Tormund Giantsbane

Tormund Giantsbane
A Song of Ice and Fire character Game of Thrones character
Kristofer Hivju as Tormund Giantsbane
First appearance	Novel: A Storm of Swords (2000) Television: "Valar Dohaeris" (2013)
Created by	George R. R. Martin
Portrayed by	Kristofer Hivju (Game of Thrones)
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Aliases	Tormund Giantsbane Mead-King of Ruddy Hall Tormund Thunderfist Tormund Horn-Blower Tormund Tall-Talker Breaker of Ice Husband to Bears Speaker to Gods Father of Hosts
Gender	Male
Children	Toregg Torwynd Dryn Dormund Munda
Nationality	Westerosi

Tormund Giantsbane 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.

Introduced in 2000's A Storm of Swords, he is a wildling from the fictional continent of Westeros. He subsequently appeared in Martin's A Dance with Dragons.

Tormund Giantsbane is portrayed by Kristofer Hivju in the HBO television adaptation.

Tormund, better known as Tormund Giantsbane or Tormund Thunderfist, is a wildling raider. He is not a point of view character in the novels, so his actions are witnessed and interpreted through the eyes of other people, especially Jon Snow.

When Jon Snow gets captured, Tormund is among those in Mance Rayders tent whom Jon is presented to. He later becomes the new leader of the remnants of the wildling army after Mance gets captured.

Tormund is played by Kristofer Hivju in the television adaption of the series of books. He is one of Mance's top generals, fierce and terrifying in combat.

When Jon Snow first arrives in the Wildling camp, he initially mistakes Tormund for Mance Rayder, much to Tormund's amusement. Mance directs Tormund to lead a group of Wildlings including Jon Snow and his captor, Ygritte, south of the Wall to await the signal of Mance Rayder to attack the Night's Watch.

After joining up with a clan of the cannibalistic Thenns, Tormund leads the Wildlings in a rampage through the lands south of the Wall, including a sack of Mole's Town. During the Battle of Castle Black, he duels and severely wounds Ser Alliser Thorne, but is brought down by several arrows and taken prisoner. After his wounds are healed by Maester Aemon, Jon briefly approaches him, and he tells Jon that Ygritte loved him, citing Ygritte's apparent desire to kill him as proof. He asks Jon to burn Ygritte north of the Wall.