Nymeria (direwolf)

"Nymeria, gloves."

- Arya Stark

Nymeria is one of six direwolf pups found by the children of House Stark. Nymeria is adopted and raised by Arya Stark.

Arya named her after Nymeria of Dorne, the warrior-queen of the Rhoynar who lived a thousand years ago.

Season 1
Nymeria was adopted as a pup along with the rest of her siblings when Eddard Stark and his entourage came upon the pups and their deceased mother. At the request of Jon Snow, the pups were spared a quick death and each Stark child adopted one as their own. Arya names her direwolf after a fearsome warrior-queen.



Arya trains her to help her pack for the journey south to King's Landing, and accompanies her as far as the Crossroads Inn.

Nymeria is faithfully loyal to Arya and defends her against Prince Joffrey Baratheon by biting his arm when he attempts to strike Arya with a sword. Arya, fearing for Nymeria's well-being, forces her to leave. After the incident, Queen Cersei Lannister orders the death of Nymeria. However, as she is nowhere to be found, Sansa's direwolf Lady is killed in her place.

Nymeria is currently running loose somewhere in the Riverlands, her exact whereabouts unknown.

In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Nymeria is an exuberant and playful wolf, but is also fiercely defensive of Arya Stark. Arya names her for Nymeria, the warrior-queen of the Rhoynar who led her people to safety in Dorne, a thousand years before the events of the series.

According to the TV series official pronunciation guide developed for the cast and crew, "Nymeria" is pronounced "Nigh-MEER-ee-uh", as opposed to "Nih-MER-ee-uh".