History Characters / GameOfThronesBrotherhoodWithoutBanners

* ArcherArchetype: A master of archery in the Brotherhood. Sandor even refers to him dismissively as 'archer'.

* ThePaladin: See TheHero, above.

* FlamingSword: He duels using one ignited by his own blood.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Is very much alive in Season 6 of the show, whereas his book counterpart died permanently offscreen shortly after Arya last saw him.

* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of RobinHood's Merry Men. They do protect the poor (at least they try), but they do not steal from the rich to give to them, and they aren't above selling some poor bloke off for money to fund their fight.

* BadassBaritone: When played by Richard Dormer.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Beric Dondarrion is a pretty cool name.

** In "The Climb", he reveals his backstory. His faith gradually eroded over the years, and eventually stopped believing in gods. When Lord Beric died, he muttered the words of R'hllor just as funeral rites for his fallen friend. When Lord Beric came back, he now believes again.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: When Beric and Thoros meet Gendry again during Jon Snow's wight hunt the two admit that they feel no regret in selling him to Melisandre since they needed the money to protect the country. Notably, Sandor seems to agree with the sentiment and tells Gendry to [[QuitYourWhining stop whinging]] when the latter calls Beric and Thoros out on their actions.

* TheHero: Along with Thoros, Dondarrion is literally the few characters in Westeros who's actually altruistic. Though mildly subverted when they sell Gendry to Melisandre.

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: When Beric and Thoros meet Gendry again during Jon Snow's wight hunt the two admit that they feel no regret in selling him to Melisandre since they needed the money to protect the country. Notably Sandor seems to agree with the sentiment and tells Gendry to [[QuitYourWhining stop whinging]] when the latter calls Beric and Thoros out on their actions.

* ForGreatJustice: His primary goal has always been just to save how many people as he can.

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** AdaptationalVillainy: However, the show's Brotherhood under Beric is depicted as shadier than they were in the books, selling Gendry to be sacrificed to Melisandre (where in the books Gendry actually joins the Brotherhood out of admiration), only being corrupted by Stoneheart's leadership after Beric's death.

* LaResistance: They hate the Lannisters and continue opposing the Crown until Season 6, paying greater attention to the coming winter.

* AlcoholInducedIdiocy / LiquidCourage: His (borderline suicidal) decision to charge blindly and alone against the Greyjoy vanguard during the Siege of Pyke was apparently induced by a violent state of drunkenness.
-->'''Jorah''': I thought you were the bravest man I ever saw.
-->'''Thoros''': Just the drunkest.

* GuileHero: See above.

* BaldOfAwesome: Manages to combine this and long hair.

* BadassBeard: See the picture.

* BadassBeard: See the picture.

%% * BadassBeard: He has one.

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* TheNothingAfterDeath: When Melisandre asks him what it was like on "the other side", he says that he only ever sees darkness before he is revived. Though that may be because the Lord of Light isn't done with him.

-->'''Sandor''': Beric Dondarrion. You've [[IncrediblyLamePun seen]] better days.

* PurposeDrivenImmortality: It's implied whatever force is allowing him to come back to life, is because his task is not finished yet.

* EveryonesDeadDave: By the time the Brotherhood gets to the Wall only Beric, Thoros and Sandor remain (or at least appear on-screen). [[spoiler: After the Battle for the Dawn, Sandor is the only one left, meaning the entire original Brotherhood Without Banners is gone. Sandor himself dies in King's Landing in a MutualKill with Gregor Clegane, fittingly the man the Brotherhood was dispatched by Ned Stark to hunt down in the first place]].

* TheRemnant: Of the host of Stark and Baratheon men send by Ned to execute the Mountain back in Season 1. They consider themselves bannermen loyal to the late King Robert, despite him being, well, late. They're one of the only anti-Lannister forces in central Westeros to survive after the Red Wedding, and really the only anti-Lannister force in central Westeros when they reappear in late Season 6 -- when other anti-Lannister rebellions start up again, too. [[spoiler:They all die before the final episode but not before saving the world, and killing Gregor Clegane, the task which they were appointed to do]].

* DwindlingParty: By the time the Brotherhood gets to the Wall only Beric, Thoros and Sandor remain (or at least appear on-screen). [[spoiler: After the Battle for the Dawn, Sandor is the only one left, meaning the entire original Brotherhood Without Banners is gone.]]

* PragmaticHero: They've got more good-guy indicia than pretty much any other faction (even the Starks, who are ultimately self interested; see Robb's unilateral decision to give Harrenhal to Walder Frey), but they're willing to compromise their principles if it means being able to continue the fight (which, as Thoros repeatedly emphasizes, they need gold to do).

* TheRemnant: Of the host of Stark and Baratheon men send by Ned to execute the Mountain back in Season 1. They consider themselves bannermen loyal to the late King Robert, despite him being, well, late. They're one of the only anti-Lannister forces in central Westeros to survive after the Red Wedding, and really the only anti-Lannister force in central Westeros when they reappear in late Season 6 -- when other anti-Lannister rebellions start up again, too.

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