Obara Sand is a major character in the fifth season[1], who had already been alluded to in the fourth season. She will be played by Keisha Castle-Hughes.
Biography
Background
Obara Sand is the eldest of the eight bastard daughters of Prince Oberyn Martell. Her mother is a peasant.
Season 4
Oberyn mentions his eight bastard daughters to Queen Cersei Lannister.[2]
Family Tree
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Behind the Scenes
- In July 2014, it has been announced that New Zealand actess Keisha Castle Hughes, best known for her Academy Award nominated performance in the 2003 film Whale Rider.
- Obara in the books is the daughter of a whore from Oldtown in the Reach, but the casting announcement stated that TV-Obara is the daughter of a "Dornish peasant girl" that caught Oberyn's eye. The difference is not particularly drastic, but it does significantly alter Obara's complex relationship with Oberyn - unless "peasant girl" is being used as a euphemism for prostitute. Either way, Obara in the books generally resembles other "salty Dornishmen". Keisha Castle Hughes is herself half-Maori.
In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Obara is Oberyn's daughter whom he fathered on a whore in Oldtown. She is the least pretty and the most aggressive of all the Sand Snakes.
When her father came to claim her, her mother did not want him to take her. He threw a spear down at her mother's feet and slapped her mother. Then Oberyn asked Obara which weapon, the spear or the tears, she would choose. Obara chose the spear. Her mother drank herself to death within a year.
She is prickly, hot-tempered woman who is given to martial pursuits as she considers herself a warrior, wielding a spear, a whip, and a round shield of steel and copper. She is hard, quick, hot-tempered, and strong. She is fond of wine and is a confident rider who uses spurs, often to the point where the animal is bloody, and always rides stallions. Obara is a big-boned woman near to thirty, long-legged, with close-set eyes and rat-brown hair.
See also
- Obara Sand on A Wiki of Ice and Fire (MAJOR spoilers from the books)
References
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