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* JerkAss: When the Night's Watch has to choose a Lord Commander, Sam admits that Alliser Thorne would normally make an excellent candidate -- he's an anointed knight, an experienced man of the Night's Watch and a skilled warrior. And he's also such an unbelievable asshole and bully that the men of the Watch would rather chew gravel than make him their leader.
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* JerkAss: When the Night's Watch has to choose a Lord Commander, Sam admits that Alliser Thorne would normally make an excellent candidate -- he's an anointed knight, an experienced man of the Night's Watch and a skilled warrior. And he's also such an unbelievable asshole and bully that the men of the Watch would rather chew gravel than make him their leader.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: How many? Well, for a long time, the huge character sheet wouldn't tell you who the five kings in the "War Of Five Kings" were, just because ''some of them weren't important enough to list''. The reader of the unabridged audiobook of ''A Game of Thrones'' actually holds the certified world record for most characters voiced in an audiobook - 224. Complete lists of characters by house are appended to the ends of several of the books and these often take up around ''fifty'' pages.
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* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Despite the books having Loads and Loads of Characters, there are a few examples where there is a definite shortage of required administration. Eddard Stark is the Lord Paramount of the North, a region the size of about half of South America, yet his administration seems to be just six people: Himself, his wife Catelyn, Maester Luwin, Captain of the Guards Jory Cassel, Master-Of-Arms Rodrick Cassel, and Steward Vayon Poole. For a much worse example, Varys runs a spy network of hundreds or ''thousands'' of individuals scattered all around the world and yet they all report directly to him. That's like having the CIA composed of the Director and a few thousand Field Agents. It's amazing he has time to get involved in all of these conspiracies personally.
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* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Despite the books having Loads and Loads such a huge cast of Characters, characters, there are a few examples where there is a definite shortage of required administration. Eddard Stark is the Lord Paramount of the North, a region the size of about half of South America, yet his administration seems to be just six people: Himself, his wife Catelyn, Maester Luwin, Captain of the Guards Jory Cassel, Master-Of-Arms Rodrick Cassel, and Steward Vayon Poole. For a much worse example, Varys runs a spy network of hundreds or ''thousands'' of individuals scattered all around the world and yet they all report directly to him. That's like having the CIA composed of the Director and a few thousand Field Agents. It's amazing he has time to get involved in all of these conspiracies personally.
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* LordOfTheOcean: The Drowned God worshipped by the Ironborn.
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* TheLostWoods: The vast weirwood forests in the north, especially those with white heart trees, due to their association with the children of the forest and the "green men". Also, the Haunted Forest beyond the Wall, due to the Others.
* LovableCoward: Samwell... at first (he becomes somewhat less cowardly but remains lovable).
* LovableTraitor: Littlefinger.
* LovableCoward: Samwell... at first (he becomes somewhat less cowardly but remains lovable).
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring:
** The death of [[spoiler: Joffrey Baratheon as his mother looks helplessly on. Even though both characters are villains, the scene is portrayed sympathetically. Cersei is thereafter even more paranoid about her children's safety]].
** [[spoiler: Catelyn believes that her husband and children have all been lost. Her husband is executed, one daughter is married off to an enemy family, her oldest son is murdered in front of her, while her youngest children are missing and/or believed to be dead]].
** Alannys Greyjoy became an empty shell of a person after losing all three of her sons. The two eldest were killed in a war her husband started, and the youngest was taken hostage for many years. The one remaining child, her daughter Asha, is quite saddened to see her mother reduced to this state and its likely the reason Asha doesn't want children.
** The death of [[spoiler: Joffrey Baratheon as his mother looks helplessly on. Even though both characters are villains, the scene is portrayed sympathetically. Cersei is thereafter even more paranoid about her children's safety]].
** [[spoiler: Catelyn believes that her husband and children have all been lost. Her husband is executed, one daughter is married off to an enemy family, her oldest son is murdered in front of her, while her youngest children are missing and/or believed to be dead]].
** Alannys Greyjoy became an empty shell of a person after losing all three of her sons. The two eldest were killed in a war her husband started, and the youngest was taken hostage for many years. The one remaining child, her daughter Asha, is quite saddened to see her mother reduced to this state and its likely the reason Asha doesn't want children.
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* MatureWorkChildProtagonists: Many of the viewpoint characters are teenagers or younger, with Bran Stark beginning the series at age 7. As a MedievalEuropeanFantasy in a CrapsackWorld, their age doesn't spare them from mortal danger and {{death|OfAChild}}, [[AltarDiplomacy political marriages]], [[AChildShallLeadThem dangerous leadership positions]], [[EnfantTerrible assassin training]], or other perils of the setting's dynastic war.
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* LoveFatherLoveSon: The TangledFamilyTree of the Freys has included at least one example of this trope taken up to eleven: Lord Walder's seventh wife, Annara Farring, is rumoured to have had an affair with his ''great-grandson'' by his first wife, Black Walder (who is also said to have bedded the wives of his two brothers and [[IncestIsRelative at least one of his cousins]]). Given Lord Walder's taste for MayDecemberRomance, they were probably around the same age.
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* LoveFatherLoveSon: The TangledFamilyTree of the Freys has included at least one example of this trope taken up to eleven: Lord Walder's seventh wife, Annara Farring, is rumoured to have had an affair with his ''great-grandson'' by his first wife, Black Walder (who is also said to have bedded the wives of his two brothers and [[IncestIsRelative [[KissingCousins at least one of his cousins]]). Given Lord Walder's taste for MayDecemberRomance, they were probably around the same age.
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* MonsterMunch: The prologue to the first novel features three characters, two of whom immediately die at the hands of the Others, proving that they do exist after all (the third one escapes... only to be summarily executed for desertion). Somewhat subverted in that they both come back as wights, so this isn't, strictly speaking, their only role
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** Mad King's last words: [[spoiler:"Burn them all. Burn them all. Burn them all. Burn them all. Burn them all. Burn them all. Burn them all."]];
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* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene: Many scenes at Harrenhal and the [[ObviouslyEvil Dreadfort]] contain this trope. [[spoiler:The actions of the Karstark men hunting down Jaime count as a minor one, while their murder of Willem Lannister and Tion Frey counts as a major one.]]
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* KangarooCourt: Both Tyrion's trial for the murder of John Arryn and his trial [[spoiler:for the death of Joffrey.]] Both included tenuously circumstantial evidence, hearsay, surprise witnesses, and biased judges. Tyrion is allowed neither witnesses of their own nor the ability to cross-examine without special leave.
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* KangarooCourt: KangarooCourt:
** Both Tyrion's trial for the murder of John Arryn and his trial [[spoiler:for the death of Joffrey.]] Both included tenuously circumstantial evidence, hearsay, surprise witnesses, and biased judges. Tyrion is allowed neither witnesses of their own nor the ability to cross-examine without specialleave.leave.
** The Brotherhood Without Banners crosses into this territory, especially with Lady Stoneheart as their leader. Just being related to the Freys is enough to earn a quick death sentence.
** Both Tyrion's trial for the murder of John Arryn and his trial [[spoiler:for the death of Joffrey.]] Both included tenuously circumstantial evidence, hearsay, surprise witnesses, and biased judges. Tyrion is allowed neither witnesses of their own nor the ability to cross-examine without special
** The Brotherhood Without Banners crosses into this territory, especially with Lady Stoneheart as their leader. Just being related to the Freys is enough to earn a quick death sentence.
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* NastyParty:
** Edmure Tully's wedding gains the moniker "The Red Wedding" for this very reason. In revenge for a political slight and open treason (respectively), Walder Frey and Tywin Lannister arrange to have Robb, Catelyn, and a large percentage of their bannermen slaughtered at the reception, with the [[TheStarscream treacherous Northern Lord]] Roose Bolton personally murdering Robb. This is considered especially shocking as all cultures respect SacredHospitality and as a result, nearly everybody in the Seven Kingdoms despises the [[TheFriendNobodyLikes Freys]].
** Later in the same book, Lady Olenna Redwyne (probably, the culprit is not explicit) murders Joffrey at his own wedding, framing Tyrion for the act. She was motivated as Joffrey was a {{Sadist}}ic [[TheCaligula King]] who was marrying her granddaughter and his death means his kinder and weaker-willed brother Tommen succeeds.
** There is also the Dothraki party in Vaes Dothrak. Viserys turns up drunk and threatens his pregnant sister Daenerys, telling her husband Khal Drogo he was promised an army to take back the Seven Kingdoms, and mocking them as they can't use weapons or shed blood in the city. Drogo promises Viserys a crown of gold and pours molten gold over his head.
** [[BastardBastard Ramsay Bolton's]] wedding to "Arya Stark" (really Jeyne Poole, who is being forced into this role to help the Boltons hold the North) begins becoming this. The Northern Houses hate the Freys present due to the Red Wedding, and [[TenLittleMurderVictims people keep turning up dead]]. Also the three Freys travelling with Lord Wyman Manderly from White Harbor, who lost one of his sons at the Red Wedding with the Freys lying and claiming Robb Stark murdered his son, have disappeared, though Wyman brings three [[TheSecretOfLongPorkPies pies]] which he serves to the Freys and Boltons and [[ImAHumanitarian eats with gusto]]. When he insults the Freys on Little Walder Frey's death, Little Walder's uncle Hosteen Frey tries to kill him, leading to a fight in which Frey and Manderly men die. Lord Bolton is forced to send the Frey and Manderly men out of Winterfell against Stannis Baratheon.
** Over two centuries prior to the story [[TheEvilPrince Maegor the Cruel]] had all the architects for the Red Keep murdered at a banquet to protect its secrets. There are rumors one of them escaped and later murdered Maegor, though it is more likely Maegor killed himself on hearing of his nephew's rebellion against him.
** Edmure Tully's wedding gains the moniker "The Red Wedding" for this very reason. In revenge for a political slight and open treason (respectively), Walder Frey and Tywin Lannister arrange to have Robb, Catelyn, and a large percentage of their bannermen slaughtered at the reception, with the [[TheStarscream treacherous Northern Lord]] Roose Bolton personally murdering Robb. This is considered especially shocking as all cultures respect SacredHospitality and as a result, nearly everybody in the Seven Kingdoms despises the [[TheFriendNobodyLikes Freys]].
** Later in the same book, Lady Olenna Redwyne (probably, the culprit is not explicit) murders Joffrey at his own wedding, framing Tyrion for the act. She was motivated as Joffrey was a {{Sadist}}ic [[TheCaligula King]] who was marrying her granddaughter and his death means his kinder and weaker-willed brother Tommen succeeds.
** There is also the Dothraki party in Vaes Dothrak. Viserys turns up drunk and threatens his pregnant sister Daenerys, telling her husband Khal Drogo he was promised an army to take back the Seven Kingdoms, and mocking them as they can't use weapons or shed blood in the city. Drogo promises Viserys a crown of gold and pours molten gold over his head.
** [[BastardBastard Ramsay Bolton's]] wedding to "Arya Stark" (really Jeyne Poole, who is being forced into this role to help the Boltons hold the North) begins becoming this. The Northern Houses hate the Freys present due to the Red Wedding, and [[TenLittleMurderVictims people keep turning up dead]]. Also the three Freys travelling with Lord Wyman Manderly from White Harbor, who lost one of his sons at the Red Wedding with the Freys lying and claiming Robb Stark murdered his son, have disappeared, though Wyman brings three [[TheSecretOfLongPorkPies pies]] which he serves to the Freys and Boltons and [[ImAHumanitarian eats with gusto]]. When he insults the Freys on Little Walder Frey's death, Little Walder's uncle Hosteen Frey tries to kill him, leading to a fight in which Frey and Manderly men die. Lord Bolton is forced to send the Frey and Manderly men out of Winterfell against Stannis Baratheon.
** Over two centuries prior to the story [[TheEvilPrince Maegor the Cruel]] had all the architects for the Red Keep murdered at a banquet to protect its secrets. There are rumors one of them escaped and later murdered Maegor, though it is more likely Maegor killed himself on hearing of his nephew's rebellion against him.
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* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Brienne of Tarth. Doesn't help that she's widely described as being pretty ugly into the bargain; she suggests that growing up big and ugly and being bullied a lot was part of the reason she wanted to become a knight.
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* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Brienne of Tarth. Doesn't help that she's widely described as being pretty ugly into the bargain; she suggests that growing up big and ugly and being bullied a lot was part of the reason she wanted to become a knight. She's openly mocked and the one time men showed her any interested it was because they had a bet over which one could take her virginity. Possibly averted with Jaime, with whom she appears to share a growing mutual attraction.
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* NeutralInNameOnly: Houses Arryn and Martell are both neutral in the continent spanning [[CivilWar War of Five Kings]]. However, both families have a stake in the conflict. The Arryns have blood and cultural ties to the Starks and Tullys, and many of House Arryn's vassals [[WarHawk want to join the war]] on the side of the Starks; however, Lysa Tully, mother and regent of the underage Lord Robin Arryn, refuses to intervene despite even her sister Catelyn Stark's pleading. Meanwhile House Martell has a grudge against the Lannisters, and thus the royal family, for the murder of Elia Martell and her children during the sack of King's Landing in the {{backstory}}.
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* MeaningFulGift: Jon gives his {{Tomboy}} half-sister Arya a specially sized sword as a going-away present, knowing that she envies her brothers their swordsmanship training. It remains a cherished heirloom of her old life for long after.
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** In general, it's quite common for the nobility of all ranks, from common knights to kings, to have extramarital dalliances that result in noble and royal bastards. These are not legally considered children of their parents, meaning that they cannot inherit land or titles unless made legitimate by royal decree, although it doesn't stop some from trying to claim what they feel is their birthright anyway. Traditionally, they're given a shared last name used throughout each of the kingdoms, rather than taking their father's -- Snow in the north, Stone in the Dale, Rivers in the Riverlands, Waters in the crownlands, Hill in the Westerlands, Pyke in the Iron Islands, Flowers in the Reach, Storm in the Stormlands and Sand in Dorne. They cannot usually take their noble father's coat of arms, but many use it with its colors inverted, with a bend sinister -- a bar running from top right to bottom left -- across it, or both.
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** In general, it's quite common for the nobility of all ranks, from common knights to kings, to have extramarital dalliances that result in noble and royal bastards. These are not legally considered children of their parents, meaning that they cannot inherit land or titles unless made legitimate by royal decree, although it doesn't stop some from trying to claim what they feel is their birthright anyway. Traditionally, they're given a shared last name used throughout each of the kingdoms, rather than taking their father's -- Snow in the north, Stone in the Dale, Vale, Rivers in the Riverlands, Waters in the crownlands, Hill in the Westerlands, Pyke in the Iron Islands, Flowers in the Reach, Storm in the Stormlands and Sand in Dorne. They cannot usually take their noble father's coat of arms, but many use it with its colors inverted, with a bend sinister -- a bar running from top right to bottom left -- across it, or both.
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* NamedAfterTheInjury:
** Qhorin Halfhand is a HandicappedBadass and LivingLegend in the Night's Watch. He got his name (and lost three fingers) from a fight when he [[BareHandedBladeBlock caught his enemy's axe]], blinded him with the blood spray, and cut him down.
** Orys Baratheon, the founder of House Baratheon, became known as Orys One-Hand after losing his sword hand during the war in Dorne.
** Dagmer Cleftjaw, one of Theon Greyjoy's raiders, got his nickname after taking an axe to his face as a child, leaving a deep scar splitting the lower half of his face apart.
** Bran Stark starts calling himself Bran the Broken after a fall from the tower renders him unable to walk.
** Harwin Strong was once known as Breakbones for his strength, until he got beaten and humiliated at a tournament by Criston Cole and the fool Mushroom started calling him Brokenbones, which stuck with him.
** Qhorin Halfhand is a HandicappedBadass and LivingLegend in the Night's Watch. He got his name (and lost three fingers) from a fight when he [[BareHandedBladeBlock caught his enemy's axe]], blinded him with the blood spray, and cut him down.
** Orys Baratheon, the founder of House Baratheon, became known as Orys One-Hand after losing his sword hand during the war in Dorne.
** Dagmer Cleftjaw, one of Theon Greyjoy's raiders, got his nickname after taking an axe to his face as a child, leaving a deep scar splitting the lower half of his face apart.
** Bran Stark starts calling himself Bran the Broken after a fall from the tower renders him unable to walk.
** Harwin Strong was once known as Breakbones for his strength, until he got beaten and humiliated at a tournament by Criston Cole and the fool Mushroom started calling him Brokenbones, which stuck with him.
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* NominatedAsAPrank: uring the election for Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, the cook Three Finger Hobb is put forward as a candidate. He receives a small number of votes in each ballot. When one character asks why people support him, to which someone speculates that his supporters just want him out of the kitchens.
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* NominatedAsAPrank: uring During the election for Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, the cook Three Finger Hobb is put forward as a candidate. He receives a small number of votes in each ballot. When one character asks why people support him, to which someone speculates that his supporters just want him out of the kitchens.
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* PsychoticLoveTriangle: Between Littlefinger, Catelyn, and [[spoiler:Lysa]]. Littlefinger fell in love with Catelyn while they were young, but Catelyn only saw him as a little brother, while [[spoiler:Lysa fell in love with Littlefinger. Unfortunately, both Littlefinger and Lysa turn out to be massive [[{{Yandere}} Yanderes]]. Littlefinger, it's revealed, manipulated Lysa into murdering Jon Arryn and helping him frame the Lannisters, sparking off [[CivilWar the War of Five Kings]], in large part because he was bitter that he DidNotGetTheGirl. Lysa, for her part, raped Littlefinger when they were teenagers, making him [[BedTrick think she was Catelyn]] while he was drugged and delirious. Then she agrees to help with Littlefinger's psychotic plan, getting her own sister killed and destroying her family, because Littlefinger convinced her it would allow them to be together. Not to mention she tries to kill Sansa (her 12-year-old niece) when she sees Littlefinger forcefully kiss her, after which Littlefinger kills her, partly since he sees Sansa as a ReplacementGoldfish for Catelyn]].
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* PsychoticLoveTriangle: Between Littlefinger, Catelyn, and [[spoiler:Lysa]]. Littlefinger fell in love with Catelyn while they were young, but Catelyn only saw him as a little brother, while [[spoiler:Lysa fell in love with Littlefinger. Unfortunately, both Littlefinger and Lysa turn out to be massive [[{{Yandere}} Yanderes]]. Littlefinger, it's revealed, manipulated Lysa into murdering Jon Arryn and helping him frame the Lannisters, sparking off [[CivilWar the War of Five Kings]], in large part because he was bitter that he DidNotGetTheGirl. Lysa, for her part, raped Littlefinger when they were teenagers, making him [[BedTrick think she was Catelyn]] while he was drugged and delirious. Then she agrees to help with Littlefinger's psychotic plan, getting her own sister killed and destroying her family, because Littlefinger convinced her it would allow them to be together. Not to mention she tries to kill Sansa (her 12-year-old niece) when she sees Littlefinger forcefully kiss her, after which Littlefinger kills her, Lysa, partly since he sees Sansa as a ReplacementGoldfish for Catelyn]].
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* PsychoticLoveTriangle: Between Littlefinger, Catelyn, and [[spoiler:Lysa]]. Littlefinger fell in love with Catelyn while they were young, but Catelyn only saw him as a little brother, while [[spoiler:Lysa fell in love with Littlefinger. Unfortunately, both Littlefinger and Lysa turn out to be massive [[{{Yandere}} Yanderes]]. Littlefinger, it turns out, manipulated Lysa into murdering Jon Arryn and helping to frame the Lannisters, sparking off the [[CivilWar War of Five Kings]], in large part because he was bitter that he DidNotGetTheGirl. Lysa, for her part, raped Littlefinger via a BedTrick, making him think she was Catelyn while he was drugged and delirious, and agreed to help Littlefinger's psychotic plan which got her sister killed and destroyed her family. Not to mention she tries to kill Sansa (her 12-year-old niece) after Littlefinger forcefully kisses her, after which Littlefinger kills her, partly since he sees Sansa as a ReplacementGoldfish for Catelyn]].
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* PsychoticLoveTriangle: Between Littlefinger, Catelyn, and [[spoiler:Lysa]]. Littlefinger fell in love with Catelyn while they were young, but Catelyn only saw him as a little brother, while [[spoiler:Lysa fell in love with Littlefinger. Unfortunately, both Littlefinger and Lysa turn out to be massive [[{{Yandere}} Yanderes]]. Littlefinger, it turns out, it's revealed, manipulated Lysa into murdering Jon Arryn and helping to him frame the Lannisters, sparking off the [[CivilWar the War of Five Kings]], in large part because he was bitter that he DidNotGetTheGirl. Lysa, for her part, raped Littlefinger via a BedTrick, when they were teenagers, making him [[BedTrick think she was Catelyn Catelyn]] while he was drugged and delirious, and agreed delirious. Then she agrees to help with Littlefinger's psychotic plan which got plan, getting her own sister killed and destroyed destroying her family. family, because Littlefinger convinced her it would allow them to be together. Not to mention she tries to kill Sansa (her 12-year-old niece) after when she sees Littlefinger forcefully kisses kiss her, after which Littlefinger kills her, partly since he sees Sansa as a ReplacementGoldfish for Catelyn]].
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* PsychoticLoveTriangle: Between Littlefinger, Catelyn, and [[spoiler:Lysa]]. Littlefinger fell in love with Catelyn while they were young, but Catelyn only saw him as a little brother, while [[spoiler:Lysa fell in love with Littlefinger. Unfortunately, both Littlefinger and Lysa turn out to be massive [[{{Yandere}} Yanderes]]. Littlefinger, it turns out, manipulated Lysa into murdering Jon Arryn and helping to frame the Lannisters, sparking off the [[CivilWar War of Five Kings]], in large part because he was bitter that he DidNotGetTheGirl. Lysa, for her part, raped Littlefinger via a BedTrick, making him think she was Catelyn while he was drugged and delirious, and agreed to help Littlefinger's psychotic plan which got her sister killed and destroyed her family. Not to mention she tries to kill Sansa (her 12-year-old niece) after Littlefinger forcefully kisses her, after which Littlefinger kills her, partly since he sees Sansa as a ReplacementGoldfish for Catelyn]].
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* NearAndDearBabyNaming: Invoked. Nobles often name their children after their relatives, allies, and lieges as a public demonstration of respect and loyalty.
** Jon Arryn fostered Ned Stark and Robert Baratheon, who became best friends and saw Jon as a father figure. Ned names one son Robb and another Jon, while Jon Arryn names his son Robert.
** Davos helped the Baratheon garrison survive the Siege of Storm's End by smuggling them food, and Stannis Baratheon rewarded him with a knighthood. Davos later named one of his sons after Stannis.
** Many of Walder Frey's children and grandchildren have named their kids after him in an attempt to win his favor, but he finds this annoying rather than flattering. Some Freys are named after members of the royal family for the same reason.
** Jon Arryn fostered Ned Stark and Robert Baratheon, who became best friends and saw Jon as a father figure. Ned names one son Robb and another Jon, while Jon Arryn names his son Robert.
** Davos helped the Baratheon garrison survive the Siege of Storm's End by smuggling them food, and Stannis Baratheon rewarded him with a knighthood. Davos later named one of his sons after Stannis.
** Many of Walder Frey's children and grandchildren have named their kids after him in an attempt to win his favor, but he finds this annoying rather than flattering. Some Freys are named after members of the royal family for the same reason.
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** The Targaryen family that ruled Westeros for centuries had been all but wiped out by Robert Baratheon's rebels. Tywin Lannister sent his men to murder Prince Rhaegar's children as he had remained neutral during the war and wanted to establish his loyalty, though Ned Stark remained angry at Tywin for murdering children. Only two very young children were successfully smuggled to another continent by their retainers.
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** The Targaryen family that ruled Westeros for centuries had been all but wiped out by Robert Baratheon's rebels. Tywin Lannister sent his men to murder Prince Rhaegar's children as he had remained neutral during the war and wanted to establish his loyalty, though Ned Stark remained angry at Tywin for murdering children. Only two (possibly three[[note]]Young Griff is said to be Rhaegar's son Aegon, supposedly switched out with another baby who was then killed in his place; there is some discussion whether this is true, or he is an imposter[[/note]]) very young children were successfully smuggled to another continent by their retainers.
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Before telling Robert of Cersei's incest, Ned first confronts Cersei to give her a chance to flee the country, knowing Robert will surely have her killed once he knows. Unbeknownst to him, Cersei has already arranged for Robert's assassination; his attempt at mercy only tips his hand and puts him firmly in her crosshairs.
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* MachiavelliWasWrong:
** The Lannisters, who rule primarily by fear, are despised by the small folk. On the other hand, the small folk completely adore the Tyrells, with Margaery at the forefront, who spend time with them, hand out food donations and the like. Sansa also comes to this conclusion after spending time with paranoid queen mother Cersei.
--->'''Sansa''': If I am ever queen, I will make them love me.
** Then there are the various Northern Houses, who love their liege lords the Starks. They loved the Stark family so much that they, lord and commoner alike, are prepared to march through blizzards or bone-chilling cold in a state of near starvation, or keep on fighting even when all hope is faded, for the sake of the Starks. Even after being [[spoiler:usurped by the Boltons, the North would not bend the knee to them, and House Manderly[[labelnote:*]]Which actually was originally an Andal noble house that was adopted by the Starks into the North after being usurped from their homelands further south[[/labelnote]] are conspiring against the Boltons to bring the Starks back as liege lords]].
** Stannis himself was able to walk the fine line between respected and disliked. He isn't the most charming individual, and is willing to use a religion that encourages fanaticism to its followers. Still he has a strict code of honor, and always listens to his advisors who give him reasonable and pragmatic advice. When Night Watch call for help against the Wildlings, and the Others, he is only one who heeds their call and make his way to North. Eventually he starts a campaign in conquering the North from the Boltons, and this results in several Northern houses to pledge their aid to him, as they consider him to be a better option than the sadistic Boltons.
** The Lannisters, who rule primarily by fear, are despised by the small folk. On the other hand, the small folk completely adore the Tyrells, with Margaery at the forefront, who spend time with them, hand out food donations and the like. Sansa also comes to this conclusion after spending time with paranoid queen mother Cersei.
--->'''Sansa''': If I am ever queen, I will make them love me.
** Then there are the various Northern Houses, who love their liege lords the Starks. They loved the Stark family so much that they, lord and commoner alike, are prepared to march through blizzards or bone-chilling cold in a state of near starvation, or keep on fighting even when all hope is faded, for the sake of the Starks. Even after being [[spoiler:usurped by the Boltons, the North would not bend the knee to them, and House Manderly[[labelnote:*]]Which actually was originally an Andal noble house that was adopted by the Starks into the North after being usurped from their homelands further south[[/labelnote]] are conspiring against the Boltons to bring the Starks back as liege lords]].
** Stannis himself was able to walk the fine line between respected and disliked. He isn't the most charming individual, and is willing to use a religion that encourages fanaticism to its followers. Still he has a strict code of honor, and always listens to his advisors who give him reasonable and pragmatic advice. When Night Watch call for help against the Wildlings, and the Others, he is only one who heeds their call and make his way to North. Eventually he starts a campaign in conquering the North from the Boltons, and this results in several Northern houses to pledge their aid to him, as they consider him to be a better option than the sadistic Boltons.
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* {{Magitek}}: Many of the feats of engineering are thought to be aided by magic. The Wall is built far larger than normal architecture would seem to allow. There are a number of glass candles that have started working again with the return of dragons. The fact that Valyrian roads have remained unchanged for centuries without upkeep suggests magic. Qyburn's experiments into human anatomy seem to involve necromancy. The secret recipe for wildfire is suggested to be at least partially magical.
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* {{Magitek}}: Many of the feats of engineering are thought to be aided by magic. The Wall Wall, for example, is built far larger than normal architecture would seem to allow. There are a number of glass candles that have started working again with the return of dragons. The fact that Valyrian roads have remained unchanged for centuries without upkeep suggests magic. allow, and Qyburn's experiments into human anatomy seem to involve necromancy. The secret recipe for wildfire is suggested to be at least partially magical.necromancy.
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** Most of the Targaryen kings and several princes have titles of their own: Aegon I [[TheParagon the Conqueror]], Maegor [[BloodKnight the Cruel]], Jaehaerys I [[TheGoodKing the Conciliator]], Aegon III [[MagicIsEvil the Dragonsbane]], Baelor [[TheFundamentalist the Blessed]], Aegon IV [[CompleteMonster the Unworthy]], and so on and so forth.
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** Most of the Targaryen kings and several princes have titles of their own: Aegon I [[TheParagon the Conqueror]], Maegor [[BloodKnight the Cruel]], Jaehaerys I [[TheGoodKing the Conciliator]], Aegon III [[MagicIsEvil the Dragonsbane]], Baelor [[TheFundamentalist the Blessed]], Aegon IV [[CompleteMonster [[TheCaligula the Unworthy]], and so on and so forth.
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* RoyalBastard:
** In general, it's quite common for the nobility of all ranks, from common knights to kings, to have extramarital dalliances that result in noble and royal bastards. These are not legally considered children of their parents, meaning that they cannot inherit land or titles unless made legitimate by royal decree, although it doesn't stop some from trying to claim what they feel is their birthright anyway. Traditionally, they're given a shared last name used throughout each of the kingdoms, rather than taking their father's -- Snow in the north, Stone in the Dale, Rivers in the Riverlands, Waters in the crownlands, Hill in the Westerlands, Pyke in the Iron Islands, Flowers in the Reach, Storm in the Stormlands and Sand in Dorne. They cannot usually take their noble father's coat of arms, but many use it with its colors inverted, with a bend sinister -- a bar running from top right to bottom left -- across it, or both.
** The Blackfyre Rebellions were caused by Aegon the Unworthy, who fathered a notorious number of children outside of his marriage, legitimizing all of his bastards on his deathbed, while also spreading claims [[MamasBabyPapasMaybe his legitimate son was sired]] [[AFamilyAffair by his brother]]. The four "Great Bastards" are noted for playing important roles in the Targaryen family rather than Aegon merely being a GlorifiedSpermDonor like most nobles; one, in particular, Daemon Blackfyre, funded a splinter branch of House Targaryen named after himself, using its parent house's heraldry with inverted colors (a three-headed black dragon on red, rather than a red one of black), which despite being exiled contested the Targaryen throne on and off for several centuries.
** In general, it's quite common for the nobility of all ranks, from common knights to kings, to have extramarital dalliances that result in noble and royal bastards. These are not legally considered children of their parents, meaning that they cannot inherit land or titles unless made legitimate by royal decree, although it doesn't stop some from trying to claim what they feel is their birthright anyway. Traditionally, they're given a shared last name used throughout each of the kingdoms, rather than taking their father's -- Snow in the north, Stone in the Dale, Rivers in the Riverlands, Waters in the crownlands, Hill in the Westerlands, Pyke in the Iron Islands, Flowers in the Reach, Storm in the Stormlands and Sand in Dorne. They cannot usually take their noble father's coat of arms, but many use it with its colors inverted, with a bend sinister -- a bar running from top right to bottom left -- across it, or both.
** The Blackfyre Rebellions were caused by Aegon the Unworthy, who fathered a notorious number of children outside of his marriage, legitimizing all of his bastards on his deathbed, while also spreading claims [[MamasBabyPapasMaybe his legitimate son was sired]] [[AFamilyAffair by his brother]]. The four "Great Bastards" are noted for playing important roles in the Targaryen family rather than Aegon merely being a GlorifiedSpermDonor like most nobles; one, in particular, Daemon Blackfyre, funded a splinter branch of House Targaryen named after himself, using its parent house's heraldry with inverted colors (a three-headed black dragon on red, rather than a red one of black), which despite being exiled contested the Targaryen throne on and off for several centuries.
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** Catelyn Stark is Cruel To One to Jon Snow. Though she usually acts like a ProperLady, she can't seem to help being cold at best, malicious at worst, to her husband's bastard son.
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** Catelyn Stark is Cruel To One to behaves with cold civility toward Jon Snow. Though she usually acts like a ProperLady, she can't seem to help being cold at best, malicious at worst, behaving cooly, and maliciously on one occasion, to her husband's bastard son.son. She chooses not to have a relationship with her husband's bastard son, which is perfectly understandable given the potential threats of illegitimate children.
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** Cersei Lannister, while a horrible leader, has protecting her children as her strongest motivation. Catelyn Stark gains a darker shade with this trope as well. Ironically, their protective instincts only serve to make things worse. Cersei screws up everything she touches. Complicated by the fact that she may have partially selfish motivations, as there was a prophecy that she would outlive her children.
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** Cersei Lannister, while a horrible leader, has protecting her children as her strongest motivation. Catelyn Stark gains a darker shade with this trope as well. Ironically, their her protective instincts only serve to make things worse. Cersei screws up everything she touches. Complicated by the fact that she may have partially selfish motivations, as there was a prophecy that she would outlive her children.
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** Even the happier Stark family suffer from this as Catelyn Stark openly resents Jon's living at Winterfell, for the reason that [[HeroicBastard he isn't her son]], admits that Bran is her favourite child and prefers elder daughter PrincessClassic Sansa over the more difficult tomboy RebelliousPrincess Arya.
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** Even the happier Stark family suffer from this as Catelyn Ned Stark openly resents Jon's living at Winterfell, for the reason that [[HeroicBastard he isn't her son]], admits that Bran is her favourite child and prefers elder treats his daughter PrincessClassic Sansa Arya preferentially over the more difficult tomboy RebelliousPrincess Arya. his daughter Sansa.
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** Ned Stark and Catelyn Tully, though it's noted to have taken some years to get used to each other.
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** Ned Stark and Catelyn Tully, though it's noted to have taken some years to get used to each other.Tully.
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* PolitenessJudo: Sansa Stark's main defence and weapon when she engages in PassiveAggressiveKombat. Epically used to block Tyrion's snark on numerous occasions, but with indicators before she ever got to that stage that it was there (mainly against Arya...in company, at least). She uses it on several characters to greater or lesser effect and is slowly raising it to an art form.
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* PolitenessJudo: Sansa Stark's main defence and weapon when she engages in PassiveAggressiveKombat. Epically used to block Tyrion's snark on numerous occasions, but with indicators before she ever got to that stage that it was there (mainly against Arya...in company, at least).occasions. She uses it on several characters to greater or lesser effect and is slowly raising it to an art form.
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** Most of the Targaryen kings and several princes have titles of their own: Aegon I [[TheParagon the Conqueror]], Maegor [[BloodKnight the Cruel]], Jaehaerys I [[TheGoodKing the Conciliator]], Aegon III [[MagicIsEvil the Dragonsbane, Baelor [[TheFundamentalist the Blessed]], Aegon IV [[CompleteMonster the Unworthy]], and so on and so forth.
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** Most of the Targaryen kings and several princes have titles of their own: Aegon I [[TheParagon the Conqueror]], Maegor [[BloodKnight the Cruel]], Jaehaerys I [[TheGoodKing the Conciliator]], Aegon III [[MagicIsEvil the Dragonsbane, Dragonsbane]], Baelor [[TheFundamentalist the Blessed]], Aegon IV [[CompleteMonster the Unworthy]], and so on and so forth.
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** Many other historical Westerosi kings bore such titles too, such as Argilac [[DefiantToTheEnd the Arrogant]] of the Stormlands, Bran [[OurFounder the Builder]] of the North, or Lann [[TheTrickster the Clever]] of the Westerlands.
