Beric Dondarrion

Lord Beric Dondarrion is a character in Game of Thrones. He is played by David Michael Scott and debuts in the first season.

Beric Dondarrion is a young lord who still enjoys the life of a knight, including taking part in tourneys, and is visiting King's Landing when the action of the series begins.

In the books
In the Song of Ice and Fire novels, Beric Dondarrion is the Lord of Blackhaven, a small castle in the Stormlands on the Dornish Marshes. As such he owes his fealty directly to House Baratheon. He is a young, vigorous and capable warrior, a skilled knight and charismatic leader of men, as well as popular with ladies. He plays a minor role in the first book in the series but grows in importance in later volumes.