Martyn Lannister

Martyn Lannister
Season(s)	3
First seen	"Walk of Punishment"
Last seen	"Kissed by Fire"
Appeared in	2 episodes (see below)
Status	Deceased
Age	15 in Season 3
Date of birth	285 AC
Death	300 AC at Riverrun Run through by Rickard Karstark
Death shown in episode	"Kissed by Fire"
Allegiance	House Lannister
Culture	Andal
Father	{Kevan Lannister}
Mother	Dorna Lannister
Siblings	{Lancel Lannister} Janei Lannister {Willem Lannister}
Portrayed by	Dean-Charles Chapman

Willem Lannister: "Is this a rescue?"

Rickard Karstark: "Lannister filth!"

Martyn Lannister: "Please, I didn't do anything! I'm just a squire!"

— Martyn Lannister begs for his life as Lord Rickard Karstark runs him through with a sword.

Martyn Lannister, along with his brother Willem, was a squire in the Lannister army. Both are younger sons of Kevan Lannister, and younger brothers of Ser Lancel Lannister.

Biography

Season 3

Martyn and his brother Willem are captured by the forces of House Tully led by Edmure Tully following the Battle of Stone Mill. He is taken hostage and placed in a cell at Riverrun, the seat of the Tullys.

After Robb Stark visits Riverrun to attend the funerals of Lord Hoster Tully, Martyn and Willem are visited in their cell by Queen Talisa Stark, who tends to Martyn's wounded hand while Willem looks on in silence. Martyn asks if it's true that Robb can turn into a wolf at night and devour the flesh of his enemies. Earlier, Robb criticized Edmure Tully for the Battle of the Stone Mill and concludes that Willem and Martyn are not valuable enough to exchange for Sansa or Arya Stark.

The bodies of Martyn and Willem are presented to Robb.

Martyn and Willem are murdered inside their cells by Lord Rickard Karstark as vengeance for Jaime Lannister's killing of his son, Torrhen Karstark. Their bodies are presented to Robb, and as Rickard defends his actions as them being kin to Jaime, Robb furiously condemns this as saying they were innocent boys.

Family tree

Tywald Lannister Deceased

Ellyn Reyne Deceased

Tion Lannister Deceased

Tytos Lannister Deceased

Jeyne Lannister née Marbrand Deceased

Tywin Lannister Deceased

Joanna Lannister Deceased

Kevan Lannister Deceased

Dorna Lannister née Swyft

Robert Baratheon Deceased

Cersei Lannister Deceased

Jaime Lannister Deceased

Tysha

Tyrion Lannister

Sansa Stark

Lancel Lannister Deceased

Martyn Lannister Deceased

Willem Lannister Deceased

Unnamed son Died in infancy

Joffrey Baratheon Deceased

Margaery Tyrell Deceased

Myrcella Baratheon Deceased

Tommen Baratheon Deceased

Margaery Tyrell Deceased

Appearances

Season Three appearances
Valar Dohaeris	Dark Wings, Dark Words	Walk of Punishment	And Now His Watch Is Ended	Kissed by Fire
The Climb	The Bear and the Maiden Fair	Second Sons	The Rains of Castamere	Mhysa

Quotes

Edmure Tully: "We took hostages. Willem Lannister, Martyn Lannister."

Robb Stark: "Willem and Martyn Lannister are fourteen years old."

Brynden Tully: "Martyn is fifteen, I believe."

— Walk of Punishment (episode)

Robb Stark: "Tywin Lannister has my sisters. Have I sued for peace?"

Edmure Tully: "No."

Robb Stark: "Do you think he'll sue for peace because we have his...father's brother's great-grandsons?"

Edmure Tully: "No."

— Robb Stark dismisses Martyn and Willem's value as hostages.

Robb Stark: "It took five of you to murder two unarmed squires."

Rickard Karstark: "Not murder, your grace. Vengeance."

Robb Stark: "Vengeance? They didn't kill your sons. I saw Harrion die on the battlefield and Torrhen..."

Rickard Karstark: "Was strangled by the Kingslayer. They were his kin."

Robb Stark: "They were BOYS!"

— Rickard Karstark's unsuccessful justification for killing Martyn and Willem Lannister.

Behind the scenes

Martyn is played by Dean-Charles Chapman, who would go on to be cast as Tommen Baratheon in the fourth season of the television series.

In the books

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Martyn and Willem are the twin sons of Ser Kevan Lannister, and younger brothers of Lancel Lannister.

Martyn is captured at the Battle of Oxcross. It is not him but his cousin Tion Frey who is killed with Willem by Rickard Karstark. After Willem and Tion's death, Robb orders to triple the guard on Martyn for his protection, and later exchanges him for a northern prisoner (Robett Glover).

Martyn is not mentioned in the books afterwards.

See also

• Martyn Lannister on A Wiki of Ice and Fire (spoilers from the books)
• Tion Frey on A Wiki of Ice and Fire