His enameled scales have silver chasings and clasps. Like other members of the Kingsguard, Barristan's plate armor, cloak, and shield are all in white. Barristan can speak some of the High Valyrian of the Free Cities and the mongrel Ghiscari of Slaver's Bay. Ī dutiful and gallant man, Barristan dislikes tricks and scheming.

According to a semi-canon source, he is comparable in skill to the acclaimed Ser Arthur Dayne, the Sword of the Morning. Bran Stark believes him to be the greatest living knight. īarristan is considered one of the most skilled and respected knights in the Seven Kingdoms, considered to be made of the true steel that marks a Kingsguard knight. He is taller than Ser Jorah Mormont but less muscular. Despite his advanced age, Barristan looks strong and graceful and every bit the skilled knight he was in his youth. Some consider him handsome, at least for his age. He is an older man, with white hair and lined features. īarristan is tall and has pale blue eyes which some consider to be sad. In the television adaptation Game of Thrones, he is played by Ian McElhinney. Barristan becomes a POV character in A Dance with Dragons. A celebrated hero, he has served in the Kingsguard since a time when these knights were still considered to be the greatest of the Seven Kingdoms. Ser Barristan Selmy, also called Barristan the Bold, is a knight from House Selmy and the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard of Robert I Baratheon.

Jaime Lannister (Lord Commander of the Kingsguard)

Jorah Mormont (Lord Commander of the Queensguard) Gerold Hightower (Lord Commander of the Kingsguard) Lord Commander of the Kingsguard (dismissed)

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