Vayon Poole

Vayon Poole
Biographical information
Status	Deceased
Born	At Winterfell
Died	298 AC at King's Landing Ran through with a spear by a Lannister man
Political information
Allegiance	House Poole House Stark
Title(s)	Steward of Winterfell
Personal information
Culture	Northman
Religion	Old Gods of the Forest
Child(ren)	Jeyne Poole 4 other daughters
Behind the scenes information
Series	Game of Thrones
Season(s)	1
Appeared in	"The Pointy End"
Death shown in	"The Pointy End"
Mentioned in	"The Kingsroad"
Portrayed by	Matthew Scurfield

"If you break anything, the septa will have my head."

―Vayon Poole, referring to Mordane, ordering two Stark servants

Vayon Poole served House Stark as the Steward of Winterfell.

Biography

Background

Vayon Poole serves House Stark as the Steward of Winterfell. He is the father of five daughters, one of whom, Jeyne Poole, is Sansa's best friend.

Season 1

When Luwin approaches Catelyn to talk about the costs of the royal visit to Winterfell and the need to replace the members of the household that accompanied Eddard to King's Landing, she, grieving for Bran, tells Luwin to have Poole see to the task. Luwin notes that Poole also went south with Lord Stark.

Poole is later killed by Lannister men during the purge of the Stark household ordered by King Joffrey after Eddard tries to remove him from the throne. He is attacked and killed while he and his men are packing for an evacuation Eddard has ordered in anticipation of his move against Joffrey.

Appearance

Game of Thrones: Season 1 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

Family tree

Vayon Poole Deceased

Unknown Lady Poole

Jeyne Poole

Four other daughters

In the books

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Vayon Poole's background and death are the same.

There is no mentioning in the books that Vayon had any children in addition to Jeyne, though it is not said explicitly either that Jeyne was his only child.

See also

• Vayon Poole on A Wiki of Ice and Fire