Arya Stark

From Fanlore
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Character
Name: Arya Stark
Occupation: Faceless Man
Relationships: Ned Stark (father), Catelyn Stark (mother), Robb Stark (brother), Sansa Stark (sister), Bran Stark (brother), Rickon Stark (brother), Jon Snow (cousin, adopted brother)
Fandom: Game of Thrones, A Song of Ice and Fire
Other: played by Maisie Williams
"Illustration of a head and shoulders portrait of Arya, she is wearing a dark brown leather doublet"
Arya by Blue-Nite (2017)
Click here for related articles on Fanlore.

Arya Stark is a fictional character from A Song of Ice and Fire, and is played by Maisie Williams on the HBO television series Game of Thrones.

Arya's arc is there as a way for us to have some hope. She is one of the strongest characters in the series. She sees her father die, she's near her brother and mother when the Red Wedding happens, her dream of going home is broken a lot of times, and still she tries to carry on with her life. We see so many characters being broken by lesser things... But Arya, who is just a child, she handled so much and she is more fierce than ever.[1]

Fandom

Pairings

Statistics

Common Tropes in Fanworks

  • Modern AU: modern setting, where she knows or meets other characters from the series
  • High School AU or College AU: common because of her relative age
  • Canon Divergence AU: varies, Arya never escapes King's Landing, Arya doesn't go to Braavos
  • Arranged Marriage: political marriages are arranged for Arya
  • PTSD: dealing with the trauma visited upon her throughout the series
  • Reunion: before her return to Winterfell in Season 7 many stories focused on how she would be reunited with her family
  • Futurefic: sometimes she is with her family at Winterfell or travelling the world as a Faceless Man

Challenges

Other

  • Arya is sometimes called the Queen of Wolves in fanworks, perhaps because of her special connection to her direwolf Nymeria

Fanworks

Fan Art

Fanfiction

Fan Vids

Video Essays

Meta

Art Gallery

  • "Illustration of a head and shoulders portrait of Arya, wearing a fur trimmed cloak over a leather doublet, in the back ground are the outlines of trees among swirling snow"

    Arya Stark by Aelini (2019)

  • "Illustration of Arya in full plate armor holding an unsheathed sword, behind her is her direwolf Nymeria, with trees in the background"

    Done With Wooden Teeth by aqvarelles (2013)

  • Arya by artAlais

  • "Illustration of Arya in a fur trimmed cloak over a leather doublet, she is holding a Valyrian steel dagger, behind her head is a blue halo and smoke rises from her body"

    Arya Stark by Bianca Bratu (2019)

  • Arya by Nazli Brennan (2013)

  • Arya and Sansa by DanArcane (2012) – Arya (left) with her sister Sansa (right).

  • "Illustration of Arya in a leather doublet, tossing a Valyrian steel dagger up from her hand, she is surrounded by sparks of fire"

    Arya Stark by Sharon Muraca (2019)

  • "Illustration of Arya in a grey shirt, holding her sword Needle across her face, one side of her face looks like her normal self, and the other side of her face looks frozen. The background is red with full moon behind Arya"

    Arya by munette (2016)

  • "Illustration of Arya later in the series, a close portrait depicting her facing left and looking upward with a faint smile"

    Arya Stark by oasiswinds

  • Arya & Sansa by Agustin Paillet (2018) – Arya (right) with her sister Sansa (left).

  • "Illustration of Ayra being choked by the Night King, but also stabbing him with a Valyrian steel dagger"

    Not Today by Rui DIAS (2019)

  • "Illustration of Arya, in a peasant's cloth shirt, doublet, and trousers, holding her sword Needle with the Stark family banner in the background"

    Arya by Cleoward Sy (2015)

  • Arya re-imagined as a ninja in the ukiyo-e style by Sandra Tirado Mestre (2018).‎ ‎ ‎

  • "Illustration of a head and shoulders portrait of Arya, in a peasant's cloth shirt and doublet, on a soft blue background"

    Arya by TychyTamara (2016)

Archives and Fannish Links

Tumblr

Resources

References

  1. ^ "Fan, Alckie. Character Discussion: Arya Stark, posted on 10 December 2013 at r/asoiaf". Archived from the original on 2013-12-18.
  2. ^ "Fandometrics In Depth: Game of Thrones Edition". Archived from the original on 2017-06-29.
  3. ^ "Game of Thrones A03 statistics". Archived from the original on 2018-12-04.
  4. ^ "Fandometrics In Depth: For The Throne Edition". Archived from the original on 2019-05-24.
Retrieved from "https://fanlore.org/w/index.php?title=Arya_Stark&oldid=2560988"