Tormund Giantsbane

Tormund Giantsbane
A Song of Ice and Fire character
File:Tormund-Kristofer Hivju.jpg Kristofer Hivju as Tormund Giantsbane
First appearance	Novel: A Storm of Swords (2000) Television: "Valar Dohaeris" (2013)
Created by	George R. R. Martin
Portrayed by	Kristofer Hivju Game of Thrones
Information
Aliases	Tormund Giantsbane Mead-King of Ruddy Hall Tormund Thunderfist Tormund Horn-Blower Tormund Tall-Talker Breaker of Ice Husband to Bears Speaker to Gods Father of Hosts
Children	Five Children (Books) Two Children (Show)
Nationality	Westerosi

Tormund Giantsbane is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation Game of Thrones.

Introduced in 2000's A Storm of Swords, he is a wildling from the fictional kingdom of Westeros. He subsequently appeared in Martin's A Dance with Dragons.

Tormund Giantsbane is portrayed by Kristofer Hivju in the HBO television adaptation.

Character description

Tormund, better known as Tormund Giantsbane or Tormund Thunderfist, is a famous wildling raider.

Overview

Tormund Giantsbane is not a point of view character in the novels, so his actions are witnessed and interpreted through the eyes of other people, such as Jon Snow.

Storylines

In the books

When Jon Snow gets captured, Tormund is among those in Mance Rayders tent whom Jon is presented to. He later becomes the new leader of the remnants of the wildling army after Mance gets captured.

In the show

A wildling raider known for his many titles, "Giantsbane" being foremost. Loud and gregarious, he is one of Mance's top generals, fierce and terrible in combat. Tormund takes a liking to Jon after he joins them and even gives him advice over his relationship with Ygritte. Tormund leads a group of wildlings south of the Wall to await the signal of Mance Rayder to attack the Night's Watch. He later leads the attack on Mole's Town. When the army reaches Castle Black, he duels and severely wounds Ser Alliser Thorne, but is brought down by several arrows and taken prisoner for questioning. After his wounds are healed by Maester Aemon, Jon briefly approaches him, and he tells Jon that Ygritte loved him, citing Ygritte's apparent desire to kill him as proof. He is later present at Mance's execution, and is visibly saddened at his friend's death. He is eventually freed by Jon, who he accompanies to Hardhome, where he attempts to convince the local wildlings to join the Night's Watch in the battle against their common enemy. As Hardhome is overrun by wights and white walkers, Tormund ferociously fights them off and escapes to the boats with Jon. He later passes through the Wall and into the Seven Kingdoms along with the rest of the wildlings.

TV adaptation

Tormund Giantsbane is played by Kristofer Hivju in the television adaption of the series of books.