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House Cargyll
Kingsguard

"It is for the Hand to find wisdom. We swore an oath of service until death."
―Arryk to Erryk[src]

Ser Arryk Cargyll is a renowned knight, and member of the Kingsguard of King Aegon II Targaryen. He previously served in the Kingsguard of Viserys I Targaryen.

Biography[]

Background[]

Arryk is from House Cargyll, a noble house of the Crownlands. He and his twin brother Erryk have served in the Kingsguard since at least 112 AC.[a]

House of the Dragon: Season 1[]

Arryk attends the funeral of Aemma Arryn and Baelon Targaryen.[2]

14 years later Arryk escorts Viserys and Alicent as they are walking to the king's apartments.[4]

6 years later Arryk stands guard at a meeting of the Small Council. Afterward his brother Erryk speaks with Alicent, who mistakes him for Arryk. The twins spar with swords in the Red Keep's courtyard while Jace and Luke reminisce about the past. They are both present in the throne room when Vaemond Velaryon petitions the Crown about the Driftmark succession.[5]

The day after the king's death, Arryk accompanies Erryk to find the missing Prince Aegon. While searching at a child fighting ring the prince is known to frequent, Erryk tries unsuccessfully to convince Arryk to defect with him, using the establishment as proof of Aegon's unfitness to rule. Arryk maintains that their Kingsguard vows obligate them to serve Aegon until death. They are interrupted by Jayne, an agent of Mysaria, who offers to reveal Aegon's location to them in exchange for a meeting with Otto Hightower.

At Mysaria's meeting with Otto, Arryk and Erryk learn that Aegon is hiding in the Grand Sept. They find Aegon beneath an altar there, but are intercepted by Criston Cole and Prince Aemond, who were observing their meeting and have been sent to bring Aegon to Alicent rather than Otto. A fight breaks out between Arryk and Criston while Aemond pursues Aegon. Erryk abandons his brother, who is soon disarmed by Criston.[6]

Arryk accompanies Otto to his parley with Rhaenyra at Dragonstone.[3]

In the books[]

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Ser Arryk Cargyll was also the twin brother of Ser Erryk, and both were knights in Viserys I's Kingsguard.

In 129 AC, following King Viserys's death, Arryk sided with Aegon II and the greens, while his twin aligned himself with Rhaenyra and the blacks. Arryk and Ser Gwayne Hightower escorted Grand Maester Orwyle when he traveled to Dragonstone, in an unsuccessful attempt to reconcile Rhaenyra.

Appearances[]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Arryk Cargyll. HBO. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  2. 2.0 2.1 House of the Dragon: Season 1, Episode 1: "The Heirs of the Dragon" (2022).
  3. 3.0 3.1 House of the Dragon: Season 1, Episode 10: "The Black Queen" (2022).
  4. House of the Dragon: Season 1, Episode 6: "The Princess and the Queen" (2022).
  5. House of the Dragon: Season 1, Episode 8: "The Lord of the Tides" (2022).
  6. House of the Dragon: Season 1, Episode 9: "The Green Council" (2022).
  7. Wake the Dragon (December 16, 2023). 🚨🐉 House of the Dragon S2EP1 "A Son For a Son". X. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  8. Wake the Dragon (December 3, 2023). Episode 2. X. Retrieved December 7, 2023.

Notes[]

  1. House of the Dragon starts in the year 112 AC according to the reference book Game of Thrones: House of the Dragon: Inside the Creation of a Targaryen Dynasty.

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