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− | | Place_of_Birth = [[King's Landing]]{{ref|awoiaf| | + | | Place_of_Birth = [[King's Landing]]{{ref|awoiaf| Janos Slynt}} |
| Date_of_Birth = or between {{Date|278}} and {{Date|260}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Janos Slynt|Janos Slynt]] calculation.''</ref> | | Date_of_Birth = or between {{Date|278}} and {{Date|260}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Janos Slynt|Janos Slynt]] calculation.''</ref> | ||
| Place_of_Death = [[Castle Black]] | | Place_of_Death = [[Castle Black]] | ||
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:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Janos Slynt|Images of Janos Slynt]]'' | :''See also: [[:Category:Images of Janos Slynt|Images of Janos Slynt]]'' | ||
− | Janos is a stout man, with jowls and a bald pate.{{Ref|aGoT|27}} He is frog-faced and built like a keg.{{Ref|aCoK|8}} | + | Janos is a stout man, with jowls and a bald pate.{{Ref|aGoT|27}} He is frog-faced and built like a keg.{{Ref|aCoK|8}} He wears ornate gold-and-black plate with a high-crested helm.{{ref|AGOT|49}} |
==History== | ==History== | ||
− | Janos | + | Janos was born the son of a butcher in [[King's Landing]]. While captain of the [[Iron Gate]], he was raised to Commander of the [[City Watch of King's Landing]], the so-called gold cloaks, after the death of the previous commander, [[Manly Stokeworth]].{{ref|aDwD|7}} |
− | During his | + | During his rule as commander of the gold cloaks, Janos was known for taking bribes and selling positions and promotions. By the end of his tenure, over half the officers were paying him part of their salaries. Lord [[Jon Arryn]], the [[Hand of the King]] to [[Robert I Baratheon]], discovered this and had two men who were willing to come forward to testify against Janos, but both were found dead a short time later. Robert recognized Janos's corruption but allowed him to remain in his position because his successor might be worse. The king's brother, Lord [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]], felt Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] had convinced Robert to retain Janos.{{ref|ASOS|78}} |
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==Recent Events== | ==Recent Events== | ||
===''A Game of Thrones''=== | ===''A Game of Thrones''=== | ||
[[File:Janos Slynt1.jpg|Janos Slynt by Paul Phillips©|thumb|250px]] | [[File:Janos Slynt1.jpg|Janos Slynt by Paul Phillips©|thumb|250px]] | ||
− | Janos | + | Janos is the Commander of the [[City Watch of King's Landing]] when Lord [[Eddard Stark]] becomes [[Hand of the King]] after the death of Lord [[Jon Arryn]]. Before the start of the [[Hand's tourney]], Janos comes before the [[small council]] and reports about the disturbances caused by people flooding the city. He asks for more men to keep the peace. Eddard grants Slynt to hire fifty more men and orders the [[master of coin]], Lord [[Petyr Baelish]], to come up with the money to pay them. He also promises Janos twenty men of his own household guards as reinforcement for the time of the tourney.{{ref|aGoT|27}} |
− | After King [[Robert Baratheon]] | + | After King [[Robert I Baratheon]] is injured while boar hunting in the [[kingswood]], Eddard plans to proclaim Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]] as the new king once Robert has died, implying a likely confrontation with Queen [[Cersei Lannister]], who wants to install her son, Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon]], to the [[Iron Throne]] instead. Given the strength of the [[House Lannister|Lannister]] force commanded by Cersei, Eddard sees the loyalty of the City Watch as crucial to the success of his plan, so he contacts Petyr, who promises him to buy the loyalty of Janos and his men for six thousand gold pieces.{{ref|aGoT|47}} |
− | When Eddard | + | When Eddard challenge's Joffrey's legitimacy in the throne room and calls on Janos to put Cersei and her children under arrest, Janos betrays him. The gold cloaks begin to murder the [[House Stark guards|Stark household guards]], and Janos kills [[Varly]] by slashing his throat.{{ref|aGoT|49}} Musing in his cell about why his actions have failed, Eddard damns Janos as one of the people who have betrayed him and [[Seven Kingdoms|the realm]], yet he ultimately blames himself the most.{{ref|aGoT|58}} |
− | + | Janos is raised to [[Lord of Harrenhal]] for his services to the crown and is named a member of the small council. The appointment of a commoner to such a high position causes resentment among nobles at court.{{ref|aGoT|57}} Janos chooses a bloody spear on a black field as his sigil. He adds golden scales to his black doublet and wears a checkered cape of black and gold.{{ref|AGOT|57}} | |
− | + | Janos laughs when Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] is replaced as [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]].{{ref|aGoT|57}} After recording his dismissal in the [[White Book]]{{ref|aCoK|67}} and gather his possessions in the [[Red Keep#White Sword Tower|White Sword Tower]], Barristan is confronted by Janos and three gold cloaks in the stables. The seasoned knight, only armed with a knife, escapes them, killing one gold cloak and riding through Janos and the other two. The commander sends men after the former Kingsguard, but Barristan the Bold overcomes the guards at the [[River Gate|Mud Gate]] and kills one of his pursuers before fleeing [[King's Landing]].{{ref|aDwD|11}} | |
Following Lord Eddard's execution, Lord Slynt attends another court session, in which Joffrey hands out harsh sentences in matters brought before him, nodding in approval to every action of the king.{{ref|aGoT|67}} | Following Lord Eddard's execution, Lord Slynt attends another court session, in which Joffrey hands out harsh sentences in matters brought before him, nodding in approval to every action of the king.{{ref|aGoT|67}} | ||
− | In a conversation with his son [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]], Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] refers to granting Harrenhal, a former seat of kings, to the son of a butcher as one example of Cersei not being able to prevent foolish actions on the part of Joffrey, also citing the execution of | + | In a conversation with his son [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]], Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] refers to granting [[Harrenhal]], a former seat of kings, to the son of a butcher as one example of Cersei not being able to prevent foolish actions on the part of Joffrey, also citing the execution of Eddard and the dismissal of Barristan in this context. Tywin notes with contempt that Janos should have chosen a bloody cleaver instead of a bloody spear as his sigil. He orders Tyrion to go to King's Landing and act as Hand of the King in his absence.{{ref|aGoT|69}} |
===''A Clash of Kings''=== | ===''A Clash of Kings''=== | ||
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==Quotes by Janos== | ==Quotes by Janos== | ||
+ | {{quote|'''Janos''': Lies, all lies! A strong man makes enemies, Your Grace, they whisper lies behind your back. Naught was ever proven, not a man came forward...<br> | ||
+ | '''Stannis''': Two men who were prepared to come forward died suddenly on their rounds. Do not trifle with me, my lord, I saw the proofs [[Jon Arryn]] laid before the [[small council]]. If I had been king, you would have lost more than your office, I promise you that, but [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]] shrugged away your little lapses. 'They all steal' I recall him saying. 'Better a thief we know than one we don't, the next man might be worse'. Lord [[Petyr Baelish|Petyr's]] words in my brother's mouth, I'll warrant.{{ref|aSoS|78}}}} - Janos and [[Stannis Baratheon]] | ||
− | {{Quote|Please, my lord. Mercy. | + | |
+ | {{Quote|Please, my lord. Mercy. I'll … I'll go, I will, I …{{ref|aDwD|7}}}} | ||
- Janos's last words to [[Jon Snow]] | - Janos's last words to [[Jon Snow]] | ||
− | ==Quotes about Janos | + | ==Quotes about Janos== |
+ | {{quote|If you cannot keep the king's peace, Janos, perhaps the [[City Watch of King's Landing|City Watch]] should be commanded by someone who can.{{ref|AGOT|27}}}} - [[Renly Baratheon]] to Janos | ||
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+ | {{Quote|'''Bowen''': Who better to command the [[Night's Watch|black cloaks]] than a man who once commanded the [[City Watch of King's Landing|gold]]?<br> | ||
+ | '''Stannis''': Any one of you I would think. Even [[Hobb|the cook]].{{ref|ASOS|78}}}} - [[Bowen Marsh]] and [[Stannis Baratheon]] | ||
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+ | {{Quote|This so-called Lord of [[Harrenhal]] is a butcher's whelp upjumped by the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]]. Small wonder he is venal and corrupt.{{ref|aSoS|78}}}} - [[Denys Mallister]] to [[Samwell Tarly]] | ||
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− | + | {{Quote|There is blood between us. This man helped slay [[Eddard Stark|my father]] and did his best to have me killed as well.{{ref|aDwD|7}}}}- [[Jon Snow]]'s thoughts | |
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+ | [[Category:Characters killed by Jon Snow|Slynt, Janos]] | ||
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[[Category:Members of the Night's Watch|Slynt, Janos]] | [[Category:Members of the Night's Watch|Slynt, Janos]] | ||
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+ | [[Category:Nobles|Slynt, Janos]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Supporters of Joffrey Baratheon in the War of the Five Kings|Slynt, Janos]] | ||
[[Category:Veterans of Robert's Rebellion|Slynt, Janos]] | [[Category:Veterans of Robert's Rebellion|Slynt, Janos]] | ||
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[[ru:Джанос Слинт]] | [[ru:Джанос Слинт]] | ||
[[zh:杰诺斯·史林特]] | [[zh:杰诺斯·史林特]] |
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Born | In or between 278 AC and 260 AC[1], King's Landing[2] |
Died | In 300 AC, Castle Black |
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Played by | Dominic Carter |
TV series | Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 4 | Season 5 |
Janos Slynt is the head of House Slynt and commander of the City Watch of King's Landing. His father was a butcher.[3] In the television adaptation Game of Thrones, he is played by Dominic Carter.[4]
Contents
Appearance
- See also: Images of Janos Slynt
Janos is a stout man, with jowls and a bald pate.[5] He is frog-faced and built like a keg.[6] He wears ornate gold-and-black plate with a high-crested helm.[7]
History
Janos was born the son of a butcher in King's Landing. While captain of the Iron Gate, he was raised to Commander of the City Watch of King's Landing, the so-called gold cloaks, after the death of the previous commander, Manly Stokeworth.[8]
During his rule as commander of the gold cloaks, Janos was known for taking bribes and selling positions and promotions. By the end of his tenure, over half the officers were paying him part of their salaries. Lord Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King to Robert I Baratheon, discovered this and had two men who were willing to come forward to testify against Janos, but both were found dead a short time later. Robert recognized Janos's corruption but allowed him to remain in his position because his successor might be worse. The king's brother, Lord Stannis, felt Lord Petyr Baelish had convinced Robert to retain Janos.[9]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Janos is the Commander of the City Watch of King's Landing when Lord Eddard Stark becomes Hand of the King after the death of Lord Jon Arryn. Before the start of the Hand's tourney, Janos comes before the small council and reports about the disturbances caused by people flooding the city. He asks for more men to keep the peace. Eddard grants Slynt to hire fifty more men and orders the master of coin, Lord Petyr Baelish, to come up with the money to pay them. He also promises Janos twenty men of his own household guards as reinforcement for the time of the tourney.[5]
After King Robert I Baratheon is injured while boar hunting in the kingswood, Eddard plans to proclaim Lord Stannis Baratheon as the new king once Robert has died, implying a likely confrontation with Queen Cersei Lannister, who wants to install her son, Prince Joffrey Baratheon, to the Iron Throne instead. Given the strength of the Lannister force commanded by Cersei, Eddard sees the loyalty of the City Watch as crucial to the success of his plan, so he contacts Petyr, who promises him to buy the loyalty of Janos and his men for six thousand gold pieces.[10]
When Eddard challenge's Joffrey's legitimacy in the throne room and calls on Janos to put Cersei and her children under arrest, Janos betrays him. The gold cloaks begin to murder the Stark household guards, and Janos kills Varly by slashing his throat.[7] Musing in his cell about why his actions have failed, Eddard damns Janos as one of the people who have betrayed him and the realm, yet he ultimately blames himself the most.[11]
Janos is raised to Lord of Harrenhal for his services to the crown and is named a member of the small council. The appointment of a commoner to such a high position causes resentment among nobles at court.[12] Janos chooses a bloody spear on a black field as his sigil. He adds golden scales to his black doublet and wears a checkered cape of black and gold.[12]
Janos laughs when Ser Barristan Selmy is replaced as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard.[12] After recording his dismissal in the White Book[13] and gather his possessions in the White Sword Tower, Barristan is confronted by Janos and three gold cloaks in the stables. The seasoned knight, only armed with a knife, escapes them, killing one gold cloak and riding through Janos and the other two. The commander sends men after the former Kingsguard, but Barristan the Bold overcomes the guards at the Mud Gate and kills one of his pursuers before fleeing King's Landing.[14]
Following Lord Eddard's execution, Lord Slynt attends another court session, in which Joffrey hands out harsh sentences in matters brought before him, nodding in approval to every action of the king.[15]
In a conversation with his son Tyrion, Lord Tywin Lannister refers to granting Harrenhal, a former seat of kings, to the son of a butcher as one example of Cersei not being able to prevent foolish actions on the part of Joffrey, also citing the execution of Eddard and the dismissal of Barristan in this context. Tywin notes with contempt that Janos should have chosen a bloody cleaver instead of a bloody spear as his sigil. He orders Tyrion to go to King's Landing and act as Hand of the King in his absence.[3]
A Clash of Kings
Lord Janos sits on the small council when Tyrion Lannister arrives in King's Landing. He is later stripped of Harrenhal and sent to join the Night's Watch by Tyrion along with the men he has suggested as replacements for him as Commander of the City Watch. He is replaced by Ser Jacelyn Bywater,[6] though Tyrion believes that in getting rid of Slynt for Bywater, he has merely replaced a man loyal to Littlefinger with one loyal to Varys.
Tyrion's action against Janos Slynt displeases his sister Cersei,[16] while it elicits a statement from Sansa, made in Joffrey's presence, that she wishes the Others will get Slynt when he is at the Wall, with which she angers the king.[17] Petyr Baelish cites Slynt's fate when Tyrion offers him Harrenhal as a gift for his services to the Crown (namely his betrayal of Eddard Stark), pointing out that Slynt had received Harrenhal for the same reason and yet wound up being forced to take the black, suggesting that the fruit might be poisoned. Tyrion replies that, while he had no use for Slynt, the same is not true for Baelish.[16]
A Storm of Swords
Not knowing that Renly is already dead, Bowen Marsh of the Night's Watch sends an appeal to the five kings, in which he asks them to send men to defend the Wall and the realm against an expected attack by Mance Rayder's wildlings. He also tells them about the possible death of Lord Commander Mormont during the Great Ranging. When Grand Maester Pycelle informs Lord Tywin Lannister about the letter, the Hand of the King is annoyed about the neutrality the Night's Watch keeps in the War of the Five Kings and suggests that no help will be sent until a Lannister ally has been installed as new Lord Commander and brings discipline back to the Wall. Pycelle suggests Janos Slynt for the position, angering Tyrion Lannister, who reminds his father that he was against a butcher's son holding Harrenhal. Lord Tywin disagrees, arguing that "there is a tool for every task, and a task for every tool". When Tyrion objects that Slynt will sell himself to the highest bidder, Tywin answers that he counts that in the man's favor, as no one is likely to outbid the Lannisters. Ignoring Tyrion's protests that the black brothers chose their own commander and direct support for Slynt would thus be unwise, Tywin orders Pycelle to write a letter to Marsh in the name of King Joffrey, in which the demand for men is rejected for the time being but the "fondest regards to his faithful friend and servant Lord Janos Slynt" are also expressed. Thinking by himself, Tyrion regrets that he did not leave orders for Slynt to be disposed of the way his partner in crime Allar Deem was.[18]
Slynt arrives at Castle Black and hauls Jon Snow before him on charges of treason and oathbreaking. He allies with Ser Alliser Thorne and Ser Glendon Hewett. He brings Rattleshirt out who confirms that Jon killed Qhorin Halfhand. He has Jon arrested and placed in an ice cell.[19]
After being prevented by Maester Aemon from hanging Jon, Slynt sends Jon to assassinate Mance Rayder, hoping that Jon will be killed in the process.[20]
Slynt puts himself forth as candidate to succeed Jeor Mormont as Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, with the support of Ser Alliser Thorne and later on of Bowen Marsh as well.[21] Slynt also tries to persuade Stannis Baratheon to support him, but Stannis's personal dislike for Slynt over his corruption scandal and his distaste for the man's sycophantic flattery put an end to it. Due to the rivalry between Cotter Pyke and Ser Denys Mallister, Slynt's chances improve. In the end, he is defeated by the efforts of Samwell Tarly, who persuades Pyke and Mallister to support Jon Snow as a compromise candidate.[9][22]
A Feast for Crows
Janos informs the Lannister court of events at the Wall, sending a letter to Grand Maester Pycelle telling of Stannis trying to make common cause with the wildlings.[23]
A Dance With Dragons
To avoid Slynt undermining his authority with his scheming, to separate him from his ally, Alliser Thorne, and in view of his experience, Jon Snow, now Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, decides to give Slynt command of the abandoned way castle Greyguard.
Still under the misapprehension that Jon's youth and inexperience give him licence to do as he pleases, Slynt refuses to follow Jon's orders, doing so the second time publicly. At this point, Jon, sick of Slynt's insubordination and knowing either imprisoning Slynt or forcing him to go would only cause further problems, orders that Slynt should be taken to the top of the Wall and hanged, though Slynt remains arrogantly confident that Jon would not go through with the execution, threatening them all with Tywin Lannister's retribution if Jon harms him, unaware that with Tywin's death, he is making empty threats. However, Jon ultimately decides to follow the moral code that Eddard Stark had set his sons, and orders his men to fetch a chopping block so Jon can carry out the beheading himself, under the laws of the First Men his father had followed: namely 'The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.' With his head on the block, Slynt begs for mercy and says he will obey Jon's orders, but Jon thinks "No. You closed that door", though Jon is merciful and kills Slynt quickly. Stannis Baratheon, who watches the execution, approves of Jon's behavior.[8]
Quotes by Janos
Janos: Lies, all lies! A strong man makes enemies, Your Grace, they whisper lies behind your back. Naught was ever proven, not a man came forward...
Stannis: Two men who were prepared to come forward died suddenly on their rounds. Do not trifle with me, my lord, I saw the proofs Jon Arryn laid before the small council. If I had been king, you would have lost more than your office, I promise you that, but Robert shrugged away your little lapses. 'They all steal' I recall him saying. 'Better a thief we know than one we don't, the next man might be worse'. Lord Petyr's words in my brother's mouth, I'll warrant.[9]
- Janos and Stannis Baratheon
Please, my lord. Mercy. I'll … I'll go, I will, I …[8]
- Janos's last words to Jon Snow
Quotes about Janos
If you cannot keep the king's peace, Janos, perhaps the City Watch should be commanded by someone who can.[5]
- Renly Baratheon to Janos
Bowen: Who better to command the black cloaks than a man who once commanded the gold?
Stannis: Any one of you I would think. Even the cook.[9]
- Bowen Marsh and Stannis Baratheon
This so-called Lord of Harrenhal is a butcher's whelp upjumped by the Lannisters. Small wonder he is venal and corrupt.[9]
- Denys Mallister to Samwell Tarly
- Jon Snow's thoughts
Family
References and Notes
- ↑ See the Janos Slynt calculation.
- ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Janos Slynt.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 69, Tyrion IX.
- ↑ Game of Thrones: cast so far on Liftingfaces
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 27, Eddard VI.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 8, Tyrion II.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 49, Eddard XIV.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 7, Jon II.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 78, Samwell V.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 47, Eddard XIII.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 58, Eddard XV.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 57, Sansa V.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 67, Tyrion XV.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 11, Daenerys II.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 67, Sansa VI.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 17, Tyrion IV.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 18, Sansa II.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 32, Tyrion IV.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 69, Jon IX.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 73, Jon X.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 75, Samwell IV.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 79, Jon XII.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 17, Cersei IV.
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