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- "I remember everything about that day: your helmet, your horse, the rake lines in the dirt along the lists, where the sun was in the sky when you knocked Balon Swann in the dirt."
- ―Alton Lannister to Jaime
Balon Swann is an unseen character mentioned in the second season. Ser Balon Swann is a knight of some renown.
Biography
Season 2
Ser Alton Lannister recalls that Ser Jaime Lannister defeated Ser Balon in the tourney at Willem Frey's wedding.[1]
Season 3
Four members of the Kingsguard receive Tywin Lannister at the throne room, indicating one of the spots left by the death of Ser Mandon Moore and the desertion of Sandor Clegane has been filled.[2]
Appearances
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In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels Ser Balon is a highly regarded knight. He is the second son of Lord Gulian Swann, the head of House Swann. He is good with a lance, better with a morningstar and exceptional with a bow. He replaces Ser Preston Greenfield in the Kingsguard following his death in the Riot of King's Landing. In the show Ser Preston is mentioned as still being alive at the time of Joffrey's wedding, so apparently he simply wasn't killed in the riots in the TV continuity and was therefore never replaced by Ser Balon. Nevertheless, a new member of the Kingsguard is present in "The Bear and the Maiden Fair", even though following the Battle of the Blackwater only Meryn Trant, Boros Blount, Preston Greenfield remain present in the Red Keep.
There is no mentioning in the books that Ser Balon ever competed against Jaime Lannister.
See also
Balon Swann on A Wiki of Ice and Fire (MAJOR spoilers from the books)
References
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