Renly Baratheon

Renly Baratheon is a character in Game of Thrones. He is played by Gethin Anthony and first appeared in the third episode of the series.

Renly is the youngest brother of King Robert Baratheon and is a member of the King's small council in King's Landing, on which he serves as Master of Laws.

Season 1
Renly greets Eddard Stark, whom he knew when younger, upon his arrival at King's Landing. Renly is the only member of the small council whom Eddard greets warmly. Renly agrees that his brother's profligate spending is damaging the realm.

In the books
In the Song of Ice and Fire novels Renly is twenty-one when the events of the books begin. He is fifteen years younger than King Robert, whom he strongly resembles in appearance, charisma and skill at arms. Renly's older brother, and Robert's younger, Stannis is unlike either. Renly is the Lord of Storm's End, the ancestral keep of House Baratheon, a source of dissent between him and his brother Stannis, who holds the far colder, poorer and more isolated castle of Dragonstone in the King's name. Renly is tremendously friendly, open and honourable, but also has a tendency towards flippancy and not taking events seriously. His closest friend at court is his former squire, Ser Loras Tyrell, now a formidable knight in his own right.