Stannis Baratheon

Stannis Baratheon is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation Game of Thrones. First mentioned in 1996's A Game of Thrones, Stannis is the son of Steffon Baratheon from the kingdom of Westeros. He subsequently appeared in Martin's A Clash of Kings (1998) and A Storm of Swords (2000) and A Dance with Dragons (2011) Stannis is portrayed by Stephen Dillane in the HBO television adaptation. 2Character descriptionEdit Stannis Baratheon is the younger brother of King Robert and older brother of Renly. He is portrayed as a brooding and humorless man with a harsh but fair sense of justice and an obsession with slights both real and imagined. He is regarded as a skilled but overcautious military commander. Stannis was born as the second of Steffon Baratheon and Cassana Estermont's three sons, and in his youth he was constantly overshadowed by his older brother Robert. When Stannis was fourteen he witnessed his parents' death in a shipwreck off the coast of House Baratheon's castle Storm's End, and subsequently lost his faith in the Seven. During Robert's Rebellion, Stannis holds Storm's End in Robert's absence, but is besieged by Mace Tyrell and Paxter Redwyne for the best part of the year. Stannis' garrison only avoids starvation thanks to the smuggler Davos Seaworth, who evades the Redwyne fleet to bring the Baratheon soldiers a cargo of onions and fis