Best A Song of Ice and Fire Characters

Somehow, she manages to be both a brave, strong, sympathetic character and have a vaguely sociopathic story arc. Kudos to you, Arya Stark.

She has a little bit of everyone on this list in her little body, hasn't she?

She is much more intelligent than Daenerys and can actually stand up for herself, unlike her pathetic older sister.

I put him here for the love I used to have for him, but by the 4th book, I was already starting to get bored of him. But, he's incredibly clever, and I like intelligent people.

Tyrion Lannister should win at the end of the series and sit on the Iron Throne. He would be a worthy king.

If all Lannisters were like him (or Jaime), they would probably be my favorite house, but Cersei and Joffrey made sure that never happens. Nevertheless, he is a very smart and humorous character who is being put down by everyone.

The most admirable character in A Song of Ice and Fire. She has all of her father's best traits: his kindness and honor. But she adds an extraordinary level of perceptiveness, intelligence, and an iron will that preserves her, despite her youth and inexperience, through a series of ordeals that would break most characters in the series.

I honestly don't get the hate for her. I didn't really care for her in A Game of Thrones, but A Clash of Kings onward, she became one of my favorite characters.

I understand the hate for her in the show, but she's incredible in the books.

Okay, I didn't really care about him in A Game of Thrones and hated him in A Clash of Kings, but come A Dance with Dragons, I just couldn't bring myself to hate the poor man. After all, Ramsay is the spawn of the devil.

The best character of this "song." You can easily empathize with him not because he is a good guy or anything like that. You feel empathy with him because he is a human, not a "hero" like Arya and Jon, and not a "villain" like Ser Mandon or Ser Meryn. Not even an anti-hero like Tyrion. He is just normal and feels numb about his own identity.

Love Theon.

I think that Jon Snow is probably one of the most relatable characters in this story. He was never really accepted as a Stark and, in the first book, tries to make something of himself by joining one of the oldest orders of rangers that protect the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros from the icy horrors beyond the Wall, where winter lasts forever.

Along the way, he must spy on the Wildling army and send information back to the Wall. I think it was sad that he had to leave because of him and Ygritte.

All in all, I believe that Jon's side of the Song of Ice and Fire series is the most relatable and emotional of all, next to the story of Robb, Talisa, Catelyn, Arya, Sansa, and all of the other Starks.

The character everyone hated in books 1 and 2 and then loved afterward. The tragedy of Jaime is that in his heart he's a good man. He's a man who once believed in being a knight in shining armor, protecting what he thought was right.

He's branded for his actions and manipulated by most around him, the only Lannister who doesn't seem to actively seek out power. He's amazing, human, and not black and white, and that's why I love him.

Jaime, in my opinion, is the MOST misunderstood character in the series (like Tyrion and Sansa). I really wanted him dead in AGOT, especially after pushing Bran off, but man, by ASOS, I was like, The things he does for love! I LOVED his attitude with Tyrion (except Tysha, but Tywin Lannister is one of Jaime's weak points, the other being Cersei. He simply bows down to them, all in the name of love...). His character development is AWESOME! I really hope he has a good fate (Goldenhand the Just, anyone?).

PS: He may be Cersei's prophesied Valonqar too, which I really hope he is!

Theon: Lord Ramsay is the one Your Grace should fear.

Stannis: I defeated your uncle Victarion and his Iron Fleet off Fair Isle, the first time your father crowned himself. I held Storm's End against the power of the Reach for a year, and took Dragonstone from the Targaryens. I smashed Mance Rayder at the Wall, though he had twenty times my numbers. Tell me, turncloak, what battles has the Bastard of Bolton ever won that I should fear him?

Theon: You do not know him.

Stannis: No more than he knows me.

''Lord Seaworth is a man of humble birth, but he reminded me of my duty, when all I could think of was my rights. I had the cart before the horse, Davos said. I was trying to win the throne to save the kingdom, when I should have been trying to save the kingdom to win the throne.''

Nothing else to say. Too bad the show did his character injustice.

I wish Martin used her as a point-of-view character in A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons because she seems like a really interesting character. Not to mention, we need more interesting female characters.

How can she be so low on the list? I mean, come on, she has had one of the best character developments. She is kind and fierce. Love her.

Really love her and what she represents. Definitely my favorite character.

Maybe not my favorite, but she deserves to be up at the top.

Mr. Badass. I felt instantly attracted to this character. Street intelligence and a philosopher in disguise, got to love him.