we are still king's men, though the royal banner we bore was lost at the Mummer's Ford when your brother's butchers fell upon us. Robert is slain, but his realm remains. And we defend her.

Sandor Clegane and Beric Dondarrion

Robert ... He is in my dreams as well. Laughing. Drinking. Boasting. Those were the things he was best at. Those, and fighting. I never bested him at anything.

Stannis Baratheon to Melisandre

It's not Aerys I rue, it's Robert ... Why is it no one names Robert oathbreaker? He tore the realm apart, yet I am the one with shit for honor.

Jaime Lannister to Brienne of Tarth

Arys: Robert was no monster.
Arianne: He climbed onto his throne over the corpses of children, though I will grant you he was no Joffrey.

Arys Oakheart and Arianne Martell

Jaime: What do you know of sin, coz? I killed my king.
Lancel The brave man slays with a sword, the craven with a wineskin. We are both kingslayers, ser.
Jaime: Robert was no true king. Some might even say that a stag is a lion's natural prey.

Jaime Lannister and Lancel Lannister

He was a good knight but a bad king, for he had no right to the throne he sat.

Barristan Selmy to Daenerys Targaryen

We all know what my brother would do. Robert would gallop up to the gates of Winterfell alone, break them with his warhammer, and ride through the rubble to slay Roose Bolton with his left hand and the Bastard with his right. I am not Robert. But we will march, and we will free Winterfell ... or die in the attempt.

Stannis Baratheon to Richard Horpe

Behind the Scenes

According to George R. R. Martin, Robert is partially inspired by Edward IV of England,

Notes

  1. Erronously listed as 282 AC in early prints of *The World of Ice & Fire*, which has subsequently been corrected into 283 AC in later prints.
  2. Daenerys was conceived prior to Rhaella leaving King’s Landing, and she was born nine months after Rhaella left the city. Rhaella left the capital in-between the Battle of the Trident and the Sack of King’s Landing, which occurred a fortnight apart.



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Robert Paege is a knight of House Paege.

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Ser Robert is a friend and companion of Lord Edmure Tully.




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Ser Robert Quince was a knight and the castellan of Dragonstone during the Dance of the Dragons.

Appearance and Character

Robert was able, amiable, old and famously obese. He was a steadfast supporter of the queen, Rhaenyra Targaryen.

History

When Rhaenyra Targaryen went forth to seize the Iron Throne and conquer King's Landing, she named Ser Robert Quince as castellan of Dragonstone, passing Ser Alfred Broome over despite the fact that he was the most senior of the knights on the island and expected to be named castellan. Rhaenyra chose Robert because of his more affable character.

When Robert heard the news that the Grey Ghost had been killed by another dragon he was quick to name the Cannibal as the killer. The fisherfolk urged Robert to dispatch knights to the dragon's lair but he refused, reasoning that if they did not trouble the Cannibal he would not trouble them. He then forbade fishing in the waters beneath the Dragonmont's eastern face where the Grey Ghost's body lay rotting.

Although Robert was loyal to the queen and her cause some of the men under him were less than leal and harbored certain resentments and grudges for old wrongs whether real or imagined. Prominent amongst them was Alfred. Prior to, and during, the fall of Dragonstone to King Aegon II Targaryen, Alfred proved more than willing to betray his queen. He led the men who burst into Robert's chambers and slew him, driving a spear into his huge pale belly. The thrust was delivered with such force that the spear went out Robert's back, through the feather-bed and straw mattress, and into the floor beneath.

Rhaenyra eventually fled back to Dragonstone. When she came ashore Rhaenyra was met by Ser Alfred Broome. She asked why Robert had not come himself to meet her, to which Alfred replied that the queen would be seeing "our fat friend" at the castle.

Rhaenyra and her party were taken by escort to Robert's charred corpse, which was burned beyond all recognition, and hanging from the battlements of the gatehouse beside Dragonstone's steward, master-at-arms, and captain of guards. Only by the enormous seize of the corpse did did they recognize that it was Robert's.




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Robert Reyne was the Lord of Castamere and head of House Reyne during the time Gerold the Golden was Lord of Casterly Rock. He was the father of Roger, Reynard, and Ellyn.

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Lord Robert arranged the betrothal of his daughter Ellyn to Lord Gerold Lannister's son and heir, Tywald. Tywald served Robert as a squire.

During the Peake Uprising both Robert and Tywald were killed during the Storming of Starpike.

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Ser Robert Stone is the name of the knight that Ser Osmund Kettleblack claimed knighted him on the battlefield. Ser Osmund claims he is dead. According to the naming conventions for bastards, Robert must have been a bastard from the Vale. He is not known to Ser Jaime Lannister, who believes Stone was made up by Osmund.




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Ser Robert Strong - © FFG.

Ser Robert Strong is a knight acquainted to Qyburn. A giant of a man, eight feet tall,

By Qyburn's suggestion, King Tommen Baratheon names him the newest member of the Kingsguard.

Ser Robert never shows his face, hiding it constantly under his greathelm. He apparently has no physiological necessities, consuming neither food nor drink.

According to Qyburn, Ser Robert has made a vow of silence, supposedly one of not speaking until *"all of (King Tommen's) enemies are dead and evil has been driven from the realm"*.

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See also: Images of Robert Strong

He is eight feet tall, with legs as thick as trees, a chest worthy of a plow horse, and shoulders that would not disgrace an ox. His armor is steel plate enameled white, over gilded mail. A greathelm hides his face, with seven silken plums in the rainbow colors of the Faith streaming from the crest. A pair of golden seven-pointed stars clasp his white cloak to his shoulders.

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Before her walk of shame, Queen Cersei sends word to Qyburn to replace the empty spot on the Kingsguard with one that would serve as her champion in a trial by combat. When Queen Cersei arrives at the Red Keep after walking naked from the Great Sept of Baelor, Ser Robert Strong lifts her up, carrying her to the gatehouse, and is then introduced as her champion by Qyburn.

Later on, Ser Kevan Lannister remembers that Ser Meryn Trant claimed that Ser Robert took neither food nor water, and Ser Boros Blount said he had never seen him use the privy.

Quotes about Robert

We do not even know if he's alive.

Kevan Lannister's thoughts

Kevan Lannister had a strong suspicion of just who this Ser Robert really was beneath that gleaming white armor. A suspicion that Mace Tyrell and Randyll Tarly no doubt shared. Whatever the face hidden behind Strong's helm, it must remain hidden for now. The silent giant was his niece's only hope. And pray that he is as formidable as he appears.

Theories

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