Random Main GoT Character Arcs (21 items)

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  (#17) Cersei Lannister

  • Game of Thrones

  "When You Play The Game Of Thrones, You Win Or You Die"

  • Cersei accompanies the royal party to King’s Landing, where her affair with twin brother Jaime is discovered by Bran Stark. Jaime launches Bran out of a tower window.
  • She returns to King’s Landing accompanied by Sansa and the other Starks following Robert’s offer of marriage between Sansa and Joffrey—who is secretly the bastard son of Cersei and Jaime.
  • Ned Stark discovers her secret. Cersei successfully conspires to kill her husband, which tips the balance of power in her favor.
  • Jaime imprisons Ned and arrangements are made for his exile to The Wall, but Cersei must watch in horror as her son—the new King—executes Ned publicly. 

  The Queen Regent

  • Cersei clashes with her brother Tyrion and father Tywin as they each try to exert control over Joffrey. This conflict only intensifies when Jaime is taken captive by the Starks.
  • Cersei drinks and keeps close tabs on Sansa as the War of the Five Kings rolls on, though she experiences a loss when Tyrion marries off her daughter Myrcella to the Dornish.
  • Following the Battle of the Blackwater, Cersei arranges a marriage between Margaery Tyrell and Joffrey, shunting Sansa to the side.
  • After being shocked by the return of the maimed Jaime, Cersei begins to clash with the Tyrells and her own father over the escalating madness of Joffrey, which leads to Tywin promising her in marriage to Loras Tyrell.
  • Cersei watches as Joffrey is assassinated at his own wedding. She immediately accuses Tyrion.
  • She chooses Gregor Clegane as the champion in Tyrion’s trial-by-combat, a choice that puts Tyrion on death row—until he escapes and murders their father.
  • Having lost her son and father in quick succession, Cersei sends Jaime to Dorne to retrieve Myrcella, an act that leads to Myrcella’s murder.
  • Cersei takes effective control of King’s Landing after the coronation of her youngest son Tommen, but she falls victim to a religious uprising and finds herself imprisoned by the High Septon.
  • Following her “walk of shame,” Cersei becomes determined to wreak vengeance on her enemies. She acquires the services of an undead Gregor Clegane to aid her mission.

  The Queen Of The Seven Kingdoms 

  • Cersei blows up the Sept of Baelor with most of the Tyrells and the High Septon inside using wildfire, a cruel act of terror that influences Tommen to commit suicide. Cersei to crown herself Queen of the Seven Kingdoms.
  • She enlists Euron Greyjoy to gain revenge against the Dornish, and she becomes pregnant with her and Jaime’s fourth child, only to find herself threatened by the arrival of Daenerys Targaryen. 
  • Cersei feints an alliance with Daenerys against the White Walkers, but instead goes back on her word, causing Jaime to leave her and head North.
  • Upon Daenerys’ return from the North, Cersei ambushes her and kills her best friend, prompting Daenerys to lose control and destroy King’s Landing.
  • Cersei reunites with Jaime as the Red Keep collapses under dragonfire, embracing one last time as the roof collapses on their heads. 
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  (#2) Tyrion Lannister

  • Game of Thrones, A Song of Ice and Fire

  "All Dwarfs Are Bastards In Their Fathers' Eyes"

  • Tyrion travels with the royal party to Winterfell, but splits from them to visit The Wall and the Night’s Watch. Here he forms a friendship with Jon Snow.
  • On his way back to King’s Landing, Tyrion is wrongly arrested for Bran Stark's attempted assassination.
  • Taken to the Eyrie, Tyrion demands a trial-by-combat and is championed by Bronn, who wins his freedom and accompanies Tyrion back to King’s Landing. 

  The Hand Of The King

  • Tyrion fights in the war against the Starks alongside Bronn under the command of his father Tywin. He meets and falls in love with the sex worker Shae.
  • He becomes the Hand of the King to his nephew Joffrey Baratheon. He does his best to bring the young monarch into line.
  • Tyrion leads the defense of King’s Landing in the Battle of the Blackwater with a clever wildfire scheme, but is wounded in an attempted assassination during the fighting.
  • After clashing with his father over Shae, Tyrion is forcibly married to Sansa, though he refuses to consummate the marriage.
  • Tyrion is falsely accused of murdering Joffrey by his sister Cersei. After an explosive trial he demands a trial-by-combat.
  • Prince Oberyn Martell of Dorne offers to be Tyrion’s champion, but Oberyn dies and Tyrion is sentenced to death.
  • His brother Jaime frees him from death row, and Varys spirits Tyrion out of the city, but not before a pit stop to murder the duplicitous Shae and his cruel father.
  • Varys sends Tyrion to Essos to join Daenerys Targaryen’s cause. Along the way, Jorah Mormont kidnaps him, and the two of them are in turn captured by slavers.

  The Hand Of The Queen

  • Tyrion and Jorah show up in Daenerys’ conquered city of Meereen. Tyrion is able to appeal to Dany enough to join her service.
  • Following a brief stint of ruling the city during her exodus, Tyrion helps Daenerys regain control of Meereen. He is named Hand of the Queen.
  • He accompanies Daenerys and her forces back to Westeros, drawing him into direct conflict with siblings Jaime and Cersei Lannister.
  • Tyrion brings Daenerys together with Jon Snow, which allows them to fall in love and form an alliance against the White Walkers.
  • He seemingly manages to forge a truce with Cersei after discovering her pregnancy, only to have her go back on her word immediately.
  • He survives the Battle of Winterfell alongside Sansa in the crypt, after which he accompanies Daenerys back to King’s Landing. 
  • He fails to negotiate peace between his sister and his queen and—following one last attempt to aid Jaime in finding a peaceful solution—Tyrion is forced to watch as Daenerys burns King’s Landing to the ground. 

  Epilogue: The Hand of the King, Part II

  • After the destruction of King's Landing, Tyrion discovers Jaime and Cersei's bodies. 
  • After Dany's victory speech, he disavows his title as Hand of the Queen, and is jailed for it.
  • In captivity, Tyrion convinces Jon to kill Dany.
  • After Jon kills Dany, Tyrion convinces the lords and ladies of the Six Kingdoms and the North to elect Bran the Broken as king.
  • Bran names Tyrion Hand.
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  (#6) Brienne of Tarth

  • Game of Thrones, A Song of Ice and Fire

  The Bear And The Maiden Fair

  • Brienne joins Renly Baratheon’s Kingsguard, only to watch him be assassinated by a living shadow shortly thereafter.
  • She swears her sword to Catelyn Stark and convinces her new lady to free Jaime Lannister from captivity in exchange for her daughters’ safety, offering to escort Jaime to King’s Landing.
  • Brienne and Jaime are captured by Bolton forces and bond while in captivity. Jaime risks his life to free her and the two make their way to the capital.
  • After Catelyn is murdered, Jaime gives Brienne a Valyrian steel sword and a new squire in Podrick Payne, and empowers her to find Sansa and Arya Stark and spirit them to safety.

  "All My Life Men Like You Have Sneered At Me, And All My Life I've Been Knocking Men Like You Into The Dust"

  • Brienne finds Arya in the company of Sandor Clegane, and she beats him nearly to death, but is unable to convince Arya to travel with her.
  • She finds Sansa with Petyr Baelish but is unable to convince Sansa of her legitimacy, only to later rescue Sansa from her marriage to Ramsay Bolton.
  • Before rescuing Sansa, Brienne makes a pitstop at Winterfell to slay Stannis Baratheon in an act of vengeance for his supernatural assassination of Renly.
  • Brienne brings Sansa to Castle Black and then Winterfell, staying by her side throughout the Battle of the Bastards and the return of the Stark siblings.

  The Knight Of The Six Kingdoms

  • Brienne reunites with Jaime at the Dragonpit parley—and then again at the Battle of Winterfell where he knights her and serves under her command.
  • After victory against the White Walkers, Brienne and Jaime hook up—only for Jaime to suddenly decide to return to Cersei in King’s Landing, leaving Brienne crying in the snow.
  • After King's Landing's destruction, she helps choose Bran the Broken as the ruler of the Six Kingdoms. 
  • She's named Lord Commander of the King's Guard, and writes Jaime's final chapter in the King's Guard White Book. 
     
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  (#8) Tormund Giantsbane

  • Game of Thrones

  The Wildling

  • Tormund is with Mance Rayder, the King-Beyond-The-Wall, when the wildlings capture Jon Snow and enlist him in their campaign against the Night’s Watch.
  • He, Jon, and a team of wildlings are sent to scale The Wall and attack Castle Black from the south, but the plan fails when Jon betrays them.
  • Tormund participates in the full-scale assault on Castle Black, but is forced to surrender and watch as Mance is executed.

  "We're All Going To Die, But At Least We Die Together"

  • He forges an alliance with Jon against the White Walkers and agrees to join Jon on a rescue mission to Hardhome. Both of them barely survive.
  • Tormund becomes the de facto leader of the thousands of wildlings that Jon allows to come south of The Wall—an act that leads to Jon’s assassination by members of the Night’s Watch.
  • After Melisandre resurrects, Tormund accompanies him to the Battle of the Bastards, where they again escape death. They take back Winterfell.
  • Tormund fails to win the heart of Brienne of Tarth, but he does win a spot on Jon’s mission beyond The Wall, where Tormund nearly dies but is saved by Sandor Clegane.
  • He’s present at The Wall when the Night King uses an undead dragon to bring it down, but he survives and returns to Winterfell for the Battle for the Dawn.
  • After surviving yet another battle, Tormund boisterously toasts the greatness of Jon Snow, and unwittingly feeds the paranoia of Daenerys Targaryen as he does so.
  • As Jon Snow leaves Winterfell for King's Landing, Tormund returns to the north with Ghost.
  • He's waiting at the Wall with Ghost when Jon Snow arrives. Tormund accompanies Jon north of the wall with a pack of wildlings.
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  (#14) Daenerys Targaryen

  • Game of Thrones, A Song of Ice and Fire

  "When The Sun Rises In The West And Sets In The East"

  • Daenerys spends her childhood on the run in Essos with her brother Viserys. Viserys arranges for her to marry Khal Drogo.
  • She receives three dragon eggs as a wedding gift. She begins to fall genuinely in love with Drogo.
  • Viserys is abusive. Drogo kills him, but then also dies shortly thereafter. Dany walks into his funeral pyre with her dragon eggs and walks out with three baby dragons.

  "Dracarys!"

  • Daenerys leads her khalasar to Qarth, where warlocks and nobles try to steal her dragons. She has a cryptic vision in the House of the Undying. The warlocks and nobles find themselves on the wrong end of her first ever “Dracarys” moment.
  • She leads her khalasar and dragons to Astapor, where she meets Missandei and Barristan Selmy. Here she acquires an Unsullied army by again using "Dracarys."
  • She frees the slaves of Yunkai, where she's hailed as "Mhysa." She conquers Meereen before ordering the crucifixion of its many “Great Masters.”
  • Daenerys begins to experience the downsides of leadership, including complications that lead to her imprison Rhaegal and Viserion after Drogon roasts a child.
  • She meets Tyrion Lannister and names him Hand. She flees Meereen on the back of Drogon amid a rebellious uprising. 
  • She heads back to the Dothraki sea. She uses her mastery of flame to unite the khalasars and form a massive army, which she uses to retake Meereen and end the slave trade in Essos.
  • She takes her army, allies, and dragons across the narrow sea to begin her conquest of the Seven Kingdoms.

  "Every Time A Targaryen Is Born, The Gods Flip A Coin"

  • In Dragonstone, Dany intends to start conquering, but her life is turned upside down when she meets, falls in love with, and is convinced to join the Battle for the Dawn by Jon Snow.
  • She makes an emergency trip beyond The Wall to rescue Jon, but one of her dragons is killed by the Night King and resurrected as an ice dragon.
  • She tries to forge a truce with Cersei Lannister, then heads North where she aids Jon and his allies in the defeat of the Night King and the White Walkers. Jorah Mormont gives his life to save hers.
  • She learns that Jon is her nephew, thus a better claimant to the Iron Throne.
  • She returns south to besiege King’s Landing, but another of her dragons is killed along the way. Missandei is executed before her very eyes. After the Lannister army surrenders at King's Landing, Daenerys uses Drogon to burn the city to the ground. 
  • After declaring victory and telling her army that their war is far from over, Dany is killed by Jon Snow, who stabs her in the heart. Drogon, who shows up after the murder, is dismayed and destroys the Iron Throne. He then flies away with Dany's body.
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  (#10) Davos Seaworth

  • A Song of Ice and Fire

  The Onion Knight

  • Davos is a trusted advisor of Stannis Baratheon when he declares himself king. He converts to the worship of the Lord of Light under pressure from Melisandre.
  • He covertly ferries Melisandre into Renly Baratheon’s camp, where she gives birth to a shadow that assassinates Renly. Shortly thereafter, Davos is named Stannis’ Hand of the King.
  • Davos loses his son in the Battle of the Blackwater, but narrowly escapes death when he’s rescued by Salladhor Saan.
  • He defies Stannis on multiple occasions by trying to kill Melisandre and freeing Gendry from captivity. He ultimately wins his liege over by convincing him to travel north to save the Night’s Watch.
  • Davos accompanies Stannis to The Wall, where he helps him defeat Mance Rayder and forge an alliance with Jon Snow.
  • When Stannis’ attack on Ramsay Bolton and Winterfell does not go well, he sends Davos back to seek help from the Night’s Watch, which means Davos is absent when Stannis sacrifices his daughter Shireen and is subsequently slain by Brienne of Tarth.

  The Hand Of The King

  • Davos is at Castle Black when Jon Snow is assassinated, and he’s also there when Jon is brought back to life by Melisandre.
  • He accompanies Jon on his tour of the North and to the Battle of the Bastards—where he discovers the truth of Shireen’s demise—and becomes Jon’s unofficial Hand when Jon is named King in the North.
  • Davos follows Jon pretty much everywhere: to his meeting with Daenerys Targaryen, to the parley at King’s Landing, and to the Battle of Winterfell.
  • Davos is present when Daenerys loses control and burns King’s Landing—once again, standing at Jon’s side.

  Epilogue: The Master Of Ships

  • After the alliance of the Six Kingdoms and the North takes effect, Davos sits on the high council as Master of Ships. He gets to work; the show ends.

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