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| “ | Plenty of little men tried to put their swords through my heart. And there's plenty of little skeletons buried in the woods. | „ |
| ~ Tormund to Jon Snow. |
Tormund, also known as Tormund Giantsbane and Tormund Thunderfist, is a major charcater in the A Song of Ice and Fire novel series and its television adaptation Game of Thrones. Tormund is a wildling leader, born in the village of Ruddy Hall, and second in command to King-Beyond-the-Wall, Mance Rayder. Tormund is initially a sworn enemy of the Night's Watch and acts as a major antagonist to the Night's Watch storyline in seasons 3 and 4. In season 5, however, Tormund becomes somewhat redeemed and acts as an anti-hero and ally to Jon Snow.
He has four sons, Toregg, Torwynd, Dryn, and Dormund, and one daughter, Munda. He lost two sons during the Battle Beneath the Wall: Dormund was possibly killed by Stannis Baratheon's general, Ser Richard Horpe (or one of Horpe's own subordinates), while Torwynd died of his wounds a few days later beyond the Wall, raising again as a wight and being slain personally by Tormund. His daughter Munda is married to Longspear Ryk, a member of the same tribe as Ygritte.
Tormund is portrayed by Norwegian actor Kristofer Hivju, who also played Kenge in The Lion Guard, Connor Rhodes in The Fate of Furious and Krampus in Red One.
Biography[]
In Season 3, Tormund is one of the leading wildings who climbs the Wall. He then leads the wildings in trying to kill a horse breeder for the Night's Watch in order to steal his horses. When Jon Snow refuses to kill the man, Tormund deems him an enemy. In Season 4, Tormund, along with Styr and Ygritte, leads the assault on the Wall, during which he engages Alliser Thorne in a sword fight. After the battle ends, Tormund is wounded and taken prisoner. He is last seen telling Jon to cremate Ygritte's body in the forest, saying it's what she would have wanted.
Notable Victims[]
Books only:[]
- Torwynd - Killed in his wight form.
TV Series only:[]
- Lord of Bones - Beaten to death with his own staff for insulting him.
- Lord Smalljon Umber - Throat ripped out with his teeth and stabbed.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- In Season 4 of the TV show, Tormund was made into a more brutal and villainous character than his book counterpart, with him slaughtering harmless and innocent northerners in towns of the Gift, specifically Olly's village and Mole's Town. In the novels, Tormund is part of the invasion from north of the Wall, not the southern side, although he is still known as a raider and he assisted Mance's campaign against the Seven Kingdoms.
- Always in the book version, Jon Snow claims Tormund is not the type of raider who commits barbaric atrocities against innocents, while discussing him with Bowen Marsh.
- There is a theory among fans of the novels, which argues that Tormund's title "Husband of Bears" is not entirely false, but that the bear with whom Tormund slept, was not a literal bear, but a woman of House Mormont, like Maege Mormont, the so-called She-Bear and Lady of Bear Island.
- While in the TV series, Tormund is introduced as more serious and grew more of a comic relief throughout the series, in the novels, Tormund is introduced as humorous character with a comedic side in the beginning, but then grew more sad and serious by the time of the fifth novel, after the failed invasion of the Wall. In the fifth book, Tormund regretfully tells Jon that he is no longer the jolly man he was at his lost home, Ruddy Hall, having lost his sons Dormund and Torwynd, and having personally witnessed the latter raising as a wight, forcing Tormund to destroy the walking corpse of his son.
