Įddard sits the Iron Throne as Hand of the King while Robert goes hunting in the kingswood. The king expects Ilyn to kill the beast, but Sansa's father, Lord Eddard Stark, says he will do it himself with Ice, his Valyrian steel sword. Īfter Prince Joffrey Baratheon is attacked by Nymeria, Robert agrees with Queen Cersei Lannister that Sansa's direwolf, Lady, can be executed at Darry. The girl apologizes for having possibly offended Ilyn, but the knight turns away without responding. Sansa Stark is terrified of Ilyn upon seeing him. Ser Ilyn Payne is among the members of the king's court who come north to near the Trident, to escort King Robert I Baratheon back to King's Landing after his trip to Winterfell. The execution of Eddard Stark, by Magali Villeneuve © This was a sinecure to compensate Ilyn for the tongue he lost in the service of House Lannister. Īfter Robert's Rebellion against House Targaryen, Ilyn was named as the King's Justice by King Robert I Baratheon as a wedding present for Tywin. Ilyn was overheard saying it was Tywin who truly ruled the Seven Kingdoms, rather than Aerys, so the king had Ilyn's tongue torn out with hot pincers for the comment. Ser Ilyn was the captain of the guard for Lord Tywin Lannister when Tywin served as Hand of the King for King Aerys II Targaryen. Ser Jaime Lannister thinks that Ilyn lives for nothing but killing. Since he cannot speak, nor read or write, Ilyn delegates to underlings, such as Rennifer Longwaters. Ilyn is a skilled executioner he has never botched an execution and seldom requires more than a single stroke to finish off his charges. While Ilyn keeps the steel of his weapons immaculate, his armor and chambers within the Red Keep's dungeon are poorly kept. He wears cracked leather boots, and his horse and battered shield do not display the arms of House Payne. A large two-handed greatsword with a stained leather hilt is strapped over his right shoulder to a scabbard on his back. Ser Ilyn wears old and rusted chainmail, iron grey, over boiled leather. Due to his appearance as well as his silence, many people find him terrifying, a suitable trait for the King's Justice. He often stares at people with his hollow eyes, which can be unnerving. Since he is tongueless, Ilyn can only voice a choking rattle and a clacking laugh. He is almost completely bald, but the few wisps of hair he has are "as long as a woman's". Ilyn has a deep set of pale, colorless eyes and hollow cheeks. He is taller than the Valyrian steel greatsword Ice, which is six feet long. Ilyn is a grim man, tall and thin, with a beardless, pockmarked face. We were great friends, and we fell out.Appearance and Character See also: Images of Ilyn Payne Johnson later said that if the band had been able to follow its managers’ instructions to behave, “I’m pretty sure we’d be multimillionaires. Wilko Johnson at the Rainbow Theatre in London, on Feb. Then in 1977 Johnson walked out amid friction with charismatic lead singer Lee Brilleaux, who died in 1994. punk explosion, and teetered on the edge of global fame, scoring a U.K. The anarchic outfit inspired bands who would soon drive the U.K. Feelgood a dangerous edge with his choppy, relentless guitar style and thousand-yard glare - a look terrifying enough to earn him a role later in life as silent executioner Ser Ilyn Payne on “Game of Thrones.” Feelgood with other local friends.Īt a time of flamboyant glam and indulgent prog rock, they played a then-unfashionable brand of blues and R&B, dressed in cheap suits that made them look, Johnson said later, like “shoddy bank robbers.” He studied Anglo-Saxon literature at Newcastle University and worked as a schoolteacher before forming Dr. Born John Wilkinson in 1947, Johnson was raised on Canvey Island, a marshy, industrial oil town in England’s River Thames estuary.
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