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ASOIAF fancasting –> House Arryn: Sarah Felberbaum as Jessamyn Redfort

“Forty years of age, she perished in the Motherhouse of Maris on its stony island in the harbour of Gulltown, wrapped in the arms of Jessamyn Redfort, her ‘dear companion.’ ”

Probably the most iconic lesbian couple in Westeros (ever), I look forward to reading the secret diaries recorded by Lady Jeyne of her life and relationships in the Vale. Although I guess as fans we'll have to write them ourselves.

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ASOIAF fancasting --> Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Osmund Kettleblack

“Alas, Tyrion could not say the same for Cersei’s second choice. Ser Osmund Kettleblack looked formidable enough. He stood six feet and six inches, most of it sinew and muscle, and his hook nose, bushy eyebrows, and spade-shaped brown beard gave his face a fierce aspect, so long as he did not smile. Lowborn, no more than a hedge knight, Kettleblack was utterly dependent on Cersei for his advancement, which was doubtless why she’d picked him. ‘Ser Osmund is as loyal as he is brave,’ she’d told Joffrey when she put forward his name. It was true, unfortunately. The good Ser Osmund had been selling her secrets to Bronn since the day she’d hired him, but Tyrion could scarcely tell her that.”

Wild and scraggly as any hedge knight, this actor definitely has the dangerous look of a sellsword Kettleblack.

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Random fancasting --> House Arryn: Jodhi May as Jeyne, Lady of the Vale

“ ‘Thrice have mine own kin sought to replace me,’ Lady Jeyne told Prince Jacaerys. ‘My cousin Ser Arnold is wont to say that women are too soft to rule. I have him in one of my sky cells, if you would like to ask him. Your Prince Daemon used his first wife most cruelly, it is true… but notwithstanding your mother’s poor taste in consorts, she remains our rightful queen, and mine own blood besides, an Arryn on her mother’s side. In this world of men, we women must band together. The Vale and its knights shall stand with her.’ ”

I find Jodhi May to have both a unique and interesting beauty, as well as an inner strength that comes through in the characters she portrays. A perfect choice for the Maiden of the Vale, a woman who dominated her particular territory in a world of men.

House Targaryen fancasts here

Main series era House Martell here

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Random fancasting --> House Arryn: Claire Forlani as Queen Sharra

“Queen Sharra of the Vale, regent for her son Ronnel, took refuge in the Eyrie, looked to her defenses, and sent an army to the Bloody Gate, gateway to the Vale of Arryn. In her youth Queen Sharra had been lauded as ‘the Flower of the Mountain,’ the fairest maid in all the Seven Kingdoms. Perhaps hoping to sway Aegon with her beauty, she sent him a portrait and offered herself to him in marriage, provided he named her son Ronnel as his heir. Though the portrait did finally reach him, it is not known whether Aegon Targaryen ever replied to her proposal; he had two queens already, and Sharra Arryn was by then a faded flower, ten years his elder.”

A woman of strong beauty, she definitely also seems like she was politically astute and knowledgeable in playing the game of thrones.

House Targaryen fancasts here

Main series era House Martell here

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House Targaryen fancasting --> Anna Popplewell as Alys Arryn

“House Arryn can even boast the rare distinction of twice being deemed worthy of marriage with the blood of the dragon.”

With Aerys at his books, Aelinor at her diversions, and given that her husband was notoriously unstable, I imagine Alys to be the center of the court and the one who was left in charge of organizing tourneys and feasts, and even managing the day-to-day tedium of the court. I imagine her to be the kind of woman who simply oozed authority and competence, and that she was well respected. And she also brought her children up to be similarly accomplished.

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House Targaryen fancasting --> Vahide Perçin as Rhea Royce

“Daemon had been wed to Rhea Royce in 97 AC when she was heir to the ancient seat of Runestone in the Vale. It was a fine, rich match, but Daemon found the Vale little to his liking, and liked his wife even less, and they were soon estranged.”

Whenever I hear “copper,” I always think “redhead,” and so one of the most majestic redheads gets to stand as the lady of the Bronze House.

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Random fancasting --> The Night’s Watch: Ben Crompton as Eddison Tollett

“Jon was paired with dour Eddison Tollett, a squire grey of hair and thin as a pike, whom the other brothers called Dolorous Edd. ‘Bad enough when the dead come walking,’ he said to Jon as they crossed the village, ‘now the Old Bear wants them talking as well? No good will come of that, I’ll warrant. And who’s to say the bones wouldn’t lie? Why should death make a man truthful, or even clever? The dead are likely dull fellows, full of tedious complaints - the ground’s too cold, my gravestone should be larger, why does he get more worms than I do...’ ”

Yet another actor renowned for playing cronies and faceless henchmen, he slots perfectly into Dolorous Edd’s personality.

House Targaryen fancasts here

Main series era House Martell here

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House Targaryen fancasting --> Emma Watson as Aemma Arryn

“Aemma Arryn, the daughter of Lord Rodrik and Princess Daella, came into the world a fortnight early, after a long and troubled labor.”

Though most Aemma fancasts emphasize her Arryn connection, I prefer to think of her as Daella’s daughter, and inheriting her mother’s gentleness and good heart.