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EPISODE ONE

The North Remembers

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Characters are grouped by affiliationStarkLannisterJoffrey’s CrownBaratheonGreyjoyTyrellTargaryenDothrakiNight’s WatchSmall Council

House Stark & the North

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House Stark

Robb Stark

Ned’s eldest son. His northern followers have named him King in the North, and he is fighting the Lannisters.

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House Stark

Catelyn Stark

Robb’s mother and adviser. Robb sends her to seek an alliance with Renly Baratheon.

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House Stark

Bran Stark

Robb’s younger brother. He is learning to govern Winterfell while Robb is away at war.

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House Stark

Sansa Stark

Ned’s eldest daughter. She is trapped in King’s Landing and still promised to King Joffrey.

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House Stark

Arya Stark

Ned’s younger daughter. Disguised as a boy called Arry, she is travelling north with Yoren’s recruits.

House Lannister

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House Lannister

Tyrion Lannister

Cersei’s younger brother. Tywin has sent him to act as Hand of the King and bring Joffrey under control.

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House Lannister

Cersei Lannister

Joffrey’s mother and Queen Regent. Stannis has publicly accused her children of being fathered by Jaime.

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House Lannister

Jaime Lannister

Cersei’s twin brother. He is Robb Stark’s prisoner at the northern war camp.

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With Tyrion

Shae

Tyrion’s companion. He brings her secretly to King’s Landing even though Tywin ordered him not to.

Joffrey’s Crown

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The Crown

Joffrey Baratheon

The cruel young king on the Iron Throne. His right to rule is being challenged.

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The Crown

Janos Slynt

Commander of the City Watch, also called the Gold Cloaks.

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The Crown

Ser Dontos

A drunken knight whom Joffrey plans to kill. Sansa persuades Joffrey to keep him as a court fool instead.

Baratheon & Dragonstone

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Dragonstone

Stannis Baratheon

Robert’s brother, older than Renly. He declares himself the rightful king because he believes Joffrey is not Robert’s son.

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House Baratheon

Renly Baratheon

Robert and Stannis’s younger brother. He has also declared himself king, despite Stannis being older.

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Dragonstone

Davos Seaworth

A loyal adviser to Stannis, nicknamed the Onion Knight. He urges Stannis to seek allies.

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Dragonstone

Melisandre

A red priestess who serves the Lord of Light and believes Stannis has a special destiny.

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Dragonstone

Maester Cressen

Stannis’s elderly maester. He dies after trying to poison Melisandre, while she survives.

House Greyjoy

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House Greyjoy

Theon Greyjoy

Robb’s close companion, raised at Winterfell after his father’s rebellion. Robb sends him home to request Greyjoy ships.

House Targaryen

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House Targaryen

Daenerys Targaryen

The surviving Targaryen and mother of three newborn dragons. Her small group is stranded in the Red Waste.

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House Targaryen

Jorah Mormont

An exiled knight and Daenerys’s main adviser. He helps her group search for a way out of the desert.

Dothraki

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Dothraki

Rakharo

One of Daenerys’s loyal Dothraki riders. She sends him ahead to search for water and shelter.

Night’s Watch

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Night’s Watch

Jon Snow

Ned’s son and a sworn member of the Night’s Watch. He is part of the great ranging beyond the Wall.

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Night’s Watch

Jeor Mormont

Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch. He leads the great ranging beyond the Wall.

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Night’s Watch

Samwell Tarly

Jon’s closest friend in the Night’s Watch. He is kind to Gilly at Craster’s Keep.

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Night’s Watch

Yoren

A Night’s Watch recruiter taking Arya, Gendry and other recruits north along the Kingsroad.

Other characters

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Free Folk

Craster

A harsh man living beyond the Wall. He marries his own daughters and gives shelter to the Night’s Watch.

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Free Folk

Gilly

One of Craster’s daughters and wives. She is pregnant and frightened.

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The Kingsroad

Gendry

A young blacksmith and one of King Robert’s children born outside marriage. He is travelling north with Yoren.

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