Gendry Baratheon

Gendry is a character in Game of Thrones. He is played by Joe Dempsie and debuts in the first season.

Gendry is a blacksmith's apprentice living and working in the city of King's Landing, helping his master, Tobho Mott, to forge armor and weapons for the nobility.

Season 1
Investigating the death of Jon Arryn, Lord Eddard Stark learns that he was seen visiting Tobho Mott's smithy in the city shortly before his death. Eddard also inspects the smithy and meets both Mott and Gendry. Eddard learns that Jon wanted to know about Gendry's mother and realizes that Gendry is the bastard son of King Robert Baratheon. Eddard is at a loss as to why Jon Arryn was trying to track down Robert's bastards.

Gendry is one of the latest batch of Yoren's recruits for the Night's Watch. He meets Arya when some of the other boys harass her about her sword. When Hot Pie bumps into him, he scares the boys off saying "When I hit that steel it sings, are you gonna sing when I hit you?" .

In the books
In the Song of Ice and Fire novels Gendry is apprenticed to Tobho Mott, a master blacksmith. Gendry's mother worked at an alehouse and died when he was very young. An unknown person paid for his apprenticeship to Mott. Gendry is in his mid-teens, a powerfully-built and strong lad who shows great promise as a blacksmith.