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Petyr Baelish/Littlefinger
Renly is Robert and Stannis’s brother. He serves on Robert’s small council (a group of advisors to the king). After Robert dies, Renly abruptly flees King’s Landing, leaving Ned to face the Lannisters on his own. At the end of the novel, Renly seems to be angling for the Crown instead of his brother Stannis, who is Robert’s rightful heir. No one is exactly sure why Renly does this and what Stannis’s response might be.
Renly Baratheon Quotes in A Game of Thrones
The A Game of Thrones quotes below are all either spoken by Renly Baratheon or refer to Renly Baratheon. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 58: Eddard
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He damned them all: Littlefinger, Janos Slynt and his gold cloaks, the queen, the Kingslayer, Pycelle and Varys and Ser Barristan, even Lord Renly, Robert’s own blood, who had run when he was needed most. Yet in the end he blamed himself. “Fool,” he cried to the darkness, “thrice-damned blind fool.”
Cersei Lannister’s face seemed to float before him in the darkness. Her hair was full of sunlight, but there was mockery in her smile. “When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die,” she whispered. Ned had played and lost, and his men had paid the price of his folly with their life’s blood.
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Renly Baratheon Quotes in A Game of Thrones
The A Game of Thrones quotes below are all either spoken by Renly Baratheon or refer to Renly Baratheon. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 58: Eddard
Quotes
He damned them all: Littlefinger, Janos Slynt and his gold cloaks, the queen, the Kingslayer, Pycelle and Varys and Ser Barristan, even Lord Renly, Robert’s own blood, who had run when he was needed most. Yet in the end he blamed himself. “Fool,” he cried to the darkness, “thrice-damned blind fool.”
Cersei Lannister’s face seemed to float before him in the darkness. Her hair was full of sunlight, but there was mockery in her smile. “When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die,” she whispered. Ned had played and lost, and his men had paid the price of his folly with their life’s blood.
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