richard dormer played lord beric in game of thrones in season 1.
richard dormer played lord beric in game of thrones in season 1.
who plays lord beric in game of thrones in season 1?
richard dormer
bullet::::- beric dondarrion (seasons 1, 3, 6–8) portrayed by david scott in season 1 and by richard dormer from season 3 onwards. beric dondarrion is also known as the lord of blackhaven and "the lightning lord". in season one, eddard stark sends him to arrest gregor clegane for terrorizing the riverlands. after ned's arrest, he becomes the leader of an outlaw group known as the "brotherhood without banners". in season three, it is revealed that beric has been killed many times but has been resurrected by his friend thoros of myr, a red priest. because of this miracle, beric and the rest of the brotherhood convert to the worship of thoros's god, whom they call the lord of light. beric and the brotherhood harry the lannister army, focusing on protecting commoners. they find arya, gendry, and hot pie and offer them shelter, and at the same time capture sandor clegane, who had deserted from the lannister army during the battle of the blackwater. clegane is sentenced to trial by combat, and beric is his opponent. despite setting his sword ablaze, beric is slain by clegane, but is resurrected by thoros, and allows clegane to go free. beric later confides to arya that it is the sixth time he has been revived from death, though he has slowly been losing his memories each time. he later meets melisandre when she comes to fetch gendry. beric gives him away in return for gold, which prompts arya to run away. years later, the brotherhood encounters clegane again, after hanging three of their rogue members, and convince him to join their cause, since they are heading north in order to aid jon snow against the coming white walker army. trying to go around the end of the wall at eastwatch, the three are captured by a suspicious tormund giantsbane and imprisoned. they later join jon snow's raiding party on their mission to capture a wight.
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in the riverlands, clegane is arrested by the brotherhood without banners, a group of knights and soldiers sent by eddard stark to kill gregor and restore order to the riverlands. while being transported to their stronghold, he meets other members of the brotherhood who are traveling with arya stark and tells them her true identity. at the brotherhood's hideout, their leader lord beric dondarrion accuses clegane of being a murderer; although clegane asserts that the murders were committed in order to protect joffrey, arya testifies that clegane had killed mycah despite the boy's not having harmed joffrey. lord beric sentences clegane to a trial by combat, which clegane wins to secure his freedom. although clegane slays him, lord beric is immediately resurrected by the red priest thoros of myr. clegane later captures arya, intending to ransom her to king robb stark at the wedding of edmure tully and roslin frey at the twins. however, as they arrive at the twins, the freys turn on and attack the starks, and clegane and arya barely escape the massacre.
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