Sigorn
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Title | Magnar of Thenn | |||
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Culture | Free folk | |||
Born | Thenn[1] | |||
Father | Styr | |||
Spouse | Alys Karstark | |||
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Sigorn is the son of Styr, the Magnar of Thenn.[2]
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Appearance and Character
- See also: Images of Sigorn
Sigorn is said to look like his father Styr, albeit younger and shorter: lean, with grey eyes and a receding hairline that makes him look older than his years. He wears bronze greaves and a leather shirt sewn with bronze scales.[3] Sigorn wields a bronze sword.[4]
Sigorn and his people take pride in the fact that they are Thenns, who have lords and laws, unlike the other free folk.[4] Sigorn haltingly speaks the Common Tongue with a thick accent.[5]
Recent Events
A Feast for Crows
After the death of his father, Styr, during the attack on Castle Black, Sigorn inherits the title Magnar of Thenn.[2]
A Dance with Dragons

Sigorn kneels before Stannis Baratheon after passing through the Wall.[3] It is rumored at Castle Black that Stannis intends to give lands and castles to Sigorn and Rattleshirt.[3] Sigorn is reluctant to join the Night's Watch after the death of his father.[5] Iron Emmett advises Jon Snow, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, to grant a castle to the new Magnar of Thenn.[6]
Jon eventually devises a plan to wed Sigorn to Alys Karstark, the current heir of Harrion Karstark, the rightful Lord of Karhold.[4] Alys has fled before a forced marriage arranged by her great-uncle, Arnolf Karstark, to his son, Cregan, in order to claim Karhold.[7] Alys believes that Karhold will yield to her and Sigorn's two hundred Thenns.[4]
During the wedding, which is performed at Castle Black by Melisandre, Sigorn leaps across a flaming ditch with his new bride.[4] Sigorn is initially reluctant to dance during the wedding feast, but he joins Alys after becoming inebriated from mulled wine.[4] Jon notes that despite his fierceness, Sigorn, the founder of House Thenn, is surprisingly tender with his new wife.[4]
Quotes by Sigorn
Fight for you? Not fight for you. Kill you better. Kill all you.[5]
—Sigorn to Jon Snow
Melisandre: Sigorn, will you share your fire with Alys, and warm her when the night is dark and full of terrors?
Sigorn: I swear me. By the red god's flames, I warm her all her days.[4]—Melisandre and Sigorn
Quotes about Sigorn
—Jon Snow and Alys Karstark
A northern maid and a wildling warrior, bound together by the Lord of Light.[4]
References
- ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Sigorn.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Feast for Crows, Appendix.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 10, Jon III.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 49, Jon X.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 17, Jon IV.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 35, Jon VII.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 44, Jon IX.