Pypar, commonly called Pyp, is a recurring character in the first season. He is played by guest star Josef Altin and debuts in "Lord Snow." Pypar is a steward in the Night's Watch and a friend to Jon Snow.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Background 1.2 Season 1 1.3 Season 2 2 Appearances 3 Image gallery 4 Behind the scenes 5 In the books 6 See also 7 References

BiographyEdit

BackgroundEdit

Pypar was sent to the Wall for refusing to grant sexual favors to a lord at Acorn Hall while working as a singer. The lord accused him of stealing and he was sentenced to the Night's Watch and now serves at Castle Black. Pypar usually lies and tells people that he was arrested for stealing a wheel of cheese to feed his sister, who had not eaten for three days.^[1]

Season 1Edit

Pypar, along with Grenn and Rast, is beaten bloody by Jon Snow in the training yard at Castle Black. They later threaten Jon in the armoury, but are encouraged to leave by Tyrion Lannister. Tyrion contrasts Pypar's background as a starving peasant to Jon's privileged upbringing in a warm castle with a master-at-arms eager to teach him in the art of combat. This encourages Jon to start training the others in swordplay, earning their respect.^[2]

Pypar and Grenn have become firm friends, with Pypar teasing Grenn about his slow wits. When Samwell joins the recruits and is beaten, Pypar holds Jon back as he attempts to interfere. He goes along with Jon Snow's plan to 'go easy' on the new recruit, annoying their Master-at-Arms Ser Alliser Thorne.^[3]

Pypar, Jon and Samwell are assigned to the stewards while Grenn is assigned to the rangers. Jon is upset that he has not gotten his desired appointment to the rangers. Pypar is annoyed by Jon's sense of entitlement and awkwardly tells Jon and Samwell that he was really sent to the Wall when as a singer at a nobleman's hall he refused to grant sexual favors to a noble lord. He didn't want to tell strangers the real reason. Samwell asks Pypar, who has a good singing voice, for a song, but Pypar is too embarrassed by his confession and walks off.^[4]

Pypar and Grenn are among the men who witness the arrival of the bodies of Othor and Jafer Flowers to Castle Black.^[5] The dead men return as wights and Jon saves the Lord Commander from one of them. He is rewarded with the sword Longclaw and Grenn, Pypar and the others pass the sword around in the dining hall.^[6] Grenn, Pypar and Sam ride after Jon when he abandons his post at Castle Black following the death of his father. They convince him to return by reciting their oaths.^[7]

Season 2Edit

Pyp remains at Castle Black while his friends are Beyond the Wall on Lord Commander Jeor Mormont's great ranging.^[1]

AppearancesEdit

Season one appearances
Winter is Coming	The Kingsroad	Lord Snow	Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things	The Wolf and the Lion
A Golden Crown	You Win or You Die	The Pointy End	Baelor	Fire and Blood

Image galleryEdit

Behind the scenesEdit

Prior to being cast in the role of Gendry, Joe Dempsie had auditioned for Pypar.^[8]

In the booksEdit

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Pyp is an actor who wandered the Seven Kingdoms with a troupe of players. He can imitate other people's voices and boasts that he can identify where in Westeros someone has come from just by their accent. He is named to the rangers.

His character in the show seems to mix Pypar the joker, ex-actor, and best friend of Grenn, with another Night Watch recruit only barely mentioned in the show named Dareon. In the show Dareon is in the scene where the recruits get their assignments, he is given the same one as in the book. In the book, Dareon is a very good singer even Maester Aemon praises his voice. He was singing in the hall of Lord Mathis Rowan (rather than Acorn Hall), when he was caught having sex with the lord's daughter. Even though she had asked him to come to her room, was naked when he arrived, and even helped him to climb in the window, when confronted by her father she said it was rape. He had to chose between the Wall and castration. In the book it is ]Dareon who gives the speech about none of this being fair.

See alsoEdit

• Pypar at A Wiki of Ice and Fire. (spoilers from the books)

ReferencesEdit

v • d • e The Night's Watch
Lord Commander:	Vacant
Former Lord Commanders:	{Night's King} · {Lord Jeor Mormont}
Commanders:	Ser Denys Mallister · Cotter Pyke
Maester:	Aemon
First Ranger:	Benjen Stark
Rangers:	Balian · {Bannen} · {Borba} · {Jafer Flowers} · Grenn · {Harker} · Matthar · {Gared} · {Othor} · {Qhorin Halfhand} · Rast · Mance Rayder · {Ser Waymar Royce} · Ser Jaremy Rykker · {Stiv} · {Stonesnake} · Ser Alliser Thorne · {Will}
First Steward:	Bowen Marsh
Stewards:	Borcas · Dareon · Hobb · Karl · Myk · Pypar · Jon Snow · Samwell Tarly · Eddison Tollett
First Builder:	Othell Yarwyck
Builders:	Halder · Toad
Recruiters:	{Yoren}
Castles of the Wall:	The Shadow Tower · Castle Black · Eastwatch · Deep Lake · Nightfort