Selwyn Tarth
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| Alias | Selwyn of Tarth[1] |
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| Allegiance | House Tarth |
| Culture | Stormlander |
| Born | In 245 AC or 246 AC[4] |
| Spouse | Deceased wife[5] |
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Selwyn Tarth, or Selywn of Tarth,[1] is the Lord of Tarth, Lord of Evenfall, and the head of House Tarth. Known as the Evenstar, Selwyn has one remaining child, his daughter and heir, Brienne.[6][3]
Contents
Character
Selwyn is said to be a good man.[7]
History
After the death of his wife, Selwyn took a new mistress every year. He kept a singer every year of Brienne's childhood, allowing her to memorize all the songs.[5]
Selwyn tried to wed Brienne to the second son of Lord Bryen Caron,[8] Ser Ronnet Connington,[9][10] and Ser Humfrey Wagstaff,[11] but all betrothals failed. Lord Tarth allowed his master-at-arms, Ser Goodwin, to train Brienne.[11]
Selwyn hosted Renly Baratheon at Evenfall Hall when the Lord Paramount of the Stormlands came of age.[12]
Recent Events
A Clash of Kings
When Ser Davos Seaworth is sent to ask after the allegiance of the stormlords, Lord Selwyn only agrees to a midnight meeting in a grove. The Evenstar informs Davos of his refusal to join Stannis Baratheon.[13]
Selwyn's daughter, Brienne of Tarth, supports Stannis's brother, Renly Baratheon.[2] During the siege of Storm's End, Renly claims he is supported by Tarth arrows.[14]
A Storm of Swords
Brienne is captured by the Brave Companions and brought to Harrenhal, where Qyburn sends a raven to Tarth demanding a ransom. Lord Selwyn responds by offering three hundred dragons for Brienne's safe return. Vargo Hoat rejects the offer, however, believing Selwyn is trying to cheat him by withholding sapphires.[15]
A Feast for Crows
Lord Randyll Tarly ridicules Brienne and advises her to return to her father at Tarth.[7] After being captured by the brotherhood without banners, Brienne claims that Selwyn will ransom her squire, Podrick Payne.[10]
Quotes
Jaime: Do you have any siblings, my lady?
Brienne: No. I was my father's only s—child.
Jaime: Son, you meant to say. Does he think of you as a son? You make a queer sort of daughter, to be sure.[16]
As for you, my lady, it is said that your father is a good man. If so, I pity him. Some men are blessed with sons, some with daughters. No man deserves to be cursed with such as you.[7]
Family
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 1, Jaime I.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 22, Catelyn II.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 A Feast for Crows, Appendix.
- ↑ See the Selwyn Tarth calculation.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 45, Catelyn VI.
- ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Brienne Tarth.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 25, Brienne V.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 14, Brienne III.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 27, Jaime III.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 42, Brienne VIII.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 9, Brienne II.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 4, Brienne I.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Prologue.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 31, Catelyn III.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 44, Jaime VI.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 11, Jaime II.