Cheese - The Princess and the Queen (2013)

Formerly hired by the royal family to act as a rat-catcher to the Red Keep, history and songs would only remember this man as Cheese.

Following the death of Lucerys Velaryon, Daemon Targaryen asked the King's former Mistress of Whispers to find him some assassins that could kill one of King Aegon II's sons. "The Pale Stranger" hired Cheese along with an ex member of the Gold Cloaks to complete the act, fully aware of his knowledge of the tunnels and passageways beneath the stronghold. Utilising the snickets, Cheese led the two of them into the very centre of the castle, slipping past all the City Watch and King's Guard without being detected.

History questioned whether they were also tasked with making an attempt on the King's life as well, however many people said that Cheese's memory of the entrances would not have been enough to get into Maegor's Stronghold.

Instead they attacked the Tower of the Hand, entering the bedchamber  of dowager queen Alicent Hightower and taking her hostage. Cheese tied her up and waited for Queen Helaena and the children to arrive to say goodnight to their grandmother, which the assassin knew was a nightly ritual for the Queen and her progeny.

He snuck out from the shadows and captured Maelor Targaryen, declaring to the queen that they were "debt collectors" with the goal of "a son for a son".  He went on to promise that they would not hurt the others, as long as they could kill the son she chose without any delay or obstruction. He advised that she hurried up and made her choice, fully aware of Blood's proclivity for rape and violence and warning her that if the former sergeant got bored, he would have no qualms with sexually assaulting her six year old daughter Jaehaera. Finally, growing impatient of pushing her, he gave her the ultimatum to chose one or all of the children die.

Hearing her choice to kill her youngest son, Cheese viciously remarked to the two year old that Halena wanted him dead, before giving Blood the signal to decapitate Jaehaerys. In the panic and confusion, Cheese and Blood escaped and were never seen again.

Their actions helped lead to the suicide of Queen Helaena and open rebellion throughout King's Landing, prompting the destruction of the Dragon Pit, forcing Queen Rhaenyra to flee back to Dragonstone for her life.


Appearances:

1. "The Princess and the Queen" (First and Only Appearance)