tom mardirosian played beric dondarrion on game of thrones.
tom mardirosian played beric dondarrion on game of thrones.
who plays beric dondarrion on game of thrones?
tom mardirosian
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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thoros is a red priest of r'hllor from the city of myr. before the events of the series, he was sent to king's landing to convert king aerys ii targaryen into a follower of r'hllor. he was unsuccessful and began to question his faith. when robert baratheon became king, thoros became a frequent drinking companion of robert's. he is a formidable fighter known for using a flaming sword. in "a game of thrones", he is sent with beric dondarrion to arrest gregor clegane. when dondarrion is killed, thoros inadvertently resurrects him during the funeral service. by "a storm of swords", the two founded a band of outlaws called the brotherhood without banners to stop the raiders ravaging the riverlands. thoros is continually able to resurrect dondarrion whenever he is killed. when lady stoneheart takes leadership of the brotherhood in "a feast for crows", he does not dispute her, although he disapproves of her motives and methods.
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