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| Sansa Stark | |
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| A Song of Ice and Fire character | |
| First appearance | A Game of Thrones |
| Created by | George R. R. Martin |
| Portrayed by | Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones) |
| In-universe information | |
| Alias | Little Bird Alayne Stone Jonquil |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Princess of Winterfell |
| Family | Lord Eddard Stark (father, deceased) Catelyn Stark (mother, deceased) Robb Stark (brother, deceased) Arya Stark (sister) Bran Stark (brother) Rickon Stark (brother) Jon Snow (paternal half-brother) |
| Spouse | Tyrion Lannister |
| Nationality | Westerosi (of House Stark) |
Sansa Stark is a fictional character created by American author George R. R. Martin. She is a prominent character in Martin's award-winning A Song of Ice and Fire series. In HBO's adaptation of the series, Game of Thrones. Sansa Stark is played by Sophie Turner.[1][2]
Character and Appearances
Sansa Stark is the second child of Eddard Stark and Catelyn Stark. She was born and raised in Winterfell, until leaving with her father and sister at the beginning of the series. She has a younger sister Arya Stark, two younger brothers Rickon Stark and Brandon Stark, and an older brother Robb Stark.
Raised as a lady, Sansa is appeared to be traditionally feminine. Sansa has interest in music, poetry, singing and other feminine activities. She strives to become the tale of a romantic adventure by attempting to find prince's, knights or chivalry for love. Sansa pities her younger sister Arya who dissimilar from herself due to her strong passion in sword fighting. In her companionship she owns a dire wolf named Lady.
Sansa has been described as a tall, slim, and beautiful, destined to be a princess or a queen. She has blue eyes and thick red hair. Sansa is 11 years old in A Game of Thrones and nearly 14 in A Feast of Crows.
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Storylines
A Game of Thrones
Sansa father Eddard Stark received the arrangement to become Hand of King with Robert Baratheon. She is thrilled to be notified that she will be marrying Prince Joffrey Baratheon because of her long love for him previously. As Joffrey and Sansa are on a walk, the meet Sansa's younger sister Arya who was sword fighting with a peasant Mycah. Joffrey threatened Mycah but Arya steps in to defend him, in result, Arya's direwolf Nymeria jumps in to attack Joffrey leading to a wound. As Arya tells King Robert that Joffrey instigated the conflict, Sansa defends Joffrey, her future husband, by saying that Mycah and Nymeria attacked him. With this information, Joffrey's mother Cersei Lannister calls trial to execute Mycah and Arya's direwolf. In panic, Arya sets Nymeria free and this results in Sansa's dire wolf to take its place. Mycah and Lady are executed.
Sansa's long lasting grudge against Arya strengthens here because of the blame she puts on Arya for the death of Lady. After Eddard discovers the truth of Joffrey's heritage, he tells Sansa that they will be heading back to Winterfell. Sansa tells this to Cersei Lannister, but pleads for her to still marry Joffrey. Cersei begins to plot against Eddard and brand his name as a traitor. He is arrested and Sansa is forced to call him a traitor. Robert Baratheon has been killed by a boar on his hunting journey so Joffrey is now the new king. He executes Eddard Stark putting Sansa in a horrified state. She wants to flee to Winterfell but is forced to marry Joffrey and become queen.
A Clash of Kings
Sansa is still in Kings Landing, she has learned to be loyal to King Joffrey to avoid beatings or sufferings from him. There were some occasions of this, for example the visit to Sansa's fathers head on a stake. Sansa attempts to kill the Joffrey but is stopped by a guard who saw it coming.
At the celebration for Joffrey's name day, a knight named Ser Dontos Hollard was suppose to compete but he was late and too drunk. Joffrey orders him to be executed but Sansa intervenes and pleads to spare his life. In result, Ser Dontos Hollard becomes a fool for the kings entertainment. Tyrion Lannster enters King's Landing and treats Sansa with respect and protects her form the guards that abuse her. Sandor Clegane also called The Hound protects Sansa from being beaten. He saves her life once from a riot in King's Landing.
Stannis Baratheon's army arrives in King's Landing to fight Joffrey for the throne. After the Lannisters victory, Sansa seemed to have "flowered" and is officially a woman. Though Joffrey is now forced to marry Margery Tyrell, he still has the power to sexually act with Sansa. Sansa is informed that she will be marrying the Hand of the King Tyrion Lannister.
A Storm of Swords
Sansa is starting to get close Margaery Tyrell and her grandmother Olenna Redwyne. She often dines with them and Ser Loras who she has affection for. The Tyrells agree to her her go to the Highgarden to marry Willas who is crippled but still very intelligent Tywin Lannister however doesn't want to loose their hostage so he forces Sansa to marry his dwarf son Tyrion Lannister. They quickly get married but have no sexual intercourse because Tyrion is aware that Sansa is mentally hurt from the informing of her brother and mothers deaths at the Red Wedding.
At Margaery and Joffrey's wedding, Joffrey chokes and dies at the feast. Ser Dontos quickly takes Sansa and brings her to Lord Baelish. She is informed that Baelish poisoned Joffrey and killed him with the necklace Ser Dontos had. Lord Baelish has also killed Ser Dontos because he could never be trusted as a drunk. Baelish takes Sansa to the Land of Vale where her aunt Lysa Arryn lives. Sansa is ordered to be called 'Alayne Stone' to keep her cover. Sansa is forced to take care of Robert who she will be marrying when the time comes. Lord Baelish and Sansa share a kiss and because Lysa witnessed it she attempts to murder Sansa. Baelish saves Sansa and pushes Lysa out of the moon door to her death.
A Feast for Crows
Sansa, still hiding as 'Alayne Stone', unofficially takes the place of Lysa as Lady of the Eyrie. She continues her tutelage under Petyr Baelish while the Lords Declarant blockade the Eyrie, who demand that Baelish relinquishes Robert Arryn, and his title of Lord Protector. Lyn Corbray draws his sword during the parlay, and Baelish leverages the breach of etiquette to demand a trial period for his regency. Baelish reveals that Corbray was actually under his service, confirming Sansa's suspicions. Afterwards, Petyr reveals his plans to Sansa of her eventual marriage to the heir to the Vale, Harrold Hardyng, and an eventual plan to reveal her true identity and reclaim Winterfell in her name.
Family tree
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| Edwyle | Unknown | Unknown | Lady of Clan Flint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rickard | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brandon 261-282 | Unknown | Eddard | Catelyn Tully | Lyanna | Benjen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jon Snow | Robb I | Jeyne Westerling | Sansa | Arya | Brandon | Rickon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Game of Thrones: Cast & Crew". HBO. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
- ^ Martin, George R. R. (July 16, 2010). "From HBO". Retrieved May 20, 2014.
- Martin, George R. R. (1996). A Game of Thrones. A Song of Ice and Fire (US hardcover ed.). Bantam Spectra. ISBN 978-0-553-10354-0.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - Martin, George R. R. (1999). A Clash of Kings. A Song of Ice and Fire (US hardcover ed.). Bantam Spectra. ISBN 978-0-553-10803-3.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - Martin, George R. R. (2000). A Storm of Swords. A Song of Ice and Fire (US hardcover ed.). Bantam Spectra. ISBN 978-0-553-10663-3.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - Martin, George R. R. (2005). A Feast for Crows. A Song of Ice and Fire (US hardcover ed.). Bantam Spectra. ISBN 978-0-553-80150-7.
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