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{{Character
|Title = Winterfell shepherd
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|Title =Winterfell shepherd
 
|Season = [[Season 2|2]]
 
|Season = [[Season 2|2]]
 
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|Last = "[[A Man Without Honor]]"
 
|Last = "[[A Man Without Honor]]"
 
|Appearances = 2 episodes <small>([[#Appearances|see below]])</small>
 
|Appearances = 2 episodes <small>([[#Appearances|see below]])</small>
|Status = [[:Category:Status: Uncertain|Uncertain]]
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|Status = [[:Category:Status: Dead|Deceased]]
 
|Allegiance = [[House Stark]]
 
|Allegiance = [[House Stark]]
|Actor = [[Donagh Deeney]]}}
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|Actor = [[Donagh Deeney]]
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|Death = Killed by [[Dagmer]]}}
 
A '''Winterfell shepherd''' is an unnamed recurring character in the [[Season 2|second season]]. He is played by guest star [[Donagh Deeney]] and only appears in "[[The Ghost of Harrenhal]]." He is a shepherd on the lands of [[House Stark]] of [[Winterfell]]. He appeals to Prince [[Bran Stark]] for help tending his flock and is given two orphan boys.
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A '''Winterfell shepherd''' is an unnamed recurring character in the [[Season 2|second season]]. He is played by guest star [[Donagh Deeney]] and only appears in "[[The Ghost of Harrenhal]]." He is a shepherd on the lands of [[House Stark]] of [[Winterfell]]. He appeals to Prince [[Bran Stark]] for help tending his flock and is given two orphan boys. Both the shepherd and the orphans are later murdered by [[Dagmer]].
   
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
 
===Background===
 
===Background===
His family live in the lands of [[House Stark]] of [[Winterfell]]. His sons are fighting in the army of King [[Robb Stark]] in the [[War of the Five Kings]].
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He and his family live in the lands of [[House Stark]] of [[Winterfell]]. His sons are fighting in the army of King [[Robb Stark]] in the [[War of the Five Kings]].
   
 
===[[Season 2]]===
 
===[[Season 2]]===
In the great hall of Winterfell Prince [[Bran Stark]] holds court for his people. His brother [[Rickon Stark]] sits beside him, shelling nuts loudly with a rock. The shepherd reports being unable to tend to his flock with his three sons fighting in the south. He reassures Bran of the loyalty of his sons but says that there are growing numbers of wolves in the north and that he cannot protect his sheep from them alone. Bran offers to assign two orphans from Winterfell’s outlying Winterstown to aid him if he will give them room and board. The shepherd gratefully accepts, saying that his wife always wanted more children.<ref>"[[The Ghost of Harrenhal]]"</ref>
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In the great hall of Winterfell, Prince [[Bran Stark]] holds court for his people. His brother [[Rickon Stark]] sits beside him, shelling nuts loudly with a rock. The shepherd reports being unable to tend to his flock with his three sons fighting in the south. He reassures Bran of the loyalty of his sons but says that there are growing numbers of wolves in the north and that he cannot protect his sheep from them alone. Bran offers to assign two orphans, [[Billy]] and [[Jack]], from Winterfell's outlying Winterstown to aid him if he will give them room and board. The shepherd gratefully accepts, saying that his wife always wanted more children.<ref>"[[The Ghost of Harrenhal]]"</ref>
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[[File:Farmer.jpg||thumb|Theon asks the shepherd about Bran and Rickon.]]
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Winterfell is later [[Fall of Winterfell|seized]] by [[Theon Greyjoy]]. Bran and Rickon escape and pass close by to the shepherd's farm. Theon tracks them there and brutally questions the shepherd who denies having seen them. Dagmer finds nutshells and tells Theon to send [[Maesters|Maester]] [[Luwin]] back to Winterfell. Theon later returns to Winterfell with the charred corpses of two boys, pretending that they are the Stark princes.<ref>"[[A Man Without Honor]]"</ref>
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Theon tries to give Dagmer a pouch of gold for the shepherd, to compensate him for his trouble, but [[Dagmer]] reveals to Theon that he killed the shepherd and his wife to prevent them from revealing that the two corpses were those of the orphans.<ref>"[[The Prince of Winterfell]]"</ref>
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
 
{{Season Two Appearances|5=yes|7=yes}}
 
{{Season Two Appearances|5=yes|7=yes}}
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==In the books==
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In ''A Clash of Kings'', in which most of Season 2 is based, there's no shepherd that adopts two orphans. Nevertheless, there's a miller and his wife from Winterstown whose two sons are killed to facilitate an identical ruse.
   
 
==References==
 
==References==
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[[Category:Season 2 Characters]]
 
[[Category:Season 2 Characters]]
 
[[Category:Recurring Characters]]
 
[[Category:Recurring Characters]]
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[[Category:Status: Dead]]
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[[Category:House Stark]]
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[[Category:Unnamed Characters]]
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[[Category:Characters from the North]]
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Revision as of 23:39, 22 July 2015

A Winterfell shepherd is an unnamed recurring character in the second season. He is played by guest star Donagh Deeney and only appears in "The Ghost of Harrenhal." He is a shepherd on the lands of House Stark of Winterfell. He appeals to Prince Bran Stark for help tending his flock and is given two orphan boys. Both the shepherd and the orphans are later murdered by Dagmer.

Biography

Background

He and his family live in the lands of House Stark of Winterfell. His sons are fighting in the army of King Robb Stark in the War of the Five Kings.

Season 2

In the great hall of Winterfell, Prince Bran Stark holds court for his people. His brother Rickon Stark sits beside him, shelling nuts loudly with a rock. The shepherd reports being unable to tend to his flock with his three sons fighting in the south. He reassures Bran of the loyalty of his sons but says that there are growing numbers of wolves in the north and that he cannot protect his sheep from them alone. Bran offers to assign two orphans, Billy and Jack, from Winterfell's outlying Winterstown to aid him if he will give them room and board. The shepherd gratefully accepts, saying that his wife always wanted more children.[1]

Farmer

Theon asks the shepherd about Bran and Rickon.

Winterfell is later seized by Theon Greyjoy. Bran and Rickon escape and pass close by to the shepherd's farm. Theon tracks them there and brutally questions the shepherd who denies having seen them. Dagmer finds nutshells and tells Theon to send Maester Luwin back to Winterfell. Theon later returns to Winterfell with the charred corpses of two boys, pretending that they are the Stark princes.[2]

Theon tries to give Dagmer a pouch of gold for the shepherd, to compensate him for his trouble, but Dagmer reveals to Theon that he killed the shepherd and his wife to prevent them from revealing that the two corpses were those of the orphans.[3]

Appearances

Template:Season Two Appearances

In the books

In A Clash of Kings, in which most of Season 2 is based, there's no shepherd that adopts two orphans. Nevertheless, there's a miller and his wife from Winterstown whose two sons are killed to facilitate an identical ruse.

References