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- "Will you tolerate this injustice? I, for one, will not!"
- ―Rience Thalatrix
Ser Rience Thalatrix, commonly referred to as the Owlclaw, or Rience the Blackclaw, is a major in the second, third and fourth seasons, initially appearing as a recurring character in the first season. He is portrayed by starring cast member Ben Barnes. He is the youngest son of Warren Thalatrix, the twin brother of Elia Thalatrix, and a knight in service to his father. He is the current owner of Justice, the ancestral Valyrian steel sword of House Thalatrix. After his father's death during the War of the Five Kings, and his inheritance of the sword Justice, Rience's brothers plot to kill him, and he becomes an outlaw when he flees from Robb Starks' camp to escape from Benjen and Ferryn.
After gathering several followers from the prisoners he took in battle, and then the men that he recruited in the raids that he carried out on Lannister camps, Rience formed the Black Owl Brigands and became an outlaw against House Lannister and the Iron Throne, secretly fighting on behalf of the King in the North. After marrying Maria Cray and rising up against his brothers in full force, he was defeated and killed by Benjen Thalatrix, but not before he sent a raven to the Nest exposing his brothers for their crimes.
Biography
Background
Rience Thalatrix was born approximately three years before the Sack of King's Landing. He was the youngest son of Warren and Argella Thalatrix, the latter being former of the House Cassel, the neighbour of the Nest. Rience appeared to be of stark difference from his two older brothers, both of whom were extremely boisterous, cruel and short-fused. He remembers how he would often have to fight them when they let out their anger upon him. He was also extremely close with his sister, Elia, and the two of them had a much closer relationship than with either of their brothers, or anyone else their age. For the majority of his childhood, Rience was extremely nervous, even scared, of girls, so much that he would often remain deathly silent around them - the only girl he felt comfortable around was Elia, who was more confident and fiercely assertive, while Rience was quiet and empathetic.
Rience was regarded as stoic, but intelligent, cunning and sharp-witted, but at the same time he was exceptionally shy, always the last to contribute to conversations. His personal tutor Maester Carsen Gower, for whom Rience held an ambiguous distrust of because of his enigmatic nature, remarked that he had a kind of intelligence that sat between a ruthless warlord and a passionate warrior. Maester Gower and the boy shared several sessions where he would teach the boy card tricks, which Rience questioned the validity of. In the game, Carsen Gower would line the cards, after shuffling them, in an O across a table or floor, and then slide four cards into the centre in a cross, and ask if either two of these cards were the same one. For most of his childhood, Rience would ask Gower the validity of the game, but Gower would give no answer.
He dreamt his entire life of joining his House's army, as opposed to actually ruling the Nest - he always wanted to fight for the North. When he was eleven, he squired for Ser Rodrik Cassel, during which time he became good friends with the Starks of Winterfell. He would often train with Robb Stark, and even befriended Jon Snow at one point. It was remarked that Rience was uncommonly kind to bastards, of which his father was impressed and his brothers scornful. Rience trained intensely and broadly under the tutelage of Ser Rodrik, and it is reported that form the moment he brandished a sword from its scabbard, he was a natural warrior, earning the nickname 'the Owlclaw'. He fought in his first war during the Greyjoy Rebellion, and took part in the Siege of Pyke. He left Ser Rodrik's service and was continuously trained by Rodrik's brother Kevan. At one point, Theon Greyjoy challenged him to a duel over a girl Theon had been courting who had taken an interest in him - Rience defeated him but the duel came to nothing at all. Rience was only glad they had fought with blunted blades. His relationship with his brothers was extremely complicated - with Benjen, there was a mutual hatred between them, but with Ferryn there was a love/hate relationship, considering the fact that Ferryn could appreciate Rience was younger and not entirely like him.
However, his one true test came when his brothers visited a local winehouse and, critically drunk on strong wines, they started a brutal fight with a man who beat them in a gambling game. Rience and four of his men intervened, breaking up the fight, and Rience personally fought off Benjen, who wouldn't back down. He subdued both of his brothers, knocking them both out and personally dragging them to cells. Warren saw this as an incredibly courageous act on his part, valuing prosperity over his family, but still not willing to kill his brothers. His sister was also supremely impressed at his integrity. However, his brothers saw him as a traitor and vowed that, one day, he would regret 'betraying' them.
Season 1
When Eddard Stark is accused of treason and arrested, Robb Stark calls the banners of the North, commanding all northern houses to join together so that they can march on King's Landing and free him. Rience Thalatrix rides alongside his brothers to meet with the Starks, representing his extremely ill father. When Benjen is called forth, he presents Rience as his best warrior, to which Robb Stark greets Rience as an old friend. Rience is polite towards Robb and Catelyn, and expresses his confidence that they can take back Eddard Stark after they have faced Tywin Lannister in the field.[1]
Ferryn, Benjen and Rience are caught training in the camp, and Robb Stark approaches them on horseback. He appoints the Thalatrix army in the vanguard of the army in the Whispering Wood, and Benjen immediately accepts command over the army. Ferryn asks to fight Rience, and in the ensuing swordplay Rience disarms him. They exchange barbs over the fact that this will be their first war since the Greyjoy Rebellion, and Rience jokes that their first war was getting their father to let Ferryn leave the castle for fear that he would shame himself in a tavern. In the Battle of the Whispering Wood, Rience fights gloriously apparently and is part of Robb Stark's men when they return from the combat with Jaime Lannister. When Theon Greyjoy suggests killing him, Rience suggests giving a fair trial since he may be a Lannister but he is still protected from acts of savagery by the laws of gods and men. Theon and Rience argue until Robb overrules them and keeps Jaime as a prisoner.[2]
Rience and his brothers are seen giving condolences to Catelyn Stark when news arrives of her husband's execution by Joffrey Baratheon.[3]
Season 2
Marching north, Rience follows Benjen and Ferryn into the attack on the Oxcross, and in the ensuing battle he takes several prisoners, and many believe that he ought to execute them, including Roose Bolton. Rience has captured eight men in total, most of them young men who are squires to dead knights. Robb Stark agrees with Rience that they ought to be kept alive, but then he gives Rience an ultimatum - considering the fact that he took them and argues on their behalf so strongly, he may keep them as his personal prisoners and he may provide for them as he wishes. He catches his brothers smiling at him when he is told this, and Rience agrees to this, but Robb then congratulates him on his mercy. Ferryn questions his decision, but Rience stands by it and Benjen admits that it's commendable of him to be so noble, but he ought not to bite off more than he could chew. The conversation is interrupted when they receive a message that their father, Lord Warren Thalatrix, has died.
In response to this, Rience goes to Robb Stark and asks permission from Robb Stark to leave the army in order to attend his father's funeral. Benjen and Ferryn volunteer to remain at Robb's side in order to represent their house, and that the loss of their younger brother on the front line wouldn't amount to too much, which Rience has ambiguous feelings about. Robb approves, and by his permission Rience prepares to ride home with his prisoners. Before he leaves, Ferryn follows him and tells him that he is proud of his little brother for wanting to go and see off their father. Rience asks him about the jape that they made earlier. He comments that both Benjen and Ferryn have always had a jaded sense of humour. With his prisoners in tow on their own horses, Rience rides back to the Nest.[4]
When he reaches the Nest, he meets with his twin sister Elia and she takes him to the crypts beneath the castle, where Rience asks her about his last moments - he learns that Warren's final act was to write a last will and testament that he gave to Maester Carsen. Rience asks for a moment alone with his father, and Elia obliges. Alone, Rience verbally contemplates the last time he saw his father - the last words that Warren spoke to Rience was telling him that he wasn't fighting for Robb Stark or Eddard Stark, but fighting for the North, like he always had done. Rience says that he should have been there to care for him, and instead he rode away with his brothers to fight the Lannisters, which he is very ashamed of. Elia overhears him, and when he leaves she doesn't say anything. The two of them sit in the dining hall, where Maester Carsen reads out Warren's last testament - that Benjen Thalatrix rise as Lord of the Nest, and Ferryn serve as his councilor; Rience will inherit the ancestral sword of House Thalatrix, Justice, and wield it in future battles for the North; Elia will serve as regent in the absence of her brothers. Rience congratulates his sister on her new position, and then leaves to receive the sword.[5]
Rience familiarises himself with the prisoners he took - Robar Payne, Judah Westerling, Tytos Swyft, Jonothor Marbrand, Damon Rivers, Steffon Hetherspoon, Harys Stokeworth, Balon Gaunt and Garlan Flowers. He announces to them that they will be returning to the battlefield soon, just after their father has been properly buried in the crypts. At the funeral itself, Rience is completely silent, and is comforted by Elia later on, and the two of them discuss what is about to happen with the war against the Iron Throne. Elia questions what glory he hopes to gain from joining Robb Stark, and Rience answers that he isn't following the man for glory, but because he believes that Robb is a great leader, a good man and a charismatic king - he is being loyal to his liege lord, as are his brothers. They reminisce of how their father caught them playing at being dragons in their bedrooms as children, and he had snapped at them because of the horrible memories that he had gained from Robert's Rebellion. Rience tells his sister that he will be returning to the North very soon and, when he returns, things will be different - he will have vented his anger or grief in battle, and he will be happier. Elia voices her hope that this is true.[6]
When Rience rides back with his prisoners, it is noticed by many that he has armed them and given them the sigil of his house, as if they have become a part of his personal brotherhood. On the way, however, Robar Payne breaks free and attacks Rience with his axe. Rience easily defeats Robar, however, but gives him back his axe and challenges him to try again. Robar notices that none of the other prisoners have tried to escape while he distracts them, and they answer that they are afraid of Rience - they believe him to be like his older brothers. Robar moves to challenge Rience, but he backs off ultimately. Rience announces to them that they are their own brotherhood now, and that they fight beside him so that, when the war is won, they will be granted their freedom. They are impressed by his charisma and announce that they will follow him throughout the war, and hope that he thinks well of them when they fight by his side against the Lannisters. When Rience makes camp, Jonothor notices that he looks solemn, and Rience denies this, but it is clear when Jonothor goes back to sleep and Rience looks at the fire, that he is still mourning deeply for his father. He studies Justice, and practises with it against a tree, impressed by how deadly it is.[7]
He arrives at the camp just as Benjen is returning his men. Benjen and Rience talk about their father's funeral, and Rience explains to him that he has been made Lord of the Nest. Benjen notices that Rience has Justice at his hip and assumes that it is to be presented to him or Ferryn, but Rience revealed that one of Warren's last wishes was for Rience to carry the blade. Benjen hides it well, but Rience notices that he is shaken by such news. He changes the subject to the war effort, and Benjen reports that Winterfell was attacked and taken by the ironborn, and Rience asks if Robb has turned his attention towards the ironborn for this. He learns that Roose Bolton has sent his men to recapture Winterfell, and suggests that they are in danger of facing a war on two fronts. Ferryn greets Rience and then sees Justice at his hip, and he tells Rience that he is to be in the vanguard with Benjen in the next battle - they engage with Ser Amory Lorch's men near Seagard, and Benjen is put in a position where he is nearly killed by several arrows. He is protected by his men, but he breaks through their protection and contributes to the victory. He suspects that his brothers put him there with intent to get rid of him.[8]
After Rience continues to impress Robb Stark in battle with the Lannisters, Ferryn and Benjen actively begin to make attempts on his life, first by setting a stable on fire so that it charged Rience, only for Tytos Swyft to push him out of the way. Rience is complimented by Greatjon Umber, and throughout the conversation, Greatjon talks about his father at length, and Rience is pleased to learn that the two men fought alongside each other at the Trident. They are interrupted by Ferryn, who invites Rience to an inn where the serving girls are apparently notorious. Rience declines, and is laughed at by some of the northmen for this.[9]
Rience follows his brothers to the tavern, where he watches them get drunk and woo several tavern girls. He awaits their departure, where he hears Benjen and Ferryn talking about him - Ferryn mentions the attempts on his life, and Benjen accuses them of being too subtle, insisting that they kill him in his sleep. Ferryn parts ways with his brother to relieve himself behind a tree, where Rience stalks upon him. Rience holds Justice to his throat and Ferryn impulsively attacks, only for Rience to evade his attack and press him against a tree. He reveals he overheard them, and Ferryn denies it, only for Rience to demand why they want him dead. Ferryn says that it was drunken banter, but Rience outmatches him logically and Ferryn admits to trying to kill him, citing the fight at that tavern long ago as the reason. It is revealed that Benjen overheard the confrontation and is sneaking up on Rience, who intercepts him at the last second. Rience fights off his brothers and the Stark guardsmen overhear the sound of the swordfight, charging into the woods. Rience allows Benjen to disarm him to make it look like he is the aggressor, and his brothers are restrained, even though they deny the accusations that Rience places against them.[10]
Robb Stark confronts Rience, who claims that Benjen and Ferryn have tried to kill him before, and cites several reasons. Robb states that he will hear their testimony next and then he will make his judgement. Robb declares that all three of them would face penalties because he can't have three of his most promising warriors fighting among themselves, to which Rience agrees - but he will not give anyone else his sword for the sake of such a thing. Robb agrees with this, and leaves Rience. Rience sends a raven to the Nest stating that his brothers plotted against him, and Elia receives it. She speaks before her vassal lords and they agree that it would be within Benjen's morality at least to do so, since Rience had been given their father's sword.
Rience armours up for the next battle, and suddenly some Thalatrix knights arrive and declare that they are here to arrest him for the crime of dissent against the Lord of the Nest. Rience defends that he is not guilty of assault since the aggressors were Ferryn and Benjen, but the soldiers don't want to hear of it and are just following orders. They reveal that there are twenty of them, and Rience draws Justice, daring them to try. His soldiers get in front of him and dare the others to try and cut them down. A violent brawl breaks out, in which several of the Thalatrix men are wounded and one of them fatally, and Rience is forced to make an escape with his men. Benjen hears of this and demands a manhunt for Rience, who escapes into the woods. He hides from the soldiers, and then steals a horse from one of the men when they are alone. In his absence, Robb Stark declares him a brigand, which Benjen and Ferryn agree to. They put out a price for the head of Rience Thalatrix, and a doubled price for his sword.[11]
Season 3
Rience makes camp in a cave and sharpens Justice with a pebble. He hunts a deer the next day nad kills it with a single stroke, before cutting it up and sharing it among his men. Realising that they are all outlaws, Tytos suggests that they require a name, but before they can, they are set upon by the Brotherhood Without Banners, and Rience impresses Thoros of Myr by killing three of his best men in the ensuing skirmish. Thoros offers to make them a part of the Brotherhood, recognising Rience for who he is. Rience and his outlaws decline this, choosing to go out on their own instead because Rience has a destination in mind: Thoros allows them to go their own way, and gives them ten additional men, claiming that the Lord of Light has plans for Rience. They ride for the Neck, where they hope to reach House Cray's seat of Crowgate. He interprets the red comet as the breaking of the oath of family, of blood.[12]
As they travel towards the Neck, they are separated when Umber warriors appear searching for Rience. Rience causes a diversion and draws the soldiers into the Neck, where he drags one of them out of the swamp when they accidentally go up to their waists in the slime. Rience drags the leader out of the swamp and violently interrogates him, but the captain denies any information from him. Rience's group is then surrounded by Cray men, and they are taken prisoner by Ser Waymar Cray, who takes them to his father, Lord Salmar Cray, who demands to know who he is - he eventually recognises Rience, but Rience entrances the old man with the story of his brothers turning on him. He makes the eight other men his prisoners, but treats Rience as his honoured guest - he refuses to send any ravens out to the Northern lords to give away that he has Rience, and forbids him from leaving the castle. Salmar's daughter, Maria, visits him in his chambers and questions him, and the two of them bond over the fact that they have similar ideals concerning the peoples that their houses rule.
Rience tells Maria about his sister Elia, and about the death of his father. When Maria asks about his mother, and Rience explains that his mother died when he was ten years old, and he was left to be raised by his wise father and strong brothers. Maria observes that her mother only died a few months ago, so she doesn't understand how Rience was raised as much as she'd like to; without the proper governance of a father, Rience only knew how to fight, so she observes. Rience answers that, if he didn't know how to fight, he could be no good for anything other than dancing. She states she'd like to see him dance, to which he denies, since he considers it embarrassing. She finds his modesty entertaining and tells him that her father wants to keep him for some other purpose, so he'd better come up with an idea to get back at his brothers before Lord Salmar Cray sends him in the wrong direction.[13]
Rience dines with Salmar and Elia, and Rience stays silent for most of it. Salmar continuously asks about the wars in the North, and the only way that Rience replies after becoming agitated by the questions is by asking why Salmar isn't out there fighting himself. When Salmar cites his age, Rience points out that he is younger than the Greatjon, who is out there fighting in the vanguard of the Northern army. Rience then realises that Salmar walks with a limp and remembers stories that Salmar broke a Dornish sortie during the Battle of the Bells, only to fall from his horse. Maria becomes impressed with his wit, and asks him if he was ever betrothed to another lady - Rience says that Benjen and Ferryn were all betrothed to several ladies in the North, but the biggest problem came with the ladies who 'met them' face to face. The conversation turns sour when Rience asks after his men, and Salmar declares that they were prisoners from the Whispering Wood, to which Rience answers that they are his prisoners and he made them his own men. Salmar points out that there is no banner to them, and Rience answers that they need none - it is better that they aren't recognised as any particular faction of any particular house. Salmar says that Rience's men will not be released unless Rience leaves the castle.[14]
Maria visits Rience again and offers him the key to the dungeons, and one of her own horses, so that he can escape and they can have their own mounts - on the condition that she hears more about him in the future, that he make himself a famous outlaw if need be. Rience and Maria trade barbs about the fact that, if he fell against Robb Stark then he would most certainly be made famous as a brigand who fell by the sword of his own king. Rience takes the key and frees his men, before stealing the horses and riding out of Crowgate. Maria watches him go. They flee away from the Neck and ride as far as the Whispering Wood, where they begin to enlist several common men into their ranks. They find that they have been pursued by Cray men, and they set a trap in the forest by luring them into the lair of a bear, which attacks them so ferociously that four men are lost. As the others escape, Rience's men fall on them and kill them all. Rience has them take the men's armour and, now that there are thirty of them, they decide to ride back to aid the North against the Iron Throne - he states that his king may have branded him a traitor, but he still fights for his king.
After travelling through the Whispering Wood, Rience's men begin to question the fact that he has led them nowhere so far - Rience defends that the only reason that he has led them nowhere is because they haven't reached their true destination yet. Damon Rivers confronts Rience with the fact that they are following a brigand, to which Rience bares steel against him. He asks why they have followed him this far, and only just realised that they are following a traitor and a brigand, knowing that Rience was both of those things since they ran away. They are subdued by this logic, and continue on to the camp.[15]
Rience infiltrates a Lannister camp and begins to take measures as to its vulnerable points. He returns to his men, and they sneak into the camp and ransack it. Several of the Lannister soldiers retreat into the woods, where they trigger traps that were set by their attackers. They free the Northern prisoners that were taken in the camps, and they loot the camp and its inhabitants.[16]
They are assumed to be the Brotherhood Without Banners, and Rience, who is not personally seen by anyone who doesn't decide to join them, is believed to be a ghost. The news reaches King's Landing and the Twins almost simultaneously, and Robb asks what sigil they are flying - it is reported to be two black owls beneath three blazing torches on a blue field. Hearing this, Robb summons Ferryn and Benjen, stating that he must send his men after this new brotherhood, and Benjen tells his brother to remain with Robb while he hunts down their brother. In the meantime, Rience has become extremely popular among the common people, and they have become known as the Brigands of the Black Owl Brigands. They continue to pillage Lannister outposts, looting food and armour and humiliating the men by luring them into elaborate traps. Rience takes to wearing a cloak and hood to hide his face, and is commonly referred to simply as the Stranger. During one raid, Rience sees some of his men drag children out of their homes, in order to take the gold, and stops them, stating that they do not terrify children if they can avoid it. He reminds his Brigands that they are only to kill or capture Lannister men. This is witnessed by several of the villagers, and when one of them challenges him for who he is, Rience identifies himself and why he is doing this, and how his brothers outlawed him. The people are moved by his story, and they announce that they will contribute themselves to his cause. Rience realises that the Brigands have expanded in number since they started, and there are now roughly ninety or a hundred of them.[17]
Making camp in the night, Rience and the Brigands find refuge in the Crossroads Inn, where Rience denies the presence of any other women in his room. He tells a story to the Brigands about how his sister and he used to ride past Winterfell when they were children, and soon they came to the Labyrinth - the immense forest that stands between the Nest, and the rest of the North, and they managed to ride through it and explore the huge waterfall that was known as the Peak of Tears that leads into the Weeping Waters. Rience even dared to look down from the waterfall and think about jumping before Elia pulled him back. He tells another story about how his father would often leave with Benjen and Ferryn to fight against the wildling uprisings from those who passed by the Wall, and then he would treat with the Crannogmen, while Rience was left with Elia to tell ghost stories by a fireplace they'd made. When one of the children, Erik, asks him why his brothers turned on him, Rience explains that, not so long ago, his brothers got drunk in a tavern and started a fight in which three girls were wounded. Rience had intervened and pulled them outside, and a fight ensued in which Rience outnumbered them when the rest of his household guard arrived. Rience suspects that they haven't forgiven him, and his accomplishments since then have led to them hating him even more so.[18]
They reach the Twins in time for the wedding of Roslin Frey and Edmure Tully, and Rience finds them a place in the tavern. They try to gain access to the castle, but before they can do so, the Freys massacre the Starks and Tullys. Rience witnesses Benjen and Ferryn leading their men into the camps, revealing that they have turned on the Young Wolf. Rience dons his hood and battles several Frey men, killing them all, trying to get closer to Benjen. Ferryn sees Rience, a hooded figure with a Valyrian steel sword, advancing on him, and wans him. Benjen commands his men to protect him, and Rience cuts through three of them before a horse charges the other one down and separates the brothers. The Brigands advance on the Thalatrix brothers, drawing bows and killing half a dozen more opponents and scarring Benjen. Rience is waylaid when the stables empty into the camp and they are forced to retreat.[19]
Benjen has been scarred so badly that he can't continue the hunt for now, and Ferryn hunts after the Brigands with his men, chasing them out of the Riverlands. Rience and his men have stolen horses from the Twins and have almost reached the Neck since the Red Wedding. Ferryn divides his men into two halves and prevents Rience from retreating into the Vale. Ferryn finally corners them near the Neck, where his men pour towards them. Several of Rience's men are killed before they can draw their swords, but the rest of them prove phenomenally ruthless and drive back the Thalatrix soldiers. Ferryn kills Judah Westerling in a duel, and Rience takes the opportunity to cut off two of Ferryn's fingers, causing him to lose his sword. Rience presses the blade of Justice a milimetre away from drawing blood from Ferryn's collar, and Rience asks him for a good reason for not killing him. Ferryn stands and closes his eyes, asking that he die quicker than he allowed their father to die. This shocks Rience, and Ferryn takes the opportunity to strike back, knocking him to the ground. They grapple down a hill, before Rience retrieves Justice and confronts his brother again.
Rience demands to know why Ferryn and Benjen killed him, and Ferryn answers by mocking his brother with the fact that Warren would have fought an impossible battle in trying to make peace with the Iron Throne, were he in charge of their house during the War. He attacks Rience with an axe, but Rience evades every strike, focusing on his own demands as to why his brothers murdered their father. He speculates that the illness had worsened with every day as it took Warren, and realises that Ferryn and Benjen had been poisoning Warren before the War of the Five Kings, and calls Ferryn a disgrace to House Thalatrix, a kinslayer. Ferryn is enraged by this and the two of them fight an extended exchange across the hill before Rience slices his hamstring, disabling him. Ferryn bites back his screams of pain, and Rience holds the blade to his throat, curious by Ferryn's lack of reaction. He looks truly, sorely tempted to kill his brother, but then he lifts Justice up and slices it into the ground next to Ferryn's knee, inches from his flesh. He demands that Ferryn leave and never come back or Rience will kill him. Ferryn stares, incredulous at his brother, before turning and limping hastily away.
Rience regroups with the rest of his men, and sees that several of them have been killed. He says that they will make camp there for the time being; he then announces that the King in the North is dead, and that their original purpose has died with him. However, he identifies the Freys and the Boltons as their enemies, as well as Rience's own house: he tells them that Ferryn may not return but Benjen will be combative enough to try his luck with them. He tells them to start setting traps around the camp for any attackers to come looking for them, and when he is alone he silently contemplates the fact that he let the man who killed his father get away alive, but also that if he had done what he intended to do he would be a kinslayer. He vents his rage by cutting down a growing tree with a vicious swing of Justice.[20]
Season 4
Rience has taken Balon Gaunt for his squire, and the boy takes his pleasure in an inn with two tavern girls only for Rience to interrupt them. Rience announces that they are moving back to the camp, having got what they needed from the inn. Balon petulantly scolds Rience for interrupting him, and one of the girls tries to seduce him, but Rience coldly revokes her intentions. Balon teases Rience for his apparent reluctance to lie with any girl, no matter how beautiful, to which Rience announces that he is waiting for something a bit more advantageous - once he has cleared his name, he will settle down with a girl. Balon brags about the girls, and Rience sarcastically congratulates him for his exploits. On their way out, Rience gives a very generous donation to the innkeeper, stating that he doesn't want to buy anyone's silence - he knows that if he lived in fear of some innkeeper keeping his silence, he would never be able to sleep without one eye open.
Rience has spent three days eluding Benjen, and in those three days they have eluded his men as well. Rience hasn't heard anything about Ferryn or his injuries, but knows that he has nearly crippled him. At the camp, he jokes with his Brigands at length, until Balon brings up the subject of him being a virgin - he cites that he has had seven opportunities in the past, and seven times he denied them. The first three times were when Ferryn set him up with girls he had tried himself, twice when he had come across older women while riding, and once when his sister had jokingly offered to oblige him; it was often remarked that Thalatrixes had an extremely black sense of humour. Rience remembers the fact that his brothers turned out malignant, and they had bedded a dozen girls if the tales were to be believed. He decides to retire, but he sneaks into a cave and starts practising with Justice, where Robar Payne catches him. He knows that Rience disappears there for an hour every night and is exhausting himself with the efforts of training, to which Rience explains that he only wounded his enemy last time and would prefer to finish the job; Robar points out that it wasn't lack of skill, bravery or opportunity that prevented him from finishing the job.[21]
The Brigands raid a camp of Freys that pass through the woodlands, and Rience commands that any man in armour be stripped to his mail. In the ensuing skirmish, Rience overpowers the man who is leading the vanguard and it is revealed to be Maester Carsen. Carsen explains to him that Elia sent him from the Nest in order to find her brothers and discover the rumours concerning Rience. The Freys intercepted them during the Red Wedding and intended to take him back to the Dreadfort for questioning. This invokes Rience's curiosity, since the Boltons and the Freys allied themselves in order to wipe out the rest of the Starks. Carsen and Rience speak at length and Rience realises that Elia is unaware of the extent to which Rience and his brothers have fallen apart. Rience explains to him what happened at the Stark camps, and then later what happened at the Twins which led to the combat at the Neck. The news of the Thalatrix boys fighting shocks Carsen, who remembers how they always fought but it would ever be playful - they seldom fought for real, let alone to the death.
Carsen brings food for the Brigands, who offer him a place among them, which Rience becomes extremely enthusiastic about. Carsen denies it, asking only for a horse so he can ride back to the Nest and bring the news to Elia. Rience asks that he tell her of the disgraces that his brothers have confessed to, but that Rience has crippled Ferryn in combat - the bottom line is that her brothers are trying to kill each other, and she is the best hope for their family now. Carsen asks Rience to come with him, and Rience denies it because Rience's presence with Carsen then and now is dangerous enough, let alone on the road when he is a known outlaw. Rience expresses that he wants nothing more than to go with him, but he values the lives of the people he grew up with whom he still trusts, than he values his own life.[22]
After letting Carsen go, Rience and the others come across Maria Cray again as she is hunting in the woods. She has her men surround the Brigands, and Rience prevents them from fighting. Rience and Maria parley, and Maria establishes that there is a price of over one thousand Silver Stags and a lordship on Rience's head. Rience retorts that his brothers don't have one thousand Silver Stags, and a lordship would only threaten their power. Besides, House Thalatrix concerning Benjen and Ferryn has forsaken the North and allied with the Iron Throne, which surprises Maria. She asks him why he hasn't come back to Crowgate sooner, and Rience answers that the last time he went, he departed with stolen horses, to which Maria says that her father has forgiven. Maria offers to take them back to Crowgate where they can take refuge, and Rience agrees, considering that his men are close to starving despite the supplies they stole from the convoy. Maria takes them back to Crowgate, where Salmar greets him like a brother - he continues to strike Rience as pompous and simple, but then he reveals himself to be very perceptive and he knows that Rience has been fighting in the Neck. Rience states that he hasn't come expecting to fight with the Crays, to which Salmar answers that owls never expect to find enemies among the kestrels.
At dinner, Rience and Salmar discuss the fact that the Thalatrixes have turned on Rience, and Rience counters that Elia hasn't turned on him - Salmar notes the truth that the bonds between twins is stronger than that between basic siblings, but every bond can still be broken. Rience asks Salmar what he is willing to risk for the honour of his house, and respectfully listens as Salmar counts the men in his house whom he would die for - even if his injuries have left him unable to fight, as Rience had the gall to point out the last time they met, he will still fight to the last man for his house, as Rience clearly would. He asks to see Justice, and examines the Valyrian steel blade with fascination. Salmar tells Rience that he will not betray another Northern house to a traitor, and tells Rience that he will keep him in Crowgate for three days maximum, at which point Rience will have to move on to wherever he wishes to go next, providing it is not at Crowgate.
Rience gathers his Brigands and they decide that they will move straight on to the Nest to oppose Benjen and Ferryn if they return, and it is noticeable that Rience intends to see his sister better than he wishes to face his brothers. The plan is settled, but they are interrupted by Maria, who asks that she be left alone with Rience. She tells him that her father is giving them horses and armour for the journey, and that most of the Brigands will have to sleep in the stables as a result of their larger numbers than can be sustained by Crowgate. Rience recalls the fact that they met before the war, when Salmar came to the Nest to treat with Rience's father - Maria recalls Rience and his sister playing together, and Rience remembers that she had four brothers of her own. Maria explains that these brothers were all killed in the Red Wedding, having fought for Robb Stark; Benjen Thalatrix sent their heads to Salmar the very next day. Rience realises that there is more to Salmar than what meets the eye, even more than he originally conceived. He asks her why she is so interested in him, and in response Maria kisses him. Rience pulls away, shocked, and Maria playfully teases his naivety. She kisses him again, and then again and again, until he starts responding. The two of them sleep together that night. When they wake up, Maria questions the fact that Rience has never been with another woman, and he says that his opportunities were being saved - he playfully accuses her of breaking his resolve, and she hugs closer to him. She notices scars he received in combat, and he tells her he'll have more scars than that by the time this is over. She answers that she hopes there aren't any scars along his lips, and they laugh.[23]
After leaving his chambers, he is confronted by Salmar, who invites him to sit and watch the sun rise. In the conversation that follows, Salmar establishes that Maria has proven herself immune to any other man - Salmar has arranged three previous marriages, and she has rejected them all or threatened to relinquish her entitlement to Crowgate. He asks her where he is going with this, and Salmar expresses that the two of them would be the ultimate match - between them, they control a large number of men, and they would control more land than if either of them married the Boltons, Mormonts or Karstarks; Rience would be entitled to the armies of Crowgate and would be able to truly overpower his brothers. Rience admits that it is an entrancing proposition, and he agrees to it. Salmar and Rience toast to the agreement, and when Rience brings the proposal to Maria, she cheerfully agrees. They are married three days later, in secret.[24]
Now that Rience and Maria are man and wife, she is convinced that she can lead her father's armies when they leave Crowgate. Rience answers that, since they are outlaws, they are not bound officially by the laws of leadership and she is welcome to, but he would rather she stayed safe. Maria shows off her archery to Rience, impressing him, but he insists all the same. At the same time, word reaches Ferryn and Benjen about the match, considering that there are spies in the North. Realising that Rience has superior numbers than before, the brothers both agree that they will have to destroy Rience now before he can rise up against them again. They ask leave of Roose Bolton to go after Rience, and he allows it, and they ride out in full force to Crowgate.[25]
Rience receives word that his brothers have amassed an army and are rising against him, and decides to ride out to meet them with the combined armies of House Cray and the Black Owl Brigands. Rience says that he intends to divert Benjen's army away from Crowgate towards Seagard. At the same time, Walder Frey receives word that two Northern armies are marching against each other in the Riverlands, and it is his responsibility to try and quell the battle, but he refuses, stating that Benjen and Rience can break each other to pieces just fine without him. Rience strategises with his Brigands over how they will divide their armies, stating that he Balon Gaunt will take the vanguard, while the rest will take the combined forces of the Brigands and Crays in a pincer movement around their opponents. Rience orders that a raven be sent with the offer of parley with the enemy, but the raven is shot down by Benjen, who would prefer a fight to a treaty. Realising that any hope of treating with his brothers is lost, Rience orders that a raven be sent back to the Nest, addressed to Elia Thalatrix, telling her about the upcoming battle, and every detail prefacing it, including the attempted murders of him, thus exposing Benjen and Ferryn for their crimes and branding them as traitors to the King in the North. The exact same raven is to be sent to every vassal house to House Thalatrix. Rience prepares to face his brother on the morrow.[26]
At dawn, Benjen Thalatrix marshals his men and rides towards Rience's camp. They ransack the camp completely, destroying each tent and each settlement, before realising that the whole camp has been deserted. Benjen watches this from atop a hill, and then realises that it is a trap, and calls out to his commander, only for Rience to emerge from the trees with an army at his back. They encircle their enemy in a pincer movement and attack. In a violent battle, Rience leads the charge and the Brigands move alongside him in command of the Cray armies. Benjen brings out archers, who fire into the Brigand ranks, killing several of the soldiers and horses. Rience's horse is brought down beneath him and he loses several of the Brigands as they too fall from their mounts. Benjen charges into the battle on horseback, certain of an advantage, and Rience eyes him from a distance, before having his army charge the nerve centre of the Thalatrix forces. In the battle, Rience loses half of his men, but Benjen loses a considerably greater amount, and the battle devolves into the forest, where Benjen bares steel against Rience as they meet near a river. Rience engages Benjen in an epic duel, in which Rience is repeatedly pierced by arrows from the Thalatrix soldiers, even though Benjen furiously commands that his archers back away. Rience manages to cut deep into Ferryn's arm, but is himself wounded by a total of seven arrows and collapses, and Benjen glances tearfully at his brother. He tells Rience that he was always a tough young man, before kicking him over the edge of a cliff into the sea.
After the battle, Benjen returns to Ferryn at their camp and reports that Rience is dead, and Ferryn demands to see his brother's body so that they can return it to the Nest to be cremated - Benjen argues that Ferryn should want to bury the body, since traditionally bodies weren't burned if they were Thalatrix dead. Ferryn realises that Benjen is hiding something, and demands to know, at which point Benjen explains that he pushed Rience into the sea, and Ferryn furiously demands to find the body. In the meantime, Benjen sends a letter to the Nest, detailing that Rience Thalatrix is dead and that his army has been crushed - he sends a raven to House Cray detailing the same, and attainting Lord Cray of his position for harbouring an outlaw. When Maria and Elia both hear of Rience's death, Maria wanders into the woods and starts hacking at wood with an axe in rage; Elia wanders into the godswood and collapses, screaming with despair. She then receives the raven that Rience said, detailing who was responsible for the their father's death and every crime since. Rience's outlaws are rounded up and Benjen suggests they be sent to the Wall - uncharasteristically, Ferryn objects, ordering any follower of Rience Thalatrix to be hanged.[27]
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Appearance and Personality
Rience is tall, athletic and lean, with the shiny black hair that is typical of his House, and misty amber eyes which appear to liken him to his father. People remark that he has his mother's 'smile'. He is considered classically handsome, but more commonly he is heavily likened with his father at his age. Rience's similarity with his sister lies with the fact that they are both 'straight as a spear, with thin faces and easy smiles'. He is famed profusely for being almost indomitably relentless in his goals, to a point where he would endure a number of near-death experiences, including being attacked by a kraken, in order to get what he wanted. That being said, nobody has questioned his actual sanity.
As a boy, he was wild and adventurous to an extreme, so much that Rience would often enter life-threatening situations such as climbing great heights, venturing into the Labyrinth alone to see the shadowcats hunt other animals. He would often have to be reprimanded by either his father or Maester Carsen, but this would never repel him from doing it again. Rience was raised under the belief that the man who passed the sentence should swing the sword, like all Northmen, and this gave him an early-set sense of justice which would resonate throughout his life. He was extremely enthusiastic about whatever he put his mind to, but when he became the squire to Ser Rodrik Cassel he developed a very shady, serious streak - it was remarked that, after he came back from the Greyjoy Rebellion, there was a shade over his face from the things he'd seen. Many argue that he was one of the many individuals his age who were transformed or hardened by his experiences during the Greyjoy Rebellion. When he entered the War of the Five Kings, he cited honour as his motivation, and that he would fight for his liege lord to his last breath, but arguably he fought because of his duty rather than because he was following his brothers.
Rience is extremely courageous by nature, proven by his multiple accomplishments in battle and his unrelenting drive to protect people he loves. He has a clear sense of honour, and can tell right from wrong in elaborate situations. However, he often finds his morality clashing with his limitations and what he truly wants, which is prominently shown when he earns the opportunity to kill his brother Ferryn, and realises that taking his brother's life, while sating his vengeance, would make him a kinslayer. As a result, Rience Thalatrix is a very complex character, who repeatedly ends up balancing honour against desire. He is, though, deceptively intelligent, and is able to play clever tricks in combat in order to make himself look like the defensive party - he is also extremely learned in setting secret traps, which comes in handy when he becomes an outlaw.
Rience was a fierce warrior and an unpredictable opponent in the field, as elusive as the owl that is his sigil. He is widely considered to be the most dedicated and the most proficient knight in his House, if not from the North itself - however, he was forced to refrain almost completely from combat following the fight at the Weeper. He remarks that, though he was politically skilled and a talented negotiator, his heart was always set on becoming a knight, which hugely pleased his father but caused his brothers to be jaded about for, in their eyes, he was seeking to challenge their record as warriors of House Thalatrix. The irony is that both Ben and Ferryn were violent, temperamental, and would have made controversial lords, and they themselves disgraced the name of Thalatrix on certain occasions, whereas Rience would have probably made a good and strong lord. That being said, even though Rience is a more diplomatic man than his brothers, it is arguable that he would have been better suited to warfare than to peace, as opposed to his sister Elia, who would like nothing more than to live in peace.
Rience was vastly loyal and dedicated, but also vengeful and often dubbed Rience the Wrathful for this unfortunate trait, possibly his only flaw. After his father was murdered, he stopped at nothing to try and avenge him and, on the subject of blaming someone for his father's death, he became extremely intense and almost aggressive. However, he was a decent and loving man and fell in love with Maria Cray, which would have easily brought prosperity between both their houses - it was unfortunate and against his expectations to marry in times of peace, and he married for love with the backdrop of gaining her father's men. He can be surprisingly naive, since Ferryn points out that their father would have tried to make peace with the royalists, who would have hunted them to the ends of the earth for their rebellion. Thus, his loyalty can make him rather narrow-minded, which is probably one of his more elusive weaknesses. He also made a strategic mistake when he spared Ferryn's life during their showdown at the Neck, but in all fairness he was doing this because, if he returned to the Nest he would be branded a kinslayer.
When it comes to women, Rience is believed to be extremely naive to a fault, considering he has never laid with any prostitutes in his life, even though his brothers have tried their hardest, and even his Brigands persuade him. He resorts to stoicism when he is faced with seduction, so much that people believe that he is made of stone, but in fact Rience is resorting to practicality, since he would rather not have the attractiveness of another woman who doesn't harbour any true feelings for him distract him from what he wants. He is proven to have been terrified of girls as a child, considering he was always thinner than his brothers, who were considered physical masterpieces, and always expected them to mock him for it - the only girl he truly felt comfortable around was his twin sister, Elia. When he meets Maria Cray, it is evident that the two of them have considerable chemistry, which develops over the fact that they have several similarities and he finds her to be literally challenging - what divides her from the tavern girls he meets, apart from the obvious, is that Maria's feelings and opinions are genuine and she likes him enough to have affection for him. This goes to such an extent that Rience's resolve breaks and he sleeps with Maria, after being prompted by her challenging attitude towards him.
Appearances
| 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 |
| Game of Thrones: Season 4 appearances | ||||
| Two Swords | The Lion and the Rose | Breaker of Chains | Oathkeeper | First of His Name |
| The Laws of Gods and Men | Mockingbird | The Mountain and the Viper | The Watchers on the Wall | The Children |
Quotes
- "The Sky shall never fall."
- ―Rience, on a number of occasions
- "Go! Go, and never come back! If you do, then I swear....I will kill you. Go!"
- ―Rience spares Ferryn during their showdown
- "Rience Thalatrix: I know you are all afraid. I know that, underneath those steel visors, you are afraid. I am afraid too. I confess it. I am proud of my fear, as so should you. A man without fear would be a man made of stone. And we are not made of stone. I am not made of stone, you are not made of stone. Our enemies are not made of stone. They are made of flesh, blood and bone, the same as all of us. Only our hearts are different. Our hearts are made of steel. Their hearts are made of lead. And lead can be pierced. Lead can be burned. And they will burn, and they will bleed. By the time the sun rises in a golden sky, the Labyrinth will be peppered with the corpses of the Cray forces. They will be felled under the fury of a thousand spears, arrows, swords and stones. And you will all be the ones to stab those swords, to plunge those spears, to launch those arrows and to throw those stones. I swear to you all, at the end of this Battle of the Labyrinth, there will be a brand new dawn. A dawn where we stand victorious! Remember, men. Always remember: Our enemies are firing spears at the sky. And the sky will never fall. The Sky shall never fall!
Thalatrix army:The Sky shall never fall!" - ―Rience's speech to the troops before the Battle of the Labyrinth
- "Rience Thalatrix: In the name of Warren of the House Thalatrix, First of his name, Lord of the Nest and Hero of the Neck, I, Rience of the House Thalatrix, Heir to the Nest, sentence you to die. Do you have any last words
Benjen Thalatrix: At last, I will be able to skewer you upon my blade like the pork chop you always were!
Rience Thalatrix: Really? Then, let's be having you." - ―The prologue to Rience's duel with his brother
Rience Thalatrix: Looks can be deceiving, Gower. You, of all people, should know that full well.
Maester Gower: Too true, sir, too true."
- "Rience Thalatrix: No man can ever know which card adheres to which other card. The cards are upturned, though they may not be upturned for very long. Only the Gods can see beneath the cards. Only the Gods can tell
Maester Gower: Very good. You understand the game now, Rience. Because of that, you should be able to figure out that, if Gods wanted your lord father left unavenged, they would have had your spine dismembered in that joust so long ago.
Rience Thalatrix: If I'm going to be honest, Maester, I'd spit in the eye of the Gods, if they didn't hold my life in the palm of their cruel hands.
Maester Gower: How poetic. Who taught you that?
Rience Thalatrix: A man that I'm trying not to punch." - ―Rience turns his back on the Gods
Maester Gower: Does it look extinct to you?"
Spoken to/about Rience
- Elia Thalatrix: "I suppose that when Rience returns, he and his brothers...they'll be covered in glory. But, at the same time, I wonder if they'll come back blind, deaf, crippled...wars are terrible things, Maester."
- Carsen: "I'm aware. But, I recall when you and Rience were children. Benjen and Ferryn were out with your father, meeting with the Greatjon over one thing or another. I was back here, and you were wild little things. Rience was crawling through the rafters, trying to see the nests that the great owls built in the towers, and you were trying to hit the signposts with a bow and arrow. Then you almost shot Rience when you tried to strike through the eyes of the Great Weirwood. He was wearing padding, as he always did when he climbed, and he fell from the rafters on to a platform, which then collapsed underneath him. I heard him hit the ground, and I feared the worst. But, when I reached him, he was laughing. And when you came, and you apologised, he laughed so hard you started giggling yourself, until you were both breathless. I always feared that, if he were to be amused by almost falling to his death from a tower, he would never take anything seriously. Then he dragged your brothers from that tavern when they started that fight, and I knew that there were two sides to him. I guarantee you, if he doesn't come back with a battle scar or with a sad face from the things he's seen in war, he'll come back laughing like he had done when you were children."
- Elia Thalatrix: "I remember taking that shot. I tried to take the eye out of the weirwood, and if I aimed an inch to the left I would have taken an eye out of my brother. And he laughed. When do people get so serious?"
- — Carsen remembers Rience and Elia as chilren[src]
- "There are reports of a band of rogues roaming the Riverlands behind Robb Stark. They are calling themselves the Black Owl Brigands, and it appears that Rience Thalatrix is their leader. He has turned on Robb Stark, it appears that the Young Wolf isn't as well loved as we all thought."
- ―Varys misinterprets the nature of Rience Thalatrix
In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Rience is almost completely alike with his sister Elia, so much that when they walked side-by-side they were confused with one another. He is noted to be a young and extremely handsome young man, who has stayed slim and fast his entire life. Rience is one of the best fighters in the North, who had proven himself in the Greyjoy Rebellion at only nine years old, where he squired for Ser Rodrik Cassel, and also served as one of the military representatives to his father since he was fifteen years old. Taking after his father, Rience is dark-haired, but differs from his brother because his physical features are sharper than theirs and are thus accentuated by his black hair, while both of his brothers have strong facial structures that spread out their hairline.
Rience Thalatrix was once known as Rience the Wrathful due to his passionate tempers. When he was young, he was extremely wild to the point that he would climb almost fatally high places for the sake of being thrilled by it. It was constantly speculated that he thought he could fly because of this, but the truth was that Rience was a spirited, if reckless boy who wanted to see the world from a view. He travelled with his brothers to Winterfell, Raventree Hall, Karhold and Castle Black, but never ventured beyond the Riverlands. As he got older, he outgrew his reckless and thrill-seeking attitude, but would commonly get what many described as a fierce, wild look of someone who was eager to see the world for himself. In addition, he had always been afraid of other girls, only ever comfortable around Elia or his mother - as he was introduced to more girls, and more romantic interests that he turned down, he became less nervous, but refused each time to accept marriage proposals for personal reasons. He confessed at one point that he always felt inadequate for girls, since he wasn't great and strong as what he perceived girls liked. He never visited brothels or had tavern girls entertain him, but it was confirmed he was capable of finding girls attractive.
As the books progress, Rience's behaviour becomes more and more complicated, as his situation continues to spiral out of control - Rience becomes enveloped by the fact that his father's death has torn his family apart, which only becomes stronger after he learns that Ferryn and Benjen killed him. e has never felt like he truly pleased his father, something which was only ever realised by Maester Carsen or by Elia herself. In the first book, he earns recognition for the prisoners he takes but refuses to execute or surrender to anyone else. Catelyn Stark regards him as a 'slender, dark-haired young man who looks like he is wearing a veil inside', but Jaime comments in A Feast for Crows that Rience was like a shadowcat during the Battle of the Whispering Wood, and wonders what it would have been like to fight the boy, and when confronting Loras Tyrell he recognises cert aspects of Loras to be similar to Rience. Catelyn also contemplates that she can see something of the younger Brandon Stark in Rience, what with the fact that he looked like a warrior while his brothers looked like conquerors; she later contemplates that, if rumours were any consolation, Rience was like a young Ned Stark around women - nervous, shy and veiled.
In terms of skill, Rience fares better with a sword than any other weapon, not being patient or precise enough for bows and not strong enough to properly wield morningstars or axes. When he was thirteen, and he visited Winterfell, a. girl that Theon Greyjoy was courting took a deep interest in Rience, and even though a nervous and uneasy Rience didn't truly reciprocate her interests, Theon took it as an offence and challenged the boy to a duel in public. Rience protested, but Theon insisted and Robb proved eager to see Rience fight, joking years later that Theon would have whined until the full moon if his challenge were ignored. They fought with blunted weapons, and Ser Rodrick Cassel resided over the match. Rience, afraid but at the same time careful, obliged Theon his duel for a while, going all across the grounds of Winterfell, until he then exploded on the attack and overwhelmed Theon, but refusing to land a blow on a swordless opponent. The girl wouldn't even look at Theon afterwards, but she inst took an interest in Robb, much to Rience's relief and Theon's fury. In A Clash of Kings Theon Greyjoy remembers the duel, thinking that Rience danced around the courtyard when they duelled and didn't stay still long enough for Theon to have a fair fight, but Rience, Jon, Eddard Stark and even Sansa believe that Theon had been given a perfectly fair number of opportunities, but Rience was holding back.
Rience's flaws are better oresent in the books, since Rience, while a good soldier and a good man at that, has the weakness of reacting too quickly and impulsively to situations. Because of his adventurous and devil-may-care attitude as a child, Rience is used to responding immed to impulshe, attacking his brothers the instant he heard them contemplate his death instead of reporting the comver to Robb Stark, which could have quickened the justice that Rience's brothers deserved.
Trivia
- Even though Rience is the youngest son of Warren Thalatrix, actor Ben Barnes is taller than Oscar Isaac (who plays Ferryn Thalatrix) by eleven inches.
- Rience is largely based on Robin Hood, which was once confirmed in an interview by George R.R. Martin.
References
- ↑ The Pointy End
- ↑ Baelor
- ↑ Fire and Blood
- ↑ The North Remembers
- ↑ What is Dead May Never Die
- ↑ Garden of Bones
- ↑ The Ghost of Harrenhal
- ↑ The Old Gods and the New
- ↑ A Man Without Honor
- ↑ The Prince of Winterfell
- ↑ Valar Morghulis
- ↑ 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
- ↑ The Rains of Castamere
- ↑ Mhysa
- ↑ Two Swords
- ↑ The Lion and the Rose
- ↑ Oathkeeper
- ↑ First of His Name
- ↑ Mockingbird
- ↑ The Mountain and the Viper
- ↑ The Children