Sansa stark is a fictional character created by american author george r. Maisie williams was 11 when she started playing arya stark. Even with the world at a standstill, both sandor and sansa find themselves in trouble as their past lives catch up with them in the sleepy little town of north burlow, vermont. At first blush, sansa has a lot in common with a typical nobles daughter in the middle ages, and, quite possibly elizabeth of york. In the television adaptation game of thrones, she is played by sophie turner. In the ashes of wartorn westeros, the fate of the remnants of house stark and that of their lovers, allies, friends, and foeshangs in the balance.
Jul 22, 2017 ya books for fans of game of throness sansa stark ann foster jul 22, 2017 on a show with a number of major power players, game of throness sansa stark spent a long time playing under the radar. Robb and jon are 14, sansa is 11, bran is 7 and rickon is 3. However, joffrey informs sansa that he still has use for her when married, and to expect a nightly visitor for a long while. Robb is basically a 1516 year old boy when he becomes kotn and has his head cut off. At the time, sansa stark was raped by ramsay bolton, and fans now reason that she was underage at the time. Sansa stark is a member of house stark and is the elder daughter of lady catelyn stark and lord eddard stark. If you know where to look there are tons of evidence in the books. She is the eldest daughter of lord eddard stark and lady catelyn stark. Jul 30, 20 while sansa is annoying, she may be like the prototypical medieval princess. Sophie turner, who plays sansa, is 23 in real life. Whereas sansa is the daughter of the metaphorical cecily aka catelyn stark, elizabeth of york was cecily nevilles granddaughter. The sansa bolton scene was not from the books, like this recent aryagendry romance.
Sansa stark has room for one guest in her home and reluctantly takes in a tall mysterious stranger. Sansa s childhood friend jeyne poole, who has been presented as if she. He is the oldest legitimate son of eddard ned stark and his wife catelyn, and has five siblings. Actually, book sansa is still very much a virgin as of the end of martins fourth novel, a feast for crows. Completed, 1 chapters, 600,000 words, rated mature. Apr 22, 2019 maisie williams was 11 when she started playing arya stark. The affc queen regent appendix is clearly wrong, as joffreys age is noted many times in the previous books. Jaime considers her as sansa lannister in season 4 while, in season 6, a bolton soldier trying to capture her calls her lady bolton. When the tyrells provide military support to the lannisters, tywin lannister agrees joffrey will marry margaery tyrell. Jul 12, 2017 after sansa starks horrifying rape on sundays game of thrones, a feminist website has banned coverage of the show and a u. Littlefinger never sent sansa to marry ramsay in the books. Sansa starks season five storyline in game of thrones. Game of thrones producer explains sansas wedding night.
It was sansa s friend jeyne poole, disguised and passed off as arya stark. Robb stark sansa stark 241 jon snow sansa stark 52 jon snowrobb stark sansa stark 28 jon snowrobb stark joffrey baratheon sansa stark jon snowarya stark arya stark gendry waters 12 catelyn stark ned stark 10 cersei lannisterjaime lannister 10 petyr baelish sansa stark 10 include additional tags. She is eleven years old when a game of thrones begins. There were no titles, but the books were numbered from 1 to 5. Game of thrones show runners explain why sansa stark twist will be her making before you read on there are spoilers in here that might ruin it. During the wedding feast tyrion sat and got drunk which embarrassed sansa. George rr martins books teach us she still has one terrible choice to make. So maybe year old bran tells jeyne pool how beautiful she looked that night. Game of thrones everything to know about sansa stark. At the start of the first book, she is 9 years old. Queen sansa stark is the eldest daughter of lord eddard stark and his wife, lady catelyn, sister of robb, arya, bran, and rickon stark, and halfsister of jon snow. Brans going to when he tells his sister that she was so beautiful that night. Arya a pov character is a spirited tomboy with an interest in fighting and exploring.
A song of ice and fire book spoilers referenced ahead. By the end of the dance of dragons current last book as of february 2018 she is 11. The following is an article written and submitted by dcmarvelgirl 1997, who is a friend of mine and a talented young writer. On the fifth season of game of thrones, sansa stark s storyline took a compelling turn.
Joffrey then offered to come to sansa after tyrion passed out from alcohol. At the start of the series, arya stark is a spirited nineyearold. Tyrions first act as hand is to order them taken down. The game has a new player in the form of sansa stark, the red wolf of winterfell and the queen in the north before her death, who is determined to see her family grow old and happy in winterfell and the iron throne melted to a puddle of metal at her feet. Apr 04, 2019 the talking thrones youtube channel has put together a list of scenes from the books that may be foreshadowing how sansa stark s story will end. Best sansa stark theories for game of thrones season 8. The character doesnt appear in book 5, a dance with dragons. Asoiaf sansa stark book spoilers focus series youtube. Differences between books and tv series a wiki of ice and fire. She subsequently appeared in the following three novels. Sansa stark, played by sophie turner how old are the. Sansa clearly states in the first episode that she is years old, and it generally seems that game of. Sansa stark s marriage to tyrion curiously mirrors elizabeth of yorks near marriage to her own uncle, richard iii.
I sincerely thank her for taking the time to write this, as it relates closely to other issues ive brought up on this site regarding gender, double standards, and media depictions. Sansa has a feminine and graceful demeanor in contrast with her younger sister arya, who has tomboy features. All the ways game of thrones ramsay bolton is way worse. While this may seem like a huge change for devoted readers, if ramsay had married poole, a character we havent seen since season 1 and. While its not overly clear how old any of the characters are in game of thrones, there have been some snippets of information granted to viewers throughout the show. Sansa is very beautiful, with the thick auburn hair and blue eyes that. Is there any evidence in the asoiaf books that jon snow. Apr 04, 2019 in the first book, bran is only seven, arya is nine, and sansa a mere 11. He is also a close friend to eddards ward theon greyjoy. How old are game of thrones characters supposed to be. Twitter erupted with game of thrones fandom angst sunday night as sansa stark was brutally attacked and humiliated on her.
Game of thrones season 5 episode 3, four walls and a roof, revealed one of the biggest shocks for fans of george rr martins books, that sansa stark is set to marry bolton ramsay thanks to her. In keeping with the series themes, each person largely. Game of thrones littlefinger is a genius in the books, and. Sansa stark was married to tyrion lannister, a marriage neither party wanted. Sansa stark is played by sophie turner in the hbo adaption of the books.
Game of thrones sansa stark chronology totally timelines. Character name, book age, tv show age, age difference. Arya says that shes 11 years old on the first season of game of thrones. She is a prominent character in martins awardwinning a song of ice and fire series introduced in a game of thrones 1996, sansa is the elder daughter and second child of lord eddard stark and his wife lady catelyn stark. Contains a major spoiler about sundays game of thrones. Sansa stark is a member of house stark and is the elder daughter of lady catelyn and lord eddard stark. Posta dance with dragons game of thrones fan fiction the north remembers by qqueenofhades. She has a website and a youtube channel that i highly recommend. Martins books, however, will recognize that it is originally jayne poole, not sansa, who marries ramsay. Sansa clearly states in the first episode that she is years old. Jun 27, 2016 game of thrones littlefinger is a genius in the books. Was sansas marriage to tyrion inspired by a tale of.
Spoilers all i have made a list of character ages in the show and in. Its been a while since i read the series, but i do remember some birthday celebrations in the book, which would explain the mathematical difference theoretically according to year subtraction, sansa should be 12. Consequently, she keeps bopping them in the head every time she flies round and round through their thoughts, so that peoples feels about sansa become heavily concussed. First, sansa loves the tale of aemon the dragonknight and queen naerys, she think it is romantic. Sansa stark is a main character and female protagonist of the a song of ice and fire novel series as well as its hbo tv series adaptation, game of thrones. If anyone should be bolton right about now, its sansa stark. Lord stark, please read these books together with lady catelyn stark, as well as your four oldest children, robb, sansa, arya and. Bran is 10 instead of 7 and rickons age is increased from 3 to 6. Bran stark states that he is 10 years old in the first season of game of.
Introduced in a game of thrones 1996, sansa is the elder daughter and second child of lord eddard stark and his wife lady catelyn stark. Hbo how old is arya stark in game of thrones while its not overly clear how old any of the characters are in game of thrones, there have been some snippets of information granted to viewers throughout the show in season 1, arya is supposed to be around 11 years old. How game of thrones managed to avoid double standards the following is an article written and submitted by dcmarvelgirl 1997, who is a friend of mine and a talented young writer. From little bird to queen, the ballad of sansa stark the. Fans are wondering how old arya stark is after this weeks episode of game of thrones. In the books, the reader is privy to sansa stark s thoughts. How old are the game of thrones characters and actors. Rickon 3 years old born 295al all information taken from this site.
Arya and gendrys romance has a lot of fans asking, how old is arya stark. From the beginning, sansa stark has been one of my favorite characters in a song of ice and firegame of thrones, but i am also fully aware that if i had found sansa a few years earlier, i. It was sansas friend jeyne poole, disguised and passed off as arya stark. Differences between books and tv series season 1 game of. Initially betrothed to prince joffrey baratheon, the heir to the iron throne, sansa travels to kings landing in preparation for her nuptials, but essentially becomes a hostage of house lannister following the execution of her. Murdo macleodthe guardian however, the tv show has changed some aspects of martins books, most recently portraying the rape of major character sansa stark, played by actress sophie. Unlike arya, sansa has never specified her age on the show, but she is supposed to be two years older than her sister, which would have made her 17 or 18 years old in season 5. Her character contrasts with her elegant sister sansa, whom she often describes as stupid. Turner made her professional acting debut as sansa stark on the hbo fantasy television series game of thrones 2011 20112019, which brought her international recognition and critical praise. In season 1, arya is supposed to be around 11 years old. Ramsay marries jeyne poole, sansa s childhood friend who only exists in the pilot episode of game of thrones, and tries to convince the world that. She is a prominent character in martins awardwinning a song of ice and fire series.
The result is sansa s betrothal to joffrey is called off. In the books, after greeting joffrey at the joust, tyrion inspects the walls of kings landing where joffrey has mounted the heads of eddard stark and his household. After sansa stark s horrifying rape on sundays game of thrones, a feminist website has banned coverage of the show and a u. Discovering the future a game of thrones chapter 1. In the first season of the series, bran was deemed to be 10 years old, arya 11, and sansa. Later, lyanna mormont hangs a lampshade by noting whether she is a lannister or bolton, while sansa calls herself sansa stark, despite being legally married. Like many girls her age, sansa is enthralled by songs and stories of romance and adventure.
Aug 21, 2019 game of thrones ended with sansa as queen in the north but her future isnt that simple, whatever sophie turner thinks. Game of thrones littlefinger is a genius in the books. Each chapter is narrated from a characters point of view, and sansa is one of those privileged few who gets a perspective. When ned tells sansa that hell make a better match for her because joffrey is a l. Instead, his bride is a different stark, or someone masquerading as a stark. Sansa stark is two years older than her sister arya, which means that shes about 20 years old on the show. Oct 17, 2018 sansa is the character who orbits closest to many peoples hearts.
Sansa stark is 11 years old at the start of the books. Sansa stark is one of the major pov characters in the books. When all of house stark wake up one morning with their deaths being their clearest memories, the wheel begins to turn. The talking thrones youtube channel has put together a list of scenes from the books that may be foreshadowing how sansa stark s story will end. In the first book, bran is only seven, arya is nine, and sansa a mere 11. Sansa stark is the second child and eldest daughter of lord eddard stark of winterfell and his wife lady catelyn tully. Everything how old are the stark children at the start.
How old are game of thrones characters meant to be. The origin of sansa may lie in elizabeth of york history. Sansa stark, also known as sansa lannister, is the eldest daughter and second child of eddard stark and his wife catelyn and second wife to tyrion lannister. Spoilers main jon snow and sansa stark parallels main i want to discuss jon and sansa parallels in the books and show because i believe they will be the future king and queen of the 7 kingdoms. Exactly how old are the characters on game of thrones. My skin has turned to porcelain, to ivory, to steel. As he opened the book titled 1, a small piece of parchment fluttered to the floor. The show has moved at about the pace of one year per season, which means that arya is currently 18 on game. Apr 01, 2015 spoilers up to book five of a song of ice and fire a brief history of sansa stark, from her childhood in winterfell to her alliance with petyr baelish. Robb is 14 years old at the beginning of a game of thrones17 on the tv show. How old are the game of thrones characters in the books. Played by sophie turner in hbos game of thrones tv series, she presents herself as a typical ladys lady. Spoilers all how old are all the characters in each book. The stark children robb and jon are 17 instead of 15.
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