Arys Oakheart

Arys Oakheart
Season(s)	1, 2, 5, 6, 8
First seen	"You Win or You Die"
Last seen	"The Bells"
Appeared in	4 episodes (see below)
Titles	Ser
Status	Deceased
Death	305 AC in the Red Keep Killed by Sandor Clegane or crushed by debris
Origin	Old Oak
Allegiance	House Oakheart (by birth) Queensguard (to Cersei I) Kingsguard (to Tommen I, Joffrey I, Robert I; formerly)
Culture	Andals

Ser Arys Oakheart was a knight and a member of the Queensguard. He serves Queen Cersei Lannister as he formerly served Kings Tommen Baratheon, Joffrey Baratheon, and Robert Baratheon.

Biography

Season 1

Ser Arys is among the guards who attack Eddard Stark when he tried to de-throne King Joffrey. He is also present when Ser Barristan Selmy is dismissed from the Kingsguard.

Season 2

Ser Arys in Princess Myrcella's retinue.

Ser Arys accompanies Princess Myrcella as her sworn shield for her journey to Dorne.

Season 5

Ser Arys returns to King's Landing after Myrcella's arrival in Dorne and escorts King Tommen in his attempt to enter the Great Sept of Baelor to speak to the High Sparrow about the arrest of Loras Tyrell.

Season 6

Ser Arys accompanies Tommen and guards him during his conversation with the High Sparrow.

Season 8

Ser Arys escorts Cersei to Maegor's Holdfast during the Battle of King's Landing, but is cut down by the Hound or crushed by the falling debris.

Appearances

Season One appearances
Winter Is Coming	The Kingsroad	Lord Snow	Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things	The Wolf and the Lion
A Golden Crown	You Win or You Die	The Pointy End	Baelor	Fire and Blood

Season Two appearances
The North Remembers	The Night Lands	What Is Dead May Never Die	Garden of Bones	The Ghost of Harrenhal
The Old Gods and the New	A Man Without Honor	The Prince of Winterfell	Blackwater	Valar Morghulis

Season Five appearances
The Wars To Come	The House of Black and White	High Sparrow	Sons of the Harpy	Kill the Boy
Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken	The Gift	Hardhome	The Dance of Dragons	Mother's Mercy

Season Eight appearances
Winterfell	A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms	The Long Night
The Last of the Starks	The Bells	The Iron Throne

In the books

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Arys Oakheart is a member of Robert Baratheon's Kingsguard, appointed after his predecessor - whose name has not been mentioned - perished during the Greyjoy Rebellion. He is a member of House Oakheart, a noble house from the Reach.

He is regarded as one of the kinder knights of the Kingsguard under King Joffrey, objecting at first to Joffrey's orders to beat Sansa, then only hitting her as lightly as he can. He is also of a much more pleasant demeanor, often engaging in pleasant conversation with the Stark girl.

Arys remains in Dorne as Myrcella's sworn shield. During this time, Arianne Martell, Prince Doran's daughter and heiress, sexually seduces him. She persuades him to take part in her plan to crown Myrcella to incite war with the Iron Throne in retaliation for the death of Oberyn Martell. The plan is foiled, as Arianne's party is intercepted by Areo Hotah. Ser Arys, bravely but foolishly, charges at the surrounding soldiers and kills some of them, but is killed by Hotah. During the confrontation, Myrcella is gravely injured and nearly killed by one of their escorts, Ser Gerold "Darkstar" Dayne.

Cersei is pleased to hear about Ser Arys's death since it creates a vacancy on the Kingsguard - which is filled by her new champion, Ser Robert Strong.

See also

• Arys Oakheart on A Wiki of Ice and Fire