Random Brothers Of the Night's Watch (137 items)

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  (#1) Jon Snow

  • Game of Thrones

  Jon Snow is the bastard son of Eddard Stark (maybe). He appears in several of the A Song of Ice and Fire books and is played by Kit Harington.

  Jon Snow was raised amongst the Stark children. When he comes of age, he joins the Night's Watch, goes on a mission to infiltrate the wildlings, loses his virginity to his spear wife Ygritte who keeps telling him he knows nothing, watches Olly put an arrow through her, is betrayed by his own brothers, dies, is resurrected by a Red Priestess Melisandre at Davos Seaworth's request, freaks everyone out, makes Tormund crack jokes, and then quits the Night's Watch because his watch had ended, technically, when he died. Now, he faces foes on many fronts, not the least of which are those White Walkers, preparing to bring hell and the Long Night with them. 

  Status: Alive/Dead/Alive Again - His watch has ended.
   
  Why he took the black:  
  As Ned leaves for King’s Landing to become Robert’s Hand, Catelyn has made it clear she won’t share the household with Ned’s bastard. With Bran in fragile health after a fall/push and an assassination attempt on his life, Catelyn is more than a little on edge, unable to contain her hatred for Jon.  

  Jon considers the Wall a worthy way to spend one’s life due to the way his father talks about it and because his uncle Benjen is First Ranger there. Jon becomes the Lord Commander, gets stabbed by Brothers who oppose his alliance with the wildlings, and then is raised from the dead by Melisandre.
  
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  (#16) Alliser Thorne

  • Game of Thrones

  Ser Alliser Thorne, from House Thorne in the Crownlands, was the Master at Arms at Castle Black. He was played by Owen Teale.
   
  Status: Deceased (Season 6) - Executed by newly-resurrected and former Lord Commander Jon Snow after staging a mutiny. He led some brothers in stabbing the LC, who didn’t like Jon’s taking up with the wildlings and breaking other Night’s Watch codes. His last words were, “I had a choice, Lord Commander. Betray you or betray the Night’s Watch. You brought an army of wildlings into our lands. An army of murderers and raiders. If I had to do it all over knowing where I’d end up, I pray I’d make the right choice. I fought. I lost. Now I rest. But you, Lord Snow, you'll be fighting their battles forever.” 
   
  Why he took the black:  
  Thorne fought on the Targaryen side of Robert’s Rebellion. At the end of the war, he was given the choice of being executed or going to the wall. 
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  (#42) Chett

  Chett was Maester Aemon's steward and then the kennel keeper of the Night's Watch. He appears in the A Song of Ice and Fire book series, but has yet to appear on the HBO show Game of Thrones.

  Chett planned a conspiracy to desert his post.

  Status: Deceased (To Date, Books Only) - Killed in a White Walker attack. Became a wight. Killed again by Coldhands.  

  Why he took the black:  
  Chett was a leech collector in the Riverlands. He was spurned by a girl and killed her. Walder Rivers catches him and has him sent to the Wall.
  
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  (#11) Yoren

  Yoren was a recruiter for the Night's Watch. He was played by Francis Magee.

  Yoren grabs Arya Stark so that she doesn't witness her father's execution. He hides her amongst a group of Night's Watch recruits he is transporting to the Wall. He is killed by Lannister men who wanted to take one of his recruits.

  Deceased: (Season 2) - Killed by Ser Amory Lorch when he fought Lannister men who came for Gendry.  

  Why he took the black:  
  Forced to join the Night’s Watch when he killed his brother’s killer.
  
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  (#5) Maester Aemon

  • Game of Thrones

  Maester Aemon is a member of the Night's Watch and the son of Maekar Targaryen. He appears in the A Song of Ice and Fire book series and was played by Peter Vaughan, who is blind in real life, on Game of Thrones.

  Aemon was the maester of the Night's Watch. Most people are not aware that he is a Targaryen. He is very encouraging to Jon Snow, possibly because they are both Targs. He inspires Sam to become a maester and join in the coming White Walker fight. 

  Status: Deceased (Season 5) - As he lies dying (of old age), with Gilly and Sam watching over him, the maester calls out to his brother Aegon V by his childhood nickname, Egg. He says, “Egg, I dreamed that I was old.”  

  Why he took the black:   
  The third son to King Maeker I Targaryen and Dyanna Dayne, he was named after the famous Prince Aemon. His grandfather, King Daeron II, saw too many in line for the throne and sent young Aemon to the Citadel. He became a maester at 19 and was summoned to serve on the small council for the Iron Throne. He refused, not wanting to supplant the sitting Grand Maeaster.  

  He served as maester at the Targaryen family seat at Dragonstone, serving under Prince Daeron until the latter died of the pox. He moved on to serve at the Citadel until he was summoned by the Great Council of 233. They offered him the Iron Throne and he quietly refused.  

  Rule went to his younger brother, Aegon V. Aemon chose the Wall for fear of being used in a coup against his brother. He took freed prisoners with him to Castle Black. Among them, Brynden Rivers, better known to book readers as the Bloodraven and to series watchers as The Three-Eyed Raven.  

  One of Maester Aemon's greatest challenges was hearing word of the destruction of House Targaryen during Robert’s Rebellion. He tells Jon that he had to hear of the killing of children and brutality as an old man at the Wall.
  
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  (#40) Donal Noye

  Donal Noye is a smith and steward in the Night's Watch. Donal is friends with Jon Snow. He leads the defense of the Wall when the wildlings attack. Previously, he was a smith and made Robert Baratheon's war hammer and Stannis's first sword. 

  Status: Deceased (To Date, Books Only) 

  Why he took the black:  
  After losing an arm fighting for Robert Baratheon, he decides to head to the Wall.
  

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