The Wind in the Willows. Advertisement Bernard Hill is an actor from England. When the Night King breaks through the Wall and attacks Winterfell, Davos, along with the returning Melisandre, forms part of the army that defeats him. After returning to Castle Black, Samwell begins to fear for Gilly's safety and instead finds her work in Mole's Town, a nearby settlement. When Drogo dies from an infected wound in a fight, Daenerys walks into his burning funeral pyre, birthing three dragons. Margaery Tyrell (portrayed by Natalie Dormer) is the only daughter of Lord Mace Tyrell and granddaughter to Lady Olenna Tyrell, as well as wife to Renly Baratheon when introduced to the series. While Petyr at first is assumed to be an ally of Ned Stark, he secretly resents him for marrying Catelyn Tully and betrays him, leading to Ned's execution. Introduced in 1996's A Game of Thrones, Varys is a former slave eunuch from the fictional city of Lys and the master of whisperers in King's Landing. Hill appeared as Joe Bradshaw in Shirley Valentine (1989), about a Liverpool housewife (Pauline Collins) who was a former anti-establishment rebel and engages in an extramarital affair. Once in the capital, he finds his brother and fights with him to the death as the pair perish in the firestorms caused by Daenerys Targaryen. She is taken to The Twins to be reunited with her mother Catelyn and brother Robb, but only arrives in time to see them massacred at the Red Wedding. Tormund Giantsbane is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation Game of Thrones.. Her plans are foiled, however, on the day of Cersei Lannister's trial at the Sept of Baelor. Feeling isolated from his family due to his bastard status, he leaves their home of Winterfell to join the Night's Watch at Castle Black. Tormund Giantsbane (portrayed by Kristofer Hivju) is a wildling raider known for his many titles, "Giantsbane" being foremost. Though he has found success as a character actor with several performances since the end of Game of Thrones, including in the new Masters of the Universe series and the 2021 film, The Vault,. While a prisoner of the Sparrows, Margaery manipulates their leader, the High Sparrow, into believing that she has converted to the Faith of the Seven. Unable to persuade Arya to join her, and after defeating Sandor in single combat, Brienne travels with Podrick to Winterfell, where Sansa Stark has surfaced after escaping King's Landing. After Grey Worm is almost killed in an attack, Missandei kisses him after he reveals that for the first time, he felt fear, since he thought he would never see her again. Davos soon learns that Stannis, his family, and his entire army were killed during the attempt to take Winterfell, but he is unaware that Shireen was burned alive as a sacrifice by Melisandre, who returns to the Wall in disgrace, her king having been defeated. Eventually, crossing the river at the Twins becomes strategically necessary. He defends Brandon Stark against the oncoming undead forces, but is eventually killed by the Night King. Game of Thrones (TV Series 2011-2019) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. After the battle, Tormund returns to Castle Black. His dire wolf is called Summer. With Jon Snow, new King in the North, in the south with Daenerys Targaryen, Petyr attempts to divide Sansa, Arya, and Bran, the recently reunited Stark siblings. She is present when Renly Baratheon is murdered by a shadow demon, and is falsely accused of carrying out the deed. Her father and another brother were killed when they went to King's Landing to reclaim her, which resulted in Robert and Ned Stark's revolt known as Robert's Rebellion, whereupon the Targaryens were all slaughtered or routed from the Kingdoms. When Daenerys returns to Meereen, she begins making plans to leave for Westeros. She claims to be from the Free City of Volantis. When Daenerys Targaryen plans to attack King's Landing, she travels south to get revenge on Cersei for her role in Ned's death. [9] Four of them are still alive at the end of the fifth book A Dance with Dragons. Arya has the most colorful wardrobe on Game of Thrones because she is constantly stealing clothes from different people. Once beyond the Wall, they are briefly captured by Night's Watch mutineers at Craster's Keep, but free themselves and eventually reach the cave of the Three-Eyed Raven. Osha, Rickon and Shaggydog leave for Last Hearth. The Scorpion King. He is a brooding, humorless man known for his hard sense of justice. Game of Thrones fans probably won't recognize the Irish actor in Holding, as his character couldn't be more different from the Master of Whisperers. After a battle, Ramsay is defeated in the field by a combination of the wildling army and the Knights of the Vale, who arrive on the orders of Petyr Baelish and Sansa Stark. In season six, Hodor (originally named Wylis) is also portrayed by Sam Coleman in flashback scenes. Sam survives the attack by White Walkers on Winterfell, and stays at the castle with a newly pregnant Gilly. Shortly after, House Umber arrive at Winterfell with two prisoners: Rickon Stark and Osha. Jaqen later informs Arya that she has become "no one" and is ready to join the Faceless Men, but his offer is rejected as Arya travels back to Westeros. On the road, his sword hand is severed and he reveals that he killed Aerys II to save the population of King's Landing, whom Aerys II was attempting to massacre with wildfire. He engages in a secret love affair with the prostitute Shae, until he is forcibly married to Sansa Stark (something Shae resents him for) and Cersei learns of Shae's relationship to Tyrion. Bernard Hill is an English actor. Daenerys Targaryen (portrayed by Emilia Clarke) is the exiled princess of the Targaryen dynasty. Realizing that Daenerys is loved by the Dothraki and her and Drogo's unborn son is prophesied to unite the world, Viserys realizes that it is not he, but Daenerys who will reclaim the Iron Throne. Ned is convinced by Varys that if he goes to his death honorably, as he is prepared to do, his daughters will [not] suffer for it. When Jon Snow is assassinated in a mutiny for making a pact with the wildlings, Davos is the first person to find his body. Melisandre returns to Castle Black in disgrace and finds that Jon Snow has been murdered in a mutiny. Jojen is killed by undead wights before they can reach safety. [1] Hill attended Xaverian College, and then Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama at the same time as Richard Griffiths. Bronn, Jaime, and the rest of the Lannister forces are ambushed by Daenerys Targaryen on the back of her dragon, Drogon. In season seven, Ned Stark is portrayed by guest actor Robert Aramayo in a flashback scene. Bernard Hill is in Game of He also has an ongoing feud with Lord Varys, another of Westeros' spymasters. To protect them, he sacrifices his honor and publicly declares that he was plotting to steal the throne and that Joffrey is the true king. In fact, all of the Lannisters are in the top for best performance on "Game of Thrones." The Lannister family and its loyalists. Bronn (portrayed by Jerome Flynn) is a sellsword with a sardonic sense of humor. When the Dragon Queen Daenerys Targaryen arrives in Westeros, Jon convinces her to join the fight against the White Walkers and bends the knee to her. Brienne is tasked by Catelyn with escorting Jaime Lannister back to King's Landing in exchange for the release of Catelyn's daughters, Sansa and Arya. Used as a Welsh female name, the word "nerys" might mean "lady." Browse the full Game of Thrones cast and crew credits for actors by character names from the HBO original program. Archibald Gracie IV. Hill then appeared as Sergeant Putnam in Gandhi (1982), directed by Richard Attenborough. Lady Olenna is the one truly running things in the House Tyrell family. His career has lasted more than 30 years. While not physically powerful, Tyrion has a cunning mind. When King Joffrey is poisoned at his own wedding, Tommen assumes the throne and marries Margaery Tyrell. After Roose's wife Walda gives birth to a legitimate heir, Ramsay quickly arranges for his father's assassination. When Robb marches south to avenge Eddard's death, Brandon rules Winterfell alongside Maester Luwin. He is killed in the Red Wedding Massacre, after witnessing the murder of his pregnant wife and their child. This article is about the television series. Despite making . Sansa lies for Petyr, and says Lysa jumped to her death of her own accord. Theon rescues Yara and sends her home to the Iron Islands, while he returns to Winterfell to face the Army of the Dead, reuniting with Sansa once more. Before the battle, he discovers that Shireen had been burned alive, and confronts Melisandre when the battle is over, leading to her banishment from the North. Sansa Stark is then married to Ramsay, thanks to an arrangement made by Petyr Baelish in his own attempt to control the North. Arya Stark (portrayed by Maisie Williams) is the younger daughter of Lord Eddard and Catelyn Stark of Winterfell. Robb falls in love with Talisa Maegyr, a healer from Volantis due to her kindness and spirit. In season 3, she becomes jealous of Tyrion after his marriage to Sansa and is confronted by Varys, who urges her to leave the Seven Kingdoms, which she refuses to do, thinking that Tyrion has something to do with Varys talking to her. When the wildlings attack Mole's Town, Ygritte slaughters all the women present, but notices Gilly hiding with her baby son, and spares her life. His corpse is apparently desecrated afterwards, as in season 4, Karl Tanner is shown drinking wine from a skull he claims is Jeor's. Tyrion, however, murders their father Tywin and flees King's Landing. Once Tywin confirms to Jaime he intends to have his son executed, the latter - with Lord Varys's help - frees Tyrion and helps him escape from King's Landing, which he does, but not before confronting and murdering his father with a crossbow mid-flight. On the road, however, Brienne and Jaime are captured by soldiers working for House Bolton, and Jaime's sword hand is severed. He is taciturn and brutal, but not without compassion. Tyrion accompanies Daenerys back across the Narrow Sea, supporting her claim against his sister Cersei. He travels across the Narrow Sea and soon reaches Meereen, where he joins the advisory team of Daenerys Targaryen. He then takes his army east and is outside King's Landing when Daenerys and Cersei meet in the Dragonpit. Tywin Lannister (portrayed by Charles Dance) is the calculating, ruthless, and controlling former Hand of King Aerys II. He inducts her into the order of Faceless Men and once again takes her under his wing, with the Faceless Men being revealed as assassins who use the faces of the dead to change their appearance. Instead of carrying out Cersei's orders, however, Bronn uses the threat of death as leverage over Jaime and Tyrion, securing himself a seat on Bran the Broken's small council as Lord of the Reach. Their relationship is brief, however. On the road, she is captured by Lannister soldiers and, along with her friends Gendry and Hot Pie, imprisoned at Harrenhal, where she meets mysterious assassin Jaqen H'ghar and serves as Tywin Lannister's cupbearer. Witnessing the event from his quarters in the Red Keep, Tommen, having seen his wife perish at the hands of his mother, commits suicide by throwing himself from a high window. Lord Varys is one of those characters in Game of Thrones that was so mysterious yet so perfectly suited for his role that he developed his own cultic following. Ned Stark (portrayed by Sean Bean as an adult, Sebastian Croft as a child, and Robert Aramayo as a young adult) is the Hand of the King after Lord Jon Arryn's death. He quickly amasses a large following, including Cersei's cousin and former lover Lancel, who swarm over the city, ministering to the needy and denouncing corruption. As Sergeant PJ Collins, Conleth Hill is a mild-mannered . She is defeated by Daenerys and her dragon and killed during the destruction of King's Landing. While on a mission to Dorne to gather soldiers for Daenerys' army, Theon and Yara are attacked by Euron at sea, with Theon jumping overboard and Yara being taken prisoner. Jeff. After Cersei's temporary release ahead of her trial in front of the Faith Militant, she destroys the Sept of Baelor with wildfire, killing several people inside, including Margaery. Fearing for her son's life, knowing that Craster's sons are handed to the White Walkers, she flees with Samwell during a violent mutiny at Craster's Keep, during which Craster and the Night's Watch's Lord Commander, Jeor Mormont, are both killed. Once there, Varys arranges for Tyrion to become one of Daenerys Targaryen's advisers. In the aftermath of the battle, he is named Hand of the King once more, while Tyrion is demoted to Master of Coin. With her youngest son Tommen now on the throne and married to Margaery, she seeks the help of the Faith Militant and their leader the High Sparrow to regain control. Tormund takes a liking to Jon Snow after he joins them and even gives him advice over his relationship with Ygritte. He is also a Master of Whisperers, with many spies in his employ across two continents, and clashes frequently with Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish. After Mance Rayder's army attacks Castle Black, Tormund is taken as a prisoner, where he forms a stronger bond with Jon and agrees to help the Lord Commander form a truce between the wildlings and the Night's Watch. She then declares in her speech to her Dothraki and Unsullied that they are not going to end the war, but continue to conquer and liberate the rest of the known world, in the same way she liberated Kings Landing. Talisa and Robb marry in secret before a septon and she becomes a Stark. Overwhelmed by the grave losses she underwent and left with no option but to rule through fear, she uses her last dragon, Drogon, to burn an already surrendered King's Landing and take the Iron Throne by force. In 2019, Hill received an honorary degree from the University of East Anglia. Sam Hazeldine (Peaky Blinders) is coming in to play Adar for the next . After Renly is killed by a demon bearing Stannis' face, Lady Brienne, head of Renly's kingsguard, promises to one day take revenge on Stannis. She later begins to teach Grey Worm how to speak the common tongue, and they develop romantic feelings for each other, despite Grey Worm being an Unsullied who was castrated at youth. Ramsay abuses and violates Sansa, raping her on their wedding night. It is revealed that the Night King intends to kill Bran in an attempt to wipe out the order of Three-Eyed Ravens and erase the world's memory. [6], Hill is married to Marianne, with whom he has a son named Gabriel. She rules the fortress while Jon leaves to fight for Daenerys Targaryen, which Littlefinger uses as an opportunity to drive her away from her siblings until Brandon Stark (now the Three-Eyed Raven) reveals his treacherous past. Robb leads the war effort against the Lannisters and successfully captures Jaime. When the trio are attacked by a White Walker while trekking through the wilderness, Sam uses dragonglass daggers (found at the Fist) to kill it. When Robert dies, Ned Stark sends Stannis a letter appointing him as the legitimate heir. Bronn wins the fight and becomes Tyrion's companion and protector, accompanying him back to King's Landing. He resigns from the Kingsguard and leaves King's Landing. Hill is a longtime supporter of Manchester United FC. Despite Cersei's promise that Ned would be allowed to join the Night's Watch in exile, Joffrey orders Ned's execution for his own amusement and later torments Sansa by forcing her to look at her father's head. Daenerys later names one of her dragons Viserion, as a tribute to Viserys. Missandei is narrowly saved by Tyrion Lannister, and watches as Daenerys flies away on Drogon. Upon returning to Winterfell from beyond the Wall, he bids a cold farewell to Meera and his family no longer recognise him. Not wanting his family to die in battle, however, he secretly arranges for Jaime and Cersei to escape the city. Like his sister he is good-natured and passive in contrast to his brother Joffrey and is fond of his uncle Tyrion. She uses his king's blood to curse Stannis' challengers to the Iron Throne. Viserys Targaryen (portrayed by Harry Lloyd) is the exiled prince and heir of the Targaryen dynasty. He is first noticed by Cersei Lannister when his followers assault and humiliate the High Septon at a brothel. Ramsay Bolton (portrayed by Iwan Rheon) is the cruel, sadistic, and cunning illegitimate son of Roose Bolton. He is the father of Cersei, Jaime, and Tyrion Lannister. Melisandre convinces Stannis to kill his brother Renly Baratheon with a shadow demon and claim half of Renly's army for his own. Jon Snow (portrayed by Kit Harington) is the bastard son of Eddard Stark. In season one, Rickard Karstark is portrayed by Steven Blount. After Joffrey's murder Tyrion is falsely accused, and after a failed gambit through trial by combat Tywin sentences his son to death. He was named after his deceased uncle, Brandon. Her faith is restored, however, when she manages to resurrect Jon from the dead. Robb Stark is slaughtered at the Red Wedding soon after, while Joffrey is poisoned at his own wedding to Margaery Tyrell. Actor Bernard Hill, who played King Theoden in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film series, has bashed Amazon's The Rings of Power series, calling it a "money-making venture . She later accompanies Daenerys on her voyage back to Westeros. To investigate the return of wights, the disappearance of several Rangers, and rumors of a wildling army, Jeor leads an expeditionary force beyond the Wall in season 2. Gendry survives the mission and returns to Winterfell, where he reunites with Arya and helps defeat the Army of the Dead. Oona Chaplin was originally announced to play a character called Jeyne, which many thought to mean she would play Jeyne Westerling, a character from the books. A tomboy at heart, Arya is active and bright. Archibald Gracie IV was an American real estate investor, writer, and soldier who survived the sinking of the Titanic by climbing aboard an overturned lifeboat. After she destroys King's Landing, which sees thousands of people die in the firestorms, Jon assassinates her and is exiled back to the Night's Watch as punishment. In season three, Daario Naharis is portrayed by recurring actor. He is unaware that none of his three children with Cersei are his, but instead Jaime Lannister's. Game Of Thrones Characters' Names, Explained - Screen Rant In season 8, she is beheaded by the Mountain under Cersei's orders. Titanic: 8 Important Characters Who Existed In Real Life Arya Stark also has more revealing clothing such as the one she wore to the House of Black and White. With the War of Five Kings effectively concluded by their deaths, Stannis sails to Braavos in an attempt to secure funding from the Iron Bank. 30 Beautiful Game Of Thrones Female Characters: Most Attractive Women She names her dire wolf Nymeria, after a legendary warrior queen. Instead, Stannis' soldiers lose faith in his cause, and her king is killed after a battle. Roger Ashton-Griffiths plays Mace Tyrell. Going off Big Time. When Theon Greyjoy's Ironborn soldiers seize Winterfell, they pretend to have burned Bran alive, when in reality Bran has escaped the castle to find a Three-Eyed Raven who appears in his dreams. After a brief stopover with his family at Horn Hill, Samwell takes Gilly to the Citadel. When Mole's Town is attacked by wildlings, Gilly returns to Castle Black and survives the attack by Mance Rayder's wildling army. As her handmaiden, Shae is the only person Sansa trusts and confides to her about her problems and what she really thinks about the Lannisters. When Stannis Baratheon attacks the castle, the pair escape their captor, and Theon returns home to the Iron Islands. After Robert's death, the Lannisters make Joffrey the King against his father's will, and Joffrey becomes a cruel ruler and a Puppet King used by his mother. Melisandre convinces Stannis to conceive a shadow demon with her, which she will use to murder Renly Baratheon, Stannis' brother and challenger to the throne. He rules the city during her absence after an attack by the Sons of the Harpy and is named Hand of the Queen upon her return. [4], He plays Samuel Cotton, who runs a sweet factory with his son in the 2014 three-part BBC drama series about Manchester From There To Here. Gilly (portrayed by Hannah Murray) is a young wildling girl who lives north of the Wall, and one of many daughters of Craster, a wildling who takes all his daughters as wives once they grow up into women. He travels to Dorne to rescue their daughter Myrcella, but cannot prevent her from being poisoned. Joffrey Baratheon (portrayed by Jack Gleeson) is the Crown Prince of the Seven Kingdoms. What the Game of Thrones Actors Look Like Without Beards - Men's Health Tyrion flees the capital after Prince Oberyn Martell fights for him and is killed by The Mountain. Ygritte (portrayed by Rose Leslie) is a Wildling girl with red hair ("kissed by fire", a sign of luck among the Wildlings) and a follower of Mance Rayder. Having enough of his behavior, Drogo kills Viserys by giving him a "Golden Crown"; molten gold poured over his head. The Untold Truth Of The Last Kingdom - Looper However, this tips Theon into finally rebelling against the Boltons and he saves Sansa by disarming Myranda and pushing her off the castle wall to her death. She is from Lorath, one of the Free Cities across the Narrow Sea. Once there, Bran undergoes training to become the next Three-Eyed Raven and experiences several visions of the future and past. She then travels with him to the wall, and during this journey she seduces him. He is known for playing Thoden, King of Rohan, in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Captain Edward Smith in Titanic, and Luther Plunkitt, the Warden of San Quentin Prison in the Clint Eastwood film True Crime. In season one, Beric Dondarrion is portrayed by David Michael Scott. List of Game of Thrones characters - Wikipedia He is the hostage and ward of Lord Eddard Stark, stemming from the failed Greyjoy Rebellion years earlier. After being forced to walk naked through the streets as punishment, she annihilates the Sept of Baelor with wildfire, wiping out the High Sparrow and the Tyrells, and is crowned queen following Tommen's suicide. Arya leaves him for dead. Initially betrothed to King Joffrey, she is later released from her vow by Joffrey's betrothal to Margaery Tyrell. Robb Stark (portrayed by Richard Madden) is the eldest son of Eddard and Catelyn Stark and the heir to Winterfell. They make love. Shae (portrayed by Sibel Kekilli) is a young camp follower in whom Tyrion Lannister takes particular interest. Hill is known for playing Yosser Hughes in the British television drama Boys from the Blackstuff. He is also Joffrey Baratheon's personal bodyguard. After the Battle of Blackwater, Sansa Stark (Catelyn's daughter) is cast aside by King Joffrey for Margaery Tyrell. Davos then becomes a loyal member of Jon's council. She flees with Catelyn Stark, who was also present when Renly was killed, and is sworn into her service. However, when confronted with killing an innocent horse farmer for the watch who scaled the wall, Jon escapes the wildling's clutches on horseback. Roose is named Warden of the North and legitimizes Ramsay, making him Ramsay Bolton. In season one, Gregor Clegane is portrayed by, In season two, Gregor Clegane is portrayed by. The High Sparrow (portrayed by Jonathan Pryce) is a devout and pious man who came to King's Landing after Tywin Lannister's death to serve the poor, downtrodden and infirm. During Tyrion's trial at the Eyrie, Bronn volunteers to fight when Tyrion demands a trial by combat. Myranda then threatens to eat her once Ramsay has finished with her. Tyrion falls in love with her and to hide her from his father, Tyrion appoints Shae to be Sansa's handmaiden. His name is pronounced Torgo Nudho in Valyrian and was chosen by his Astapor slave masters, who choose new names for the Unsullied which are designed to humiliate them and make them think they are not human. A year later, Arya reunites with Jaqen in Braavos. Catelyn (Tully) Stark. She reunites with her brother Jon Snow at Castle Black and, with Littlefinger's army, helps him reclaim Winterfell. Mace Tyrell is the rather useless Lord of Highgarden. Hill then portrayed Captain Edward J. Smith in Titanic (1997), by James Cameron. She returns to Winterfell after Sansa and Jon reclaim the castle anyway, and is present when Sansa and Arya reunite at the fortress, technically fulfilling her oath to Catelyn Stark. Initially, Jorah is actually spying on the Targaryens for Lord Varys in exchange for a pardon on his crimes. Brienne briefly abandons her mission to locate Sansa to execute Stannis Baratheon, who fails to capture Winterfell, but unites with the Stark girl soon after. Catelyn Stark (portrayed by Michelle Fairley) is the wife of Lord Eddard Stark. "The Last Kingdom" has been compared numerous times to HBO's George R.R. He has performed on stage in productions in the UK, Ireland, Canada and the United States. The pair travel to Hardhome and survive an attack by the White Walkers while rescuing wildlings. With winter approaching and snow storms halting their progress, Melisandre sacrifices Stannis' daughter, Shireen, to the Lord of Light, in an attempt to ease the weather and grant them safe passage. He is nicknamed "Kingslayer" for killing the previous King, Aerys II, whom he was sworn to protect. After Jaime is killed when Daenerys Targaryen destroys King's Landing, Brienne journeys south and is named head of Bran the Broken's kingsguard. The pair soon fall in love. Jon is then revealed to be Aegon Targaryen, the legitimate son of Daenerys' brother Rhaegar and Ned Stark's sister Lyanna, making him the heir to the Iron Throne and Daenerys' nephew. During Sansa's stay at Winterfell, Myranda encounters her again with Theon and torments her with stories of Ramsay's sadism and how she ate Theons severed penis to a horrified Sansa. He is also known for the roles in movie blockbusters films such as Captain Edward Smith in Titanic, King . Bernard Hill (born 17 December 1944) is an English actor. He is inducted into the stewards and assigned to Maester Aemon. When Daenerys Targaryen comes to Westeros and challenges her claim, Cersei uses the Great War against the White Walkers as an opportunity to strengthen her forces against Daeneryss depleted armies. He was brought up in a Catholic family of miners. Eddard Stark. Joffrey is unaware that King Robert is not his real father who, in reality, is Jaime Lannister. Varys - Wikipedia In seasons three to five, Little Sam is portrayed by uncredited infant extras. Cersei herself is then arrested by the Sparrows for her incestuous affairs with Lancel Lannister and Jaime Lannister. He convinces Melisandre to resurrect Jon, using her religious magic, and finds Jon alive the next morning. The Mill on the Floss. Gendry is then freed by Ser Davos Seaworth, Stannis' Hand, and returns to King's Landing by rowboat. Before the attack on Winterfell by White Walkers, she reunites with Gendry and Sandor (who survived his injuries). After Stannis' return, Melisandre heads to the mainland in Westeros and meets with the Brotherhood without Banners and fellow Red Priest, Thoros of Myr. Actor: Game of Thrones. Martin adaptation "Game of Thrones." Admittedly, both narratives are set on a continent filled with squabbling kingdoms and . He was betrothed to Ned Stark's sister Lyanna and loved her deeply, but she was kidnapped by Rhaegar Targaryen. He becomes Jon Snow's best friend. Cornwell's character will cross paths with Uhtred (Alexander Dreymon), a native Briton raised by the invading. In the book series, fully grown direwolves are described as being as large as horses, and are highly intelligent. Later, they uncover the truth that Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark were wed before Robert's Rebellion and the birth of their son, Jon Snow. She effectively serves as the replacement of Doreah after she betrayed Daenerys in Qarth. After Ned's execution in King's Landing by the Lannisters, he joins Robb's Northern war effort as one of his advisers. Cersei has a twin brother, Jaime, with whom she has been involved in an incestuous affair from early childhood. Bronn later accompanies Jaime to Riverrun, where the Lannister army retake the castle from the Tullys, and he also forms part of the force that seizes Highgarden from the Tyrells. All three of Cersei's children are Jaime's. She then leaves Slavers Bay for Westeros, in a bid to reclaim her birthright: the Iron Throne. Petyr then travels to King's Landing and reveals to Cersei that Sansa, a suspect in Joffrey's murder, has resurfaced in the North.