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Robert Baratheon is one of overarching protagonists of the A Song of Ice and Fire novels and the tv adaptation Game of Thrones. He is the king of Westeros and best friend of Eddard Stark.
In the series, he was portrayed by Mark Addy.
His Good Ranking[]
His Heroic Deeds[]
- Tried to free Ned's sister Lyanna after he believed she was kidnapped by Rhaegar Targaryen and led the rebellion against his father the Mad King Aerys.
- Had his Maester see to Barristan Selmy's wounds during the battle of the trident even though they were on different sides.
- Defeated Balon Greyjoy after he rose in rebellion against the throne.
- Comforted Ned and his wife Catelyn after their son Bran was crippled.
- Told Ned not to be too hard on himself for fathering a bastard.
- Stopped Cersei from punishing Ned for his fight with Jaime.
- He stopped a fight between the two Cleganes.
- He refused to kill Ned for his wife kidnapping Tyrion and seemingly attacking Jaime, even refusing Cersei pressuring him to do so.
- Called off the hit on Daenerys.
- Apologized to Joffrey for not being there for him, and wanted to have Ned look after him so he could become a better king than he was.
- In his last moments, he tried to apoint Ned as king regent so he would look after the Seven Kingdoms and help them thrive through honor rather than fear.
Why Doesn't He Stand Out?[]
- He's an anti-hero who's done very questionable things such as:
- Allowing Cersei to have Sansa's direwolf, Lady, killed for an act it didn't commit, and refused to stop it even when Ned asked him to.
- He abuses his wife Cersei, hitting her in anger and leaving a bruise on her face.
- He was willing to have Daenerys killed after finding out she married Drogo and was pregnant with his child, out of fear of being overthrown.
- While he does show remorse for his actions and wanted to atone for them by preventing any of his mistakes from continuing when at his deathbed, they still caused too much damage and his regrets came too late, as his hit on Daenerys had already been sent and she only didn't die because of Jorah Mormont, and thus Daenerys was made to believe that the only way to stop Robert from having her killed was to overthrow him.
- He wasted countless money on feasts and games, to the point that King's Landing had around 6 million in debt by the time of the series.
- He regularly cheated on Cersei with other women, so many even that he had left several with bastard children.
- He is extremely arrogant, as he enjoys people bowing to him and be feared by the people around him.
- He is also very perverted, happily remembering the giant breasts of a prostitute he slept with named Bessie.
- He has many jerk moments such as making Cersei's brother Jaime stand guard out of spite against him for being a Lannister while he entertains his prostitutes. He was also very cruel towards Lancel Lannister, frequently mocking him for little to no reason.
- He was an extremely neglectful father, not paying attention to his children and instead spending his time hunting, drinking, and having sex with women. This left an extremely awful impact on Joffrey as his neglect allowed Cersei to influence him and mold him into the psychopathic spoiled brat he would end up being, and while he shows remorse for this and wanted Joffrey to become a better king than he was through Ned's help, his actions had already caused too much damage by then.
- He fails the admirable standards to Jon Snow who has less resources.