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Gendry, also known as The Bull and Ser Gendry of the Hollow Hill, is a supporting character in the A Song of Ice and Fire novel series and its television adaptation Game of Thrones.
Gendry was a bastard son of King Robert I Baratheon, the Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, and a tavern wench. He served as an apprentice of the blacksmith Tobho Mott in King's Landing.
He was portrayed by Joe Dempsie.
Early life[]
Gendry was born in 284 AC to King Robert I Baratheon, the recently crowned ruler of the Seven Kingdoms of the continent of Westeros. His mother was a blond-haired commoner who worked at an alehouse in King's Landing, the capital of the Seven Kingdoms, and Gendry was born in the city. Robert was a hedonistic womanizer, and Gendry was one of many unacknowledged bastards of the king. Though he assumed he was a bastard, Gendry never learned the identity of his father. Gendry was raised by his mother in King's Landing, who sometimes sung to him, until she died when he was still a young boy.
After the death of Gendry's mother, Varys the Spider, King Robert's spymaster, took it upon himself to find a new haven for the King's bastard. He handsomely paid Tobho Mott, a foreign master blacksmith, to take on Gendry as an apprentice. Mott was aware of Gendry's true lineage, but kept the boy's secret due in part to a bribe from Varys. The master blacksmith owned the premium shop on the Street of Steel, a street in King's Landing primarily consisting of blacksmith shops. Due to his youth at the time of his enrolment, Gendry barely remembered his mother and didn't remember the man who had paid his apprenticeship fee at all.
During the year 297, whilst working at Master Mott's shop, Gendry was visited by the Hand of the King and Lord of the Eyrie, Jon Arryn, and the master of ships and Lord of Dragonstone, Stannis Baratheon. Both men were investigating the legitimacy of King Robert's trueborn heirs.
A Game of Thrones[]
During 298, months after Jon Arryn's death, Mott's shop was visited by the Hand of the King's successor Lord Eddard Stark. Stark was investigating the mystery surrounding Arryn's death, and as such was following the trail of his predecessor's investigation into Robert's children. Like with Arryn, Mott introduced Stark to Gendry. Lord Stark was impressed by Gendry's helm and offered to purchase it, though, much to Mott's chagrin, the apprentice told him it wasn't for sale. Like Jon Arryn, Lord Stark inquired into Gendry's lineage. Gendry offered the same answers he had given the previous Hand, and Lord Stark went on his way.
A Clash of Kings[]
After Eddard Stark's execution, Gendry is taken by Yoren to join the Night's Watch. Unbeknownst to Gendry, this is done to protect him from Queen Cersei, who is in the process of having all of Robert's bastards murdered. Gendry travels North in a retinue with several other prisoners, among them a disguised Arya Stark; Ned Stark's daughter.
Queen Cersei's men hunt Yoren down however, and demand that he turn Gendry over. Yoren refuses, and with the help of his recruits manage to drive the men away. Gendry and Arya become friends, after Gendry deduces that she's a girl, and a highborn one at that.
The recruits are eventually captured by the Mountain's men, who take them to Harrenhal, where Gendry works as a smith. After the castle falls to Robb Stark's army, Gendry becomes a retainer of House Bolton. Eventually, Arya begins to form a plan to escape Harrenhal, and convinces Gendry and Hot Pie to come with her.
A Storm of Swords[]
When travelling towards Riverrun, the home of Arya's mother's family; the Tulleys, the trio are ambushed and captured by the Brotherhood Without Banners. Gendry is impressed with the Brotherhood's ideals, since they fight to protect the common folk who cannot defend themselves in times of war. Despite Arya's attempt to get him to flee with her, Gendry joins the Brotherhood and is knighted by Ser Beric Dondarrion himself, becoming Ser Gendry of the Hollow Hill.
A Feast for Crows[]
While on a quest to find Sansa Stark, Brienne encounters Gendry working as a smith at the Crossroads Inn. She is shocked by his striking resemblence to Renly Baratheon (King Robert's younger brother), but before the two can have words she is attacked by Rorge and Biter. She slays Rorge, only to be overpowered by Biter, and is eventually saved by Gendry, who kills Biter with a spear through the neck.
Character and Appearance[]
Gendry is a young man in his teens. He has his father's blue eyes and thick black hair. He is tall and very muscular (also like his father). He is known for his stubborness, which along with his strength earns him the nickname "The Bull". He is also easily confused.
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Trivia[]
- In the TV series adaptation the last living members of House Baratheon, Stannis and Shireen, died in the fifth season. In the show The Baratheon bastard Edric Storm has been cut, and there's no mention of the other two bastards Mya Stone and Bella. Therefore in the TV series Gendry might be the last living person with Baratheon blood in his veins.
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