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Those Sent Back

General

The Chosen Many: A variation - Ned, Sansa, Aemon, Varys, and Tormund were specifically chosen by the gods to aid The Chosen One himself.
Mission from God: They were each sent back by one of the gods making up the pantheon of deities of Planetos to truly fulfill the Prince That Was Promised prophecy. Jon is sent back by The Stranger, Sansa by one of the Old Gods of the forest, Ned by The Father, and Tormund by the Lord of Light. It's not known as of yet which ones sent Maester Aemon and Varys back.
My Greatest Second Chance: Everyone brought back has their own regrets for how they handled things in the previous timeline, so each accepted the gods' offers to go back and do it over without making the same mistakes again.
- For Jon, protecting his family members and any other innocents who unjustly died in the original timeline is his primary motivation.
- Sansa wants to make sure she can protect her family as well, along with strengthening the North's position once war comes again and to better prepare Westeros for the second Long Night.
- Ned is especially regretful of how he kept everyone in the dark about the truth, let Jon go into the Night's Watch, let Catelyn inundate the children in southern ways to the detriment of them knowing their Northern roots, and how he got himself killed, so he's especially determined to make good on the second chance the gods gave him to make things right.
- Varys is similarly determined to throw his support behind a better king for the realm and prevent the disasters Littlefinger, Robert, the Lannisters, and Daenerys brought upon Westeros from happening again.
- Maester Aemon dedicates his second chance to educating his many-greats-nephew on their family history and making sure the Night's Watch is better prepared to face the undead.
- Tormund immediately Jumped at the Call to go back in time to ensure more of his people survive the White Walkers' assault on Hardhome and help out his friend Jon again.
Older Than They Look: Thanks to the Mental Time Travel, everyone is a good bit physically younger than the ages they were at before they got sent back. It's especially prominent for Jon and Sansa, who are sent back to when they were ten and seven respectively while being mentally world-weary young adults.
Peggy Sue: The gods send Jon, Sansa, Ned, Varys, Aemon, and Tormund's souls back into the past with their knowledge of the future to help them Set Right What Once Went Wrong.
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: A Hidden Backup Prince, a politically savvy Proper Lady, the Four-Star Badass Warden of the North, the Master of Whispers, a Cool Old Guy maester, and a renowned Free Folk warrior are among those chosen by the gods to go back in time and fulfill a prophecy to save the world.

Jon Snow/Targaryen

King Jon Targaryen (formerly Snow), Lord of Queenscrown

The Ace: A charismatic and competent leader and fighter who is also honorable and merciful, Jon has all the makings of becoming a great king, which is why Varys and Ned are especially determined to make things right with their second chance.
Adaptational Name Change: It's revealed here that Jon was never given an "official" Targaryen name, as Lyanna and Rhaegar thought he'd be a girl they'd have named Visenya and Lyanna didn't live long enough to give him any other name, let alone the name "Aegon", meaning that the Three-Eyed Raven's revelations were not entirely truthful.
Animal Eye Spy: During the five years that pass between Chapters 21 and 22, Jon hones his warging powers with the three dragons to the point they're practically synchronized. When the Starks find and adopt the direwolves, Jon starts doing this with Ghost, to awkward results.
Came Back Wrong: According to the Stranger, Jon was sent back with a Damaged Soul in canon thanks to Bloodraven tampering with his Blood Magic. This is apparently an explanation for many of the less than intelligent decisions Jon took throughout the show's second half.
Chick Magnet: Aside from Sansa and Dany, Jon also gets some appreciative looks and remarks from the Free Folk spear wives who make it to the other side of the Wall while Jorelle Mormont mentions an "Alys" who describes him as beautiful.
A Child Shall Lead Them: He is first sent back to when he was ten to start planning out his path to reclaiming the throne. Played with in that he is mentally a world-weary adult, which everyone else who isn't in on things writes off as him being Wise Beyond Their Years.
The Chosen One: He's the Prince Who Was Promised after all.
Cool Sword: In the new timeline, he gets Blackfyre and Dark Sister, the Valyrian steel swords wielded by Aegon the Conqueror and Visenya Targaryen respectively, and which have been handed down among generations of subsequent Targaryens.
Dragon Rider: Having all his innate Blood Magic makes him possess greater control over the three dragons than Daenerys had in the original timeline.
The Good King: Shaping up to be this.
Humble Hero: It's practically his trademark. Jon might accept his birthright and act kingly, but he does not let it go to his head, which Varys marks as his best trait.
In Spite of a Nail: Despite not joining the Night's Watch, Jon still receives the moniker Lord Snow, though as an official title.
It's Personal: At least one major reason why Jon accepts the Stranger's offer is to save his cousin/surrogate little brother Bran from being turned into Bloodraven's meat suit.
Kill the Ones You Love: While he definitely doesn't have romantic feelings for her anymore, killing Daenerys still hurts Jon although it was necessary to stop her from hurting even more innocent people. Maester Aemon feels nothing but sympathy for Jon for having to take his old words about love and duty to heart.
Kissing Cousins: As the story's AO3 tags and many moments of Ship Tease make clear, he and Sansa will become the endgame Official Couple.
Rightful King Returns: Zigzagged. It was subverted in the original timeline thanks to Bloodraven's manipulations, so the gods intervene to play it straight by turning back time so that Jon can truly fulfill his destiny.
Second Love: Or third rather. Since he's moved on from Ygritte (though he is still taken aback seeing her alive again with Tormund's group and very much relieved to see that she doesn't remember her last life) and completely disillusioned with Daenerys, he becomes closer with Sansa as they work together to ensure they can change the future.
You Don't Look Like You: Downplayed example - he generally looks mostly the same, but one little side effect of Jon still having his full amount of Blood Magic is that he's a few inches taller than he was in the original timeline.
Young and in Charge: Becomes Lord of Queenscrown at 10 years old in the new timeline, though played with in that he's actually an adult in the body of a young child.
Young Face, Old Eyes: When Sansa sees him again after being sent back in time, she describes him as he was when he was 10 years old, with no beard and no scars, "but his eyes were old, and had seen much."

Sansa Stark

Lady Sansa Stark

Action Girl: In the new timeline, she takes up sword fighting, and while she's not as adept as Arya, she is able to hold her own well enough.
Composite Character: Takes Jon's place telling Bran not to look away when Ned executes Will.
Cool Big Sis: Aims to be more of this compared to how she was in the original timeline regarding her younger siblings, involving herself more in their lives and caring for them directly, with her going out of her way to patch things up with Arya beforehand.
Kissing Cousins: As the story's AO3 tags and many moments of Ship Tease make clear, she and Jon will become the endgame Official Couple.
Lady of War: Catelyn begrudgingly admits that Sansa makes sword fighting look like a graceful dance while watching her train.
"No. Just… No" Reaction: She is really not thrilled with Robert Baratheon betrothing himself to her. Even if her heart wasn't already set on Jon, there's also the simple fact that Robert is a whole year older than her father and is a Fat Slob who leaves all his kingly duties to his Hand while spending his days eating and drinking his way to an early grave (and to say nothing of how he pushed a betrothal between her and Joffrey in the original timeline despite knowing full well that Joffrey was not exactly a good kid even before then).
Number Two: She's effectively this to Jon as she has the most knowledge of the future, which makes her his most effective assistant in helping him fulfill the prophecy.
Replacement Goldfish: Jon Arryn believes Robert betrothing himself to her after Cersei's affair is exposed (and his previous desire to betroth her to Joffrey) to be little more than him projecting the torch he still holds for the late Lyanna.
Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Having gone through the disappointment of Joffrey and the sheer hell that was Ramsay in the previous timeline, Sansa's heart goes for Jon, who had protected her and worked alongside her to reclaim their home in the original timeline and with whom she's working alongside once again to ensure he can reclaim his birthright.
Technician vs. Performer: The Technician to Arya's Performer. Sansa's still working on being able to hold her own in swordfighting while Arya took to it a lot easier.
Took a Level in Badass: She had already done this with regards to becoming a more cunning political player in the original timeline, and does it again in the second timeline by taking up sword fighting lessons.
Unknown Rival: Played With - back in the original timeline, Sansa didn't exactly trust Daenerys and ultimately turned out to be properly paranoid about Dany's fall to madness. In turn, Daenerys, who remembers everything as well, blames Sansa in particular for turning Jon against her, but Sansa doesn't know Dany has regained her own memories and isn't even worried about her, as she's got more immediate problems to worry about. That being said Sansa is still angered by the thought of Daenerys getting her hands on Jon so it's a mutual dislike.

Lord Eddard Stark

Eddard "Ned" Stark, Warden of the North

Always Someone Better: He knows Catelyn will always hold something of a torch for his older brother and wonder about what could have been if Brandon didn't die. It is one of the biggest unspoken resentments that strains their otherwise Perfectly Arranged Marriage.
Broken Pedestal: Immediately after being brought back, he suffers this pretty badly with Robert due to the latter being such a poor and incompetent king that the continent immediately fell into chaos and Civil War upon his death.
Conflicting Loyalty: Ned admits he was torn between his nephew whom he'd raised as his son and his lifelong friend, and consequently allowed Jon to join the Night's Watch so he wouldn't have to choose.
Papa Wolf: Another big reason why he's determined to make up for his past mistakes is to protect his children, who all suffered horribly and in some cases died after his death in the original timeline. He also displays this throughout the story, most notably when he adamantly shoots down Robert's proposal to marry Sansa.
Shipper on Deck: He's become one for Jon and Sansa, as he knows the two have gone through utter hell in the original timeline and became each other's most loyal protectors.
We Used to Be Friends: Ned is disillusioned with Robert for failing to take Jon Arryn's lessons to heart and being a poor king who devolved into a hedonistic Jaded Washout and whose death sent the realm spiraling into a chaotic and brutal civil war that saw his own family members suffer and die gruesomely, so upon being Peggy Sued by the gods, he immediately begins planning with Jon, Sansa, and a few others in the know to get Jon on the Iron Throne. When Robert declares war on the Lannisters, he is blindsided and angered that Ned isn't automatically coming to his aid.

Lord Varys

Varys, "The Spider", Master of Whispers

Ascended Extra: Varys was never a POV character in the books, but here, he winds up being one of the main characters who was sent back to ensure Jon is able to take the throne and prepare Westeros for the Long Night.
Good Is Not Nice: Upends Sweetrobin's life in an instant just so he can weaken Baelish's political position.
Not Me This Time: Jon Arryn starts looking around for Varys when the incest between Cersei and Jaime is revealed, thinking he blew the whistle (as he did with Lysa and Littlefinger). It turns out Varys didn't reveal the incest but he has an idea of who might have done it.
Not So Above It All: Hearing that Daenerys wasn't going to get the dragons in the rebooted timeline made him almost break out into a Happy Dance. He also has to keep from banging his head against the wall when hearing about how Jon got badly injured protecting Sansa and Robb from Ramsay. And then there's the way he couldn't resist getting back at Tyrion in a fashion for what had happened in "The Bells".
Point of Divergence: Invokes this with his knowledge of the future in order to prevent the disasters that plagued Westeros in the original timeline and help Jon reclaim the throne.
- First, he gets Littlefinger out of the way by tipping off Jon Arryn to Lysa and Littlefinger's affair and the true paternity of Sweet Robin, which gets Baelish thrown into the dungeons. While Baelish still escapes to go off to Essos, getting him taken out of the game early on means he won't be able to engineer Jon Arryn's death, which was one of the main contributing factors to the War of the Five Kings.
- Since he is no longer working with Illyrio Mopatis, this means Daenerys and Viserys don't have his support anymore.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Believing that Robert will kill him for failing to find Littlefinger's financial books and possibly withholding information about Cersei and Jaime's incest, Varys escapes from King's Landing on a ship to White Harbor with Barristan, Myrcella, Tommen, and Tyrion in Chapter 22.
The Smart Guy: He knows everyone's dirty little secrets in King's Landing, making him able to work on the down low undermining the Baratheons and Lannisters from within the royal court in the south while Jon, Sansa, Ned, Aemon, and Tormund do their work up north.

Maester Aemon

Maester Aemon Targaryen

Cool Old Guy: Despite being at least a century old, he's held in high regard by the Night's Watch.
Cool Uncle: To Jon, being happy to share their family history with him and help him reclaim his birthright.
Long-Lost Relative: The poor man believed for years that only two of his family members survived Robert's Rebellion and never got to see them since they were living in exile on another continent. Needless to say, he's overjoyed to learn he has a great-great-nephew in Jon.
Miles to Go Before I Sleep: He's a very old man way past his prime, but he's got some steps in him and his second chance at life allows him to make sure he doesn't waste them.
Thicker Than Water: Given that much of his family is dead and he's outlived so many, he feels a great affinity for his remaining surviving relatives despite everything. He doesn't hate or blame Jon for killing Dany and while he's not a fan of the ways they behaved while alive, he still has sympathy for Viserys and Dany due to the harsh lives they lived while on the run.
Wham Line: How he reveals he was also sent back by one of the gods (though it's not known which one) to help Jon, which is also the last line of Chapter 17.
Maester Aemon: If I may ask, what made you decide on helping the watch?
Jon: Honestly, I knew that the watch needed help, so I just did it.
Maester Aemon: Humm, are you sure that it has nothing to do with the Others and the dead returning, nephew?

Tormund Giantsbane

Adaptational Early Appearance: Appears in events corresponding with Season 1, nearly a couple books/seasons before he was introduced.
Asskicking Leads to Leadership: After he kills Rattleshirt, he takes control of his band of wildlings.
Blood Knight: He enjoys killing Rattleshirt a second time.
Boisterous Bruiser: He's as fun-loving as always, even when he's serious. Jon considers him a major positive influence in his life and is extremely happy to see that he's also been sent back.
The Gadfly: He loves to occasionally take the piss out of Jon, lightly teasing him over his clear feelings for Sansa.
Jumped at the Call: When offered the chance to go back in time, Tormund immediately accepted the duty of saving the world again with the hope of making sure more of his people survive the Second Long Night and helping out Jon.
Naytheist: While he is grateful to be brought back by the Lord of Light, he's still of the "True North" and abides by the ways of the old gods. R'hllor doesn't appear to mind though.
Odd Friendship: Develops one with Benjen after making it past the Wall, mainly out of a shared love of poking at Jon.
Red Baron: He's acquired the nickname "Firespeak" after gaining the power to see visions in the flames thanks to the Lord of Light. He still prefers Giantsbane.
Sixth Ranger: He's the last one who was sent back, returning to the past much later than the others, and the only one known to have been sent back by the Lord of Light.

The North

House Stark

Catelyn Stark

Lady Catelyn Stark, née Tully

Break the Haughty: Or rather, "Force the Haughty to undergo Character Development by calling them out when appropriate".
Holier Than Thou: Ned notes that she has a bad tendency to slip into this, being judgemental and intolerant of things that fall outside her view of how things "should" be conducted.
Jerkass Has a Point: She's certainly holier-than-thou and self-important, but Catelyn is right to point out that Lysa's infidelity and lies would have horrible consequences on both a personal and political scale.
Mama Bear: She might not like seeing her daughters get sword-fighting lessons, but absolutely won't abide by Lysa trash-talking about them not being proper ladies, especially since Lysa is no position to criticize.
Parents as People: She loves her children and does her best to do right by them and prepare them for courtly life, but as Ned notes, she has a number of her own personal biases in values that have resulted in her making many mistakes in raising them which in turn resulted in the Stark kids suffering terribly when the War of the Five Kings kicked off.
What the Hell, Hero?: A bit more downplayed, but she makes it clear to Ned that she's really not happy about him keeping secrets from her for nearly twenty years after he reveals the truth of Jon's parentage to her and is plotting to put him on the throne. Ned himself also does this to her early on after returning to the past, mainly to get her to ease up on Jon and better educate the children in Northern traditions.
Women Are Delicate: She believes women should at least invoke this, as she's aghast at the fact that Ned wants the girls to learn sword fighting because she worries it will make them look unattractive to prospective husbands.

Robb Stark

Bash Brothers: With Jon, whom he immediately supports in helping reclaim the Iron Throne as soon as he finds out the truth.
Big Brother Instinct: Due to being the firstborn son, he feels like it's his duty to look after the younger kids. This causes some tension when Ned decides to give Sansa and Arya sword fighting lessons.
Calling the Old Man Out: He gives Ned an earful for keeping Jon's parentage a secret from everyone and for intending to send Jon to the Night's Watch.
Right Behind Me: A variation - he learns the truth of Jon's parentage when he stumbles in on a conversation between Ned and Benjen.

Arya Stark

Action Girl: But of course. In contrast to Sansa, who takes a bit more getting used to the physicality of it, Arya takes to sword fighting more naturally.
Annoying Younger Sibling: Much more downplayed compared to how things were in the original timeline, thanks in part to Sansa's efforts to be a better big sister after returning to the past, but Arya still has her moments of being one.
Big Brother Worship: For Jon, of course. She's sad when she learns he's actually her cousin but ultimately realizes that he basically is her big brother in the ways that matter thanks to a talk with Sansa.
Heterosexual Life-Partners: A much younger example, but her developing friendship with Jorelle Mormont shows signs of developing into this.

Bran Stark

Big Brother Worship: He adores and looks up to Jon and Robb, and frequently writes letters to Jon while Jon's away at Queenscrown.
Death of Personality: His fate in the original timeline. According to the gods, Bloodraven effectively replaced Bran, either assimilating or expunging his original personality/soul after taking full control of his physical body.
Grand Theft Me: Bran's fate in the old timeline, as Bloodraven took possession of his body and replaced him.

Rickon Stark

Cheerful Child: Anytime he appears, he's noted to be this.
Locked Out of the Loop: He's initially kept from learning the truth about Jon's relationship with the rest of his family because everyone fears he's too young to understand the importance of keeping this secret.

House Mormont

Maege Mormont

Lady Maege Mormont

Iron Lady: She's taken up leadership of Bear Island after Jorah ran away to Essos and Jeor took the black.

Jorelle Mormont

Lady Jorelle Mormont

Bash Brothers: Sisters rather, but she and Arya are both adept at sword combat and are good friends.
Canon Immigrant: She was Adapted Out from the show along with Dacey, Alysane, and Lyra, leaving Lyanna an only child. In this story, she's become fast friends with Arya and taken in as a foster in Winterfell until she comes of age.
Heterosexual Life-Partners: A much younger example, but Jorelle and Arya's friendship shows signs of developing into this.

House Bolton

Roose Bolton

Lord Roose Bolton

Death by Adaptation: Murdered by Ramsay in full view of the other Northern lords.
Ear Ache: Ramsay bites off part of his ear. And that isn't the worst that happens to him.

Ramsay Snow

Death by Adaptation: Executed by Ned relatively early in the new timeline.
Greater-Scope Villain: Ramsay's actions in the old timeline resonate particularly hard for Jon and Sansa; the former is motivated to eliminate him as quickly as possible before he can cause further damage while the latter is still haunted by Ramsay several years after his death.
Off with His Head!: Ned decapitates him for killing his father.
Sibling Murder: It's implied that Ramsay murdered his legitimate half-brother.
Would Hurt a Child: He and his men attack Robb, Jon, and Sansa early in the new timeline, with Ramsay personally shooting and wounding Jon.

The Westerlands

House Lannister

Tywin Lannister

Lord Tywin Lannister

The Dreaded: He would not be the Old Lion of House Lannister if he wasn't one of the most dangerous and ruthless political and military players in Westeros. When reports of the results of Robert's No-Holds-Barred Beatdown on Jaime are released, everyone has a Mass "Oh, Crap!" as they all know Tywin would not take this insult lying down.
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Tywin dislikes pacing, so it's clearly a big deal when he starts pacing while contemplating war with King Robert.
Papa Wolf: Not out of love for them per se so much as it's rooted in his drive to secure his house's position, but he's willing to go to war against the crown after his son and daughter are imprisoned for treason and his grandson declared a bastard (which are all true, not that it necessarily matters to Tywin).
Selective Obliviousness: He refuses to believe the reports of Jaime and Cersei's relationship, dismissing the reveal of it as slander so that Robert can make up an excuse to find a new wife.
Would Hurt a Child: The fact that he had no compunctions about killing off the children of Houses Reyne and Tarbeck for the main lords ripping off his father Lord Tytos and wasn't particularly bothered by the grisly murders of Aegon and Rhaenys Targaryen during the Sack of King's Landing (which was committed by two of his attack dogs acting on his orders to "take care of the problem" no less) is one of the things that makes him The Dreaded.

Tyrion Lannister

Tyrion Lannister, "The Imp"

The Alcoholic: He wouldn't be Tyrion if the first thing he asks for after getting out of the crate Varys smuggled him out of King's Landing with is a big jug of wine or dragonwater.
Deadpan Snarker: But of course. He trades barbs with everyone and can get King Robert to laugh.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Books it out of King's Landing with Varys, Tommen, Myrcella, and Ser Barristan in Chapter 22 after Cersei and Jaime's affair is exposed.
Smarter Than You Look: He's usually written off as a hedonistic party animal, but he's actually pretty astute and politically observant. In Chapter 18, he dryly points out to Cersei and Jaime that Robert not giving aid to the Northerners to fix up the Night's Watch is a really big mistake, not just because of the danger the Wildlings pose but because it essentially gives the Northern lords more reason to distrust the south and possibly consider declaring itself an independent nation once again. Kevan even notes that Tyrion inherited most of Tywin's smarts.

Jaime Lannister

Ser Jaime Lannister, "The Kingslayer"

For Want Of A Nail: Thanks to Littlefinger, he's caught in flagrante delicto with Cersei and tossed into the dungeons as a result.
I Have Your Wife: After he's captured trying to escape, Jaime winds up being the lone hostage keeping Tywin from doing anything too aggressive.
In Spite of a Nail: Jaime loses the use of his sword hand; it isn't cut off, but instead badly broken to the point that one of his fingers needs to be amputated.
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: An offscreen example - after getting caught in the middle of coitus with Cersei by the Baratheons, he suffered a brutal beatdown at Robert's hands, getting his face, leg, and sword hand tenderized to a bloody pulp. The results induce a Mass "Oh, Crap!" from everyone who sees or hears of it, as it's a well-known fact Tywin will not react well at all to his favorite son being beaten within an inch of his life.

Kevan Lannister

Everyone Has Standards: He's grossed out upon hearing Robert, a man in his late thirties, wants to betroth himself to Sansa, who's just turned thirteen.
Not So Above It All: He admits to taking pleasure in intimidating Emmon Frey and has his own family ambitions like marrying one of his sons to Jon Arryn's daughter or to members of House Redwyne.
The One Thing I Don't Hate About You: Inverted - Kevan looks up to Tywin and respects him overall, but the one thing he doesn't like about his big brother is his treatment of Tyrion.

Genna Frey

Genna Frey, née Lannister

Canon Immigrant: Genna was a fairly prominent supporting character in the books while she was Adapted Out of the show.
Dramatic Irony: She notes that while Viserys Targaryen doesn't have an army, money, or any real connections in the Seven Kingdoms, those are "all things that he can achieve with enough luck and determination", which was exactly what Daenerys accomplished in the original timeline (albeit with a little help from Bloodraven).
Locked Out of the Loop: Inverted - she knows Jaime and Cersei have engaged in incest together, but keeps tight-lipped on it with her brothers, instead telling Tywin that he'll need to accept that some of their enemies will believe it and won't be convinced otherwise.
Parental Substitute: She acted as this to Tywin's children after Joanna died, and has a soft spot for Tyrion in particular.

The Riverlands

House Tully

Hoster Tully

Lord Hoster Tully

The Ghost: He doesn't physically appear but is mentioned numerous times.
I Have No Son!: Or grandson, rather. He rejects Jon Arryn's proposal to take in his grandson Sweet Robin due to the boy being a bastard conceived out Lysa's affair with Littlefinger, effectively disowning him. Seeing this drives Lysa to improve her own ways so she won't face her old man's wrath.
Jerkass: His brother, son, sons-in-law, and granddaughter regard him as such for refusing to take in Robin, his innocent grandson, due to Lysa's indiscretions.
...her grandfather wasn't looking like a man [Sansa] wanted to meet, how could he be so mean to a boy because his mother had committed a crime?
Opportunistic Bastard: As his own younger brother Brynden puts it, Hoster has always been one of these, as shown when he married both of his daughters off to two Lords Paramount in Robert's Rebellion as a trade-off for the Riverlands' military support. Jon Arryn similarly believes Hoster would be fine with marrying Sansa off to Robert just to have a granddaughter for a queen regardless of the big age difference between them.
This Explains So Much: Hearing more about how her maternal grandfather operates causes Sansa to gain a better understanding of why her mother and aunt behave the way they do.

Brynden Tully

Ser Brynden Tully, "The Blackfish"

Ascended Extra: Gets his own POV after being a supporting character in the books and show.
Everyone Has Standards: He's more than a bit disgusted at how his brother basically disowned his innocent grandson for being born out of an affair.
Only Sane Man: Among the Tullys, considering he's not an overly ambitious jerkass like his brother, a ditz like his nephew, or a holier-than-thou hypocrite like either of his nieces.
Parental Substitute: He takes it upon himself to take in Sweet Robin and raise him.

Edmure Tully

Lord Edmure Tully

The Ditz: He's not the sharpest knife around, as shown by how he's jarred when seeing how much more versed in trade deals his (apparently) younger niece Sansa is than him.
Everyone Has Standards: Even he's angered with his father for disowning Sweet Robin over Lysa "shaming the family". Considering the boy is Edmure's nephew and isn't to blame for anything Lysa did wrong, it's understandable.
Generation Xerox: According to Brynden, Edmure inherited his kind heart from his mother.
Motor Mouth: Brynden notes that Edmure does not know when to shut up.

Robert Waters

Robert "Sweet Robin" Waters (formerly Arryn)

Adaptational Relationship Overhaul: Robin Arryn is revealed to be Lysa's son by Littlefinger.
Delicate and Sickly: A male example - he's described as a weak little boy who hobbles while he walks (and his legs are noted to be somewhat stubbly).
For Want Of A Nail: His whole life is drastically changed when Varys reveals the truth of his parentage to get Littlefinger out of the picture and prevent Jon Arryn's death.
Nephewism: He's taken in by his great-uncle Brynden Tully.
Not Actually His Child: Jon Arryn finds out in Chapter 8 that Lysa has been having an affair with Petyr Baelish behind his back and passed off the product of their affair, Robin, as Jon's son.
Put on a Bus: In Chapter 21, he goes off to live at the Dreadfort with the Cassels and the Blackfish.
Sins of Our Fathers: Or mother, in his case. Both Hoster and Catelyn, his own grandfather and aunt respectively, consider him a shameful dark mark on their house because Lysa actually conceived him out of an affair she was conducting behind her husband's back and nearly threw the future of an entire kingdom at risk, never mind Robin himself is an innocent toddler who never did anything wrong or choose any of this.

The Reach

House Tyrell

Olenna Tyrell

Lady Olenna Tyrell, "The Queen of Thorns"

Adaptational Early Appearance: Introduced in the third book and season but here she makes an appearance in events that correspond with Season 1.
Cool Old Lady: But of course. Everyone in Westeros is in agreement she's the one who truly runs Highgarden and she's not a woman to cross. Dany even still holds her in high regard for her plain and simple advice in the previous timeline.
Doting Grandparent: To her granddaughter Margaery, whom she mentors and trains in the ways of playing courtly games to get ahead. Though that doesn't mean she won't sternly chide Margaery if she behaves foolishly.
Opportunistic Bastard: Lord Estermont regards the Tyrells as these overall. Olenna herself has no problem with taking advantage of the Succession Crisis by encouraging Margaery to conceive an heir with Renly and count on Robert not living long enough to sire one of his own.
Right for the Wrong Reasons: She's correct to conclude that the North's growth is evidence of them wanting to possibly rebel against the crown, but since she doesn't know of Jon's true parentage, she's acting on incomplete information.

Mace Tyrell

Lord Mace Tyrell, Master of Coin

Adaptational Early Appearance: First appears after being appointed Master of Coin, several years before his first appearance in the second book.
Opportunistic Bastard: Lord Estermont's opinion of Mace and the Tyrells overall. In his view, this makes them worse than the Targaryen loyalists because it's clear they'll switch sides as soon as the wind blows a different way. And he's right, as Mace wastes no time trying to push Margaery as a prospective bride for Robert after Cersei's affair with Jaime is exposed.
Wrong Line of Work: Downplayed - while he's not the worst they could possibly do, everyone notes that Mace hasn't exactly inherited his mother's sharp mind when he's appointed as the Master of Coin to replace Littlefinger. And that's not getting to the fact he was hired after having previously sided with the Targaryens in Robert's Rebellion and whose siege on Storm's End gave Stannis a lot of grief.

Margaery Tyrell

Lady Margaery Tyrell, "The Rose of Highgarden"

Adaptational Early Appearance: Shows up in events corresponding with Season 1 while her character only first showed up in the second book and Season 2.
Ascended Extra: She gets her own POV segment while she was a supporting character in the books and show.
In Spite of a Nail: She's still marrying Renly, though this time it's Robert's idea so he can get Renly and the Tyrells off his back about marrying her after the Lannisters' incest is revealed.
Life Isn't Fair: Marge invokes this - she expresses indignation that she's been passed over as a bride by Robert in favor of Sansa, who's physically a thirteen-year-old by this point, and feels like all her preparation for becoming queen has been wasted. Olenna advises her to instead make the best of the situation.

The Vale

House Arryn

Jon Arryn

Lord Jon Arryn, Warden of the East, Hand of the King

Actually Pretty Funny: He inwardly admits that in any other circumstance, he would be laughing his head off at the look of pure unadulterated terror on Petyr Baelish's face after busting the man red-handed with his wife Lysa.
Ascended Extra: While a Posthumous Character in the books and show, he's a main character in this story and has his own POV segments.
Cool Old Guy: He's basically the one running the Seven Kingdoms, both Ned and Robert love him like a second father (even if the latter doesn't always follow his advice) and Jon Snow describes him as having the air of a kindly grandfather.
Disappointed in You: He becomes increasingly disillusioned with Robert due to his former ward's degradation into a Jaded Washout.
Emasculated Cuckold: He finds out Lysa had been cheating on him with Littlefinger and passed off the product of their affair, Sweet Robin, as his legitimate son. He admits he has every good reason to cast her aside for this insult and one of the conditions he has her abide by for a second chance is to be followed around by two septas all the time.
Feeling Their Age: Jon Arryn's well into his seventies when Jon Snow is first sent back by the gods and he's often forced to confront the fact that he's not as spry as he used to be. He's well aware he doesn't have much longer for this world following the Time Skip and plans to retire after Robert's war with the Lannisters to spend the rest of his days with his family.
Papa Wolf: He'll fight Tywin Lannister with his own bare hands if the Old Lion ever harms a hair on Alys' head. And to a lesser extent, while Robin isn't actually his son, he bears no ill will towards the boy for his mother's infidelity and goes out of his way to find anyone willing to take him in and care for him, even expressing disgust with how Hoster just causally discards the kid.
Scare 'Em Straight: All he has to do is threaten to either send her to the Silent Sisters or back to her Jerkass father to get Lysa to promise to be a better wife to him after he busts her in the act of cheating on him.
Spared by the Adaptation: As Jon Arryn's death essentially kicked off the War of the Five Kings, Varys invokes this as his first major move to help Jon Snow after being brought back in time - he exposes Littlefinger for treason and thus, renders him unable to orchestrate Jon Arryn's death with the Tears of Lys. Thus, Jon Arryn lives past his canonical death date.

Lysa Arryn

Lady Lysa Arryn née Tully

Ambiguous Situation: To the surprise and relief of many, Lysa got pregnant with Alys rather easily after she and Jon made another effort at conceiving and suffered little to no issues during the pregnancy, especially when taking her multiple previous miscarriages into account. It leads Jon to wonder if she was deliberately avoiding having his children, though he dismisses the notion given how genuinely heartbroken she was over them. It's also possible that the miscarriages had been previously conceived from her affair with Littlefinger or even Littlefinger discreetly poisoning her.
Break the Haughty: She's busted by her husband for cheating on him and passing off her bastard son as his, is called out by the sister she always resented in front of an entire audience and gets into a physical fight with her, has to part with Robin, has the threat of being sent to the Silent Sisters or back to her ruthless father hanging over her, and has to be followed around by two septas all the time in order to earn her husband's good faith again for several years. Following the five-year Time Skip, she's a lot more mellowed out.
Forgiven, but Not Forgotten: After her affair was uncovered, she pleaded with her husband for another chance, which he granted her, but not without strict conditions to abide by. After five years, he's largely moved on, due in part to her taking his conditions seriously and giving birth to Alys.
The Friend Nobody Likes: No one particularly likes Lysa, but she doesn't exactly endear herself to others with her behavior either. Even those that sympathize with her due to the way she got married off as a broodmare to a man old enough to be her grandfather to secure a military alliance still have it in limited quantities.
Hypocrite: She's just as Holier Than Thou as Catelyn can be but is in way less of a position to criticize anyone.
My Beloved Smother: For Sweet Robin, as in canon, to the point she's described as inconsolable and loud when sobbing over being separated from him. However, she seems a lot more reasonable with Alys, though it could partially be explained by the fact that Alys is nowhere near as Delicate and Sickly as Robin had been.
The Resenter: Catelyn notes that Lysa gets easily jealous of any girl or woman she views as more beautiful than herself, with a lot of that resentment directed at Cat. She even glares angrily at her niece Sansa (who's physically seven) from a distance just for looking like Catelyn during the Arryns' visit to Winterfell.
Took a Level in Kindness: Or at least "Took A Level In Mellowing Out", as she's a lot more demure and calmer after the Time Skip.

Alys Arryn

Lady Alys Arryn

Adorably Precocious Child: She's rather brilliant for a four-year-old, able to articulate sentences at a fairly advanced level.
Alliterative Name: Alys Arryn.
Daddy's Girl: She's close to and adores her father and he adores her right back.
Dead Guy Junior: Is named after her late aunt.
From the Mouths of Babes: She parrots things King Robert says about other lords, earning her a quick and light scolding from her father to mind what she says.
Mundane MacGuffin Person: Of a sort - being the sole living daughter of the Lord of the Vale and Warden of the East makes her a very attractive option as a potential future wife for many lords' young sons.
Original Character: She doesn't exist in the show or books.
Regal Ringlets: She's described as having a full head of bouncy blond curls.
Ret-Gone: Inverted - due to For Want Of A Nail drastically changing her parents' marriage from how it went in the original timeline, she comes into existence as a result.

House Royce

Yohn Royce

Lord "Bronze" Yohn Royce

As You Know: He lists off the number of things Lysa had to do to continue staying married to Jon to the man who came up with those conditions.
Mr. Exposition: He's the one to inform Jon Arryn that Harry Hardyng is trying to butter up the Vale lords to make them name him as his great-uncle's successor.

House Hardyng

Harrold Hardyng

Ser Harrold "Harry" Hardyng

Canon Immigrant: Harry is Sansa's intended (while she's disguised as Alayne Stone) in the books who was combined with Ramsay Bolton in the show.
Evil Nephew: Jon Arryn's great-nephew who plans to take control of the Vale.
The Starscream: Plans to make himself Lord of the Vale, believing his great-uncle Jon Arryn has gone soft in his old age.
You Remind Me of X: Jon Arryn says that Harry reminds him of a young Robert Baratheon. Since this assessment was when Jon's opinion of Robert started to sour, this isn't a compliment.

The Crownlands/The Stormlands

House Baratheon

Robert Baratheon

King Robert Baratheon, First of His Name; "The Demon of the Trident"

Adipose Rex: He's repeatedly noted in-universe as having gone from every girl's dream image of a handsome and chivalrous warrior and the fearsome Demon of the Trident who bested Rhaegar "the Last Dragon" Targaryen in combat to a hedonistic glutton driving himself into an early grave.
Animal Motifs: Kevan Lannister describes Robert as looking like and having the temper of an angry wild boar.
The Charmer: As in canon, Robert is very good at making allies out of enemies. Case in point where it's mentioned that the Ironborn would be participating in subjugating Tywin despite having rebelled nearly 10 years before.
Emasculated Cuckold: He's genuinely saddened and angered upon learning Cersei's children aren't actually his legitimate heirs.
It's All About Me: While he's not necessarily a bad guy and does have some genuine Pet the Dog moments here and there, in the end, Robert is ultimately obsessed with his self-gratification and makes decisions on behalf of others without any concern for what they want or if it's even a good one for the realm overall. His plan to betroth himself to Sansa, for example.
Jabba Table Manners: Whenever he drinks wine, there's a good chance some of it will drip off from the sides of his mouth.
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Anytime he actually gets serious and contemplative, it's noted to look odd.
Skewed Priorities: He doesn't exactly think in the long term or about the bigger picture and in the interests of the realm overall.
- He's noted to be spending frivolously and wasting money on extravagant parties, tourneys, and indulging his own vices as opposed to actually running the kingdom and improving his subjects' lives. When he rejects the North's request for a little additional funding for the Night's Watch due to the growing frequency of Wildling raids, even Tywin and Olenna call it a really stupid move on his part to disrespect them after they helped put him on the throne to begin with.
- After Cersei's affair and Joffrey, Myrcella, and Tommen's true parentage are exposed, Robert knows he'll need to remarry and start siring a legitimate heir. He decides to betroth himself to Sansa, who's (physically) barely started flowering, over more mature choices like Margaery Tyrell or Eddara Karstark, just because he thinks it would make Ned happy to have his daughter be a queen.
Stout Strength: He may be way past his prime, but he's still more than strong enough to really mess up Jaime Lannister's face, knee, and sword hand in a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown.
Would Hurt a Child: Varys bitterly notes that while he might not do the deed itself, the fact that Robert is fine with innocent children being killed if they're related to someone he's enemies with (as was made clear with his flippant reaction to the gruesome murders of Rhaegar and Elia's children) is yet another mark against the man, and when hatching his escape plan, he also smuggles Tommen and Myrcella out of King's Landing after Cersei's affair with Jaime is exposed to save them from Robert's wrath.

Stannis Baratheon

Lord Stannis Baratheon

Put on a Bus: In Chapter 27, Stannis declares he is setting off for Dragonstone to marshal the Royal Fleet.
Sibling Yin-Yang: He's The Stoic and serious one to Renly's more animated and personable type. Eldon notes how jarring it is to see how different the brothers are.

Renly Baratheon

Lord Renly Baratheon

The Chains of Commanding: He is reasonably competent at his job, but when things start to go off the rails, he becomes increasingly more stressed out and easily angered.
Character Tics: Seems to have picked up Stannis' tooth-grinding habit.
In Spite of a Nail: He's still marrying Margaery, though this time it's Robert's idea so he can get Renly and the Tyrells off his back about marrying her after the Lannisters' incest is revealed.
Put on a Bus: In Chapter 32, Renly is sent to chase down Cersei and Joffrey after their escape from the Black Cells.
Sibling Yin-Yang: He's more personable and cheery compared to his more stoic and serious brother Stannis. Eldon notes how jarring it is to see how different the brothers are.

Cersei Lannister

Cersei Lannister (formerly Baratheon)

For Want Of A Nail: Thanks to Littlefinger, she's caught in flagrante delicto with Jaime and tossed into the dungeons as a result.
My Beloved Smother: She spoils Joffrey like crazy, whining over him not getting an extravagant tourney thrown for his birthday due to the crown not having the funds for it after the North stopped paying its taxes.
Rich Bitch: She basically has an Alpha Bitch mentality towards the other regions and houses in Westeros, writing off the legitimate threats they could pose as she's convinced the Westerlands' and House Lannister's wealth, resources, and power will protect them from everything. Both Tyrion and Tywin warn her that getting too cocky and underestimating one's opponents is a one-way ticket to losing.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: She gets on a horse and takes Joffrey with her while getting broken out of King's Landing, even though it means leaving Jaime behind in the process.

Joffrey Waters

Joffrey Waters (formerly Prince Joffrey Baratheon)

In Spite of a Nail: His family still does float the possibility of arranging a marriage between him and Sansa, though here, it's Tywin's idea as a way to build an alliance with the North and Riverlands.
Puppet King: Eldon Estermont believes Joffrey will be little more than this for his grandfather Tywin to rule the Seven Kingdoms through.
Royal Brat: He's a whiny and spoiled child who complains about his birthday party not being as extravagant for one year. Varys is just determined to keep Joffrey as far away from the Iron Throne as possible this time around as much as he is with Daenerys.

Myrcella Waters

Myrcella Waters (formerly Princess Myrcella Baratheon)

Dye or Die: While escaping King's Landing, she also dyed her blond hair brown in addition to cutting it.
Important Haircut: While escaping King's Landing, she has to cut her long curly hair into something shorter and plainer.
Noble Fugitive: She escapes from King's Landing to find refuge in the North when her mother's treason against the crown is exposed in Chapter 22.
Spared by the Adaptation: Varys invokes this with her and Tommen, as they ultimately are good kids who didn't choose the circumstances of their birth nor deserve the tragic fates that befell them in the original timeline, so he goes out of his way to protect them and smuggles them along on his escape from King's Landing with Tyrion and Ser Barristan after their parentage is exposed.
You Remind Me of X: When she tells Tyrion to stop constantly snarking at Varys and take things seriously, Tyrion inwardly notes that her speech and bearing remind him of Jaime.

Tommen Waters

Tommen Waters (formerly Prince Tommen Baratheon)

Dye or Die: He also dyed his blond hair brown to disguise himself while escaping King's Landing.
Kindhearted Cat Lover: He brings his pet kitten with him while escaping from King's Landing.
Noble Fugitive: He escapes from King's Landing to find refuge in the North when his mother's treason against the crown is exposed in Chapter 22.
Spared by the Adaptation: Like with Myrcella, Varys goes out of his way to invoke this for Tommen in order to spare him from the tragic fate that befell him in the original timeline and to protect him from Robert's well-known wrath and smuggles the two out of King's Landing with Tyrion and Ser Barristan after their parentage is exposed.

Barristan Selmy

Ser Barristan "the Bold" Selmy

Everyone Has Standards: He might not like the Lannisters or the Baratheons, but he won't let harm come to the innocent Tommen and Myrcella, and escapes King's Landing with them, Varys, and Tyrion in Chapter 22.
Living Legend: One of Westeros' most renowned knights, to the point Dany wants him to train her son.
Nostalgia Filter: Varys believes Barristan has this for Rhaegar, which isn't exactly wrong - his first POV segment in the story has a significant chunk dedicated to him still wishing to this day Rhaegar won in the Battle of the Trident, and one of the reasons he escapes to the North with Varys in Chapter 22 is to meet Jon and support his old friend's only remaining son.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Books it out of King's Landing with Varys, Tyrion, Tommen, and Myrcella on a boat to White Harbor in Chapter 22.

House Estermont

Eldon Estermont

Lord Eldon Estermont, Master of Whispers

Ascended Extra: The Estermonts were generally background characters in the books while Eldon has his own POV here.
Canon Immigrant: The Estermonts weren't mentioned in the show but were background characters in the books.
Old Soldier: A seventy-year-old man who served as a commander in the last few wars and would be leading them again if he wasn't appointed to the Small Council.
Only Sane Man: He feels like he's this around the Baratheon brothers and possibly also the Only Sane Employee in the Decadent Court and the crises he's dealing with.
The Spymaster: Appointed to the Small Council to replace Varys. His effectiveness at it leaves a lot to be desired, however.

The Wall and Beyond

The Night's Watch

Jeor Mormont

Jeor Mormont, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, the "Old Bear"

Old Soldier: Mormont is nearing 70 years old but still goes on long ranges as if he were much younger.
Reasonable Authority Figure: Is willing to hear out negotiations with the Free Folk and let refugees through the Wall after hearing of the Others' return. When the Night's Watch decides to let the rest of the realm know about the impending Long Night, Mormont stays at Castle Black because he can keep the Watch and the Free Folk away from each other's throats.

Benjen Stark

Benjen Stark, First Ranger of the Night's Watch

Cool Uncle: To all his nephews and nieces, especially Jon, whom he closely works with to plan out reclaiming the Iron Throne.
Odd Friendship: Develops one with Tormund, who both love to lightly tease Jon.
Papa Wolf: More like Uncle Wolf where he leaps to Jon's defense when the Others attack and when arguing with the other Night's Watch leaders over their return.
Secret-Keeper: Benjen was one of those aware of Jon's parentage from the start.

The Free Folk

Ygritte

Fiery Redhead: Naturally. She disparages "kneelers" and demands to know if Jon's intentions to let the Free Folk cross the Wall are good.
The Lost Lenore: In a way for Jon, who still feels guilty about how she died last time, though by the time he encounters her again, he's largely moved on and is relieved she doesn't remember anything.
Spared by the Adaptation: Invoked - Tormund wants to make sure that she survives this time around.

Gilly

Adaptational Early Appearance: She first appeared in the second season of the series while here, she first appears in Chapter 22, where events start to correspond with the show's first season.
The Medic: She's on her way to becoming one thanks to lessons from Maester Wolkan.
Nice Girl: Despite everything she's gone through, she's kind, cheerful, and always ready to help Jon out.
Ret-Gone: Since the Night's Watch brought Craster to justice at Maester Aemon's urging at some point during the five-year Time Skip between Chapters 21 and 22, she never fell pregnant with her son. Fortunately, unlike in The Raven's Plan, she doesn't remember any of that.
Textile Work Is Feminine: After moving to Queenscrown, she learned how to make clothes using materials not derived from wild animals.

Supernatural Beings

The Three-Eyed Raven

The Three-Eyed Raven (formerly Brynden Rivers, aka "Bloodraven")

Asshole Victim: Given that he basically unleashed a Zombie Apocalypse upon Westeros, took over an innocent boy's body to use as his personal meat suit, and had a city burned to the ground in order to install himself as an Immortal Ruler, nobody is sorry to see him go when Tormund and his band of warriors burn down his cave.
The Bad Guy Wins: How the original timeline (the show) went - Bloodraven arranged for his return from exile Beyond the Wall, hijacked the Prince That Was Promised prophecy and the Long Night, and caused the destruction of King's Landing, with the end result being the end of the Targaryens one way or another and that he would come out on top. The gods, horrified by this outcome, rewind time back in order to prevent this.
Body Surf: He did this to Bran in the original timeline and would have continued to do the same to others for the rest of time.
Canon Character All Along: The show wasn't clear about the Three-Eyed Raven's identity, but here, he's explicitly identified as Bloodraven as in the books.
Evil All Along: He manipulated multiple events and people, took over Bran Stark's body (and would have continued to Body Surf for all time once his physical bodies aged), and hijacked the Prince Who Was Promised prophecy by siphoning away some of Jon's natural magic over to Daenerys and giving her Jacaerys Velaryon's dragon's eggs, which were originally meant for Jon.
Kill It with Fire: How he meets his end in the rebooted timeline, courtesy of a band of Free Folk warriors led by Tormund.
Manipulative Bastard: Given he lured Bran out into the Land of Always Winter under the guise of training him, took over his body, and then fooled everyone else he encountered, all to gain the throne for himself.
Squishy Wizard: While he has vast magical and psychic abilities, he's not at all a threat physically, being rendered immobile as he's entangled in the weirwood tree roots, which also applied to his time masquerading as the paralyzed Bran in the last few seasons of the show. Thus, he's taken out very easily by Tormund and his group of Free Folk warriors, who raid his cave of Dark Sister and a few other things before setting it all on fire, with Bloodraven unable to do more beyond protest feebly.
Unreliable Narrator: Turns out that Bloodraven lied about Jon's true name, making his flashbacks in the show suspect in hindsight.

The Others

Black Speech: The Others' spoken language is described as sounding like something human ears aren't meant to comprehend.
Conflict Killer: The Free Folk under Tormund are willing to abide by the "kneelers" in order to escape being turned into wights and hearing of them returning makes the Night's Watch higher-ups realize all of Westeros is in danger and will have to be united to face the threat. Unfortunately, at the moment, a Civil War and Succession Crisis are brewing in the South.
An Ice Person: The Others bring ice and cold weather wherever they go, and their ice swords cause normal steel to shatter.
Zombie Apocalypse: Since they can raise the dead and use them as soldiers to add more to their numbers.

The Gods

Divine Intervention: Displeased with how Bloodraven manipulated the Prince That Was Promised prophecy for his own selfish ends, the Seven, the Old Gods, and the Lord of Light all come together to rewind the clock and directly help the heroes out a bit more so they can truly fulfill the prophecy.
Follow the White Rabbit: Sansa is sent back by one of the Old Gods of the forest, which first appears to her as a ghostly specter of her beloved late pet direwolf Lady.
God of the Dead: The Stranger of the Faith of the Seven is the entity that appears to Jon offering his help and guidance in repairing the prophecy. He is a man of Vague Age (the text describes him as looking neither young nor old), wearing black and white clothes that look too rich for the cold environment Beyond the Wall, but appears unbothered by it.
Pals with Jesus: Tormund was brought back by the Lord of Light and occasionally communicates with and receives visions and instructions from them. This earns him the nickname "Firespeak" among the Free Folk who see him interact with the flames.
The Patriarch: The Father of the Seven is the one who guided Ned back.
Physical God: The forms they take to interact with humans are able to withstand the elements with no issue.
Set Right What Once Went Wrong: They aim to prevent Bloodraven from becoming Westeros' forever king by helping the Promised Prince truly fulfill his destiny.

Essos

Daenerys Targaryen

Princess Daenerys Targaryen

Agony of the Feet: The first sign that Daenerys doesn't have the additional magic Bloodraven took from Jon and siphoned to her is that she scalds one of her feet in the hot bath she was able to step into without hurting herself before.
Ambiguous Situation: It's not confirmed whether she is a wayward soul or if she was brought back by some rogue deity working against the Seven, Old Gods, and Lord of Light.
Break the Haughty: So far, her appearances in the story have had her accidentally burning herself, having to deal with Viserys, constantly getting one wrench after another thrown into her plans of reestablishing her power base and getting back at everyone who wronged her, and not getting her old dragon eggs (which were originally meant for Jon) back.
Broken Pedestal: Those who remember, Jon and Varys especially, regard Dany with this due to her Jumping Off the Slippery Slope and liberal use of execution by dragonfire against anyone who displeased her.
Brought Down to Normal: Since she didn't get a portion of Jon's Blood Magic transferred to her in the timeline reset, she loses the heat resistance that allowed her to take a dip into the boiling hot bathwater in the original timeline. She's understandably shocked and more than a bit terrified when she sees this.
The Caligula: She's become just as willing as her mad father to burn anyone who crosses her, just with actual dragonfire rather than wildfire.
The Chosen Wannabe: Played With - she believes that she's the Princess Who Was Promised, citing Melisandre's admission that the original language of the prophecy could have been vague on what the chosen savior's gender was, and is determined to prove that she's the one destined to save Westeros from the Long Night and not Jon. In truth, she only got as far as she did because Bloodraven hijacked the prophecy and gave her some of Jon's power and the dragon eggs.
Didn't Think This Through: Jon and Sansa both note that while Dany did have some genuinely noble goals and did do some good things like freeing the slaves, she didn't effectively plan for anything in the long term or figure out how to make the changes stick.
Evil Counterpart: To Sansa. Both are ladies who were sent back, but while Sansa is resolved to save her family, Daenerys is intent on taking revenge on everyone who betrayed her, including parts of her family.
Freak Out: She has a big one in Chapter 32 when she sees that she hasn't gotten the dragon eggs at her wedding, even screaming, "Where. Are. My. DRAGONS?!"
Never My Fault: Her inner narration reveals she blames Varys, Tyrion, and especially Sansa for "turning Jon against her", never stopping to consider for even a second that maybe burning down King's Landing and killing thousands might have had something to do with that.
The One Thing I Don't Hate About You: The only thing Daenerys likes about Jon after being brought back is how good he was in the bedchamber.
Peggy Sue: She also remembers her previous life, but it's not known how she was brought back and if anyone is responsible for it.
Revenge: She's determined to get this on everyone she blames for her failures in the original timeline. The question is if she even can do this with the majority of her original resources cut off from her.
Skewed Priorities: She also knows of the Others and the threat they pose to all life in Westeros (if not the whole world), but isn't really as concerned with them as much as taking back "her" dragons and throne and getting revenge on everyone who betrayed her.
The Starscream: While she and Viserys technically share the same goal, Dany's determined to get rid of him at the first opportunity.
Took a Level in Jerkass: She's a lot more vindictive and has a lot of plans for getting back at everyone who wronged her after getting her memories restored.
Unwitting Pawn: The tragic irony of everything is that while she did have a good deal of smarts and resourcefulness, a large part of what got Dany as far as she did in the original timeline was from Bloodraven using her as his tool to hijack the Prince That Was Promised prophecy and undermine Jon so that he could become Westeros' forever ruler.

Viserys Targaryen

Prince Viserys Targaryen

Not So Above It All: For all that he lectures and scolds Dany on behaving properly, he can't help but be very giddy when he hears how Robert Baratheon's supposed heir was actually the product of his queen consort's affair, throwing the succession of the man who usurped his own family's throne into question and making Westeros vulnerable to an attack.
Stupid Evil: The Lannisters generally write him off as this, figuring he's too much like his father and not smart enough to pose much of a serious threat. It's not an inaccurate assessment.
Unfit for Greatness: Dany considers him as such, determined to make him see that she's the true dragon.

Petyr Baelish

Lord Petyr Baelish, "Littlefinger"

Adaptational Wimp: Invoked by Varys - thanks to being exposed for treason and having much of his assets seized early on, Littlefinger is much less politically powerful than before and is forced to ally himself with the Targaryens.
The Bad Guy Wins: In the original timeline, he successfully killed Jon Arryn and passed off his and Lysa's son, Sweet Robin, off as a legitimate Arryn. In the new timeline, thanks to Varys' work, his schemes are exposed, preventing the victory he had originally.
Childhood Friend: He was this to the Tully sisters and had been in love with Catelyn in particular.
Disappeared Dad: To Sweetrobin. Petyr didn't play much of a role in his life aside from being his "stepfather" in the original timeline and isn't going to get a chance now he's a fugitive.
The Exile: Forced to flee Westeros for Essos after escaping from the Black Cells.
Hidden Agenda Villain: Littlefinger is this, outside of his need to sow chaos. In Chapter 28, it's revealed that he blew the whistle on Cersei and Jaime and is now allied with the Targaryens, but for what purpose?
I Kiss Your Hand: He introduces himself to Dany this way.
In Spite of a Nail: While it's not quite to the same level as the War of the Five Kings, Littlefinger still successfully helps cause a Succession Crisis and Civil War between the Baratheons and the Lannisters.
Manipulative Bastard: He's shaken up the politics of Westeros with a few schemes. In the original timeline, he helped cause the War of the Five Kings, and in the rebooted timeline, reveals the Lannister twins' incest to the Baratheons, effectively kicking off another civil war.
Not Me This Time: Daenerys thinks Baelish had something to do with stealing "her" eggs. He had nothing to do with it.
Remember the New Guy?: Played for Drama. Littlefinger's appearance at Mopatis' manse in Pentos is the first sign Daenerys gets that she's not the only one who remembers the past and things are changing in Westeros as well, throwing another complication into her plans to retake the throne and get revenge on everyone who wronged her.
Small Role, Big Impact: Littlefinger only physically appears a few times, but he is directly responsible for causing a Succession Crisis in the Vale (albeit, this was a slight accident, as Jon Arryn only finds out about Robin's true paternity because of an anonymous tip from Varys) and engineering a looming Civil War by revealing the incestuous relationship between Cersei and Jaime. Because of the latter, King Robert betroths himself to Sansa, forcing Ned's hand and making him reveal Jon Snow's parentage. He also causes trouble for Varys because nobody can find his financial books, complicating Varys' efforts to put Jon on the throne.

Jorah Mormont

Ser Jorah Mormont

In Spite of a Nail: Since Jon, Sansa, and Ned are sent back to a point after Jorah fled the North to escape justice for selling people into slavery, he still comes to Dany and Khal Drogo's wedding to bring her a gift and pledges himself to the Targaryens.
Mr. Exposition: Jorah tells Daenerys about Petyr Baelish's background, specifically Littlefinger's hostile tangles with the Starks as well as Aerea Targaryen's ill-fated journey to Old Valyria with Balerion.
Not So Above It All: Jorah raises a small smile while telling Daenerys of Petyr Baelish's painful defeat at Brandon Stark's hands.
Undying Loyalty: Had this for Dany in the original timeline and Dany herself still cares for him deeply, being very happy to see him again at her wedding.

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