Ryam Redwyne
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Ryam Redwyne was a knight of House Redwyne who rose to the highest rank in the Kingsguard, serving as Lord Commander through the reigns of Jaehaerys I and his grandson Viserys I. No sword in the realm was said to match his, and that reputation as the finest knight of his age followed him through decades at King's Landing.
The youngest son of Lord Manfryd Redwyne, he came to court as a young man and built a career there that also, briefly, put the Hand of the King's chain around his neck.
Rise at Court
Jaehaerys's Tourney
Ryam was the youngest of three brothers, sons of Lord Manfryd Redwyne. In 50 AC he moved with his father and his older brothers, Robert and Rickard, to King's Landing, after King Jaehaerys I named Manfryd his Lord Admiral and Master of Ships.
Eight years later he rode in the tourney that marked the king's first decade on the throne. One by one he unhorsed his rivals — Ronnal Baratheon, Arthor Oakheart, Simon Dondarrion, Harys Hogg, and two knights of the Kingsguard itself, Lorence Roxton and Lucamore Strong. He won the tourney and crowned Alysanne Targaryen queen of love and beauty.
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Oath and Lucamore Strong
In 59 AC, after an illness known as the shivers killed several members of the Kingsguard, including Samgood of Colinmarsh and Victor the Valiant, Lord Commander Gyles Morrigen brought Ryam and Robin Shaw before Jaehaerys I, and both men swore the white cloak's vows.
Fourteen years later, in 73 AC, Ryam learned that his sworn brother Lucamore Strong had broken those vows: he had married three times in secret and fathered sixteen children. Ryam brought the matter to Gyles Morrigen, who was as furious as he was. Lucamore was gelded by his own brothers of the Kingsguard and sent to the Wall by the king's order.
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Tourney of 98 AC
At the King's Landing tourney of 98 AC, Ryam reached the final joust against Ser Clement Crabb. They broke thirty lances without either yielding, until Jaehaerys I himself named them joint champions. It was said to be the greatest joust the realm had seen.
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Hand and Death
Hand of the King
When Septon Barth died in 99 AC, Jaehaerys I named Ryam his Hand. The choice did not go well: prized as a swordsman in the Kingsguard, he lasted less than a year as the king's counselor, and the realm remembers him as one of the worst Hands ever to sit beside a throne. Baelon, Jaehaerys's own son, took his place.
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Death
Ryam died in the service of Jaehaerys's grandson, King Viserys I. In King's Landing, where he had spent nearly all his life, his watch also came to an end. Ser Criston Cole took his place as a sworn brother of the Kingsguard, and Ser Harrold Westerling became the new Lord Commander.
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Gallery
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Relationships
Family tree
The family of Ryam Redwyne
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- Manfryd RedwyneFatherAppears in Jaehaerys's Tourney
Others in their story
- Jaehaerys I TargaryenAppears in Jaehaerys's Tourney, Oath and Lucamore Strong, Tourney of 98 AC, Hand of the King
- Lucamore StrongAppears in Jaehaerys's Tourney, Oath and Lucamore Strong
- Alysanne TargaryenAppears in Jaehaerys's Tourney
- Ronnal BaratheonAppears in Jaehaerys's Tourney
- DondarrionAppears in Jaehaerys's Tourney
- Baelon TargaryenAppears in Hand of the King
- Viserys I TargaryenAppears in Death
- Criston ColeAppears in Death
- Harrold WesterlingAppears in Death
Appearances
By work
Played by: Garry Cooper
| Work | Format | Where it is told |
|---|---|---|
| House of the Dragon | Show | Death |
Books and show
The show and the books
| Show | Books | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Dead | Dead |
| Died | — | 105 AC · King's Landing |
| Appears in | House of the Dragon | — |
| Played by | Garry Cooper | — |