Meryn Trant

Ser Meryn Trant is a knight of House Trant and a character of A Song of Ice and Fire and it's adaptation Game of Thrones.

In the TV series he's played by Ian Beattie.

Ser Meryn is a member of House Trant, a family of the Stormlands and vassal house to House Baratheon. He becomes a knight of King Robert's Kingsguard after Robert's Rebellion. He's a proud man and a successful tourney knight. However he's not a friendly person and always breaks a knight's sworn duty to defend the weak and the innocent without hesitance or question. Sansa says he's not concerned about it, indicating his lack of morality and compassion. He's considered sly and cruel and he's loyal to Cersei Lannister, according to Varys.

In season 5 Meryn Trant takes the place of a removed character from the books: Rafford "Raff the Sweetling", and takes Raff's liking of little girls as well. Rafford was one of Gregor Clegane's men, and the murderer of Lommy Greenhands (Polliver is still the one who takes Arya's sword). Later Rafford accompanies the Master of Coin Harys Swyft to Braavos. In the show Harys appeared only in season 1, and Mace Tyrell goes to Braavos instead of Storm's End to deal with Stannis' garrison. Meryn Trant accompanies him.