Randyll Tarly

Randyll Tarly
Political information
Title(s)	Lord of Horn Hill
World of Westeros
Season(s)	1, 2

Randyll Tarly is an unseen character in Game of Thrones. He has only been mentioned in dialogue. He is the Lord of Horn Hill and the head of House Tarly. He forced his son Samwell Tarly to join the Night's Watch under the threat of death.

Biography

Background

Randyll Tarly is the Lord of Horn Hill and the head of House Tarly, a vassal family of House Tyrell of Highgarden. He is a fierce, ruthless warrior and a highly effective general. He is the father of Samwell Tarly and a younger son, Dickon, as well as several daughters.

Season 1

Furious with his elder son and heir Samwell's 'womanly' interest in poetry and singing and disdain for martial valor and combat, Randyll told Sam to take the black and join the Night's Watch. If not, he'd be found dead one day in a hunting accident. Sam did as he was bid and left Horn Hill for the Wall.

Season 2

Davos Seaworth mentions to Stannis Baratheon that Randyll Tarly is amongst the many lords that have declared for Renly Baratheon.

In the books

In the Song of Ice and Fire novels, Lord Randyll Tarly is considered the best battlefield commander in the Seven Kingdoms, a general able to read the ground, weather conditions and how a battle is progressing with impressive accuracy. During Robert's Rebellion he inflicted Robert's greatest defeat, routing his forces at the Battle of Ashford. During the later stages of the rebellion he helped Lord Mace Tyrell besiege Storm's End, and bent the knee after the death of King Aerys II Targaryen. He is said to be utterly merciless to his foes and wields the Valyrian steel blade Heartsbane in battle. Although a ruthless and stern man, he is not outright sadistic, often dispensing strict justice that is nonetheless within the bounds of the law.

See also

• Randyll Tarly at A Wiki of Ice and Fire (major spoilers from the books).

References

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