History AssholeVictim / ASongOfIceAndFire

* Similar to the Mountain's Men, the Brave Companions, a [[PsychoForHire particularly vile sellsword company]], nicknamed the [[MonsterClown Bloody Mummers]], where every member shows themselves to be utterly evil, however they are getting picked off as they are hunted down for their war crimes. Their leader Vargo Hoat is an AxeCrazy {{Sadist}} who enjoys cutting off limbs, and [[DeathByIrony ends up having pieces cut off over days]] by the Mountain. One of the nastiest appears to be Rorge, a pedophile rapist who takes part in [[RapePillageAndBurn the Sack of Saltpans]], where a town's population is massacred and raped by a group of the Mummers. He ends up being killed by Brienne when he threatens a group of war orphans, ironic for a HeManWomanHater.

* After Euron Greyjoy conquers the castle of House Hewett in ''Literature/AFeastForCrows'',Falia Flowers laughs to see her trueborn half-sisters degraded and raped in front of their parents. Not too long afterwards, she herself is the victim of Euron's cruelty: she has her tongue cut out and is stripped naked and strapped to the figurehead of the Silence, and left to die of exposure and starvation. And, for most people, nothing much of value was lost (except for her unborn child: mind you, with the likely alternative of "getting born, getting your tongue ripped out and then serving your own dad as pretty much a galley slave for the rest of your tortured life" on the cards if born a boy and "we don't want to know" if a girl...). Sure, you can feel a little sorry for the shit her father and [[WickedStepmother stepmother]] pulled on her that [[BrokenBird allowed her to become easily groomed]] by [[EvilIsSexy Euron]] "So Not Prince Charming" [[DevilInPlainSight Greyjoy]] into considering the horribly squicky retribution something that became a possibility, but... still. DisproportionateRetribution is disproportionate, broken and groomed... or not.

* After Euron Greyjoy conquers the castle of House Hewett in ''Literature/AFeastForCrows'', [[CinderellaCircumstances Falia Flowers]] laughs to see her trueborn half-sisters degraded and raped in front of their parents. Not too long afterwards, she herself is the victim of Euron's cruelty: she has her tongue cut out and is stripped naked and strapped to the figurehead of the Silence, and left to die of exposure and starvation. And, for most people, nothing much of value was lost (except for her unborn child: mind you, with the likely alternative of "getting born, getting your tongue ripped out and then serving your own dad as pretty much a galley slave for the rest of your tortured life" on the cards if born a boy and "we don't want to know" if a girl...). Sure, you can feel a little sorry for the shit her father and [[WickedStepmother stepmother]] pulled on her that [[BrokenBird allowed her to become easily groomed]] by [[EvilIsSexy Euron]] "So Not Prince Charming" [[DevilInPlainSight Greyjoy]] into considering the horribly squicky retribution something that became a possibility, but... still. DisproportionateRetribution is disproportionate, broken and groomed... or not.

Creator/GeorgeRRMartin is fond of [[AssholeVictim this trope]], [[CrapsackWorld although the sheer number of both victims and assholes]] or assholes being assholes to other assholes thus creating bigger or more broken assholes... means that it is somewhat inevitable[[note]]For victims from the TV Series, [[AssholeVictim/GameOfThrones go here.]][[/note]]:

* Most of the Freys who wind up dead in the story (with the exception of the decent Ser Stevron Frey and his disabled son Aegon "Jinglebell" Frey), especially after the [[DisproportionateRetribution Red]] [[DiabolusExMachina Wedding.]]

* Balon Greyjoy, the brutal ruler of the Iron Islands who have a culture of cruel piracy, attacks the North when its ruler Robb Stark offers an alliance with him and sends back his only surviving son Theon. Balon shows no affection to the son who he hadn't seen in nine years and acts horribly towards him, thinking him too weak to inherit rule. Balon ends up falling from a bridge during a storm, though it is widely believed the nastiest of the Greyjoy brothers [[EvilOverlord Euron]] [[EvilVsEvil may have been]] [[CainAndAbel responsible]].

*** [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale Lysa had also raped Petyr at least once]] (he was drunk after being rejected by Catelyn, and even [[WrongNameOutburst called Lysa "Cat" while they were having sex]]), and possibly twice (after Petyr had been [[DudeShesLikeInAComa gravely wounded]], possibly [[QuestionableConsent compromising his ability to knowingly consent]]), making her even more unlikeable.

* Ramsay brutally tortures Theon, turning him into TheWoobie. Regardless, Theon ''did'' a lot of awful stuff upon taking Winterfell. Including allowing two children to be killed to both try to cover his own ass and intimidate everybody into backing down when the Stark children actually escaped. Worse, these weren't two random boys; he actually knew them, because he regularly *cough* visited *cough* their mother at their home, and he knew they were about the right ages to pass. Do some mathematics.

* Ramsay brutally tortures Theon, turning him into TheWoobie. Regardless, Theon ''did'' a lot of awful stuff upon taking Winterfell. Including allowing two children to be killed to both try to cover his own ass and intimidate everybody into backing down when the Stark children actually escaped. Worse, these weten't two random boys; he actually knew them, because he regularly *cough* visited *cough* their mother at their home, and he knew they were about the right ages to pass. Do some mathematics.

* Almost every Frey killed that we've seen has been an asshole in some way. Little Walder bullied Bran and Rickon, and was later killed by someone during ''Dance''; Petyr and Merrett Frey, who participated in the Red Wedding, are captured and hung by Lady Stoneheart and the Brotherhood Without Banners at the end of ''Storm''; Rhaegar, Jared, and Symond Frey belittle Davos Seaworth and feed the lie about how the Starks were all shapeshifting wargs and the Red Wedding was all a misunderstanding, and they are killed and cooked into meat pies that Lord Wyman Manderly feeds to the guests of Ramsay Bolton's and "Arya Stark"'s wedding in ''Dance''; and Aenys Frey, who is no shortage of abusive to everyone who looks down on them for the Red Wedding, is caught in a trap by Mors Umber and is slain in a POV preview chapter from ''Winds''.

* Most of the Freys who winds up dead in the story (with the exception of the decent Ser Stevron Frey and his disabled son Aegon "Jinglebell" Frey), especially after the [[DisproportionateRetribution Red]] [[DiabolusExMachina Wedding.]]

* Tyrion Lannister killing his father Tywin at the end of ''Literature/AStormOfSwords''. Tywin kinda had it coming in general. The ''specific'' thing that sent Tyrion after him? Orchestrating the gang-rape of Tyrion's first wife, just because she was a commoner.

* Renly Baratheon, who gives off the image of TheGoodKing, but seems a {{Deconstruction}} of it, showing himself to be more TheEvilPrince, being vain, mockingly unpleasant to unattractive people such as the [[UndyingLoyalty loyal]] but unattractive woman Brienne of Tarth and his disfigured niece Shireen Baratheon, and trying to usurp the Iron Throne after his eldest brother's death basically just because he is arrogant and can put on a [[VillainWithGoodPublicity good image]]. It's even implied Renly may be aware of the illegitimacy of the Queen's children, meaning he knows his brother Stannis is the rightful heir. When Stannis offers to make an alliance with him, saying he'll make him his heir until he has a son (which is unlikely meaning Renly will probably become King anyway), along with letting him keep his positions as Lord of Storm's End and Master of Laws on the Small Council, Renly sneeringly mocks Stannis for not being as charismatic and insults Stannis' daughter because of her unattractive appearance, basically saying he'll take the throne as [[MightMakesRight he has the bigger army]], talking of [[CainAndAbel killing Stannis while showing little remorse]]. He ends up getting murdered the night before the battle by a shadow assassin birthed by his brother's sorceress Melisandre.

* Similar to the Mountain's Men, the Brave Companions, a [[PsychoForHire particularly vile sellsword company]], nicknamed the [[MonsterClown Bloody Mummers]], where every member shows themselves to be utterly evil, however they are getting picked off as they are hunted down for their war crimes. Their leader Vargo Hoat, is an AxeCrazy {{Sadist}} who enjoys cutting off limbs, and [[DeathByIrony ends up having pieces cut off over days]] by the Mountain. One of the nastiest appears to be Rorge, a pedophile rapist who takes part in [[RapePillageAndBurn the Sack of Saltpans]], where a town's population is massacred and raped by a group of the Mummers. He ends up being killed by Brienne when he threatens a group of war orphans, ironic for a HeManWomanHater.
* Balon Greyjoy, the brutal ruler of the Iron Islands who have a culture of cruel piracy and attacks the North when its ruler Robb Stark offers an alliance with him and sends back his only surviving son Theon. Balon shows no affection to the son who he hadn't seen in nine years and acts horribly towards him, thinking him too weak to inherit rule. Balon ends up falling from a bridge during a storm, though it is widely believed the nastiest of the Greyjoy brothers [[EvilOverlord Euron]] [[EvilVsEvil may have been]] [[CainAndAbel responsible]].

* Ramsay brutally tortures Theon, turning him into TheWoobie. Regardless, Theon did allow two children to be killed try and cover his own ass when the Stark children escaped.

* In ''Literature/AFeastForCrows'' Sansa and Littlefinger frame the singer Marillion for a murder Littlefinger committed. It's hard for the reader to feel too bad since Marillion previously tried to rape Sansa. Said murder victim also helped Littlefinger poison her husband and manipulate her sister, eventually starting a war, and was threatening to kill a young girl, [[EvilAunt her niece]], whom she thought was seducing her husband, so she counts as well.

Creator/GeorgeRRMartin is fond of [[AssholeVictim this trope]], [[CrapsackWorld although the sheer number of both victims and assholes]] means that it is somewhat inevitable[[note]]For victims from the TV Series, [[AssholeVictim/GameOfThrones go here.]][[/note]]:

* After Euron Greyjoy conquers the castle of House Hewett in ''Literature/AFeastForCrows'', [[CinderellaCircumstances Falia Flowers]] laughs to see her trueborn half-sisters degraded and raped in front of their parents. Not too long afterwards, she herself is the victim of Euron's cruelty: she has her tongue cut out and is stripped naked and strapped to the figurehead of the Silence, and left to die of exposure and starvation. And, for most people, nothing much of value was lost (except for her unborn child: mind you, with the likely alternative of "getting born, getting your tongue ripped out and serving your own dad as pretty a slave for the rest of your tortured life" on the cards if born a boy...). Sure, you can feel a little sorry for the shit her father and [[WickedStepmother stepmother]] pulled on her that [[BrokenBird allowed her to become easily groomed]] by [[EvilIsSexy Euron]] "So Not Prince Charming" [[DevilInPlainSight Greyjoy]] into considering the horribly squicky retribution something that became a possibility, but... still. DisproportionateRetribution is disproportionate, broken and groomed... or not.

Creator/GeorgeRRMartin is fond of [[AssholeVictim this trope]], [[CrapsackWorld although the sheer number of both victims and assholes]] means that it is somewhat inevitable:

* Tyrion Lannister killing his father Tywin at the end of ''Literature/AStormOfSwords''. Tywin kinda had it coming.

* After Euron Greyjoy conquers the castle of House Hewett in ''Literature/AFeastForCrows'', [[CinderellaCircumstances Falia Flowers]] laughs to see her trueborn half-sisters degraded and raped in front of their parents. Not too long afterwards, she herself is the victim of Euron's cruelty: she has her tongue cut out and is stripped naked and strapped to the figurehead of the Silence, and left to die of exposure and starvation. And, for most people, nothing much of value was lost. Sure, you can feel a little sorry for the shit her father and [[WickedStepmother stepmother]] pulled on her that [[BrokenBird allowed her to become easily groomed]] by [[EvilIsSexy Euron]] "So Not Prince Charming" [[DevilInPlainSight Greyjoy]] into considering the horribly squicky retribution something that became a possibility, but... still. DisproportionateRetribution is disproportionate, broken and groomed... or not.

* Ramsay brutally tortures Theon, turning him into TheWoobie. Regardless, Theon did double-cross the Starks and attacked Winterfell, where at one point he killed two children to try and cover his own ass when the Stark children escaped.

* Viserys Targaryen spent much of his backstory psychologically (and it's implied, physically) abusing his sister Daenerys during their exile. When Dany marries Drogo and journies with him to the Dothraki Sea, Viserys spends all of his time complaining and making threats against everyone for not getting what he wanted immediately, eventually being humiliated by Drogo in front of his ''khalasar''. This led to him getting himself drunk and [[BullyingADragon threatening Daenerys' unborn child in front of Drogo]] as yet another threat to do what he wanted. Drogo responded by dumping a pot of molten gold on him, and it is described in all of its grisly glory.

* After Euron Greyjoy conquers the castle of House Hewett in ''Literature/AFeastForCrows'', [[CinderellaCircumstances Falia Flowers]] laughs to see her trueborn half-sisters degraded and raped in front of their parents. Not too long afterwards, she herself is the victim of Euron's cruelty: she has her tongue cut out and is stripped naked and strapped to the figurehead of the Silence, and left to die of exposure and starvation. And, for most people, nothing much of value was lost. Sure, you can feel a little sorry for the shit her father and [[WickedStepmother stepmother]] pulled on her that [[BrokenBird allowed her to become easily groomed]] by [[EvilIsSexy Euron]] "[[CompleteMonster So Not Prince Charming]]" [[DevilInPlainSight Greyjoy]] into considering the horribly squicky retribution something that became a possibility, but... still. DisproportionateRetribution is disproportionate, broken and groomed... or not.

* After Euron Greyjoy conquers the castle of House Hewett in ''Literature/AFeastForCrows'', Falia Flowers laughs to see her trueborn half-sisters degraded and raped. Not too long afterwards, she herself is the victim of Euron's cruelty: she has her tongue cut out and is stripped naked and strapped to the figurehead of the Silence, and left to die of exposure and starvation. And nothing of value was lost.

Creator/GeorgeRRMartin is fond of [[AssholeVictim this trope]], [[CrapsackWorld although the sheer number of both victims and assholes]] means that it is somewhat inevitable:

* After Euron Greyjoy conquers the castle, Falia Flowers laughs to see her trueborn half-sisters degraded and raped. Not too long afterwards, she herself is the victim of Euron's cruelty: she has her tongue cut out and is stripped naked and strapped to the figurehead of the Silence, and left to die of exposure and starvation. And nothing of value was lost.