A Clash of Kings Characters

Tyrion Lannister is the Rodney Dangerfield of Westeros. He's funny, witty, and gets no respect, no respect at all. Well, not in Westeros at least. Readers simply love this guy, and A Clash of Kings...

When we met Arya in A Game of Thrones, she was a plucky, nine-year-old tomboy who wasn't looking forward to a lady's life of dresses, dances, and quilting circles. She craved swords and sorcery, an...

When we last saw Jon Snow, he was trying to figure out his life and his place in the world. In A Clash of Kings, Jon is… still trying to figure things out in his life? Wait, really? Is this the s...

Let's catch up with our dear Dany girl, shall we? To date, she has fled her homeland, married Khal Drogo, almost been assassinated, watched her abusive brother be viciously murdered by her husband,...

Famed analytic psychologist Carl Jung once conceived of something called the mother complex or "a group of feeling-intoned ideas associated with the experience and image of mother" (source). If you...

Stannis Baratheon is the new king on the block and the middle child of the Brothers Baratheon. Since Joffrey is not Robert's true son, Stannis is technically the rightful Lord of the Seven Kingdoms...

Davos Seaworth is basically the Han Solo of Martin's world. He was once the most notorious and elusive smuggler in the Seven Kingdoms (1.Prologue.59), then he joined the rebellion—Robert's Rebell...

Theon Greyjoy is the only living son of Balon Greyjoy, Lord of the Iron Islands. We say only living son because back in the day Balon tried to rebel against Robert Baratheon's rule and crown himsel...

In A Game of Thrones, Sansa was a carefree girl living the life of a princess. She was engaged to a golden-haired prince, she lived in magnificent castles, and she even enjoyed watching knights bea...

After Robb declares himself King of the North, Bran becomes a prince by default, and they rule in Winterfell in his absence. You'd think this would make any boy thrilled—after all, he's the bossâ...

Picking up where she left off in A Game of Thrones, Cersei Lannister continues to make life difficult for anyone with the last name Stark. It's a pet project of hers.After watching her son behead E...

Joffrey Baratheon brings all fans of the novels and television show together, united under one voice. While some readers might like Catelyn and others be frustrated by her, some viewers might pity...

The sigil of the Clegane family is three dogs on a field of yellow, and this sigil is very fitting for Ser Sandor, a.k.a. the Hound, and Ser Gregor, a.k.a. the Mountain. For these two brothers in a...

Jorah Mormont continues to follow Daenerys Targaryen across Essos like a lovesick school boy despite the fact that he's, like, forty years old. Now by our standards that would make him a bit of a c...

If someone re-imagined Westeros as a high school drama—Seven Kingdoms High—then Renly would be the most popular guy in school. Everyone would want to sign his yearbook, be in his clique, and he...

Although a woman, Brienne of Tarth accepts the gender roles of a man in Seven Kingdoms' society. Dresses, dances, and making babies are not for her—instead, she's a knight ready to ride off and s...

We heard a bit about the Boltons back in A Game of Thrones, but it isn't until this volume that we finally get to meet them face-to-face. Their sigil pictures a bloody man who has been skinned aliv...

Shae reads like a character who exists as her own opposite—she's both Tyrion's love but also his prostitute on the payroll, the pleasure of his life but also his greatest burden. One moment, she...

We don't see much of Jaime Lannister in A Clash of Kings. He spends most of the novel pulling a Count of Monte Cristo, hanging out in a jail cell at Riverrun and practicing his beard growing. He on...

Robb Stark is a little too busy being King of the North and fighting against the Lannisters to spend much time in A Clash of Kings, but we do get a few moments with him to see how his character has...

Tywin Lannister is the patriarch of the Lannister family and the Lord of Casterly Rock. We've only met this guy in a few chapters of both A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings, but he's made his p...

The small council is a group of advisers who help the king administrate the Seven Kingdoms. Under the reigns of King Robert and King Joffrey, they've mostly just been ruling the realm thanks to the...

Arya spends most of her story on the road trip from hell. Seriously. At least Arya gets to spend a lot of time hanging out with her friends—though she also gets some QT with her enemies and frene...

The Night's Watch is a service of men—and only men—who protect the realm from wildling raiding parties. In A Clash of Kings, the Night's Watch has entered the lands beyond the Wall on the Great...

When Tyrion first arrives at King's Landing, his only friends are Bronn and a couple of Mountain Men. But he soon earns—by which we mean buys—a couple bros to keep in his corner.BronnBronn is a...

As the new king on the block, Stannis has a lot of new faces surrounding him. Here are a few of the key members of his court we were introduced to in the book:CressenCressen is Stannis's maester at...

Lord Tywin knows the value of having unscrupulous men in his employ—namely, that if he is paying them, they tend do bad things to the people who are not signing their paychecks. Some of these low...

So many people decide to spend the night at Winterfell during the events of A Clash of Kings. It can be hard to keep track of them all, but we've got the handy-dandy guide to this slumber party:Mae...

Qarth's citizens are a wealthy bunch since their city is a massive trading hub for goods from around the world. These people know the value of a dime. And of dragons. Check it:Xaro Xhoan DaxosXaro...

Daenerys has seen her ranks shrink since Khal Drogo's death, but several loyal subjects remain true to her and her cause. They are:Whitebeard and Strong BelwasThese are two mysterious characters wh...

Riverrun and its people don't play too large of a role in A Clash of Kings, but we are introduced to several key members of Catelyn's family here. Here's the Riverrun rundown:Edmure TullyEdmure Tul...

These characters spend their A Clash of Kings time hanging out in the Seven Kingdoms's capital, King's Landing. Since Joffrey's rule began, it hasn't exactly been the relaxing vacay hotspot it once...

Worst. Family Reunion. Ever. And we thought our families were difficult to deal with… Check out these sad sacks:Aeron GreyjoyAeron is Theon's uncle and a priest for the Greyjoy's god. A grim and...

The wildlings remain a mysterious bunch despite being mentioned in two novels and hundreds of pages. But Jon Snow finally gets properly introduced to a few of them in A Clash of Kings. They are:Ygr...

Renly doesn't spend much time with these supporters before he's assassinated. Still, it's not the amount of time but the quality of that time that really counts, right? On second thought, that migh...

The Kingsguard, a.k.a. the White Cloaks, are sworn to protect the king and obey him in everything. Under Joffrey's reign, this can often mean beating up helpless girls or killing unarmed peasants,...