Tomard

Tomard is a minor character in Game of Thrones. He is played by guest star Phil Dixon and only appears in the seventh episode of the first season.

Tomard is a guard swarn 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 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'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 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 guard when Eddard is betrayed by the Littlefinger in the Throne Room.