Tully

Hoster Tully

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Character Overview

Hoster Tully uses marriage to bind Riverrun to the Arryn, Stark and Baratheon alliance during Robert's Rebellion, arranging for Catelyn to wed Eddard after Brandon's death. He also forces the pregnant Lysa to drink an abortive potion and then marries her to the much older Jon Arryn, a trauma Catelyn does not understand for years. Hoster is gravely ill when the War of the Five Kings begins. His dying repetitions of tansy and pleas for forgiveness expose private guilt to Catelyn, but she dies without learning the full story of her sister's ordeal.

Relationships

Catelyn Stark

Parent

Lysa Arryn

Parent

Edmure Tully

Parent

Brynden Tully

Sibling