Farlen

Farlen  is a recurring character in the second season. He is played by Peter Ballance and debuts in "The Old Gods and the New." Farlen is the kennelmaster at Winterfell.

Background
Farlen is the kennelmaster at Winterfell. He has a daughter, Palla.

Season 2
After Winterfell is seized by ironborn raiders led by Theon Greyjoy, Farlen is among the members of the Stark household forcibly assembled at the castle's yard to witness Prince Bran's official yielding to Theon. Farlen refuses to serve Theon, however and is beaten by a Greyjoy warrior.He is helped up by Palla. They are both present when Theon Greyjoy assembles the people after the escape of Bran and Rickon Stark and unveils two charred corpses.

In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire books, Farlen is also the loyal kennelmaster of Winterfell. It was not him but Mikken the blacksmith who talked defiantly to Theon Greyjoy, and was killed for that. Farlen was falsely accused by Theon of killing three of the Ironborn (who were actually killed by Ramsay Snow, at Theon's command), and was beheaded by Theon. In the TV series, he was replaced by Ser Rodrik Cassel at the execution scene.