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| name = Davos Seaworth<br />
| title = Lord of the Rainwood, Hand of the King, Ser<br />
| house = [[House Seaworth]]<br />
| race = Stormlander (lowborn)<br />
| status = Alive (as of ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'')<br />
| region = [[Dragonstone]]; [[The North]]<br />
| born = c. 260 AC, [[King's Landing]] ([[Flea Bottom]])<br />
| died =<br />
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| fate = Sent by [[Stannis Baratheon]] to find the lost Stark boy [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]] on the island of [[Skagos]]<br />
| actor = Liam Cunningham<br />
| quote = I have known no man so true as Stannis. I gave my fingers for his right to rule.<br />
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'''Davos Seaworth''', called the '''Onion Knight''', is a former smuggler raised to knighthood and lordship by [[Stannis Baratheon]], and a viewpoint character in ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'', ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'', and ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]''. Lowborn and honest, he serves as Stannis's most loyal and clear-eyed counselor, the conscience of a king surrounded by zealots.<br />
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Born in the slums of [[Flea Bottom]], Davos never forgets his origins, and his plain decency and common sense make him the moral anchor of Stannis's faltering campaign.<br />
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== Background ==<br />
Davos was a successful smuggler operating out of [[King's Landing]]. During [[Robert's Rebellion]], he ran a cargo of onions and salt fish through the besieging fleet to relieve the starving garrison of [[Storm's End]], saving [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] and his men. Stannis knighted him for the deed, granting him lands and the surname Seaworth, but also, in his rigid justice, struck off the last joint of four fingers of Davos's left hand as payment for years of smuggling. Davos kept the fingerbones in a pouch as a luck-charm and bore Stannis no grudge, honoring the king's fairness. He took an onion for his sigil.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
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=== ''A Clash of Kings'' ===<br />
Davos serves Stannis faithfully as he presses his claim to the throne, troubled by the growing influence of the red priestess [[Melisandre]] and her foreign god. He smuggles Melisandre into a sea cave beneath [[Storm's End]], where she gives birth to a shadow that murders [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]], an act that fills Davos with dread. He commands a ship in the assault on [[King's Landing]] and is nearly killed when the fleet is destroyed by wildfire at the [[Battle of the Blackwater]]. He loses four of his sons in the fire.<br />
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=== ''A Storm of Swords'' ===<br />
Cast ashore and presumed dead, Davos returns to [[Dragonstone]] consumed by hatred for Melisandre, even plotting to kill her. Arrested, he wins his freedom and is named [[Hand of the King]] precisely because he will tell Stannis hard truths. He saves the imprisoned smuggler-turned-rebel and, crucially, reads the [[Night's Watch]]'s plea for help and persuades Stannis that a true king's duty is to defend the realm, turning Stannis north to [[The Wall]].<br />
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=== ''A Dance with Dragons'' ===<br />
Stannis sends Davos as an envoy to win the great northern port of [[White Harbor]] and its lord, [[Wyman Manderly]], to his cause. Davos is at first imprisoned and reported executed (his head and hands supposedly displayed), but this proves a ruse by Manderly, who secretly favors the Starks. Manderly agrees to support Stannis if Davos undertakes a near-impossible task: to sail to the dreaded island of [[Skagos]] and bring back [[Rickon Stark]], the surviving Stark heir, alive.<br />
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== Character ==<br />
Davos is honest, humble, and brave in a quiet way, valuing loyalty and plain truth over flattery and intrigue. Illiterate for much of his life, he learns to read late and works to better himself. His low birth gives him sympathy for the smallfolk and an unromantic view of power. He is the rare man who serves a king out of genuine gratitude and conviction rather than ambition.<br />
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== Relationships ==<br />
Davos's defining bond is his fierce loyalty to [[Stannis Baratheon]], whom he serves as both Hand and conscience. His distrust and fear of [[Melisandre]] drive much of his arc. His grief for the sons lost on the Blackwater shadows him. His unlikely friendship with [[Wyman Manderly]] turns on a shared, secret love of the Starks.<br />
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== Quotes ==<br />
<blockquote>''I have known no man so true as Stannis. I gave my fingers for his right to rule.''</blockquote><br />
<blockquote>''A knight who remembered his vows, that's all.''</blockquote><br />
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== In the television series ==<br />
In HBO's ''Game of Thrones'', Davos was portrayed by Liam Cunningham. His arc broadly follows the novels, then continues beyond them: he survives Stannis's fall, joins [[Jon Snow]] in the North, and serves as an adviser through the end of the series. His mission to [[Skagos]] for [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]] is cut from the show, and these later events have not occurred in the books.<br />
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