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==Appearance and Character==
 
==Appearance and Character==
According to [[Tyrion Lannister]], he has a noble face.{{Ref|aGoT|21}} He is not known for his patience.{{Ref|aGoT|52}}
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According to [[Tyrion Lannister]], Jaremy has a noble face.{{Ref|aGoT|21}} He is not known for his patience.{{Ref|aGoT|52}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
He remained loyal to the [[Aerys I Targaryen|Mad King]] during [[Robert's Rebellion]]. After the [[Sack of King's Landing]], he was given the choice by Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] between the [[Wall]] or immediate death. Both he and Ser [[Alliser Thorne]] joined the [[Night's Watch]].{{Ref|aGoT|21}}
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Jaremy remained loyal to the Mad King, [[Aerys I Targaryen|Aegon I]], during [[Robert's Rebellion]]. After the [[Sack of King's Landing]], he was given the choice by Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] between the [[Wall]] or immediate death. Both he and Ser [[Alliser Thorne]] joined the [[Night's Watch]].{{Ref|aGoT|21}}
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
 
===''A Game of Thrones''===
 
===''A Game of Thrones''===
He is present when [[Tyrion Lannister]], during his visit at the [[Wall]], is having dinner with [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch|Lord Commander]] [[Jeor Mormont|Mormont]] and other high officers of the [[Night's Watch]]. He mentions how, after the [[Sack of King's Landing]], Tyrion's father, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], gave him and Ser [[Alliser Thorne]] the choice between joining the Night's Watch or their heads ending up on a spike the same day, because they had stayed loyal to the [[Aerys II Targaryen|Mad King]]. Tyrion replies that his father is fond of heads on spikes and probably thought that a face as noble as Ser Jaremy's would make a striking decoration for the city wall above the [[King's Gate]]. Ser Jaremy thanks Tyrion for this comment with a sardonic smile.{{Ref|aGoT|21}}
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Jaremy is present when [[Tyrion Lannister]], during his visit at the [[Wall]], is having dinner with [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch|Lord Commander]] [[Jeor Mormont]] and other high officers of the [[Night's Watch]]. Jaremy mentions how, after the [[Sack of King's Landing]], Tyrion's father, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], gave him and Ser [[Alliser Thorne]] the choice between joining the Night's Watch or their heads ending up on a spike the same day, because they had stayed loyal to the [[Aerys II Targaryen|Mad King]]. Tyrion replies that his father is fond of heads on spikes and probably thought that a face as noble as Ser Jaremy's would make a striking decoration for the city wall above the [[King's Gate]]. Jaremy thanks Tyrion for this comment with a sardonic smile.{{Ref|aGoT|21}}
  
After [[Benjen Stark]] goes missing beyond the Wall, he leads two sweeps in search of him, while [[Qhorin Halfhand]] leads another search party going north from the [[Shadow Tower]]. Nothing is found except a few blazes in trees that Benjen used to mark his way. The marks stop in the stony highlands to the northwest and all trace of Benjen vanishes.{{Ref|aGoT|26}}
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After [[Benjen Stark]] goes missing [[beyond the Wall]], Jaremy leads two sweeps in search of him, while [[Qhorin Halfhand]] leads another search party going north from the [[Shadow Tower]]. Nothing is found except a few blazes in trees that Benjen used to mark his way. The marks stop in the stony highlands to the northwest and all trace of Benjen vanishes.{{Ref|aGoT|26}}  
  
Ser Jaremy is named acting First Ranger in the absence of Benjen Stark. He is present during the swearing-in ceremony for the new members of the Night's Watch at the sept of [[Castle Black]]. When [[Samwell Tarly]] decides to make his vow at the [[godswood]] beyond the Wall rather than in the sept, Ser Jaremy asks Sam why he has chosen to forsake the gods of [[Randyll Tarly|his father]] and [[House Tarly|his house]], receiving the answer that the Night's Watch is Sam's house now and that the [[Faith of the Seven|Seven]] have never answered his prayers.{{Ref|aGoT|48}}
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Jaremy is named acting First Ranger in the absence of Benjen Stark. He is present during the swearing-in ceremony for the new members of the Night's Watch at the sept of [[Castle Black]] and again when [[Jon Snow]], [[Samwell Tarly]] and others are sworn in at the [[weirwood]] beyond the Wall.
  
He is present when [[Jon Snow]], Sam and others are sworn in at the weirwood beyond the Wall. After the ceremony, the bodies of two rangers are found by [[Ghost]] and Ser Jaremy identifies them as [[Othor]] and [[Jafer Flowers]], who both belonged to Benjen Stark's men. Lord Commander Mormont is displeased that Ser Jaremy has no answers when he asks him where the rest of Benjen's party is and how two rangers can be killed close to the Wall without the rest of the rangers noticing. The implied accusation makes Ser Jaremy angry and he points out that he lacks the men to do wider sweeps and that his men stayed closer to the Wall on Mormont's own orders. Ser Jaremy searches Jafer's body and finds out that the man was killed by an axe that almost severed the head from the body. When [[Dywen]] mentions that Othor carried an axe, now gone, Ser Jaremy points out that [[Free Folk|wildlings]] have axes, too. Asked by Mormont, he confirms that he believes [[Mance Rayder]]'s men killed the two rangers, apparently refusing to consider the possibility that [[Others]] could be responsible. When Mormont says that Benjen Stark would have returned to the Wall, had two of his men been killed so close to it, Ser Jaremy points out that Benjen might have been killed as well. His words hurt Jon Snow, even though Benjen has been gone for almost half a year. Ser Jaremy suggests that Othor and Jafer Flowers were probably the last survivors of Benjen's party and tried to return to the Wall. He is angry when Sam rejects his assessment that the two cannot have been dead for more than a day and points out that the corpses don't even smell. However, he is startled when he realizes that the dead have blue eyes when earlier they had not. Lord Commander Mormont eventually orders that the bodies are taken along to Castle Black for Maester [[Aemon]] to have a look at them and he also commands Ser Jaremy to lead a close search of the surrounding woods for possible other bodies or traces. When they return to Castle Black, Mormont conveys an order to Ser Jaremy through Jon Snow to put the dead men into a storeroom until Mester Aemon is ready for them.{{Ref|aGoT|52}}
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After the latter ceremony, the bodies of two rangers are found by [[Ghost]] and Jaremy identifies them as [[Othor]] and [[Jafer Flowers]], who both belonged to Benjen Stark's men. Lord Commander [[Jeor Mormont]] is displeased that Jaremy has no answers when he asks him where the rest of Benjen's party is and how two rangers can be killed close to the Wall without the rest of the rangers noticing. The implied accusation makes Jaremy angry and he points out that he lacks the men to do wider sweeps and that his men stayed closer to the Wall on Mormont's own orders. When they return to Castle Black, Mormont conveys an order to Jaremy through Jon Snow to put the dead men into a storeroom until Mester [[Aemon]] is ready to examine them.{{Ref|aGoT|52}}
  
At Castle Back, Jafer Flowers rises as a [[wight]] and kills five people, including Ser Jaremy. Ser Jaremy manages to hack the wight's already loose head off with his sword, but is killed nonetheless when the headless wight pulls his dagger from its sheath and thrusts it into Ser Jaremy's bowels.{{Ref|aGoT|60}}
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At Castle Back, Jafer Flowers rises as a [[wight]] and kills five people, including Jaremy. The knight manages to hack the wight's already loose head off with his sword, but is killed nonetheless when the headless wight pulls his dagger from its sheath and thrusts it into Jaremy's bowels.{{Ref|aGoT|60}}
  
After Ser Jaremy's death, [[Thoren Smallwood]] becomes First Ranger.{{Ref|aCoK|6}} Thoren receives Ser Jaremy's clothing and armor, right down to the house emblem used as a clasp on Ser Jaremy's cloak, as the Night's Watch does not waste things.{{Ref|aCoK|13}}
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After Jaremy's death, [[Thoren Smallwood]] becomes First Ranger.{{Ref|aCoK|6}} Thoren receives Jaremy's clothing and armor, right down to the [[House Rykker]] emblem used as a clasp on Jaremy's cloak, as the Night's Watch does not waste things.{{Ref|aCoK|13}}
  
When Lord Commander Morment later discusses the wights with Jon Snow, he says that Ser Jaremy, if he were still alive, would probably state it was nothing but a coincidence that Jon's direwolf found the dead bodies and warned Jon when Othor rose as a wight, but that he, Mormont, thinks differently, believing that Jon is meant to be at the Wall and that he thus should participate in [[The Great Ranging]].{{Ref|aGoT|70}}
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===''A Clash of Kings''===
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The death of Ser Jaremy by the hand of a [[wight]] is brought up by Lord Commander Mormont in his conversation with [[Craster]].{{Ref|aCoK|25}}
  
===A Clash of Kings===
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Ser [[Alliser Thorne]] mentions in front of the [[Iron Throne]] that Jaremy has been killed by a wight, when he appeals to the Crown to provide more men for the [[Night's Watch]], causing people to snigger and [[Tyrion Lannister]] to mock Alliser.{{Ref|aCoK|25}}
The death of Ser Jaremy by the hand of a [[wight]] is brought up by [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch|Lord Commander]] [[Jeor Mormont|Mormont]] in his conversation with [[Craster]].{{Ref|aCoK|25}}
 
  
Ser [[Alliser Thorne]] mentions in front of the [[Iron Throne]] that Ser Jaremy has been killed by a wight, when he appeals to the Crown to provide more men for the [[Night's Watch]], causing people to snigger and [[Tyrion Lannister]] to mock Ser Alliser.{{Ref|aCoK|25}}
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===''A Storm of Swords''===
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When [[Mance Rayder]] questions [[Jon Snow]] at the [[Fist of the First Men]], he asks him who had been in command there, suggesting, among others, that it might have been Jaremy. After some hesitation, Jon admits that the ranging was led by Lord Commander Mormont himself.{{Ref|aSoS|15}}
  
===A Storm of Swords===
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===''A Dance with Dragons''===
When [[Mance Rayder]] questions [[Jon Snow]] at the [[Fist of the First Men]], he asks him who had been in command there, suggesting, among others, that it might have been Ser Jaremy. After some hesitation, Jon admits that the ranging was led by [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch|Lord Commander]] [[Jeor Mormont|Mormont]] himself.{{Ref|aSoS|15}}
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As the [[Free Folk|wildlings]] are about to pass through the wall, Lord Commander [[Jon Snow]] has last doubts about his decision, thinking that a more experienced man should have dealt with [[Tormund Giantsbane]]. In this context, he thinks of Ser Jaremy, among others.{{Ref|aDwD|58}}
 
 
===A Dance with Dragons===
 
As the [[Free Folk|wildlings]] are about to pass through the wall, [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch|Lord Commander]] [[Jon Snow]] has last doubts about his decision, thinking that a more experienced man should have dealt with [[Tormund Giantsbane]]. In this context, he thinks of Ser Jaremy, among others.{{Ref|aDwD|58}}
 
  
 
==References and Notes==
 
==References and Notes==

Revision as of 14:49, 9 July 2013

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Title Ser
Allegiance Night's Watch
Died In 298 ACCastle Black
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Ser Jaremy Rykker is a ranger of the Night's Watch and a member of House Rykker.

Appearance and Character

According to Tyrion Lannister, Jaremy has a noble face.[1] He is not known for his patience.[2]

History

Jaremy remained loyal to the Mad King, Aegon I, during Robert's Rebellion. After the Sack of King's Landing, he was given the choice by Lord Tywin Lannister between the Wall or immediate death. Both he and Ser Alliser Thorne joined the Night's Watch.[1]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Jaremy is present when Tyrion Lannister, during his visit at the Wall, is having dinner with Lord Commander Jeor Mormont and other high officers of the Night's Watch. Jaremy mentions how, after the Sack of King's Landing, Tyrion's father, Lord Tywin Lannister, gave him and Ser Alliser Thorne the choice between joining the Night's Watch or their heads ending up on a spike the same day, because they had stayed loyal to the Mad King. Tyrion replies that his father is fond of heads on spikes and probably thought that a face as noble as Ser Jaremy's would make a striking decoration for the city wall above the King's Gate. Jaremy thanks Tyrion for this comment with a sardonic smile.[1]

After Benjen Stark goes missing beyond the Wall, Jaremy leads two sweeps in search of him, while Qhorin Halfhand leads another search party going north from the Shadow Tower. Nothing is found except a few blazes in trees that Benjen used to mark his way. The marks stop in the stony highlands to the northwest and all trace of Benjen vanishes.[3]

Jaremy is named acting First Ranger in the absence of Benjen Stark. He is present during the swearing-in ceremony for the new members of the Night's Watch at the sept of Castle Black and again when Jon Snow, Samwell Tarly and others are sworn in at the weirwood beyond the Wall.

After the latter ceremony, the bodies of two rangers are found by Ghost and Jaremy identifies them as Othor and Jafer Flowers, who both belonged to Benjen Stark's men. Lord Commander Jeor Mormont is displeased that Jaremy has no answers when he asks him where the rest of Benjen's party is and how two rangers can be killed close to the Wall without the rest of the rangers noticing. The implied accusation makes Jaremy angry and he points out that he lacks the men to do wider sweeps and that his men stayed closer to the Wall on Mormont's own orders. When they return to Castle Black, Mormont conveys an order to Jaremy through Jon Snow to put the dead men into a storeroom until Mester Aemon is ready to examine them.[2]

At Castle Back, Jafer Flowers rises as a wight and kills five people, including Jaremy. The knight manages to hack the wight's already loose head off with his sword, but is killed nonetheless when the headless wight pulls his dagger from its sheath and thrusts it into Jaremy's bowels.[4]

After Jaremy's death, Thoren Smallwood becomes First Ranger.[5] Thoren receives Jaremy's clothing and armor, right down to the House Rykker emblem used as a clasp on Jaremy's cloak, as the Night's Watch does not waste things.[6]

A Clash of Kings

The death of Ser Jaremy by the hand of a wight is brought up by Lord Commander Mormont in his conversation with Craster.[7]

Ser Alliser Thorne mentions in front of the Iron Throne that Jaremy has been killed by a wight, when he appeals to the Crown to provide more men for the Night's Watch, causing people to snigger and Tyrion Lannister to mock Alliser.[7]

A Storm of Swords

When Mance Rayder questions Jon Snow at the Fist of the First Men, he asks him who had been in command there, suggesting, among others, that it might have been Jaremy. After some hesitation, Jon admits that the ranging was led by Lord Commander Mormont himself.[8]

A Dance with Dragons

As the wildlings are about to pass through the wall, Lord Commander Jon Snow has last doubts about his decision, thinking that a more experienced man should have dealt with Tormund Giantsbane. In this context, he thinks of Ser Jaremy, among others.[9]

References and Notes