Game of thrones theon greyjoy characters tv tropes. Ramsay notices the blood on theons mouth from the rat and asks if he has been biting his fingers again. Knowing theon, he probably ordered their death on cleftjaws advice. Theon is the narrator for a total of thirteen chapters in the second and fifth novels, a clash of kings and a dance with dragons. Ramsay boltontheon greyjoy works archive of our own. I do wonder, though was it ramsay who corrupted reek, or reek ramsay.
Theon was a boy of ten when greyjoys rebellion was crushed and his brothers were killed, making him the heir to house greyjoy and the iron islands. He may not have wielded the knife or torch, but he fully knew what was going to happen. He is the younger brother of rodrik, maron, and asha greyjoy. The reader learns that reek is theon greyjoy when arnolf karstark recognizes him as starks ward. Theon greyjoy takes winterfell, asha comes and tells him to sack the city and take all the loot he can and return to the iron islands what he really should have done in retrospect. Theon claims he is not the turncloak, he died at winterfell. Theon is not a bad person, despite what many readers and. Theon, now a broken man going by the name reek, is brought before ramsay. The fact of the matter is that both of theons brothers were killed and he was held hostage by the starks. Stannis received the braavosi banker tycho nestoris and the two signed a contract, stannis is planning on sending the banker back to the wall so he does not get caught up in the fighting stannis is made aware of arnolf karstarks planned. The winds of winter chapter 1 theon free game of thrones. Prince theon greyjoy is the fourth and youngest child of lord balon greyjoy, ruler of the iron islands, and his wife lady alannys.
Season 6 of game of thrones saw theon greyjoy slowly returning to civilization. Praying before the winterfell godswoods heart tree, poor theonreek temporarily regains his sanity. Its a difficult book to reread, but the theon chapters make. Ramsay bolton takes the garrison of the dreadfort and theon goes out to. Theonreek tells ramsay and roose that the two stark princes are not quite dead, casting a spanner in the works of their plans to usurp the north. Honestly, the reek chapters particularly the ones in winterfell were the saving grace of dwd for me. When bran and rickon stark apparently escape winterfell, reek advises theon to kill two young. Theon, better known as reek now, stared at his feet for a moment while ramsay roughly. He is best known for playing theon greyjoy in the hbo series game of thrones 20112019. She asks roose if theon has gone mad, and he replies he most likely has, but it doesnt matter. It was probably cleftjaw himself or theons men who actually killed the boys and burned the bodies. Reek is so weakened and mentally ravaged that he is terrified of the two eight year old freys.
Feel free to answer these question or write your own impressions and thoughts on theon. That very night, gelmarr the grim died after falling down some stairs and breaking his back. The rat squealed as he bit into it, squirming wildly in his hands, frantic to escape. Ramsay nicknames theon reek, and beats him until he. In his degraded state, reek thinks of him as a merciful and. After being taken as a hostage as a result of greyjoys rebellion, 10yearold theon became a ward to the honorable ned stark, who raised him as his own. Theonreek, a dance with dragons, reek pov, chapter 32.
Theon i the winds of winter a wiki of ice and fire. Its still prewedding but i really want to set the context for future events, i hope you guys dont mind. Through being sent to a familiar place, reek is reminded a lot about the time before he knew his name in this chapter. Theon greyjoy alfie allen begins game of thrones as the cocky ward to ned stark. Theon, the castrated viking history behind game of thrones. It was not until he sat up and screamed in pain did he see what had happened. Over the years, theon was both a beloved and very much hated man in the northern community. Reek continues to deny that he is theon, until sansa accuses him of betraying her family, and reminds him that he is theon greyjoy, son and heir of balon greyjoy, lord of the iron islands, and that he can redeem himself by lighting a candle in the broken tower in order to signal brienne of tarth and podrick payne to come and rescue her. Not to be confused with ramsay snow or theon greyjoy, who have both gone by the name reek at some point. A dance with dragons, chapter 12 reek reek reek it. If you havent seen got season 7 episode 2, proceed with caution as this piece contains spoilers an all new episode of game of thrones season 7 aired last night and there were way too many nailbiting cliffhangers. All he had done, all he had suffered, moat cailin and barrowton and winterfell, abel and his washerwomen, crowfood and his umbers, the trek through the snows, all of it had only served to exchange one tormentor for another. Its been so long since weve seen the real theon that it is easy to forget, but.
Prince theon greyjoy was the youngest son of king balon greyjoy of the iron islands. A dance with dragonschapter 32 a wiki of ice and fire. He renames him reek because he smells bad and demands that theon. Theon bathes and dresses and falls in with reek, urzen, and kromm to go see asha. Its been years since he prevented himself from seeing him, but today, theon cant help it. I finally managed to get around to reading a dance with dragons, the fifth book in the game of thrones series. A gentle sigh let theons lips as he laid down on the harsh metal bars again, closing his eyes.
It was meant to be amusing, but he and ramsay became inseparable. A stab of pain went up his arms, from his shoulders to his wrists. Reek experiences public humiliation for the first time, and theon greyjoy wants to see his audience dead. He continues to play the role of reek, saying that his real name is heke. He is reportedly never far from his master, and is almost as renowned for his cruelty as ramsay is, and appears to practice necrophilia. At his point theon weight less then 80 pounds when he should weigh around 170 or even 200.
Theon is awoken from a bad dream by the arrival of wex and reek. Ramsay warns balon to withdraw his troops from the north or else more boxes will follow with more theon. And compares theon to reek throughout the entire chapter. Something that has been buried for a long, long time. Theon increasingly relies on the wretched creature, even going so far as accepting his suggestion to fake the deaths of bran and rickon stark. Theon i a clash of kings by dan selcke welcome to a song of dan and josh, the show where myself and josh hill go chapter by chapter through george r. Awaking fairly early the next morning, theon felt weird. The boy ramsay is a sly creature by all accounts, and he has a servant who is almost as cruel as he is. Nonetheless, ramsay kept him as his personal pet and slave, appearing for all the world. Though reportedly isolated and secluded at the crofters village, stannis is actively preparing for the looming battle against the boltons. After being tortured and indentured by the boltons for a few seasons, he. Theon refers to theon stark, a king in the north, as his namesake. Though reek takes the candle, he reluctantly informs ramsay of sansas plan in order to spare her further pain should it fail, but it is implied during his.
Balon greyjoy and his daughter yara asha in the books receive a parcel, a special gift, and a mysterious letter, sealed by what looks like piece of skin and house boltons flayed man sigil. Alias used by his sister upon their first encounter. Theons stomach grumbled harshly, begging for something to eat. Ramsay nicknames theon reek, and beats him until he calls himself by his new name. Theon greyjoy is described as being an arrogant nineteenyearold at the start of a game of thrones, with black hair and a cocky grin. The story takes place in the continents of westeros and essos two mysterious lands of magic and strange creatures. Theon greyjoy and the messy road to redemption watchers.
The next day, they found aggar with his throat slit. His master, ramsey snow, pats him convivially on the cheek as he walks past and reek follows meekly. Published on jun 10, 20 at the dreadfort, theon begs the cleaning boy now revealed to be ramsay snow to kill him and end his suffering. Ramsay then throws a severed head for theon to catch, which he cannot because of his maimed hands. Theon greyjoy is a fictional character in the a song of ice and fire series of fantasy novels by. Theon greyjoy is a greyjoy and his alegiance is to his family as it should be. Hey guys, sorry ive been so bad uploading over new year but heres chapter 3. Theon greyjoy, now reek by marc fishman big walder and little walder enter a cell in the dungeons of the dreadfort.
Cowering before them is a weak and foulsmelling man, who knows his name is reek but that he once had another name. The day that theon greyjoy died, to be reborn as reek. Yeah, i guess i lot of people want him dead, but dying right now would really be quite uninteresting although, ok, it could still happen. Theon greyjoy is a rare example of a character whose redemption arc serves more to deconstruct his psyche, rather than excuse his misdeeds. Alfie evan allen born 12 september 1986 is an english actor. Theon reacts to ramsays death, yara doesnt seem happy about it. What on earth is game of thrones doing to theon greyjoy. During the capture of winterfell by theon greyjoy, his men find ramsay, still posing as reek, in the dungeons. A dance with dragonschapter 12 a wiki of ice and fire.
Ramsay smiles to see reek, and introduces him to the lords as his companion since. After his capture by the boltons, he has been extensively tortured by ramsay snow into adopting a second personality called reek, serving as the igor to ramsay. Most of those game of thrones season 7 spoilers feature a progression in the overall story that seems inevitable, like daenerys and the tyrells banding together to bring cersei lannister lena headey down but one particular rumor from the game of thrones season 7 spoilers might feature a change in direction that some fans of the show might not expect, and it has something to do with. The beauty and the bastard chapter 3reek, a game of. Allen was born in hammersmith, london, the son of film producer alison owen and welshborn actor keith allen. One is gaunt with a long white beard and flinty eyes, 1 while the other is thin and hunchbacked with a forked beard. Game of thrones s03e10 the news of robb starks death reaches kings landing duration. Theon received beatings at pyke from his older brothers, rodrik and maron. Winterfell has wanted him dead since the killings at the mill. He is one of the major third person pointsofview through which martin narrates both books.
Introduced in 1996s a game of thrones, theon subsequently appeared in a clash of kings 1998 and a dance with dragons 2011, in which he is reintroduced as reek, the tortured vassal of ramsay bolton. The treatment in the show was mild and gentle compared to the levels of psychological and physical torture theon is subjected to in the books. However, my preference is that the theons reemergence from his reek persona in the same chapter is much more appropriate. Once hes made amends to those hes wronged and overcome his flaws as imperfectly but as thoroughly as he can, theons arc boils down to a love story between a brother and sister, two flawed people. These are intended to spur discussion, and the users of rasoiaf shouldnt feel compelled to answer them if they dont wish to theon greyjoy is cited as a character that. Game of thrones season 7 episode 2 was more dramatic than we expected especially that last scene where yara greyjoys fate is unknown. In many cases he attempts to stop himself from remembering because it scares him, but its difficult to control when your mind wanders. First relative he meets upon returning to his homeland. At the dreadfort, theon begs the cleaning boy now revealed to be ramsay snow to kill him and end his suffering. The voice cackles gleefully, and theon greyjoy tries to raise his head, but it doesnt move. His true feelings toward eddard stark are revealed in his first pov chapter in.
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