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- 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.[src]
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[]
Game of Thrones: Season 3[]
Martyn and his brother Willem are captured by the forces of House Tully led by Edmure Tully following the Battle of the Fords. He is taken hostage and placed in a cell at Riverrun, the seat of the Tullys.[1]
After Robb visits Riverrun to attend the funeral of his grandfather, Martyn and Willem are visited in their cell by Talisa, 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.[1]
The bodies of Martyn and Willem are presented to Robb.
Martyn and Willem are murdered inside their cells by Rickard Karstark as vengeance for Jaime's killing of his son Torrhen. Their bodies are presented to Robb. Rickard defends his actions as them being kin to Jaime, but Robb furiously condemns this as saying they were innocent boys.[2]
Quotes[]
Spoken about Martyn[]
- 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.[src]
- 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.[src]
Family[]
 Lannister Deceased |  Reyne  Deceased |  Lannister Deceased |  Lannister Deceased |  née Marbrand Deceased | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Lannister Deceased |  Lannister Deceased |  Lannister Deceased |  Lannister née Swyft | Lannister | Lannister | Lannister Deceased | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Baratheon  Deceased |  Lannister Deceased |  Lannister  Deceased |  |  Lannister |  Stark   |  Lannister  Deceased |  Lannister Deceased | Lannister |  Lannister Deceased | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Died in infancy |  Baratheon  Deceased |  Tyrell  Deceased |  Baratheon Deceased |  Baratheon Deceased | Tyrell Deceased | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Behind the scenes[]
Martyn is played by Dean-Charles Chapman, who would go on to be cast as Tommen Baratheon, the character's cousin once removed, 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 Kevan Lannister, and younger brothers of Lancel.
Martyn is captured at the Battle of Oxcross. It is not him but his cousin Tion Frey (son of Genna Lannister, Tywin's sister, and Emmon Frey) who is killed alongside 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.
Appearances[]
– "Walk of Punishment"- – "Kissed by Fire"
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Game of Thrones: Season 3, Episode 3: "Walk of Punishment" (2013).
- ↑ Game of Thrones: Season 3, Episode 5: "Kissed by Fire" (2013).
Notes[]
- ↑ In "Walk of Punishment," which takes place in 300 AC, Brynden Tully states that Martyn Lannister is 15 years old; therefore, he was born in 285 AC.
- ↑ In "Winter Is Coming," which takes place in 298 AC, Sansa Stark tells Cersei Lannister that she is 13 years old and Bran Stark tells Jaime Lannister that he is 10 years old. Arya Stark was born between Sansa and Bran, making her either 11 or 12 in Season 1. The rest of the Stark children have been aged up by 2 years from their book ages, so it can be assumed that she is 11 in Season 1. Arya is 18 in Season 8 according to HBO, which means at least 7 years occur in the span of the series; therefore, each season of Game of Thrones must roughly correspond to a year in-universe, placing the events of Season 3 in 300 AC.
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