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{{Quote|Is this how you treat the Gods of your fathers? Are you so eager to spit on your ancestors?|Cressen to the people of [[Dragonstone]].|The North Remembers}}
   
'''Cressen''' is a minor character in the [[Season 2|second season]]. He is played by guest star [[Oliver Ford Davies]] and only appears in "[[The North Remembers]]." Cressen is the [[Maester]] of [[Dragonstone]]. He dies trying to trick [[Melisandre]] into sharing a poisoned cup of wine with him.
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'''Cressen''' is a minor character in the [[Season 2|second season]]. He is played by guest star [[Oliver Ford Davies]] and only appears in "[[The North Remembers]]." Cressen is the [[Maesters|Maester]] of [[Dragonstone]]. He dies trying to trick [[Melisandre]] into sharing a [[Poison|poisoned]] cup of [[Food and Drink|wine]] with him.
   
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
 
===Background===
 
===Background===
Cressen is a [[maester]] of the Citadel, a man of learning assigned to a castle to advise its inhabitants in matters of science and medicine. Cressen has served Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]] at [[Dragonstone]] for many years.<ref>[http://viewers-guide.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/season2/#!/guide/houses/sbaratheon/ HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Baratheon of Dragonstone entry]</ref>
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Cressen is a [[Maesters|maester]] of [[the Citadel]], a man of learning assigned to a castle to advise its inhabitants in matters of science and medicine. Cressen has served Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]] at [[Dragonstone]] for many years.<ref>[http://viewers-guide.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/season2/#!/guide/houses/sbaratheon/ HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Baratheon of Dragonstone entry]</ref>
   
 
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[[File:Painted Table Dragon motif 2x01.jpg|thumb|Cressen at the Painted Table]]
 
[[File:Painted Table Dragon motif 2x01.jpg|thumb|Cressen at the Painted Table]]
Later Cressen sits at the Painted Table, at a council meeting with Stannis, Davos, and Melisandre. When he puts poison in a cup of wine, Davos silently urges him to stop, but he does not. Walking around the table, Maester Cressen says that they should put their differences aside and asks Melisandre to drink a toast with him. He drinks from the cup first and hands it to her. She watches him and sees his nose start to bleed. She knows it's poison, but smiling she drinks the rest of the wine. As he dies almost immediately, she stands over him unaffected by the poison.<ref>"[[The North Remembers]]"</ref>
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Later Cressen sits at the Painted Table, at a council meeting with Stannis, Davos, and Melisandre. When he puts [[poison]] in a cup of wine, Davos silently urges him to stop, but he does not. Walking around the table, Maester Cressen says that they should put their differences aside and asks Melisandre to drink a toast with him. He drinks from the cup first and hands it to her. She watches him and sees his nose start to bleed. She knows it's poison, but with a smile she drinks the rest of the wine anyway. As he dies almost immediately, she stands over him, unaffected by the poison.<ref>"[[The North Remembers]]"</ref>
   
 
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In the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels, Cressen is a long-standing servant of [[House Baratheon]]. He was maester at [[Storm's End]] for many years, and advised Stannis during the year-long [[Siege of Storm's End|siege]] of the castle by the armies of [[House Tyrell]] during [[Robert's Rebellion]]. After the death of Lord [[Steffon Baratheon]] in a shipwreck, Cressen had adopted a fatherly attitude to the three Baratheon boys, particularly to Stannis, who lacked the charm of [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]] and [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]]. After Stannis was made Lord of Dragonstone, Cressen followed him to his new home, something uncommon amongst Maesters, who are assigned to keeps and castles and not to lords, and has continued to advise him there ever since. Approaching eighty years of age, Cressen has started to slow down, so the Citadel have sent him an assistant, Pylos, who will take up his burdens and eventually replace him, a prospect Cressen is not happy about.
 
In the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels, Cressen is a long-standing servant of [[House Baratheon]]. He was maester at [[Storm's End]] for many years, and advised Stannis during the year-long [[Siege of Storm's End|siege]] of the castle by the armies of [[House Tyrell]] during [[Robert's Rebellion]]. After the death of Lord [[Steffon Baratheon]] in a shipwreck, Cressen had adopted a fatherly attitude to the three Baratheon boys, particularly to Stannis, who lacked the charm of [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]] and [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]]. After Stannis was made Lord of Dragonstone, Cressen followed him to his new home, something uncommon amongst Maesters, who are assigned to keeps and castles and not to lords, and has continued to advise him there ever since. Approaching eighty years of age, Cressen has started to slow down, so the Citadel have sent him an assistant, Pylos, who will take up his burdens and eventually replace him, a prospect Cressen is not happy about.
   
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Melisandre never openly mocks Cressen at any point in the novels. It is Stannis' wife Selyse and their daughter's motley-tattooed fool Patchface who ridicule him for being old, and while Melisandre knew about the poisoned cup, she actually seems to take pity on the Maester, and even tells him not to throw his life away by going through with the plan. His death also occurs slightly differently. First Melisandre drinks and appears completely-unaffected, but Cressen then drinks and dies from the poison. This also occured before the burning of the idols and not after.
==References==
 
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==See also==
 
==See also==
*[http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Cressen Cressen at A Wiki of Ice and Fire] (major spoilers from the books)
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"Is this how you treat the Gods of your fathers? Are you so eager to spit on your ancestors?"
―Cressen to the people of Dragonstone.[src]

Cressen is a minor character in the second season. He is played by guest star Oliver Ford Davies and only appears in "The North Remembers." Cressen is the Maester of Dragonstone. He dies trying to trick Melisandre into sharing a poisoned cup of wine with him.

Biography

Background

Cressen is a maester of the Citadel, a man of learning assigned to a castle to advise its inhabitants in matters of science and medicine. Cressen has served Lord Stannis Baratheon at Dragonstone for many years.[1]

Season 2

Cressen is worried about the influence that the red priestess Melisandre has over Stannis, and is horrified when she gets him to renounce the Faith of the Seven. When she has the carved wooden statues of the Seven burned on the beach, he speaks out against doing this. He says that all of them were named in the light of the Seven, and they risk the wrath of the Gods. Cressen tries to talk to Davos about going against her, but Davos refuses, saying that right now is not an opportune time to act. The maester decides that if Stannis can't be talked into putting Melisandre aside she must be killed, before she leads him into a war he cannot win.

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Cressen at the Painted Table

Later Cressen sits at the Painted Table, at a council meeting with Stannis, Davos, and Melisandre. When he puts poison in a cup of wine, Davos silently urges him to stop, but he does not. Walking around the table, Maester Cressen says that they should put their differences aside and asks Melisandre to drink a toast with him. He drinks from the cup first and hands it to her. She watches him and sees his nose start to bleed. She knows it's poison, but with a smile she drinks the rest of the wine anyway. As he dies almost immediately, she stands over him, unaffected by the poison.[2]

Appearances

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In the books

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Cressen is a long-standing servant of House Baratheon. He was maester at Storm's End for many years, and advised Stannis during the year-long siege of the castle by the armies of House Tyrell during Robert's Rebellion. After the death of Lord Steffon Baratheon in a shipwreck, Cressen had adopted a fatherly attitude to the three Baratheon boys, particularly to Stannis, who lacked the charm of Robert and Renly. After Stannis was made Lord of Dragonstone, Cressen followed him to his new home, something uncommon amongst Maesters, who are assigned to keeps and castles and not to lords, and has continued to advise him there ever since. Approaching eighty years of age, Cressen has started to slow down, so the Citadel have sent him an assistant, Pylos, who will take up his burdens and eventually replace him, a prospect Cressen is not happy about.

Melisandre never openly mocks Cressen at any point in the novels. It is Stannis' wife Selyse and their daughter's motley-tattooed fool Patchface who ridicule him for being old, and while Melisandre knew about the poisoned cup, she actually seems to take pity on the Maester, and even tells him not to throw his life away by going through with the plan. His death also occurs slightly differently. First Melisandre drinks and appears completely-unaffected, but Cressen then drinks and dies from the poison. This also occured before the burning of the idols and not after.

See also

References

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