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The son of Lord Boremund and Lord of Storm's End during the Dance of the Dragons. The younger sister of Boremund Baratheon, who married Prince Aemon Targaryen, oldest son of King Jaehaerys I and mother of their only child, Rhaenys Targaryen, the Queen who Never Was. The Lord of Storm's End and Lord Paramount of the Stormlands who died prior to the Dance of the Dragons. The World of Ice and Fire reveals he was the son of Rogar Baratheon (grandson of Orys Baratheon) and Alyssa Velaryon (King Aenys I's widow), and the older brother to Jocelyn Baratheon (who married Prince Aemon, oldest son of King Jaehaerys I).
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Stannis's campaign to liberate the North from its enemies, namely the ironborn and the Boltons, is also much longer. Stannis has an absolute belief in law and duty, and joined his brother's rebellion against the Targaryens only after much soul-searching. In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Stannis is very different from his two brothers. While they are handsome, jovial, hedonist, charismatic, and bold, Stannis is colder, more logical, and reserved.
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Stannis: The Hated Lord
He tries to make him send his daughter Shireen to the Eyrie to ally with Lady Lysa Arryn, but when Sylese refuses, Stannis backs her. After Robert Baratheon became King, he tasked Stannis with creating a new fleet to take over Dragonstone, the stronghold of the Targaryens. However, the Targaryen fleet got destroyed during a storm, Queen Rhaella Targaryen died giving birth to her daughter Daenerys, and the newborn and her brother Viserys got smuggled out of Westeros. When Robert learned about the Targaryen children’s escape, he blamed Stannis even though he had barely set sail when the events occurred. When Robert Baratheon became King of the Seven Kingdoms, he handed Storm’s End to his youngest brother, Renly Baratheon; this caused Stannis to feel betrayed by his older brother as he was the rightful heir to the castle.
Stannis' last hope for peace in his time rested with the longstanding relationship he had with Lord Varys, Robert's master of whispers and a man with no love for his liege. Together, even as Robert's forces assailed the walls of Dragonstone, they returned to the black business of kinslaying. Much to their own surprise as well as that of the realm, Robert died on his own in an unfortunate but highly suspicious accident. Though none can say for certain, Robert had abused the honor of his wife Cersei Lannister so grievously that it would be no small wonder if she were behind the untimely death of her husband. Stannis however had seen fit to send his armies away before Robert had made land at Dragonstone, and his own meager fleet, commanded by Lord Davos Seaworth, sailed to King's Landing and there laid siege to the city in a tremendous surprise attack.
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Nonetheless, he is convinced to continue fighting by Melisandre, and is further convinced by her magic as she shows him a vision of a battle in the flames. During Robert's Rebellion, a teenage Stannis holds Storm's End in Robert's absence, successfully defending the besieged castle from the Reach forces of Mace Tyrell and Paxter Redwyne for the best part of the year. Stannis' garrison avoids starvation thanks only to the smuggler Davos Seaworth, who evades the blockade by the Redwyne fleet to bring the Baratheon soldiers a cargo of onions and fish. Stannis is subsequently tasked with building a new royal fleet to assault Dragonstone and capture the island, but arrives to find that Aerys II Targaryen's children Viserys and the newborn Daenerys had fled. Towards the end of season 1, we met Arryk and Erryk Cargyll, twin knights of the Kingsguard played by real-life twin brothers Luke and Elliot Tittensor respectively.
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They were cruelly leveraged, it is true, but to a man like Stannis, the ends always justified the means. In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Orys Baratheon was the rumored bastard half-brother of King Aegon I Targaryen, the conqueror of the Seven Kingdoms. Orys led an army which slew the last of the Storm Kings, Argilac the Arrogant, and captured his castle of Storm's End. For his loyal service, Orys was made a lord and allowed to found his own Great House, marrying the daughter of Argilac and taking his sigil and words for his own. At just under 300 years, this makes House Baratheon the youngest by far of the Great Houses. When Robert Baratheon's betrothed, Lyanna Stark, was kidnapped by Rhaegar Targaryen, he was enraged and raised his banners in rebellion against King Aerys II, along with Lyanna's brother (and Robert's best friend) Eddard Stark.
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It has produced a number of great and notable warriors, such as Ser Lyonel Baratheon, the Laughing Storm, and married into the royal House Targaryen several generations ago. Stannis's death brings an end to the true legal bloodline of House Baratheon. Both Stannis and Renly Baratheon declares themselves the rightful kings. Called the Laughing Storm, Lyonel Baratheon was a knight from House Baratheon who participated in the Ashford Tourney during The Hedge Knight. When Ser Duncan was on trial, Lyonel supported him during the Trial of the Faith.
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He was the master of ships, Lord of Dragonstone, and claimant of the Iron Throne. Several years later, Stannis is married to Lady Selyse Florent, but Robert soiled their wedding bed by deflowering Selyse's cousin Delena, further insulting Stannis. Stannis was born the second of Steffon Baratheon and Cassana Estermont's three sons and in his youth was constantly overshadowed by Robert. When Stannis was 14, 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 Gods.
He and Lord Jon Arryn began investigating, but Lord Arryn died from a sudden illness. Upon his death, Stannis thought he would become the next Hand of the King. When Robert traveled to Winterfell to choose Ned over him, he left King’s Landing for Dragonstone. Besides being cold to others, Stannis has no capability of feeling loved. When he served on the small council, he only visited Dragonstone once or twice a year and rarely slept with his wife because he felt no pleasure. When he met Melisandre, he got convinced to change his sigil from the normal one used by House Baratheon.
Afterwards, he remains at Castle Black to negotiate settlement over the Wildling prisoners and offers to legitimise Eddard Stark's bastard son Jon Snow as the new lord of Winterfell if Jon swears loyalty to him and joins the fight against House Bolton. Despite being tempted, Jon declines the offer as he has made an oath binding him to serve the Night's Watch and does not want Winterfell's godswood to be burned by Melisandre. Later, Stannis pressures the Night's Watch to finish electing a new Lord Commander, and Jon is eventually elected through secret lobbying by Samwell Tarly.
For his leal service, Orys was made a lord and allowed to found his own Great House, marrying the daughter of Argilac and taking his sigil and words for his own. Thanks to Jon's beneficial advice, Stannis gains the support of the Northern mountain clans, liberates Deepwood Motte and takes Asha Greyjoy (Yara's name in the novels) prisoner. The victory grants Stannis credibility in the eyes of the Northern Houses, and many survivors of them join his host.
Although the snowstorm lifts, half of Stannis's army deserts him, Selyse commits suicide out of guilt, and Melisandre flees to Castle Black. As his army arrives at Winterfell, it is swiftly defeated by a cavalry charge led by Ramsay Bolton. Stannis survives the battle, but is confronted by Brienne of Tarth, a former member of Renly's Kingsguard.

Stannis subsequently sentences Davos to death but is swayed by Melisandre, who encourages him to travel North to aid the Night's Watch against the White Walkers emerging from beyond the Wall. At the beginning of the first novel A Game of Thrones, Stannis comes to suspect that Robert's children with Cersei Lannister are not actually his. He suspects that Robert will not believe his word alone, so he reveals his suspicions to Robert's Hand of the King and trusted friend, Lord Jon Arryn.
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