Cheese

Cheese
Biographical information
Died	132 AC King's Landing, the Crownlands
Political information
Affiliation(s)	House Targaryen Blacks
World of Westeros
Series	House of the Dragon
Season(s)	2
Appeared in	4 episodes (see below)
First seen in	"A Son for a Son"
Last seen in	"Regent" (corpse)
Died in	"Rhaenyra the Cruel"
Portrayed by	Mark Stobbart

"Maegor's tunnels. Great big rat's nest, it is. I know them better than the shape of my own cock."

―Cheese

Cheese was a ratcatcher in the Red Keep during the Dance of the Dragons.

Biography

Background

Cheese is an indebted gambler working as a ratcatcher in the lower levels of the Red Keep. Through his work, he discovered and became familiar with King Maegor's secret tunnels and passages.

House of the Dragon: Season 2

Under the orders of Daemon using his knowledge of the Red Keep's secret tunnels and passages, he along with Blood sneaked into the castle in order to assassinate Aemond for murdering Lucerys Velaryon. Since he and his accomplice Blood could not find him, they went into Jaehaerys and Jaehaera's room to murder the King's son. Cheese forced Helaena to reveal which of the twins was her son; Haleana reluctantly complied, and he was killed.

While Blood chose to go deliver Jaehaerys's head to Daemon to receive the rest of his payment, Cheese chose to stay in Kings Landing and lay low. However, before he could escape, Blood was captured and imprisoned by the gold cloaks. During his interrogation by Larys Strong, Blood told about his accomplice. After learning this information, Aegon furiously ordered all the rat catchers of the Red Keep to be executed. Cheese and the other rat catchers were then hanged and displayed along the walls of the city for all the smallfolk to see.

Cheese's body was left hanging along the walls with the other rat catchers for weeks.

After Aemond was named prince regent following the Battle at Rook's Rest, he ordered for the rat catchers to be removed from the walls. Cheeses rotted corpse was then cut down and disposed of along with the rest.

Behind the scenes

Cheese is codenamed "Charlie C" in casting calls. In April 2023, Redanian Intelligence confirmed that Mark Stobbart had been cast as Cheese and that he was expected to work on the second season until September 2023.

In the books

In Fire & Blood, "Cheese" was a rat catcher in the Red Keep familiar with the secret passages and doors that King Maegor Targaryen ordered built during his years of rule. His true name is unknown.

In contrast to his accomplice, Cheese managed to escape from the gold cloaks, and disappeared without a trace. His fate is unknown, and he is not mentioned in the book afterwards.

Appearances

• The Dance of Dragons (illustrated)
• – "A Son for a Son"
• – "Rhaenyra the Cruel" (corpse)
• – "The Burning Mill" (corpse)
• – "The Red Dragon and the Gold" (mentioned indirectly)
• – "Regent" (corpse)

External links

• Cheese (ratcatcher) on A Wiki of Ice and Fire (potential spoilers for House of the Dragon)