Renly baratheon winter is coming the awesome book renly, not the weepy movie renly. There are actually a number of references to renlys sexuality and his relationship with loras in the books. He serves on the kings small council as the master of laws. He is the second son of steffon baratheon, the lord of storms end, and his wife lady cassana estermont, and brother to king robert and renly. He also served as master of laws on roberts small council, but abandoned the latter position when laying claim to the iron throne upon roberts death, styling himself as renly of the house baratheon, first of his name, king of the andals and the first men, lord of the seven kingdoms, and protector of the realm. Introduced in 1996s a game of thrones, robert baratheon is the eldest son and heir of lord steffon baratheon and lady cassana estermont of storms end, the lord paramount of the stormlands, one of the seven kingdoms of westeros, and brother to stannis and renly. He was mentioned twice in the first season, and is portrayed by starring cast member john malkovich. Prior to renlys death stannis didnt have shit for a claim, this is all he had. Gethin anthony, who goes from the murdered renly baratheon in hbos thrones to murderous charles manson in nbcs aquarius thursday, 9. Renly baratheon is a fictional character in the a song of ice and fire series of fantasy novels by american author george r. Renly baratheon is a fictional character in the a song of ice and fire series of fantasy novels by. I read game of thrones a while back but i cant really remember anything about it i probably wasnt paying close enough attention to it though.
Martin, and its television adaptation game of thrones introduced in 1996s a game of thrones, renly is the youngest of the three sons of lord steffon baratheon and cassana estermont, and the younger brother of robert and stannis baratheon. After roberts death, renly is among the nobles ordered to swear fealty to king joffrey i, renlys nephew. Stannis baratheon is a fictional character in the a song of ice and fire series of epic fantasy novels by american author george r. Without renly, the tyrells instead join forces with joffrey, and their army is the only thing that stops stannis from taking kings landing. The three sons of lord steffon baratheon and cassana estermont.
After renly baratheons death he attends his sisters departure from kings landing to dorne. According to his lover, loras, renly disdains book learning, believing that. On the other hand, it also handed him a loss further down the line. Renlys death and the dissolution of his forces spared stannis from what looked to be a losing battle against his brother. After roberts death, renly decides to crown himself as king, despite his elder brother stannis having the better claim to the iron throne. Rumors spread that eddard had murdered robert and that renly then avenged his brother, or that renly had killed robert in a drunken quarrel. King renly baratheon was the youngest of the three brothers of house baratheon. Does anyone else find it odd that renly baratheon and the knight of flowers ser loras tyrell are gay on the hbo show. Robert baratheon and renly baratheon in a game of thrones. After roberts death, renly is among the nobles ordered to swear fealty to king. Renly baratheon was the lord of storms end, master of laws on roberts small council, lord paramount of the stormlands, and the younger brother of king robert i baratheon and lord stannis baratheon. King renly baratheon was the younger brother of king robert i baratheon and.
His dedicated band of fans had hoped he was being given a shock reprieve. Raised under wardenship and maesters after their parents perished on a voyage back from essos, the current baratheons, robert, stannis and renly are among the most influential members that have ever come from the noble house. It was the direct result of the failed meeting between claimants to the iron throne, stannis baratheon and renly baratheon, the brothers of robert baratheon. King renly baratheon is a character in a song of ice and fire and its television adaptation, game of thrones. Everything you need to know about stannis baratheon noble leader or worst dad in westeros. Renly baratheonmargaery tyrell works archive of our own. Robert baratheon is king of the seven kingdoms after the targaryens are kicked out which robert has a little something to do with. Stannis baratheon is not dead at least in the game of thrones books. Another notable change is that in the books stannis never admits he had anything to do with renlys death, though it is doubtful melisandre would have sent the. Following roberts death and the revelation that roberts heir, joffrey, is actually queen cerseis bastard son with her twin brother jaime, stannis declares himself the rightful king and begins a campaign to take the iron throne from the lannisters. Loras tyrell the knight of flowers renly baratheons rose. Renly baratheonloras tyrell works archive of our own.
I wanted to write a fanfiction of my favorite got cannon loras tyrell the knight of flowers and renly baratheon the king of highgarden. Renly baratheon a song of ice and fire wiki fandom. In the books renly and loras come across way more badass, where on the show not so much. He was raised with eddard stark though they havent seen each other in years and loved eddards sister lyanna. Hilariously enough, stannis is the meritocratic, welleducated candidate out of the three baratheon brothers. Renly, if anything is a creature of the established westerosi culture. Assassination of renly baratheon game of thrones wiki fandom. He sits in concil and jest with littlefinger, and at tourneys he dons his splendid suit of armor and allows himself to be knocked off his horse by a better man.
The key point is in the beginning of the second book when old maester cressen from dragonstone recollects the three baratheon brothers. Some say the beauty most desired is the beauty concealed. Steffon baratheon was a lord of storms end and head of house baratheon. Renly baratheon famous quotes game of thrones quote. Anthony born 9 october 1983 is an english television and film actor best known for his role as renly baratheon in game of thrones from 2011 to 2012. Followfav loras tyrell the knight of flowers renly baratheons rose. In their first scene in acok, renly pays far more attention to loras than margaery, despite the fact that the latter is his new bride. He perished at sea in sight of his castle, along with his wife lady cassana estermont, while returning from a trip to the free cities.
Arthur baratheon game of thrones fanon wiki fandom. King renly baratheon was the younger brother of king robert i baratheon and stannis baratheon. He was the first cousin of king aerys ii targaryen. The younger brother of robert and stannis baratheon and the lord of storms end. Renly is roberts brother, and along with stannis and a handful of bastards, the only living blood relative of the dead king. Loras mentions at one point after renlys death that he owned books with. Renly baratheon is the lord of storms end and lord paramount of the stormlands. Martin, and its television adaptation game of thrones. Joffrey is attacked by an angry starving mob in the streets, after someone throws cow feces in his face, and he orders everyone in the crowd executed. Game of thrones s03e10 the news of robb starks death reaches kings landing duration. Renly is the youngest of the baratheon brothers with stannis and robert the latter of who disliked renly due to him not being manly enough despite the strained relationship robert made renly lord of storm,s end after dethroning the mad king though many speculated robert only did this to spite. He was one of the selfproclaimed kings in the war of the five kings, and was the brother of former king robert baratheon and the brother another selfproclaimed king, stannis baratheon. There are actually a number of references to renly s sexuality and his relationship with loras in the books. Thanks for the responses everyone, but please dont mention anything past the first book.
Stannis baratheon is not dead at least in the game of. Renly is described as always liking to dress up in colorful clothes and play pretend, sing and be loud. Renly baratheon isnt happy about game of thrones happenings. Renlys homosexual relationship with loras tyrell is alluded to in the books and is made clearly evident in the television show. Which baratheon would you have followed, stannis, renly or. Renly baratheons shadowy death changed westerosi and.
Everything you need to know about stannis baratheon. After the death of king robert baratheon, his son joffrey baratheon took the iron throne, but the gossip of joffreys true parentage had already. Stannis baratheon game of thrones fanon wiki fandom. If you or somebody you know loves the game of thrones television series on hbo, then this game of thrones renly baratheon pop. Renlys claim lies in the size of his army with his marriage to margaery tyrell, he has the entire power of highgarden behind him, a massive force compared to. He declares himself king after the death of his oldest brother. The grumpy head of house baratheon committed a huge betrayal this week. A game of thrones did anyone else not realise renly and. His parents were lord steffon baratheon and lady cassana estermont. Renly baratheon is the youngest son of lord steffon baratheon and lady cassana estermont. King stannis i baratheon was the lord of dragonstone, the younger brother of king robert baratheon and older brother of renly baratheon. Spoilers question about renly baratheon in both the book. Maybe this shouldve been a sign that renly baratheon wasnt meant to rule the seven kingdoms.
If rob stark joined forces with stannis after renlys death they wouldve definitely sacked. And it is the tale of a king who grew fat on a throne he never wanted and has to remember the warrior he once was. He does, however, possess some books with drawings that would turn a. Although he is the younger brother, i would argue that roberts decision to seat him at storms end, the ancestral seat of house baratheon is not insignificant. Prince arthur baratheon, popularly called the white stag, is a major character in the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth seasons, and debuts in the north remembers. Measuring 3 34inches tall, this figure features the wannabe king of the seven kingdoms rendered in. Assassination of renly baratheon game of thrones wiki. Game of thrones book reveals stannis baratheon really was. The only reason stannis was disliked by quite a lot of viewers was became the excecutive producers, david benioff and d. Renly was truly robert baratheon come again, he was charismatic and made fast. During the siege of storms end by the tyrells and redwynes, stannis cared for renly, holding the castle for a year. He rules storms end and served as master of laws when robert baratheon was king. Its a cute little story renly remembers his first time with loras i hope you enjoy it. So negligent brothers, murderous kin, scheming lords, people dying left and right, over looming wars and the icing on top, magical frost monsters looking to end all life.