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“ | I understand, as does my lord father. He instructed me to say that he was young once, and well remembers what it is like to lose one's heart to beauty. | „ |
~ Lothar lying to Catelyn and Robb Stark, leading them into the Red Wedding. |
Lothar Frey, also known as a Lame Lothar due to a leg twisted at birth, is a supporting antagonist in the A Song of Ice and Fire novel series and a minor antagonist in its television adaptation Game of Thrones.
He is the 12th son of Lord Walder Frey and his first son with his fourth wife Alyssa Blackwood. He's considered more dangerous than most members of House Frey. At the beginning of the series he has been steward of the Twins for 12 years. Lothar is married to Leonella Lefford and they have four daughters, Tysane, Walda, Emberlei, and Leana. He's the older brother of Jammos, Whalen, Morya, and Tyta Frey.
In the TV adaptation Game of Thrones he has been portrayed by Tom Brooke in the third season. In the sixth season he was portrayed by Daniel Tuite.
Biography[]
After King Robb Stark breaks the marriage pact to marry a Frey, the angered Freys leave his cause in protest. However, Lame Lothar later comes to Riverrun with his half-brother Walder Rivers for Lord Hoster Tully's funeral. He negotiates with Robb, agreeing that the Freys will return to supporting Robb and join him in his campaign to retake the North from House Greyjoy if Robb's uncle Edmure Tully, the new Lord of Riverrun, marries Roslin Frey, one of his half-sisters. This is agreed and Robb, his mother Catelyn, and Edmure start north for the Twins. However the wedding is a trap, becoming known as the Red Wedding. Robb Stark, Catelyn Stark and most of their forces are killed, with Edmure Tully and many other Northern and Riverlands nobles being taken captive. Lame Lothar is one of the main architects of the Red Wedding, plotting it out with Lord Roose Bolton, Lord Tywin Lannister, and Ser Rolph Spicer. He rigs the three tents much of Robb's army are feasting in to collapse. They have been soaked in oil and are set alight by flaming arrows, burning the men inside. He also puts crossbowmen in the gallery with the musicians. It is Lothar's idea to use the song "The Rains of Castamere" as a signal for the massacre to begin. Lothar assigns his half-brother Merrett Frey to make Greatjon Umber too drunk to fight. However Merrett fails, the Greatjon is too strong and is still able to fight. It takes eight men to put him in chains and even then two are wounded, one killed, and Ser Leslyn Haigh has half his ear bitten off.
Merrett Frey thinks that Lothar may be more dangerous then Edwyn Frey and Black Walder Frey, two of Walder Frey's great-grandsons high in the line of succession, Lothar quipping these brothers hate each other more then they do the other Freys.
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- While in the novels, he is a genuine threat, well-collected, strategic, charismatic, and highly competent, like many other members of his family, in the sixth season of the HBO television series he (as well as his whole noble house) is portrayed as incompetent, foolish, and rather cowardly, with him and his half-brother somehow "losing" an entire castle to their enemies. The failing behavior of the Freys is portrayed rather comedically, while in the novels they are taken seriously as a threat and not deemed "useless" like in the TV version.
- Even in the TV show, Lothar's behavior in season 6 is rather a contrast to how he acts in season 3, in which he is more like his book counterpart.
- In the HBO series, he and Black Walder Rivers replace Lord Emmon Frey as the holders of Riverrun, whilst their father is the Lord of Riverrun instead. They also replace Ser Ryman Frey as the incompetent leader of the siege of Riverrun, as well as Edwyn Frey, who replaces Ryman after Jaime dismisses him, while Ser Daven Lannister's existence is entirely omitted.
- In the HBO series Lame Lothar begins the massacre when he stabs Talisa, Robb Stark's pregnant wife, causing her to bleed to death and killing her unborn child. Before the massacre begins he can be seen laughing with Talisa, displaying his usual polite and friendly behavior in the TV series as well.
- He is later killed by Arya Stark as vengeance for the Red Wedding and baked intő a pie and briefly fed to his father.
- In the novels, this is something Wyman Manderly actually does, with Rhaegar, Jared, and Symond Frey. Wyman has their three huge pies brought to the feast for Ramsay Bolton's wedding and watches Roose Bolton, Fat Walda, Aenys, and Hosteen Frey eating them.
- He is later killed by Arya Stark as vengeance for the Red Wedding and baked intő a pie and briefly fed to his father.