Brienne of Tarth

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Character
Name: Brienne of Tarth
Occupation: Sworn Sword, Kingsguard to Renly Baratheon
Relationships: Selwyn Tarth (father)
Fandom: Game of Thrones, A Song of Ice and Fire
Other: played by Gwendoline Christie
"Illustration of Brienne holding her sword Oathkeeper, wearing blue armor, and roses decorate the armor and her sword"
A Bleeding Heart by Geirahod (2019)
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Brienne of Tarth is a fictional character from A Song of Ice and Fire, and is played by Gwendoline Christie on the HBO television series Game of Thrones.

Brienne struggles to live up to the principles of knighthood, even if she cannot take the vows herself. Every knight she has ever met has failed to meet her expectations, and her conviction drives her to peril in the pursuit of those lofty ideals.[1]

Canon

When Brienne is introduced she is at Renly's camp, she defeats Loras Tyrell in a tourney and requests to be made a member of Renly's Kingsguard. Renly is killed by a shadow demon, she flees with Catelyn Stark and goes into her service. Catelyn frees Jaime Lannister, asking Brienne to transport him to King's Landing in exchange for the return of her daughters. Along the journey they are captured by Bolton men, who intend to rape Brienne but Jaime prevents it, but loses his hand in the process. After they are taken to Harrenhal Jaime is sent to King's Landing and Brienne remains as prisoner, but he returns soon after finding that she has been thrown into the bear pit, he rescues her. When Sansa disappears after Joffrey's murder Jaime sends Brienne to find and protect her. Brienne finds Sansa, at first she refuses her service, but after several events she agrees. Brienne safely transports Sansa to her brother Jon Snow. Brienne remains by Sansa's side except when she uses Brienne as her emissary.

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Common Tropes in Fanworks

  • Modern AU: modern setting, where Brienne knows or meets other characters from the series
  • Pastfic: exploring what her childhood was like on Tarth
  • Futurefic: post-canon, usually she is Sansa Stark's sworn sword or she returns to Tarth, sometimes she is married with children
  • Post - A Dance With Dragons: at the end of the last book Brienne's story ended on a bit of a cliffhanger, this storyline was not adapted on the television series, so fanfiction writers have tried to bring it to a satisfactory conclusion
  • Supporting Character: a featured secondary character, especially in stories focusing on Sansa Stark or Jaime Lannister

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  • Autumn: Brienne by AkiCarlito – Fanart inspired by the The Seasons series by Alphonse Mucha.

    Autumn: Brienne by AkiCarlito – Fanart inspired by the The Seasons series by Alphonse Mucha.

  • "Illustration of Brienne holding her sword Oathkeeper, she is wearing grey armor and a fur trimmed cloaked"

    Brienne of Tarth by Gozde Baskent (2019)

  • "Illustration of Brienne in a defensive stance with her sword Oathkeeper drawn, she is wearing blue armor"

    Brienne of Tarth by Tayan Cruz (2016)

  • "Illustration of Brienne holding her sword Oathkeeper, she is wearing her blue armor"

    Brienne of Tarth by g-ivanov (2016)

  • "Illustration of Brienne in her armor being knighted"

    Rise, Ser Brienne of Tarth by Inna Vjuzhanina (2019)

  • "Illustration of Brienne in her blue armor drawing her sword Oathkeeper"

    Brienne of Tarth by munette (2016)

  • "Illustration of Brienne holding her sword Oathkeeper, she is wearing her blue armor"

    Brienne of Tarth by Beatrice Pellegrini (2019)

  • "Illustration of Brienne drawing her sword Oathkeeper, she is wearing her blue armor"

    Oathkeeper by Tara Phillips (2015)

  • "Illustration of Brienne in yellow armor"

    Brienne of Tarth by Davide Riboni (2017)

  • "Illustration of Brienne sitting on a rock and polishing her sword"

    Brienne of Tarth by Jacob Saucedo (2015)

  • "Illustration of Brienne in bronze armor, decorated with flowers"

    Absolutely Singular by Sephiramy (2014)

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References

  1. ^ "Fan, HavelsRockJohnson. Brienne of Tarth: The truest Westerosi knight who ever lived, posted 22 September 2015 at r/asoiaf". Archived from the original on 2019-02-19.
  2. ^ "Game of Thrones A03 statistics". Archived from the original on 2018-12-04.
  3. ^ "Fandometrics In Depth: For The Throne Edition". Archived from the original on 2019-05-24.
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