![]() They come upon Arya Stark and her friend Mycah, a butcher's boy, who are practicing sword fighting. On the way from Winterfell to King's Landing, Joffrey spends a day riding and drinking wine with Sansa. Tyrion is later blamed when an assassin with a Valyrian steel dagger fails in an attempt to murder the comatose Bran, which furthers the growing enmity between Houses Stark and Lannister. Īfter Bran Stark is critically injured after falling from the First Keep, Joffrey's uncle, Tyrion Lannister, slaps Joffrey for speaking rudely of the boy's condition. Joffrey spars with Robb Stark in the yard and insults him. Joffrey begins to court the pretty Sansa Stark, Eddard's eldest daughter, to whom he has been betrothed. ![]() Joffrey and the rest of the royal family take the kingsroad to Winterfell after Lord Jon Arryn's death, as King Robert I Baratheon asks Lord Eddard Stark to become the new Hand of the King. Following the tourney, Joffrey and his siblings traveled with Cersei to Casterly Rock with their grandfather, Lord Tywin Lannister. ![]() įor Joffrey's twelfth name day, King Robert organized a tourney in King's Landing in 298 AC, where, amongst others, Lord Walder Frey, Lord Jon Arryn, Lord Stannis Baratheon, and Ser Davos Seaworth were present. While Sandor is widely known as the Hound, Joffrey refers to his guardian as "dog". Ĭersei assigned Sandor Clegane to be her son's sworn shield. It is also implied Joffrey bullied his younger brother, Tommen. Queen Cersei Lannister believes Robert would have beaten the boy if she had allowed it. Robert was so shocked and angry he hit Joffrey so hard it knocked out two of his baby teeth. He showed one of the unborn kittens to his father. Once after learning a kitchen cat was pregnant, Joffrey killed the animal and cut open its belly to see the kittens inside. It is implied that Joffrey craves Robert's respect and approval, and many of his acts are done in an effort to live up to his father's standards. His father, King Robert I Baratheon, is deeply disappointed with his son and feels little affection for Joffrey – nor did he like the fact that Joffrey would always cry whenever Robert picked him up. Joffrey grew up as a spoiled and indulgent child with a cruel streak within him. His dagger has a jeweled pommel and inlaid goldwork on the blade. Joffrey wields a longsword named Lion's Tooth. The prince possesses a slim coronet made of gold and sapphires. He always wears the finest clothing and accents, as befits the royal heir, including blue wool, black leather, and a deep blue doublet studded with a double row of golden lion's heads. Joffrey's surcout is divided, showing both the Baratheon stag of his father, King Robert I, and the Lannister lion of his mother, Queen Cersei. Despite being willful he is reckless, vicious, cruel and not particularly intelligent, all of which combine to make him prone to irrational and bad judgements. When things go wrong, Joffrey blames the problems on others. He has little sense of right or wrong, which often leads him to trouble, especially when he loses his temper. Although he can be gallant and courteous, he has an uncontrollable temper not unlike his mother, Queen Cersei Lannister, and an unchecked sadistic streak. Twelve years old at the beginning of A Song of Ice and Fire, Joffrey was strong-willed as a child. ![]() Jon Snow thinks that Joffrey looks like a girl. Known to be handsome, he has deep green eyes and pouty lips. Joffrey has the Lannister look and is tall for a boy his age, with blond curly hair. Appearance and Character See also: Images of Joffrey Baratheon ![]()
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