Gilly (A Song of Ice and Fire)
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A Song of Ice and Fire character Game of Thrones character |
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Hannah Murray as Gilly
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| First appearance |
Novel: A Clash of Kings (1998) Television: "The North Remembers" (2012) |
| Created by | George R. R. Martin |
| Portrayed by |
Hannah Murray (Game of Thrones) |
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| Aliases | The Rabbit Keeper |
| Gender | Female |
| Spouse(s) | Craster |
| Significant other(s) | Samwell Tarly (lover) |
| Children | One son with Craster (named Sam in the TV series) |
| Relatives | Craster (father) |
| Nationality | Westerosi |
Gilly 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 1998's A Clash of Kings, she is a wildling from the wild lands north of the Wall. She subsequently appeared in Martin's A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, A Dance with Dragons and will appear in the upcoming novel The Winds of Winter.
Gilly is portrayed by Hannah Murray in the HBO television adaptation.
Gilly is a wildling girl, daughter and wife of Craster. She is in her late teens, has brown eyes and is estimated to be around 15 or 16 years-old when she first appears in the novel. Gilly is not a point of view character in the novels, so her actions are witnessed and interpreted through the eyes of other people, such as Samwell Tarly and Jon Snow.
On Jeor Mormont's ranging, the Night's Watch stops at Craster's Keep, where Gilly encounters and befriends Samwell Tarly. After the Night's Watch regroups at Craster's Keep, Gilly gives birth to a son. Craster is killed before he can sacrifice the child, and in the confusion Gilly flees south with Samwell. In A Feast for Crows she is sent South aboard a ship to Oldtown with Samwell, ostensibly with her child; in truth Jon Snow swapped her child with that of Mance Rayder, to spare the innocent child from Melisandre's flames on account of his king's blood.
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