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{{Character
| Title = [[File:Kingsguard icon.jpg|40px|left]] Boros Blout [[File:Kingsguard icon.jpg|40px|right]]
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| Title = [[File:Kingsguard-sigil.jpg|40px|left|link=Kingsguard]] Boros Blount [[File:Kingsguard-sigil.jpg|40px|right|link=Kingsguard]]
 
| Image = Boros_Blount.png
 
| Image = Boros_Blount.png
| Season = [[Season 1|1]], [[Season 2|2]]
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| Season = [[Season 1|1]], [[Season 2|2]], [[Season 3|3]]
 
| First = "[[You Win or You Die]]" /<br> "[[Blackwater]]" (identified)
 
| First = "[[You Win or You Die]]" /<br> "[[Blackwater]]" (identified)
| Last = "Blackwater"
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| Last = "[[Second Sons (episode)|Second Sons]]"
| Appearances = 3 episodes <small>([[#Appearances|see below]])</small>
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| Appearances = 4 episodes <small>([[#Appearances|see below]])</small>
 
| Status = [[:Category:Status: Alive|Alive]]
 
| Status = [[:Category:Status: Alive|Alive]]
 
| Allegiance = [[House Blount]]<br>The [[Kingsguard]]
 
| Allegiance = [[House Blount]]<br>The [[Kingsguard]]
 
| Titles = [[Ser]]
 
| Titles = [[Ser]]
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| Death = |Actor = [[:Category:Performer Unidentified|Unidentified]]}}
| Death =
 
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{{Quote|Maybe I'll pay you a visit tonight after my uncle passes out. How'd you like that?... You wouldn't? That's alright Ser Meryn and Ser Boros will hold you down|King [[Joffrey Baratheon]] threatens to rape [[Sansa Stark]] on her wedding night|Second Sons (episode)}}
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'''Boros Blount''' is a recurring background character in the [[Season 1|first]] and [[Season 2|second]] seasons. He is played by an unidentified extra and debuts in "[[You Win or You Die]]." He is first identified by name in "[[Blackwater]]." Ser Boros Blount is a member of the [[Kingsguard]] and defends King [[Joffrey Baratheon]] as he defended King [[Robert Baratheon]] before him.
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'''Boros Blount''' is a recurring background character in the [[Season 1|first]], [[Season 2|second]] and [[Season 3|third]] seasons. He is played by an unidentified extra and is first identified by name in "[[Blackwater]]." Ser Boros Blount is a member of the [[Kingsguard]] and defends King [[Joffrey Baratheon]] as he defended King [[Robert Baratheon]] before him.
   
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
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===[[Season 2]]===
 
===[[Season 2]]===
 
[[File:Tyrion speech.jpg|thumb|Tyrion rallying the troops]]
 
[[File:Tyrion speech.jpg|thumb|Tyrion rallying the troops]]
During the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], Ser Boros and Ser [[Mandon Moore]] remain at the side of King [[Joffrey]] as he oversees the [[King's Landing|city]]'s defenses alongside [[Tyrion Lannister]], the [[Hand of the King]]. When Queen Cersei learns that the forces of [[Stannis Baratheon]] have reach the city are begining to invading it, she orders Joffrey to be brought into the safety of the [[Red Keep]]. When told that he has to leave the wall at the behest of Queen [[Cersei]], Joffrey, who has never shown much courage in the face of adversity, complies and orders Ser Mandon and Ser Boros to aid Tyrion and fight on in his stead. They stand behind Tyrion as he gives a speech to rally the troops. <ref>"[[Blackwater (episode)|Blackwater]]"</ref>
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During the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], Ser Boros and Ser [[Mandon Moore]] remain at the side of King [[Joffrey]] as he oversees the [[King's Landing|city]]'s defenses alongside [[Tyrion Lannister]], the [[Hand of the King]]. When Queen Cersei learns that the forces of [[Stannis Baratheon]] have almost breached the walls, she orders Joffrey to be brought into the safety of the [[Red Keep]]. When told that he has to leave the wall at the behest of Queen [[Cersei]], Joffrey, who has never shown much courage in the face of adversity, complies and orders Ser Mandon and Ser Boros to aid Tyrion and fight on in his stead. They stand behind Tyrion as he gives a speech to rally the troops. <ref>"[[Blackwater (episode)|Blackwater]]"</ref>
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===[[Season 3]]===
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Ser Boros, along his three sworn brothers, is present at the [[Great Hall (Red Keep)|Great Hall]] when [[Tywin Lannister]] presents himself before King Joffrey.<ref>"[[The Bear and the Maiden Fair]]"</ref>
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During the feast to celebrate the wedding of Tyrion Lannister and [[Sansa Stark]], King Joffrey taunts Sansa by telling her that he may rape her, and have Ser [[Meryn Trant|Meryn]] and Ser Boros hold her as he does it.<ref>"[[Second Sons (episode)|Second Sons]]"</ref>
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
 
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{{Season One Appearances|7=yes|8=yes}}
 
{{Season Two Appearances|9=yes}}
 
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{{Season Three Appearances|7=yes|8=yes}}
   
 
==In the books==
 
==In the books==
In the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels, Boros Blount is a member of Robert Baratheon's Kingsguard. He is a short-tempered, ugly man with a broad chest and short, bandy legs. He has a flat nose, jowls and grey hair. Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] considers him an angry paper shield. Many characters throughout the series think of Blount with contempt due to the man's cowardice. Like Ser [[Meryn Trant]], Tyrion considers him one of "Cersei's creatures".
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In the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels, Boros Blount is a member of Robert Baratheon's Kingsguard. He is a short-tempered, ugly man with a broad chest and short, bandy legs. He has a flat nose, jowls and grey hair. Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] considers him an angry paper shield. Many characters throughout the series think of Blount with contempt due to the man's cowardice. Like Ser [[Meryn Trant]], Varys considers him one of "Cersei's creatures".
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Boros, along with the other five Kingsguard members present, openly laughs when his Lord Commander [[Barristan Selmy]] is unlawfully dismissed from service.
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In the books, it is Boros Blount the one who carries out Joffrey's orders to undress and beat [[Sansa Stark]] instead of Ser Meryn. He's also absent during the Battle of the Blackwater, having been dismissed for cowardice after yielding Prince [[Tommen]] to Tyrion's agents when the Prince is smuggled out of King's Landing to protect his life from the impending attack by Stannis Baratheon. However, he is reinstated to the Kingsguard by [[Tywin Lannister]] upon his return as Hand of the King, to fill the vacancy left by [[the Hound]] when he deserted. Jaime thinks that his sister should have never dismissed Boros, but their father only compounded the shame by reinstating him.
   
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Sansa thinks that Boros Blount is "the worst of the Kingsguard, an ugly man with a foul temper, all scowls and jowls", which is quite an accurate description of him.
In the books, it is Boros Blount the one who carries out Joffrey's orders to undress and beat [[Sansa Stark]] instead of Ser Meryn. He's also absent during the Battle of the Blackwater, having been dismissed for cowardice after yielding Prince [[Tommen]] to Tyrion's agents when the Prince is smuggled out of King's Landing to protect his life from the impending attack by Stannis Baratheon.
 
   
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
* [http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Boros_Blount Boros Blount at A Wiki of Ice and Fire] (spoilers from the books)
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* {{AWOIAF}} (MAJOR spoilers from the books)
   
 
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"Maybe I'll pay you a visit tonight after my uncle passes out. How'd you like that?... You wouldn't? That's alright Ser Meryn and Ser Boros will hold you down"
―King Joffrey Baratheon threatens to rape Sansa Stark on her wedding night[src]

Boros Blount is a recurring background character in the first, second and third seasons. He is played by an unidentified extra and is first identified by name in "Blackwater." Ser Boros Blount is a member of the Kingsguard and defends King Joffrey Baratheon as he defended King Robert Baratheon before him.

Biography

Background

Ser Boros is a member of House Blount, a noble house from the Crownlands.

Season 1

Ser Boros was among the guards that attacked Eddard Stark when he tried to de-throne King Joffrey.[1] He was also present when Ser Barristan Selmy was dismissed from the Kingsguard.[2]

Season 2

Tyrion speech

Tyrion rallying the troops

During the Battle of the Blackwater, Ser Boros and Ser Mandon Moore remain at the side of King Joffrey as he oversees the city's defenses alongside Tyrion Lannister, the Hand of the King. When Queen Cersei learns that the forces of Stannis Baratheon have almost breached the walls, she orders Joffrey to be brought into the safety of the Red Keep. When told that he has to leave the wall at the behest of Queen Cersei, Joffrey, who has never shown much courage in the face of adversity, complies and orders Ser Mandon and Ser Boros to aid Tyrion and fight on in his stead. They stand behind Tyrion as he gives a speech to rally the troops. [3]

Season 3

Ser Boros, along his three sworn brothers, is present at the Great Hall when Tywin Lannister presents himself before King Joffrey.[4]

During the feast to celebrate the wedding of Tyrion Lannister and Sansa Stark, King Joffrey taunts Sansa by telling her that he may rape her, and have Ser Meryn and Ser Boros hold her as he does it.[5]

Appearances

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In the books

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Boros Blount is a member of Robert Baratheon's Kingsguard. He is a short-tempered, ugly man with a broad chest and short, bandy legs. He has a flat nose, jowls and grey hair. Ser Jaime Lannister considers him an angry paper shield. Many characters throughout the series think of Blount with contempt due to the man's cowardice. Like Ser Meryn Trant, Varys considers him one of "Cersei's creatures".

Boros, along with the other five Kingsguard members present, openly laughs when his Lord Commander Barristan Selmy is unlawfully dismissed from service.

In the books, it is Boros Blount the one who carries out Joffrey's orders to undress and beat Sansa Stark instead of Ser Meryn. He's also absent during the Battle of the Blackwater, having been dismissed for cowardice after yielding Prince Tommen to Tyrion's agents when the Prince is smuggled out of King's Landing to protect his life from the impending attack by Stannis Baratheon. However, he is reinstated to the Kingsguard by Tywin Lannister upon his return as Hand of the King, to fill the vacancy left by the Hound when he deserted. Jaime thinks that his sister should have never dismissed Boros, but their father only compounded the shame by reinstating him.

Sansa thinks that Boros Blount is "the worst of the Kingsguard, an ugly man with a foul temper, all scowls and jowls", which is quite an accurate description of him.

See also

References

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