Catspaw



The Assassin, also known as the Catspaw Assassin, is a minor villain in A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones. He is an assassin who was paid by the Lannisters to kill Bran Stark while he is in a coma in Winterfell, after he ends up crippled when Jaime Lannister pushes him from the top of a tower.

The assassin arranges for a fire to start in the castle, reasoning it will draw people away from Bran's room. This diversion succeeds in persuading Robb Stark to leave the room, but Catelyn remains behind. When the assassin goes into Bran's room to kill him, he finds Catelyn there. They struggle and he injures Catelyn's hand, but is then attacked by Bran's direwolf, Summer, who tears his throat out.