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Arthur Dayne | FC: Chris Hemsworth | Taken

Ser Arthur Dayne, known as the Sword of the Morning, was a famed knight and a member of Aerys II’s Kingsguard. He was one of Prince Rhaegar’s closest friends.

His accomplishments include defeating the Kingswood Brotherhood. He got the smallfolk to love him by paying for what he and his forces took and taking the their grievances before King Aerys II. In the end he slayed the Smiling Knight and ended the threat of the Brotherhood. Following that victory, he knighted Jaime Lannister, who would later become a sworn brother of the Kingsguard.

He broke twelve lances against Prince Rhaegar Targaryen in a tourney held at Storm’s End, losing to the prince. At the Tourney at Harrenhal, he was defeated by Prince Rhaegar once again.

He wielded the sword called Dawn as part of his office as “Sword of the Morning”, carrying it slung across his back. He died at the Tower of Joy fighting Eddard Stark and his companions, but the exact circumstances of his death are unclear. In a memory of his father, Bran Stark recalls Eddard describe Arthur Dayne as “the finest knight I ever saw,” and elaborates further that Dayne would have killed him “but for Howland Reed.”