- "Tell your father I'm here - and tell him the Lannisters aren't the only ones who pay their debts."
- ―Prince Oberyn Martell to Tyrion Lannister
Oberyn Martell is a character that debuted in the fourth season[1] and is portrayed by Pedro Pascal.[2] He's a member of House Martell, the ruling house of Dorne.
Prince Oberyn, known as the Red Viper of Dorne, is the younger brother of Doran Martell, the Prince of Dorne, and the late Elia Martell, wife of Rhaegar Targaryen, the late Prince of Dragonstone and heir to the Iron Throne.
Biography
Background
Season 4
Tyrion meets the lords of Dorne outside King's Landing, only to find out that Oberyn, not his brother Doran, arrived in the city days earlier than expected. Oberyn is in one of Littlefinger's brothels. Oberyn hears Lanister men singing The Rains of Castamere, and threatens them. Before one of them could draw his sword, Oberyn stabs a dagger in the man's wrist. Tyrion arrives, and interrupts the fight. Tyrion asks Oberyn why he came to the capital. Oberyn tells Tyrion of the story of how Gregor Clegane, Tywin's bannerman, murdered his sister, Elia Martell and her children and desires revenge.
Appearances
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Family Tree
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Quotes
- "If the Mountain killed my sister, then your father gave the order."
- ―Oberyn to Tyrion Lannister
- "You're not a lion. You're just a pink little man who's far too slow on the draw."
- ―Oberyn to a Lannister man
- "The Lannisters aren't the only ones who pay their debts."
- ―Oberyn to Tyrion Lannister
Image Gallery
In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Prince Oberyn is the hot-headed younger brother of Prince Doran Martell. He has eight bastard daughters, called the Sand Snakes, the four youngest of which by his current paramour, Ellaria Sand.
Oberyn has a lined face with thin eyebrows, black "viper" eyes and a sharp nose. His hair is lustrous and black with only a few silver streaks and recedes from his brow into a widow's peak. It is rumored that he has sexual relations with his squires when Ellaria is unavailable. It is not unusual for lords and ladies in Dorne to be openly bisexual, due to the relaxed attitude towards sexuality among the Dornish.
Oberyn is called "the Red Viper" by friend and foe alike due to his penchant for coating his weapons in lethal poisons, so that even a glancing wound will prove fatal.
See also
Oberyn Martell on A Wiki of Ice and Fire (MAJOR spoilers from the books)
References
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