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| image_caption  = Grenn - by [https://andreiaugrai.deviantart.com/ Andreia Ugrai], © FFG
 
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| Date_of_Birth  = {{Date|281}} or {{Date|282}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Grenn|Grenn]] calculation.''</ref>
 
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| Played_by      = [[List of actors of the televised series#Mark Stanley,Grenn|Mark Stanley]]
| TV_series      = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]]
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| TV_series      = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]]}}
{{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]]}}
 
  
'''Grenn''' is a member of the [[Night's Watch]]. He was given the nickname '''Aurochs''' by Ser [[Alliser Thorne]].{{Ref|aGoT|19}} He is named to the rangers when he swears his vows.{{Ref|aGoT|48}} In the [[Game of Thrones|TV series]] he is played by [[List of actors of the televised series#Mark Stanley,Grenn|Mark Stanley]].
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'''Grenn''' is a recruit of the [[Night's Watch]] and friend of [[Jon Snow]]. He is given the nickname '''Aurochs''' by Ser [[Alliser Thorne]].{{Ref|aGoT|19}} In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' he is played by [[List of actors of the televised series#Mark Stanley,Grenn|Mark Stanley]].
  
==Appearance & Character==
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==Appearance and Character==
Grenn is thick of neck.{{Ref|aGoT|19}} He is a head taller and older than Jon, being sixteen years old.{{Ref|aGoT|19}}
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:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Grenn|Images of Grenn]]''
  
Jon Snow's original impression of him is that he is slow and clumsy.{{Ref|aGoT|19}} Even his friends in the Night's Watch often mock him for his looks and for not being the smartest.
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Grenn is thick of neck.{{Ref|aGoT|19}} He is a head taller than [[Jon Snow]], at the age of sixteen.{{Ref|aGoT|19}}
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Jon's original impression of Grenn is that he is slow and clumsy.{{Ref|aGoT|19}} Even his friends in the Night's Watch often mock him for his looks and for not being the smartest.{{Ref|AGOT|60}}{{Ref|ACOK|23}}{{Ref|ASOS|75}}
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
 
===''A Game of Thrones''===
 
===''A Game of Thrones''===
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Grenn is one of the recruits when [[Jon Snow]] comes to join the [[Night's Watch]]. They are trained together by Ser [[Alliser Thorne]], with Alliser deriding Grenn as "Aurochs". While training with blunted swords, Jon defeats Grenn and causes an injury to his hand. Grenn, [[Todder]], and two other recruits confront the younger Jon, but [[Donal Noye]] prevents further violence and reminds Jon of his advantageous upbringing. After he has received news that his brother [[Bran Stark|Bran]] has woken from his coma, Jon is conciliatory towards Grenn, offering to teach him how to defend against the move that has caused his injury.{{Ref|aGoT|19}}
  
Grenn is one of the novices when Jon Snow comes to join the [[Night's Watch]]. They are trained together by Ser [[Alliser Thorne]] and both suffer verbal abuse by him, with Ser Alliser deriding Jon as "Lord Snow" and Grenn as "Aurochs". One day, while training with blunted swords, Jon defeats Grenn and causes an injury at his hand. Grenn, [[Todder]] and two other novices, all of them older than Jon, fed up with being beaten by him in practice, later confront him and accuse him of making them look bad before Ser Alliser. Jon has a very low opinion of all of them and is defiant. The situation evolves into a physical altercation but is stopped by [[Donal Noye]] in time. Noye afterwards advises Jon about how much advantage he has over the other men because of his upbringing and that he'll end up getting his throat slit at night, if he doesn't chage his attitude towards his equals. Jon later finds Grenn sitting in the common hall of [[Castle Black]], laughing and cursing with other men, and decides to stay away from them. However, after he has received news that his brother [[Bran Stark|Bran]] has woken from his coma, he is conciliatory towards Grenn, offering to teach him how to defend against the move that has caused his injury. This leads to an exchange with Ser Alliser, who resents Jon posing as instructor and predicts that nobody is going to teach an inept recruit like Grenn anything. Jon counters him with a comment that makes everyone laugh, earning him a new enemy in Ser Alliser and a new friend in Grenn.{{Ref|aGoT|19}}
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Grenn trains with Jon Snow and his sword fighting soon improves, now able to hold his own against a more adept recruit such as [[Halder]]. As a result, [[Pypar]] also asks Jon for help.{{Ref|aGoT|21}}
  
Grenn trains with Jon Snow and his sword fighting soon improves. He is able to hold his own against a more adept novice such as [[Halder]] now, as Jon explains to [[Tyrion Lannister]]. As a result, [[Pypar]] also asks Jon for help.{{Ref|aGoT|21}}
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Alliser picks on [[Samwell Tarly]] when he arrives at the [[Wall]], commanding Halder, [[Rast]], and [[Albett]] to fight the inept youth. Grenn, Jon, and Pyp defend Sam, however. Because Rast is still willing to hurt Sam for Alliser, he is visited by Grenn, Jon, and Pyp and threatened by Jon's [[direwolf]], [[Ghost]]. Sam joins Grenn, Jon, Pyp, and Halder during meals and eventually shares in their jests.{{Ref|aGoT|26}}
  
Ser Alliser picks on [[Samwell Tarly]] when he arrives at the [[Wall]] and wants Halder to hurt the inept novice even after he has been defeated. Jon Snow, again defying Ser Alliser, interferes and calls on Halder to stop hurting an opponent who has yielded. Ser Alliser commands [[Rast]] and [[Albett]] to join Halder's attack on Sam and his shield Jon, but Grenn and Pyp come to Jon's help. In the ensuing fight, Grenn stands his ground against Albett and Jon's group prevails, to Ser Alliser's disgust. Grenn joins Jon and Pyp as they introduce themselves to Sam. He asks Sam why he didn't counter the attack and is shocked when Sam describes himself as a coward. When Sam has left, he says he wishes he wouldn't have helped Sam, as nobody likes cravens. After Jon has heard Sam's story on how [[Randyll Tarly|his father]] made him join the Night's Watch, he convinces other novices to not hurt Sam during practice, no matter what Ser Alliser says. Grenn is first anxious about Jon's suggestion but then assents. However, Rast declares that if Ser Alliser sends him against Sam, he will have no qualms hurting "Lady Piggy". Grenn, Jon and Pyp later pay Rast a visit in his cell and use Jon's [[direwolf]] [[Ghost]] as threat to make him relent on the issue. The novices all treat Sam lightly during practice afterwards, no matter how much Ser Alliser rages. On Jon's invitation, Sam joins the group consisting of Grenn, Jon, Pyp and Halder during meals and eventually even shares in their jests.{{Ref|aGoT|26}}
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When a new group of recruits heads toward [[Castle Black]], Alliser names eight of his novices ready to join the Night's Watch. Grenn celebrates with wine.{{Ref|aGoT|41}} Grenn is happy to be assigned to the rangers, while Jon is assigned to the stewards.{{Ref|aGoT|48}}
  
When a new group of recruits is announced, Ser Alliser names eight novices ready to join the Night's Watch, Grenn, Jon Snow, Pyp and Halder among them. They celebrate together, drinking some wine. When they later talk about what positions they will be assigned to, Grenn says he hopes he'll be named a ranger, but is told that everyone wants to be that.{{Ref|aGoT|41}}
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Following the arrest of Lord [[Eddard Stark]], Jon's father, as a traitor, Grenn is among those who lend support to Jon, telling him that the accusation is a lie. He and others stop Jon from attacking Alliser with a knife when Alliser calls Jon "not only a bastard, but a traitor's bastard".{{Ref|aGoT|52}}
  
Grenn and Toad are surprised to see Sam in the sept among those who are about to give their vows, not knowing that Jon Snow has asked Maester [[Aemon]] to request Sam as his steward. When [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch|Lord Commander]] [[Jeor Mormont|Mormont]] says that he expects Jon to make his vow in front of a [[weirwood]] rather than in the sept, Grenn is suprised, as he has never seen a godswood in Castle Black. Grenn is assigned to the rangers, which makes him very happy. He doesn't even notice that Jon has been assigned to the stewards.{{Ref|aGoT|48}}
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Jon saves the life of [[Jeor Mormont]], [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]], when he is attacked by a [[wight]]. Out of gratitude, the Old Bear gives Jon his family sword, [[Longclaw]], as a gift. Afterwards, Grenn joins others who ask Jon to show them the [[Valyrian steel]] sword, explaining that they knew about the present before Jon did.{{Ref|aGoT|60}}                                                                    
  
Following the arrest of Lord [[Eddard Stark]] as a traitor, Grenn is among those who lend support to Jon Snow, telling him that the accusation is a lie. He and others stop Jon from attacking Ser Alliser with a knife when Ser Alliser calls him "not only a bastard, but a traitor's bastard".{{Ref|aGoT|52}}
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Grenn is among the group of friends that stop Jon  from abandoning the Wall and forswearing himself following the execution of his father in [[King's Landing]]. When Jon declares he needs to be with his brother [[Robb Stark|Robb]], Grenn says that those of the Night's Watch are his brothers now. He goes on explaining that, while everyone is sorry about Lord Eddard's fate, Jon cannot go back once he has made the vow.{{Ref|aGoT|70}}
  
Jon Snow saves the life of Lord Commander Mormont when he is attacked by a [[wight]]. Out of gratitude, the Old Bear gives Jon his family sword [[Longclaw]] as a gift. Afterwards, Grenn joins others who ask Jon to show them the sword, explaining that they knew about the present before he did.{{Ref|aGoT|60}}                                                                    
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===''A Clash of Kings''===
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[[File:Grenn Beyond Wall.jpg|thumb|350px|Grenn while [[beyond the Wall]] - by Amok ©]]
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Grenn participates in the [[great ranging]] led by Lord Commander Mormont. Before it starts, Grenn joins other brothers who go to [[Mole's Town]] for drinking and whoring.{{Ref|aCoK|6}}
  
He is among the group of friends that stop Jon Snow from abandoning the Wall and forswearing himself following the execution of his father. When Jon declares he needs to be with his brother [[Robb Stark|Robb]], Grenn says that those of the Night's Watch are his brothers now. He goes on explaining that, while everyone is sorry about Lord Eddard's fate, Jon cannot go back once he has made the vow.{{Ref|aGoT|70}}
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During the ranging, Grenn serves as an outrider and is usually paired with [[Dywen]]. The gnarled, veteran ranger takes on a mentor role; clouting Grenn on the ear and advising the young ranger. When the group approaches [[Craster's Keep]], Dywen tells Grenn that [[Craster]] was born of a [[free folk|wildling]] woman and a ranger. Dywen warns Jon and others to not look after [[Craster]]'s wives. Grenn later challenges Dywen's boast that he slept with three of Craster's daughters during the night, explaining that he would have noticed that.{{Ref|aCoK|23}}
  
===''A Clash of Kings''===
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Dywen declares there is a strange smell around the [[Fist of the First Men]], explaining to Grenn that it smells cold.{{Ref|aCoK|34}} Jon makes daggers from the stash of [[dragonglass]] he has found at the Fist, keeping one for himself and giving others to Grenn, Sam, and Lord Commander Mormont.{{Ref|aCoK|43}}{{Ref|ASOS|33}} Grenn also takes dragonglass arrowheads from the cache.{{Ref|ASOS|33}}
[[File:Grenn Beyond Wall.jpg|thumb|350px|left|Grenn [[beyond the Wall]] - by Amoka ©]]
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Grenn participates in [[the Great Ranging]] led by [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch|Lord Commander]] [[Jeor Mormont|Mormont]]. Before it starts, he joins other brothers who go to [[Mole's Town]] for drinking and whoring.{{Ref|aCoK|6}}
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When Jon kills [[Qhorin Halfhand]] on his command to prove that he has forsaken the Night's Watch so that he can infiltrate the camp of [[Mance Rayder]], Jon wonders whether he has lost his friends.{{Ref|aCoK|68}}
  
During the ranging, Grenn serves as an outrider and is usually paired with [[Dywen]]. The gnarled, veteran ranger takes on a mentor role; clouting Grenn on the ear and advising the young Ranger. When the group approaches [[Craster's Keep]], Dywen tells Grenn that [[Craster]] was born of a [[Free Folk|wildling]] woman and a ranger. Dywen later warns [[Jon Snow]] and others to not look after [[Craster]]'s wives. When Grenn asks how many wives Craster does have, Dywen answers that it's more than Grenn will ever have, hinting that Craster breeds his own wives. Grenn later challenges the truth of Dywen's boast that he slept with three of Craster's daughters during the night, explaining that he would have noticed that.{{Ref|aCoK|23}}
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===''A Storm of Swords''===
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[[File:Dejan Delic the Other.jpg|350px|thumb|Grenn and [[Samwell Tarly]] face down an [[Other]] - by Dejan Delic ©]]
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Grenn survives the [[fight at the Fist]], where the Night's Watch is attacked by wights. Grenn and [[Small Paul]] encourage the dispirited [[Samwell Tarly]] during the retreat south, with Grenn beginning to sing "[[The Bear and the Maiden Fair]]".{{Ref|ASOS|18}} An [[Others|Other]] kills Paul, but Sam manages to kill the Other with a dragonglass dagger. Afterward, Grenn calls him Sam the Slayer.{{Ref|ASOS|33}}
  
The men reach the [[Fist of the First Men]]. Dywen declares there is a strange smell around the place. Grenn asks him to elaborate and Dywen says that it smells cold.{{Ref|aCoK|34}}
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Grenn is among those who make it back to [[Craster's Keep]]. When some men of the Watch [[mutiny at Craster's Keep|mutiny]], Grenn flees with others after the death of Lord Commander [[Jeor Mormont]].{{ref|ASOS|33}}
  
Jon Snow makes daggers from the stash of [[dragonglass]] he has found at the Fist, keeping one for himself and giving the other two to Grenn and Lord Commander Mormont.{{Ref|aCoK|43}}
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Once back at Castle Black, Grenn helps villagers from [[Mole's Town]] seek shelter.{{Ref|ASOS|55}} When Jon returns to the Wall, he notes that Grenn has changed a lot since they first met; he has grown a half a foot taller, his chest and shoulders have thickened, and he has not cut his shaggy hair or beard since he left the Fist.{{Ref|ASOS|69}}
  
When Jon Snow kills [[Qhorin Halfhand]] on his command to prove that he has foresaken the Night's Watch so that he can infiltrate the camp of [[Mance Rayder]], Jon wonders for a moment whether he has lost all his friends now, thinking in this context of Grenn, among others.{{Ref|aCoK|68}}
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During the [[battle beneath the Wall]], Grenn rolls barrels of oil{{Ref|ASOS|64}} and crushed stone{{Ref|ASOS|69}} from the Wall to attack wildlings. Jon leaves command of the Wall to Grenn when he descends to Castle Black.{{Ref|ASOS|64}}
  
===''A Storm of Swords''===
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[[File:Castle Black Squad by chillyravenart.jpg|350px|thumb|Grenn and other brothers of the [[Night's Watch]] - [[Dolorous Edd]], [[Jon Snow]], [[Pyp]], [[Satin]], and [[Samwell Tarly]] - by chillyravenart ©]]
Grenn survives the [[Fist of the First Men]], where the Night's Watch is attacked by [[Others#wights|wights]]. During the march south, an [[Others|Other]] comes upon him, [[Samwell Tarly]] and [[Paul|Small Paul]]. Small Paul is killed, but Samwell manages to kill the Other with a dragonglass dagger. Grenn is among those who make it back to [[Craster's Keep]]. During the mutiny, Grenn flees with others after the death of Lord Commander [[Jeor Mormont]].
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Grenn greets Sam warmly when he returns to Castle Black, grinning and hugging him so hard he thinks his ribs might break. In conversation with Pyp and Grenn, Sam starts to think he should convince one of the candidates in the Night's Watch [[election]] to withdraw to support the other.{{Ref|ASOS|75}} When Jon Snow is elected the new [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]], Grenn is among those who congratulate him.{{Ref|ASOS|79}}
  
 
===''A Feast for Crows''===
 
===''A Feast for Crows''===
Grenn complains that Jon has not been the same since being made Lord Commander.
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Grenn complains that Jon has not been the same since being chosen the new Lord Commander.{{Ref|AFFC|5}}
  
 
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
 
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Grenn is seen sitting with [[Pypar|Pyp]] and the rest in the common room. They invite [[Jon Snow|Jon]] to sit with them, and as much as Jon would like to, he has to refuse.
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Grenn is seen sitting with Pyp and the rest in the common room. They invite Jon to sit with them, but he refuses.{{Ref|ADWD|10}} The Lord Commander assigns Grenn to [[Eastwatch-by-the-Sea]].{{Ref|ADWD|10}}
  
 
==Quotes==
 
==Quotes==
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{{Quote|'''Grenn''': Nobody likes cravens. I wish we hadn't helped [[Samwell Tarly|him]]. What if they think we're craven too?<br>
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'''Pypar''': You're too stupid to be craven.<br>
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'''Grenn''': I am not.<br>
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'''Pypar''': Yes you are. If a bear attacked you in the woods, you'd be too stupid to run away.<br>
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'''Grenn''': I would not. I'd run away faster than you.{{Ref|AGOT|26}}|Grenn and [[Pypar]]}}
  
{{Quote|Sometimes I think everyone is just pretending to be brave, and none of us really are. {{ref|asos|33}}}}
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{{Quote|'''Pypar''': We're not all as dumb as Grenn.<br>
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'''Grenn''': You are so. You're dumber.{{Ref|AGOT|60}}|Grenn and [[Pypar]]}}
  
==References and Notes==
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{{Quote|'''Samwell''': You never liked Ser [[Alliser Thorne|Alliser]] to call you Aurochs.<br>
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'''Grenn''': He was saying I was big and stupid. If [[Pypar|Pyp]] wanted to call me Aurochs, though, he could. Or you, or [[Jon Snow|Jon]]. An aurochs is a fierce strong beast, so that's not so bad, and I am big, and getting bigger.{{Ref|ASOS|33}}|[[Samwell Tarly]] and Grenn}}
  
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{{Quote|'''Jon''': Grenn, you have the [[Wall]].<br>
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'''Grenn''': Me?<br>
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'''Pypar''': Him?<br>
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'''Grenn''': But, b-but what do I do if the [[free folk|wildlings]] attack again?<br>
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'''Jon''': Stop them.{{Ref|ASOS|64}}|[[Jon Snow]], [[Pypar]], and Grenn}}
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{{Quote|Sometimes I think everyone is just pretending to be brave, and none of us really are.{{Ref|aSoS|33}}|Grenn, to [[Samwell Tarly]]}}
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Night's Watch.svgGrennNight's Watch.svg
Andreia Ugrai Grenn.png
Grenn - by Andreia Ugrai, © FFG

Alias Aurochs
Allegiance Night's Watch
Culture Westeros
Born In 281 AC or 282 AC[1]
Books

Played by Mark Stanley
TV series Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4

Grenn is a recruit of the Night's Watch and friend of Jon Snow. He is given the nickname Aurochs by Ser Alliser Thorne.[2] In the television adaptation Game of Thrones he is played by Mark Stanley.

Appearance and Character

See also: Images of Grenn

Grenn is thick of neck.[2] He is a head taller than Jon Snow, at the age of sixteen.[2]

Jon's original impression of Grenn is that he is slow and clumsy.[2] Even his friends in the Night's Watch often mock him for his looks and for not being the smartest.[3][4][5]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Grenn is one of the recruits when Jon Snow comes to join the Night's Watch. They are trained together by Ser Alliser Thorne, with Alliser deriding Grenn as "Aurochs". While training with blunted swords, Jon defeats Grenn and causes an injury to his hand. Grenn, Todder, and two other recruits confront the younger Jon, but Donal Noye prevents further violence and reminds Jon of his advantageous upbringing. After he has received news that his brother Bran has woken from his coma, Jon is conciliatory towards Grenn, offering to teach him how to defend against the move that has caused his injury.[2]

Grenn trains with Jon Snow and his sword fighting soon improves, now able to hold his own against a more adept recruit such as Halder. As a result, Pypar also asks Jon for help.[6]

Alliser picks on Samwell Tarly when he arrives at the Wall, commanding Halder, Rast, and Albett to fight the inept youth. Grenn, Jon, and Pyp defend Sam, however. Because Rast is still willing to hurt Sam for Alliser, he is visited by Grenn, Jon, and Pyp and threatened by Jon's direwolf, Ghost. Sam joins Grenn, Jon, Pyp, and Halder during meals and eventually shares in their jests.[7]

When a new group of recruits heads toward Castle Black, Alliser names eight of his novices ready to join the Night's Watch. Grenn celebrates with wine.[8] Grenn is happy to be assigned to the rangers, while Jon is assigned to the stewards.[9]

Following the arrest of Lord Eddard Stark, Jon's father, as a traitor, Grenn is among those who lend support to Jon, telling him that the accusation is a lie. He and others stop Jon from attacking Alliser with a knife when Alliser calls Jon "not only a bastard, but a traitor's bastard".[10]

Jon saves the life of Jeor Mormont, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, when he is attacked by a wight. Out of gratitude, the Old Bear gives Jon his family sword, Longclaw, as a gift. Afterwards, Grenn joins others who ask Jon to show them the Valyrian steel sword, explaining that they knew about the present before Jon did.[3]

Grenn is among the group of friends that stop Jon from abandoning the Wall and forswearing himself following the execution of his father in King's Landing. When Jon declares he needs to be with his brother Robb, Grenn says that those of the Night's Watch are his brothers now. He goes on explaining that, while everyone is sorry about Lord Eddard's fate, Jon cannot go back once he has made the vow.[11]

A Clash of Kings

Grenn while beyond the Wall - by Amok ©

Grenn participates in the great ranging led by Lord Commander Mormont. Before it starts, Grenn joins other brothers who go to Mole's Town for drinking and whoring.[12]

During the ranging, Grenn serves as an outrider and is usually paired with Dywen. The gnarled, veteran ranger takes on a mentor role; clouting Grenn on the ear and advising the young ranger. When the group approaches Craster's Keep, Dywen tells Grenn that Craster was born of a wildling woman and a ranger. Dywen warns Jon and others to not look after Craster's wives. Grenn later challenges Dywen's boast that he slept with three of Craster's daughters during the night, explaining that he would have noticed that.[4]

Dywen declares there is a strange smell around the Fist of the First Men, explaining to Grenn that it smells cold.[13] Jon makes daggers from the stash of dragonglass he has found at the Fist, keeping one for himself and giving others to Grenn, Sam, and Lord Commander Mormont.[14][15] Grenn also takes dragonglass arrowheads from the cache.[15]

When Jon kills Qhorin Halfhand on his command to prove that he has forsaken the Night's Watch so that he can infiltrate the camp of Mance Rayder, Jon wonders whether he has lost his friends.[16]

A Storm of Swords

Grenn and Samwell Tarly face down an Other - by Dejan Delic ©

Grenn survives the fight at the Fist, where the Night's Watch is attacked by wights. Grenn and Small Paul encourage the dispirited Samwell Tarly during the retreat south, with Grenn beginning to sing "The Bear and the Maiden Fair".[17] An Other kills Paul, but Sam manages to kill the Other with a dragonglass dagger. Afterward, Grenn calls him Sam the Slayer.[15]

Grenn is among those who make it back to Craster's Keep. When some men of the Watch mutiny, Grenn flees with others after the death of Lord Commander Jeor Mormont.[15]

Once back at Castle Black, Grenn helps villagers from Mole's Town seek shelter.[18] When Jon returns to the Wall, he notes that Grenn has changed a lot since they first met; he has grown a half a foot taller, his chest and shoulders have thickened, and he has not cut his shaggy hair or beard since he left the Fist.[19]

During the battle beneath the Wall, Grenn rolls barrels of oil[20] and crushed stone[19] from the Wall to attack wildlings. Jon leaves command of the Wall to Grenn when he descends to Castle Black.[20]

Grenn and other brothers of the Night's Watch - Dolorous Edd, Jon Snow, Pyp, Satin, and Samwell Tarly - by chillyravenart ©

Grenn greets Sam warmly when he returns to Castle Black, grinning and hugging him so hard he thinks his ribs might break. In conversation with Pyp and Grenn, Sam starts to think he should convince one of the candidates in the Night's Watch election to withdraw to support the other.[5] When Jon Snow is elected the new Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, Grenn is among those who congratulate him.[21]

A Feast for Crows

Grenn complains that Jon has not been the same since being chosen the new Lord Commander.[22]

A Dance with Dragons

Grenn is seen sitting with Pyp and the rest in the common room. They invite Jon to sit with them, but he refuses.[23] The Lord Commander assigns Grenn to Eastwatch-by-the-Sea.[23]

Quotes

Grenn: Nobody likes cravens. I wish we hadn't helped him. What if they think we're craven too?

Pypar: You're too stupid to be craven.
Grenn: I am not.
Pypar: Yes you are. If a bear attacked you in the woods, you'd be too stupid to run away.

Grenn: I would not. I'd run away faster than you.[7]

—Grenn and Pypar

Pypar: We're not all as dumb as Grenn.
Grenn: You are so. You're dumber.[3]

—Grenn and Pypar

Samwell: You never liked Ser Alliser to call you Aurochs.
Grenn: He was saying I was big and stupid. If Pyp wanted to call me Aurochs, though, he could. Or you, or Jon. An aurochs is a fierce strong beast, so that's not so bad, and I am big, and getting bigger.[15]

Samwell Tarly and Grenn

Jon: Grenn, you have the Wall.

Grenn: Me?
Pypar: Him?
Grenn: But, b-but what do I do if the wildlings attack again?

Jon: Stop them.[20]

Jon Snow, Pypar, and Grenn

Sometimes I think everyone is just pretending to be brave, and none of us really are.[15]

—Grenn, to Samwell Tarly

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