Othor is a character in Game of Thrones. A member of the Night's Watch, he and Jafer Flowers accompanied Benjen Stark's ranging mission beyond the Wall.
Season 1
The Pointy End
The corpses of Othor and Jafer Flowers are found beyond the Wall by Samwell Tarly, Jon Snow and a party led by Bowen Marsh. They return the corpses to Castle Black and suggest they be burned, but Lord Commander Jeor Mormont decides to let Maester Aemon examine them first.
At night, the corpses rise as wights. Othor attacks Mormon, but Jon Snow intervenes and burns the wight, destroying it. Othor's and Jafer's bodies are re-burned the next day. Samwell notes that according to a book he found in Aemon's library, the touch of the White Walkers can animate the dead.
In the books
In the novels, Othor is noted as a big, ugly man.