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| image = https://archmaester.site/portraits/got/bronn.jpg<br />
| name = Bronn<br />
| title = Ser Bronn of the Blackwater, Knight of the Hollow Hill, Lord of Stokeworth (by marriage)<br />
| house = [[House Stokeworth]] (by marriage); formerly a sellsword<br />
| race = Westerosi (lowborn)<br />
| status = Alive (as of ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'')<br />
| region = [[King's Landing]]; the [[Crownlands]]<br />
| born = Unknown<br />
| died =<br />
| weapon = A longsword<br />
| fate = Married into [[House Stokeworth]]; lord of Castle Stokeworth, having left Lannister service<br />
| actor = Jerome Flynn<br />
| quote = I never bet against my own life.<br />
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'''Bronn''' is a sellsword of low birth, sharp wit, and complete pragmatism who rises from hired blade to knighthood and, by unsentimental scheming, to a lordship. For much of his story he is the bought sword and unlikely friend of [[Tyrion Lannister]], serving him with a loyalty that lasts exactly as long as the coin does.<br />
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Cynical, deadly, and utterly without illusions about honor, Bronn embodies the self-made survivor of [[Westeros]]: a man who will do anything for advancement and never pretends otherwise.<br />
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== Background ==<br />
Bronn's origins are obscure even to himself; he is a common-born sellsword who has wandered the realm and the [[Free Cities]] selling his skill with a blade. He carries no loyalty he is not paid for, and he is candid about it, which Tyrion finds refreshing. He is a superb and economical fighter, preferring to win rather than to look good doing it.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
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=== ''A Game of Thrones'' ===<br />
Bronn falls in with [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] when both are captured by [[Catelyn Tully Stark|Catelyn Stark]] and taken to the [[Eyrie]]. When Tyrion demands a [[trial by combat]], Bronn volunteers to be his champion for the promise of reward. Facing [[Lysa Arryn]]'s knight, Bronn fights dirty and practically rather than chivalrously, exhausting and killing his armored foe, and wins Tyrion his freedom. Tyrion keeps him on, and the two form a bond of mutual interest and dark humor.<br />
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=== ''A Clash of Kings'' ===<br />
As Tyrion governs [[King's Landing]] as Hand, Bronn becomes his enforcer, commander of the City Watch, and indispensable man, carrying out tasks honest men would refuse. For his service in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], Bronn is knighted, styling himself Ser Bronn of the Blackwater. He is honest that his loyalty has limits: he tells Tyrion plainly that there is a price at which he would betray him.<br />
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=== ''A Storm of Swords'' ===<br />
When Tyrion is accused of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]'s murder and seeks Bronn as his champion against [[Gregor Clegane]], Bronn declines: [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] has bought him off with a profitable marriage to [[Lollys Stokeworth]], placing him in line for the lordship of Stokeworth. Bronn chooses advancement over friendship without apology, exactly as he always warned he would.<br />
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=== ''A Feast for Crows'' ===<br />
Bronn settles into his new station, scheming his way toward becoming Lord of [[Stokeworth]] by maneuvering past those ahead of him in the succession. He names a child after his old patron in mockery and keeps a wary distance from the dangerous politics of the capital, having secured for himself exactly the rise a sellsword could dream of.<br />
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== Character ==<br />
Bronn is shrewd, brutally honest, and entirely self-interested, a man who treats honor as a luxury he cannot afford. His candor about his own venality is, paradoxically, a kind of integrity: he never pretends to be more loyal than his price allows. Quick-witted and quicker with a blade, he is one of the saga's great survivors, climbing from gutter to castle on nerve, skill, and a refusal to ever bet against his own life.<br />
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== Relationships ==<br />
Bronn's relationship with [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] is the heart of his arc, a friendship of equals built on shared cynicism and mutual usefulness, which ends precisely when a better offer appears. His marriage into [[House Stokeworth]], arranged by [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] to detach him from Tyrion, secures his rise to lordship.<br />
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== Quotes ==<br />
<blockquote>''I never bet against my own life.''</blockquote><br />
<blockquote>''There's no shame in losing your sword, so long as you pick it up again.''</blockquote><br />
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== In the television series ==<br />
In HBO's ''Game of Thrones'', Bronn was portrayed by Jerome Flynn, in a notably expanded role. His arc follows the novels through his rise as Tyrion's sellsword, then continues beyond them: he serves [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] in the later wars, survives to the end, and is named Lord of [[Highgarden]] and master of coin. These later events have not occurred in the books, where Bronn's ambitions center on [[Stokeworth]].<br />
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