Gwayne Hightower

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Gwayne Hightower
City Watch of King's Landing.svg
Title Ser
Allegiances
Culture Reach
Born In or before 96 AC[1]
Died In 130 ACKing's Landing[2]
Father Otto Hightower
Books

Played by Will Willoughby (season 1)
Freddie Fox (season 2)
TV series House of the Dragon: Season 1 | 2

Gwayne Hightower was a knight from House Hightower and an officer of the City Watch of King's Landing. He was the youngest son of Ser Otto Hightower and one of the brothers of Queen Alicent Hightower, the second wife of King Viserys I Targaryen.

In the television adaptation House of the Dragon, Gwayne is portrayed by Freddie Fox.

History

Gwayne came to court at the Red Keep in King's Landing in 101 AC with his siblings and mother when his father, Ser Otto Hightower, was named Hand of the King by King Jaehaerys I Targaryen.[3]

In 111 AC, Gwayne participated in a tourney in King's Landing to celebrate the fifth anniversary of King Viserys I Targaryen's marriage to Gwayne's sister, Queen Alicent Hightower. Gwayne served as one of his sister's champions during the tourney, but he was unhorsed by Ser Criston Cole.[3]

When the Dance of the Dragons began in 129 AC, Gwayne was named the second-in-command of the City Watch of King's Landing by his father, who instructed him to keep an eye on Ser Luthor Largent, the Commander of the City Watch, for any signs of disloyalty towards his nephew and the newly crowned King Aegon II Targaryen. Gwayne and Ser Arryk Cargyll were in the retinue of Grand Maester Orwyle when he traveled from King's Landing to Dragonstone in an unsuccessful attempt to reconcile Aegon II and his half-sister, Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen.[4]

When King's Landing was attacked by the blacks in 130 AC, Gwayne rushed to the stables to sound the alarm, but he was seized, disarmed, and dragged before his own commander, Luthor Largent, who was still loyal to Prince Daemon Targaryen. When Gwayne denounced him as a turncloak, Ser Luthor drove his sword through Hightower's belly and ordered the city gates to be opened to the blacks.[2]

Family

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hobert
 
 
 
 
Lord
Hightower
 
Unknown
wife
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Otto
 
Unknown
wife
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bryndon
 
 
 
Samantha
Tarly
 
Ormund
 
Unknown
first wife
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Son(s)
 
Alicent
 
Viserys I
Targaryen
 
Gwayne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Myles
 
 
 
Lyonel
 
Martyn
 
Garmund
 
Rhaena
Targaryen
 
Bethany
 
Aegon II
Targaryen
 
Helaena
Targaryen
 
Aemond
Targaryen
 
Daeron
Targaryen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Six children
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Six daughters
 
 
 
 
 
Jaehaerys
Targaryen
 
Jaehaera
Targaryen
 
Maelor
Targaryen
 


References

  1. See the Gwayne Hightower calculation.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Fire & Blood, Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession.
  4. Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens.