Tomard

Tomard is a minor character in the first season. He is played by guest star Phil Dixon and only appears in "You Win or You Die." Tomard is a guard sworn to House Stark.

Season 1
He accompanies Eddard Stark south to King's Landing when he becomes Hand of the King. He is with Eddard when Renly Baratheon brings news of Robert Baratheon's hunting injury. Eddard instructs Tomard to hand deliver a letter to Stannis Baratheon. Tomard is not present when Eddard and the majority of his guard are killed.

In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Tomard is nicknamed Fat Tom. He is easily fooled and prone to stating the obvious. He becomes the Captain of Eddard Stark's personal guard, following the death of Jory Cassel and the departure of Jory's replacement Alyn with Lord Beric Dondarrion. As in the show, he is entrusted to deliver a letter to Stannis Baratheon, but is explicitly told to do so during a sea journey North with Eddard's daughters. Unlike in the show, he is killed along with the majority of the guards when Eddard is betrayed by the Littlefinger in the Throne Room. The letter is taken from his body, and later presented to Sansa Stark as an evidence to her father's alleged treason.