Robert Arryn

• Individual Picture Notes
  • Lino Facioli as Robert Aryn in HBO Game of Thrones

• General Notes
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    The only son of Jon Arryn and his wife, Lysa Tully, Robert Arryn is a sickly, whiny child of six who is now Lord of the Eyrie and Defender of the Vale.  Because he is afflicted with a disease that causes frequent seizures, his mother, Lady Lysa, ruled the Vale as regent in his name until her death.  Robert is intellectually and physically stunted, and he is not even weaned from his mother's breast.
    
    After Petyr Baelish murdered his new wife, Lady Lysa, he assumed the position of Lord Protector of the Vale and claimed the rule of the Vale and the guardianship of Lord Robert.  Several of the more prominent nobles of the Vale signed a declaration to oust Petyr from the Eyrie and assume the rearing and training of Robert Arryn, calling themselves the 'Lords Declarant.'
    
    Robert has become even more emotional and unstable after his mother's death.  He has become highly attached to his cousin, Sansa Stark, in her guise of Alayne Stone.  Sansa has taken on a surrogate maternal role with regards to him.