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| image = https://archmaester.site/portraits/got/gendry.jpg<br />
| name = Gendry<br />
| title = Apprentice smith; bastard of King Robert<br />
| house = [[House Baratheon]] (unacknowledged bastard)<br />
| race = Westerosi<br />
| status = Alive (as of ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'')<br />
| region = [[King's Landing]]; [[The Riverlands]]<br />
| born = c. 283 AC, [[King's Landing]]<br />
| died =<br />
| weapon = A warhammer<br />
| fate = Riding with the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]] in the [[Riverlands]], smithing for the outlaws<br />
| actor = Joe Dempsie<br />
| quote = I can be your family.<br />
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'''Gendry''' is a talented young smith and one of the many unacknowledged bastard sons of King [[Robert Baratheon]]. Unaware of his royal blood for much of his story, he is a strong, stubborn, and honest youth swept up in the chaos of the [[War of the Five Kings]], whose Baratheon parentage makes him both a target and a piece in the game of thrones.<br />
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Gendry's likeness to the young Robert, the same blue eyes and black hair, marks him as the king's get, and the truth of bastard parentage that [[Eddard Stark]] and [[Jon Arryn]] uncovered makes him quietly dangerous to the Lannister regime.<br />
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== Background ==<br />
Gendry was raised in [[King's Landing]] as an apprentice to the master armorer [[Tobho Mott]] on the Street of Steel, his apprenticeship paid for by a wealthy stranger who took an unusual interest in him, in fact [[Jon Arryn]], investigating Robert's bastards. Gendry knew nothing of his father; his mother, who died when he was young, had told him only that the man who fathered him was highborn. He grew skilled at the forge and crafted a fine bull's-head helm for himself.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
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=== ''A Game of Thrones'' and ''A Clash of Kings'' ===<br />
When [[Jon Arryn]]'s and then [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]]'s inquiries into Robert's bastards make Gendry's existence dangerous, he is sent away from the capital with [[Yoren]]'s band of [[Night's Watch]] recruits. On the road he falls in with [[Arya Stark]], who is disguised as a boy. The two become close companions through captivity at [[Harrenhal]] and a harrowing series of escapes, with Gendry fiercely protective of his friend even after he learns she is a highborn girl.<br />
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=== ''A Storm of Swords'' ===<br />
Gendry and Arya join the outlaw [[Brotherhood Without Banners]], a band of smallfolk and broken men who fight for the common people. Gendry, drawn to their cause and weary of being a pawn, chooses to stay with the Brotherhood and forge weapons for them, becoming a true member, an act that hurts Arya, who feels abandoned. The red priestess [[Melisandre]] later comes to the Brotherhood and buys Gendry, recognizing the power in his king's blood. She uses leeches drawn from him to work a blood curse against the rival kings, but [[Davos Seaworth]] saves Gendry from being sacrificed outright, spiriting him away.<br />
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=== ''A Feast for Crows'' and beyond ===<br />
In the later novels, Gendry is established at the inn at the crossroads in the [[Riverlands]], apprenticed and smithing, still associated with the remnants of the Brotherhood, now under the grim leadership of the resurrected [[Catelyn Tully Stark|Lady Stoneheart]]. His arc remains open as of ''A Dance with Dragons''.<br />
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== Character ==<br />
Gendry is honest, hardworking, and proud, with a stubborn streak and a quick temper. Lowborn in upbringing and outlook, he distrusts lords and longs to belong somewhere, valuing the loyalty of a true family over the cold significance of royal blood he never asked for. His decency and his bond with [[Arya Stark|Arya]] make him one of the more sympathetic minor figures of the saga.<br />
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== Relationships ==<br />
Gendry's friendship with [[Arya Stark]] is the central relationship of his story, marked by loyalty, bickering, and an unspoken closeness; his decision to remain with the Brotherhood drives a painful wedge between them. He is hunted for his connection to his unacknowledged father [[Robert Baratheon]], and nearly killed for his king's blood by [[Melisandre]], before [[Davos Seaworth]] intervenes.<br />
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== Quotes ==<br />
<blockquote>''I can be your family.'' (Arya, to Gendry) / ''You wouldn't be my family. You'd be m'lady.'' (Gendry)</blockquote><br />
<blockquote>''Lords and kings... I want no part of them.''</blockquote><br />
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== In the television series ==<br />
In HBO's ''Game of Thrones'', Gendry was portrayed by Joe Dempsie. His arc follows the novels through his time with [[Arya Stark|Arya]] and the Brotherhood, then continues well beyond them: he escapes Dragonstone, fights beyond the Wall and at Winterfell, and is finally legitimized as Lord Gendry Baratheon of [[Storm's End]] by [[Daenerys Targaryen]]. None of these events have occurred in the books.<br />
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