Dontos Hollard

File:MiniHollard.jpg Dontos Hollard
Political information
Title(s)	Ser Fool
World of Westeros
Season(s)	2, 4
Appeared in	3 episodes (see below)
First seen in	"The North Remembers"
Last seen in	"Blackwater"
Portrayed by	Tony Way

"I had two cups of wine."

―Ser Dontos the Red

Ser Dontos Hollard is a recurring character in the second and fourth seasons. He is played by guest star Tony Way and debuts in "The North Remembers." Also known as Ser Dontos the Red, he is made a fool by King Joffrey Baratheon after attending a tourney drunk.

Biography

Background

Ser Dontos is a knight, and the only surviving member of House Hollard.

Season 2

He enlists in the tournament to celebrate King Joffrey Baratheon's name day, and is set to fight Lothor Brune. When his bout is announced he emerges half armored and drops his helmet. He apologises and Joffrey accuses him of drunkenness. Dontos denies the accusation but admits to drinking two cups of wine. Joffrey offers Dontos as much wine as he likes and Dontos accepts. Joffrey orders Ser Meryn Trant of the Kingsguard to ensure that Dontos drinks his fill. Trant and two of his sworn brothers hold Dontos down and pour wine into his mouth through a funnel. Sansa cries out “You can't.” Joffrey is incensed, but she claims that she meant it would be bad luck for Joffrey to kill someone on his name day. Joffrey is dismissive of this superstition until the Hound backs Sansa. Joffrey reluctantly orders Dontos to be imprisoned until the following day, planning to execute him then and calling him a fool. In an effort to spare Dontos from execution, Sansa says that Joffrey was clever to notice Dontos' foolishness and entreats him to prolong his suffering by making him the court fool.

Dontos is present at court, in his fool's regalia, when Joffrey orders Sansa publicly beaten for her brother Robb Stark's victory in the Battle of Oxcross. She is rescued partway through by the intervention of Hand of the King Tyrion Lannister.

During the Battle of the Blackwater, Dontos is present at Maegor's Holdfast. He juggles to entertain some of the highborn ladies refuged there.

Season 4

Dontos follows Sansa to the Red Keep's godswood, where he thanks her for saving his life during Joffrey Baratheon's nameday celebration. As a gesture of his appreciation he gives Sansa a necklace with amethysts, which he boasts is a family heirloom worn by his mother and grandmother.

Appearances

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Image gallery

Ser Dontos in the Tourney for King Joffrey's nameday

Dontos juggling in "Blackwater".

In the books

In A Song of Ice and Fire, Ser Dontos is the only surviving member of House Hollard. The Hollards were close allies and vassals of House Darklyn of Duskendale. When the Lord of Duskendale rebelled against the Mad King in the Defiance of Duskendale, the Hollards joined them. After Aerys II had been held prisoner by the Darklyns for several months and then rescued by Ser Barristan Selmy, he had the Darklyns and most of their vassals executed in a variety of grisly ways. Ser Barristan asked for clemency for the infant Dontos, which Aerys granted. Dontos was taken back to King's Landing and raised as a squire, eventually earning his knighthood.

Dontos' role in the narrative after his life is saved is as a confidant of Sansa, while he secretly works for Littlefinger. Sansa innocently shares with him the Tyrells' offer to be married to Willas Tyrell. Dontos reports to Littlefinger, who informs the Lannisters. In the series, the Lannisters learn about the Tyrells' plan by Olyver.

See also

• Dontos Hollard on A Wiki of Ice and Fire (MAJOR spoilers from the books)

References

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