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| Character_name = Mord
 
| Character_name = Mord
| image          = [[File:Mord TheMico.jpg|250px]]
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| image          = [[File:Mord by Paolo Puggioni.jpg|300px]]
| image_caption  = depiction by TheMico
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| image_caption  = Mord by Paolo Puggioni © Green Ronin Publishing
 
| Alias          =
 
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| Title          =
 
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| Allegiance    = [[House Arryn]]
 
| Allegiance    = [[House Arryn]]
 
| Race          =
 
| Race          =
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| Culture        = [[Valemen]]
 
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| Place_of_Death =
 
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| Books          = ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (Appears)<br>''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (Mentioned)<br>''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (Mentioned)<br>''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (Appears)<br>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (Mentioned)
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| Books          = ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (appears)<br>''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (appears)<br>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned)
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| Played_by      = Ciaran Birmingham
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| Played_by      = Ciaran Bermingham
 
| TV_series      = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]]
 
| TV_series      = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]]
 
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'''Mord''' is a gaoler of [[House Arryn]], in charge of the upkeep and maintenance of the sky cells of the [[Eyrie]]. In the [[Game of Thrones|TV series]] he is played by Ciaran Bermingham.<ref name=IMDB/>
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'''Mord''' is a gaoler of [[House Arryn]] who is in charge of the upkeep and maintenance of the [[sky cells]] of the [[Eyrie]]. In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', he is played by Ciaran Bermingham.<ref name=IMDB/>
  
 
==Appearance and Character==
 
==Appearance and Character==
 
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Mord|Images of Mord]]''
 
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Mord|Images of Mord]]''
Mord is a large man, slow-witted brute, who's fond of tormenting the prisoners, telling them how they are going to fall out of the cells to their deaths. He has small, dark eyes, rotting brown teeth and the left side of his face has a scar from where an axe cut off his ear and part of his cheek. He has a large belly and thick, stubby-fingered hands.{{Ref|aGoT|38}}
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Mord is a large man of twenty stone.{{ref|AGOT|38}} He has rotting brown teeth and small dark eyes.{{ref|AGOT|38}} The left side of his face is scarred and lopsided from an axe which cut off an ear and part of his cheek.{{ref|AGOT|38}}{{ref|AFFC|10}} Mord has a heavy white belly and thick fingers.{{ref|AGOT|38}}
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A brutish man, Mord is fond of tormenting his prisoners, telling them they are going to fall out of the [[sky cells]] to their deaths.{{ref|AGOT|38}} [[Tyrion Lannister]] considers Mord to be an oaf who is often tricked.{{ref|AGOT|38}}
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Mord's clothes fit poorly and have a rank, ripe smell.{{Ref|AFFC|10}} He wears steel-toed boots and threatens prisoners with a leather strap{{ref|AGOT|38}} and a lash.{{ref|AFFC|10}}
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
===A Game of Thrones===
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===''A Game of Thrones''===
When [[Tyrion Lannister]] was brought up to the Eyrie, he was thrown in one of the [[Eyrie#Sky Cells|Sky Cells]], where Mord was his guard. Mord takes Tyrion's magnificent [[shadowcat|shadowskin]] cloak. Mord routinely brutalized him, until one day Tyrion bribed him with the promise of gold if only Mord would tell [[Lysa Arryn|Lady Arryn]] that Tyrion would confess his crimes.{{Ref|aGoT|38}} After his [[Bronn|champion]] won the trial, Tyrion paid Mord and offered another reward if he would ever come to [[Casterly Rock]]. Unknown to Mord, Tyrion was thinking about repaying his treatment by Mord in kind.{{Ref|aGoT|42}}
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[[File:Mord JM.png|thumb|Mord by Jake Murray © Fantasy Flight Games]]
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When [[Tyrion Lannister]] is brought up to the [[Eyrie]], Lady [[Lysa Arryn]] orders Ser [[Vardis Egen]] to have the [[dwarf]] thrown into the [[sky cells]]. Mord claims Tyrion's magnificent [[shadowcat|shadowskin]] cloak. The gaoler repeatedly taunts Tyrion, dropping the prisoner's food over the side on one occasion. Mord beats Tyrion with his leather strap, but Tyrion bribes the turnkey with the promise of [[gold]] if Mord tells Lysa that Tyrion wishes to confess his crimes. Mord reluctantly returns the cloak to Tyrion.{{Ref|AGOT|42}}
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Within the High Hall, Tyrion publicly demands [[trial by combat]],{{ref|AGOT|38}} and his champion, [[Bronn]], ends up slaying Lysa's representative, Ser Vardis.{{ref|AGOT|40}} Before leaving the Eyrie, Tyrion pays Mord his purse of gold and offers another reward if he ever comes to [[Casterly Rock]].{{ref|AGOT|42}}
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===''A Feast for Crows''===
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Mord has capped his teeth with gold.{{ref|AFFC|10}}{{ref|AWOIAF|Mord}}
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Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] has Mord torture [[Marillion]], a prisoner in the sky cells. [[Fat Maddy]] states that Mord has removed both pinkies and a ring finger from the singer's hands. Marillion falsely confesses to Lord [[Nestor Royce]] that he killed Lysa.{{Ref|AFFC|10}}
  
===A Feast for Crows===
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When the Arryn court descends to the [[Gates of the Moon]] before the onset of winter, Ser [[Lothor Brune]] helps Mord load supplies into buckets in the winch room. Mord is one of the last to leave the Eyrie, as he is tasked with butchering the oxen in the winch room before he leaves.{{Ref|AFFC|41}}
When we see Mord again, he has filled his teeth with the gold Tyrion paid him. Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] uses Mord to convince [[Marillion]], through painful means and exposure in the sky cells, to tell Lord [[Nestor Royce]] what Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] wanted Marillion to tell him.{{Ref|aFfC|10}}
 
  
Mord was one of the last to leave the [[Eyrie]] and descend to the [[Gates of the Moon]], having the job of killing the oxen before he left.{{Ref|aFfC|41}}
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==Quotes by Mord==
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[[File:Tyrion and Mord.jpg|thumb|Peter Dinklage as [[Tyrion Lannister]] and Ciaran Bermingham as Mord in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]
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{{Quote|'''Mord''': Is lie. [[Dwarf]] man cheat me.<br>
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'''Tyrion''': I will put my promise in writing.<br>
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'''Mord''': Writing down [[gold]]. Much gold.<br>
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'''Tyrion''': Oh, much gold.{{ref|AGOT|38}}|Mord and [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}
  
 
==Quotes about Mord==
 
==Quotes about Mord==
''"[H]e had the look of a man who had often been tricked."'' - Tyrion Lannister {{Ref|aGoT|38}}
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{{Quote|The turnkey was twenty stone of gross stupidity, with brown rotting teeth and small dark eyes.{{ref|AGOT|38}}|thoughts of [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}
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==Behind the Scenes==
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Mord may be a reference by [[George R. R. Martin]] to Mord, a fictitious executioner played by [[w:Boris Karloff|Boris Karloff]] in the movie ''[[w:Tower of London (1939 film)|Tower of London]]''.
  
==References and Notes==
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==References==
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   <ref name=IMDB>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/epcast Cast of Game of Thrones on IMDB]</ref>
 
   <ref name=IMDB>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/epcast Cast of Game of Thrones on IMDB]</ref>
 
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Revision as of 19:55, 24 August 2021

Mord
Mord by Paolo Puggioni.jpg
Mord by Paolo Puggioni © Green Ronin Publishing

Allegiance House Arryn
Culture Valemen
Books

Played by Ciaran Bermingham
TV series Season 1

Mord is a gaoler of House Arryn who is in charge of the upkeep and maintenance of the sky cells of the Eyrie. In the television adaptation Game of Thrones, he is played by Ciaran Bermingham.[1]

Appearance and Character

See also: Images of Mord

Mord is a large man of twenty stone.[2] He has rotting brown teeth and small dark eyes.[2] The left side of his face is scarred and lopsided from an axe which cut off an ear and part of his cheek.[2][3] Mord has a heavy white belly and thick fingers.[2]

A brutish man, Mord is fond of tormenting his prisoners, telling them they are going to fall out of the sky cells to their deaths.[2] Tyrion Lannister considers Mord to be an oaf who is often tricked.[2]

Mord's clothes fit poorly and have a rank, ripe smell.[3] He wears steel-toed boots and threatens prisoners with a leather strap[2] and a lash.[3]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Mord by Jake Murray © Fantasy Flight Games

When Tyrion Lannister is brought up to the Eyrie, Lady Lysa Arryn orders Ser Vardis Egen to have the dwarf thrown into the sky cells. Mord claims Tyrion's magnificent shadowskin cloak. The gaoler repeatedly taunts Tyrion, dropping the prisoner's food over the side on one occasion. Mord beats Tyrion with his leather strap, but Tyrion bribes the turnkey with the promise of gold if Mord tells Lysa that Tyrion wishes to confess his crimes. Mord reluctantly returns the cloak to Tyrion.[4]

Within the High Hall, Tyrion publicly demands trial by combat,[2] and his champion, Bronn, ends up slaying Lysa's representative, Ser Vardis.[5] Before leaving the Eyrie, Tyrion pays Mord his purse of gold and offers another reward if he ever comes to Casterly Rock.[4]

A Feast for Crows

Mord has capped his teeth with gold.[3][6]

Lord Petyr Baelish has Mord torture Marillion, a prisoner in the sky cells. Fat Maddy states that Mord has removed both pinkies and a ring finger from the singer's hands. Marillion falsely confesses to Lord Nestor Royce that he killed Lysa.[3]

When the Arryn court descends to the Gates of the Moon before the onset of winter, Ser Lothor Brune helps Mord load supplies into buckets in the winch room. Mord is one of the last to leave the Eyrie, as he is tasked with butchering the oxen in the winch room before he leaves.[7]

Quotes by Mord

Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister and Ciaran Bermingham as Mord in Game of Thrones

Mord: Is lie. Dwarf man cheat me.

Tyrion: I will put my promise in writing.
Mord: Writing down gold. Much gold.

Tyrion: Oh, much gold.[2]

—Mord and Tyrion Lannister

Quotes about Mord

The turnkey was twenty stone of gross stupidity, with brown rotting teeth and small dark eyes.[2]

—thoughts of Tyrion Lannister

Behind the Scenes

Mord may be a reference by George R. R. Martin to Mord, a fictitious executioner played by Boris Karloff in the movie Tower of London.

References