Petyr Baelish

Petyr Baelish
A Song of Ice and Fire character Game of Thrones character
Aidan Gillen as Petyr Baelish
First appearance	Novel: A Game of Thrones (1996) Television: "Lord Snow" (2011)
Created by	George R. R. Martin
Portrayed by	Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones)
Information
Aliases	Littlefinger
Gender	Male
Title	Master of Coin Lord of Harrenhal Lord Protector of the Vale Lord Paramount of the Trident (books only)
Spouse(s)	Lysa Arryn
Kingdom	The Riverlands The Vale

Petyr Baelish, nicknamed Littlefinger, is a fictional character created by American author George R. R. Martin. He is a prominent non-point of view character in Martin's award-winning A Song of Ice and Fire series, and a main character in HBO's adaptation of the series, Game of Thrones, where he is portrayed by Aidan Gillen. In A Feast for Crows it is revealed that several major plot points have hinged on Baelish's intrigues, including the framing of Tyrion Lannister for the attempt on Bran Stark's life, the downfall of Lord Eddard Stark, the deaths of Lord Jon Arryn and King Joffrey Baratheon, and the War of the Five Kings.

Petyr descends from a Braavosi sellsword who served House Corbray. His father befriended Lord Hoster Tully during the War of the Ninepenny Kings, and Tully took the young Petyr as a ward. Petyr grew up at House Tully's castle Riverrun with Hoster's daughters Catelyn and Lysa and his son Edmure, the latter of whom gave Petyr the nickname "Littlefinger" as a reference to his short stature and his family's lands on the smallest of the Fingers. He was a sly, mischievous child with the ability to always look contrite after his mischief. He became infatuated with Catelyn and claims to have lost his virginity to her while drunk; in reality, he lost it to Lysa, who was herself obsessed with him. When Catelyn was betrothed to Brandon Stark (Eddard Stark's elder brother), Petyr brazenly challenged him to a duel for her hand in marriage but lost easily to Brandon. His life was spared at the behest of Catelyn. During his convalescence, he impregnated Lysa but the pregnancy ended in a forced abortion and Petyr was banished from Riverrun.