Arya, due to her ability to tell lies from the truth in her mastery of the "Game of Faces", is satisfied from what she could gather and ends the topic, before stating that she feels that the two of them will likely die; and is eager to know the feeling of physical love before she does.

She then kisses him forcefully on the lips, after which Gendry shows some slight resistance, but he quickly gives into the overwhelming sense of attraction, though he is briefly startled by the scars she received from the Waif as she undresses, and they make love. Gendry sleeps soundly after their liaison, whilst Arya lies awake, awaiting the arrival of the White Walkers.

Gendry survives the Battle of Winterfell and attends the funeral pyres of those who fell fighting the White Walkers. He is present during the celebrations, but wonders where Arya is and sets out to leave.

However, he is stopped by Daenerys Targaryen who announces that she decided to legitimize Gendry, becoming the new Lord of Storm's End and head of House Baratheon. Afterwards Gendry looks for Arya and eventually finds her practicing her archery, nearly getting hit by an arrow when doing so. Gendry asks why Arya isn't celebrating with the others, and she replies that she is celebrating. Gendry then kisses Arya and tells her that Daenerys legitimized him and made him the Lord of Storm's End.

The news surprises Arya and Gendry proceeds to kneel in front of her, confessing that he loves her and wants to marry her. Arya is left speechless at this and reciprocates with a kiss. However, Arya states that any woman would be lucky to have him as a husband, but that life isn't for her, turning him down. Arya continues to practice her archery and Gendry is left heartbroken. After Tyrion asks the lords of the Seven Kingdoms to choose the new king and suggests Bran Stark 's name, he gives his assent.

King Robert's actual son Gendry is everything that his alleged son and heir Joffrey Baratheon was not, both in terms of physical appearance and personality. Joffrey was an arrogant, sadistic fop, with a massive sense of entitlement. He was not skilled at anything - particularly not at combat, in which he was also a coward when faced with real danger.

Joffrey's one real claim to importance was that he was Robert's son — which was itself a lie even if he himself didn't know. Gendry, by contrast, is the exact opposite: a generally humble and polite working-class blacksmith, who didn't grow up rich in a castle, and a brave and capable fighter when called to do so. He also has a protective instinct, which is demonstrated as he defends the boy "Arry" when he sees the other recruits picking on what he thinks is a smaller boy and as he holds Arya back from danger on several occasions.

Growing up having to work for a living, at Mott's smithy, Gendry became disciplined, and doesn't have any of his father Robert's negative qualities of self-indulgence in food, drink, and women. Gendry also developed great observational skills, having noticed immediately that Arya is in fact a girl disguised as a boy. Furthermore, Gendry is incredibly brave, being the first one to attack the Gold Cloaks with only his smith's hammer after Yoren's death and fighting in the front lines in the Battle of Winterfell.

Gendry is extremely pragmatic and practical, as evidenced by his ability to understand how social standing benefits people unlike him: he understood that if he returned to Riverrun with Arya, she would be his 'lady' rather than his friend. This sets him further apart from Joffrey, who outright fell back on social standing and had massive delusions of grandeur where his own position was concerned. Joffrey accentuated his title as king to be the reason that he should get his way, whereas Gendry fought and survived for other people and was nowhere near as arrogant or temperamental as Joffrey.

Also, he was surprisingly self-reproachful about his own actions, shown prominently in the aftermath of Melisandre seducing him; Joffrey was not the slightest bit self-reproachful, never blaming himself for anything even if he were the central catalyst for an incident.

Joffrey would brutalize women at court, taking out his frustrations by having his guards publicly beat Sansa Stark and citing his authority as king when Tyrion Lannister confronted him about it. In a direct parallel, Gendry is polite and deferential to her sister Arya Stark when he learns who she is, worried at his behavior and insisting on addressing her with formal titles.

Gendry is still somewhat self-conscious about being a commoner , with a commoner's lot in life. Like many of them, he is terrified and subservient when he encounters members of the nobility, while somewhat resenting the great lords for oppressing the lower classes and tearing Westeros apart with their bloody wars. Though he has no formal combat training, Gendry is remarkably skilled with a hammer, both as a weapon and a tool - much like his father Robert.

While escaping from King's Landing, he effortlessly killed two curious Gold Cloaks with a war hammer, having inherited his father's incredible strength. In the Battle of Winterfell he fought with a mace and took down lots of wights, proving again his incredible strength and stamina. This strength has been a prevalent factor throughout his life, as he commented to Hot Pie that when he strikes steel with a hammer it 'sings'.

A glaring difference between him and his father is that Gendry does not love fighting, whereas Robert Baratheon absolutely lived for fighting. After returning to King's Landing with the knowledge of his true parentage, Gendry seems now to take some pride in his Baratheon blood, hating the Lannisters for killing his father Robert and immediately informing Jon Snow that he is Robert's bastard son, knowing his father and Jon's adoptive father were best friends.

His personal war hammer features a design of a stag's head with full antlers on either side of the haft socket, the stag being House Baratheon's sigil. He agrees to help Jon Snow largely because of both their mutual dislike of the Lannisters and his father's past alliance with the Starks. Finally, what sets Gendry so far apart from Joffrey is his immense sense of compassion and care, as evidenced from his blossoming friendship with Arya and his protectiveness of her.

It is clearly seen in their eventual parting in that not only is Arya clearly heartbroken, but as a result she includes the names of people responsible for him being taken Beric, Thoros, and Melisandre on her death list, solely for the feelings and strong relationship she had with Gendry. Second, it is simply the wrong bastard surname : "Rivers" is the surname used by bastards in the Riverlands, but Gendry is not from the Riverlands and neither was Robert even if his mother was from the Riverlands it wouldn't make him a Rivers.

He would either have used the bastard surname "Waters" as he was born and raised in the Crownlands or the bastard surname "Storm" as his father was from the Stormlands. Nonetheless, no one ever called him "Gendry Waters", "Gendry Storm" or "Gendry Rivers" before that point - as he wasn't an acknowledged bastard.

The line was apparently just in error: reinforcing this is that several major foreign language dubs of the episode outright changed the line. The German dub, for example, changed the line to "Gendry Waters. As such, Game of Thrones Wiki will treat the line a non-canon error: he never had either bastard surname though it's mostly a moot point, given that he's officially renamed "Gendry Baratheon" now.

A possible in-universe explanation is that as a commoner, Gendry himself isn't very familiar with the rules of bastard surnames, and Gendry himself was mistaken. Gendry's mother worked at an alehouse and died when he was very young. The books haven't specified if Gendry lived in the slums of Flea Bottom before he came to work for Tobho Mott. Logically, though, as the son of a tavern girl he probably wasn't living in good conditions before he began to work for Mott as a teenager.

In the books, Gendry is said to resemble King Robert in his youth so closely that it is blatantly obvious to anyone who knew Robert that he is Robert's son - i. Due to the fact that Renly Baratheon is also said to greatly resemble his older brother Robert in his youth, Gendry also bears a striking resemblance to Renly. Brienne of Tarth notices this in A Feast for Crows , briefly thinking she sees a ghost.

Instinctively she calls him "My lord", to his confusion. Looking at him closely, she notices the youth has Renly's eyes and hair, but not his build, and deduces correctly that he is Robert's son.

She is about to tell that to Gendry, but at that moment Rorge 's gang approaches the inn. An unknown person - presumably Varys - paid for his apprenticeship to Mott. Gendry is in his mid-teens, a powerfully-built and strong lad who shows great promise as a blacksmith. He knows very little about his mother; she worked in an alehouse and died when he was little. She had yellow hair, and sometimes she used to sing to him.

He doesn't bear the bastard surname of Waters, traditionally employed in the Crownlands, because he was not openly acknowledged by Robert. So far, Gendry has no idea who is his father. He once told Arya: "I don't even know my father's name. Some smelly drunk, I'd wager, like the others my mother dragged home from the alehouse.

That's all I know of him. Gendry thinks that Robert was "a big fat sot, but a better king than his sons. Gendry was one of the bastards whom Jon Arryn and Stannis Baratheon inquired about. When asked by Eddard Stark , Gendry mentions that Arryn came to see him, and asked him about his work and his mother.

He also remembers that Stannis accompanied Arryn, but did not ask him any questions, only glared at him. In the TV series, Gendry mentions only Arryn. Because Stannis's involvement in Jon Arryn's search for Robert's bastards was cut from the TV series, he never met Gendry - thus when the TV series condensed Gendry with the Edric Storm subplot, Stannis met Gendry for the first time on Dragonstone, when he gruffly grabbed his face and confirmed that he looks just like Robert.

In the books, Stannis already knew what Gendry looked like, but didn't seek him out because he already had Edric though either way, Stannis realized that he was clearly Robert's son as soon as he saw him. The books clearly explain that it was actually Varys who arranged Gendry's escape from King's Landing in Yoren's caravan, in order to save him from the eventual purge ordered by Queen Cersei in which baby Barra was killed it is not mentioned whether any of Robert's other bastards were killed too.

When discussing Barra's death, Varys tells Tyrion "There was another bastard, a boy, older. I took steps to see him removed from harm's way" - without specifying what steps he took, or why he even bothered to save Gendry. Yoren told Arya "I was set to leave, wagons bought and loaded, and a man comes with a boy for me, and a purse of coin, and a message, never mind who it's from.

Lord Eddard's to take the black, he says to me, wait, he'll be going with you. Why d'you think I was there? Only something went queer. He told the other kids "I never did nothing to no queen Season 3 condensed several subplots from the books by combining Gendry's storyline with that of King Robert's only acknowledged bastard, Edric Storm.

Edric was raised at Storm's End but was taken by Stannis to Dragonstone because Melisandre wanted to sacrifice him to the Lord of Light to ensure victory in the war, but Davos helped him escape. This subplot was instead given to Gendry in the TV series. Robert actually had multiple bastard children in the books, but only Barra is specifically mentioned to be killed after his death.

The other two confirmed surviving bastards are Edric Storm and Mya Stone, a girl slightly older than Gendry whom Robert fathered in the Vale of Arryn a few years before the rebellion against the Targaryens. So far in the books, Gendry remains unaware of his parentage.

Gendry formally asked to join the Brotherhood Without Banners in the novels, providing his services as a smith, and in response Lord Beric not only agreed but decided to knight him. Any knight can dub another man a knight, no matter his standing, albeit it is considered more prestigious to be dubbed by a famous knight or a king. Lowly hedge knights can dub other men as knights, but they would not be very well respected Martin has compared it to the difference between receiving a diploma from a major university like Oxford or Harvard, and getting a diploma from a local community college - both are technically "diplomas".

Beric is not a lowly minor knight, however, but the Lord of House Dondarrion , and though some may point out that he has turned outlaw leader during he war, that falls more into matters of opinion: swearing the vows with Lord Beric technically makes Gendry a knight. After he is knighted, he is called Ser Gendry of the hollow hill.

This didn't happen in the TV version, however, because Gendry was sent away with Melisandre. In the books, Arya describes Gendry as her "only true friend. Although their relationship in the novels is platonic, there are several hints the point towards a romantic relationship. Arya becomes jealous when Bella, a prostitute, offers to have sex with Gendry, who rejects this offer and ironically, Bella claims to be a bastard of Robert Baratheon herself, which would make her Gendry's half-sister.

Gendry also becomes jealous when Edric Dayne shows interest in Arya, which is heightened by their class difference. There is also a love song that only appears once in the series, which is after Arya and Gendry playfully wrestle in the forge.

The TV series didn't overtly play up a full-fledged "romance" between the two, though Gendry becomes one of Arya's few friends and she is pained when he chooses to stay behind with the Brotherhood. Brienne mistakes Gendry for his uncle, Renly Baratheon. Gendry later saves Brienne from Biter by stabbing him from behind with a spear. The three Baratheon brothers were therefore second cousins to the Targaryen siblings - Rhaegar , Viserys , and Daenerys - making Gendry a second cousin once removed of Daenerys.

This might be moved around somewhat in the TV continuity, which removed Aerys II's father Jaehaerys II, who had a brief rule and died young - to simplify his relationship with Aemon. Centuries of heavy inbreeding resulted in every other Targaryen suffering from insanity , but apparently also preserved the ability in their bloodline to interact with dragons and to experience prophetic visions and dreams.

Even Targaryen bastards - called "born of dragonseed" or " Dragonseeds " - were sometimes able to bond with dragons. So far in the books, Gendry hasn't mentioned having prophetic dreams, nor has he had the opportunity to interact with Daenerys's dragons. Given that Rhaegar and Robert were second cousins in the novels, this makes Jon Snow and Gendry third cousins though again, the TV version apparently condensed this, which would make TV-Gendry a closer relative to both Jon and Daenerys.

Of all Robert's bastards, Edric is the only one who has been openly acknowledged by his father, presumably because his mother is highborn in contrast to Mhaegen and the rest of the women who gave birth to Robert's other bastards.

For that reason, Edric uses the special surname "Storm", while Gendry cannot use a special bastard surname which in his case would be either "Waters" or "Storm" , even if he ever becomes aware of his father's identity. Edric is described as a sturdily attractive youth, with jet-black hair and deep blue eyes. He resembles his father, and has the characteristic hair, eyes, jaw, and cheekbones of House Baratheon, and also the large ears common to House Florent.

Those old enough to have known Robert and Renly as children said that Edric had more of their look than Stannis had ever shared. Edric was conceived during Stannis's wedding, at Stannis's wedding bed; although Robert swore that he was drunk, did not know to which bedchamber he entered and meant no offense, Stannis has never forgiven him for that insult. For that reason, Stannis resents Edric, since the youth's presence is a constant reminder to Stannis of how Robert violated his wedding bed similarly to Catelyn Stark 's feelings toward Jon Snow ; on one occasion Stannis states "I was sick unto death of this wretched boy before he was even born.

His very name is a roaring in my ears and a dark cloud upon my soul. Edric has been raised at Storm's End , under Renly 's custody, and had virtually no contact with Robert. Every year, Edric would receive presents for his nameday : a pony one year, a sable cloak the next, and once even a miniature war hammer similar to the one Robert used.

Edric wrote thank-you letters to Robert for them, but they were actually sent by Varys without Robert's input at all. When reading those letters, Robert would laugh and ask Varys what he sent that year. Edric idolizes his father, thinking of him as an invincible warrior. Both actors are, in all likelihood, a little bit older than the characters they play, so the best guess would be that there's probably a nine- or year age gap between them.

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After two and a half years with the 49ers and zero games played, Jalen Hurd has been released. In the second episode of season 8, all those fan theories about Arya and Gendry's romance were confirmed, as the pair got it onnnn. The Hound asks Arya if Beric is on her list of names , to which she responds "he was for a time".

Perhaps she's just realised there are bigger fish to fry I mean, the White Walkers ' ambush is imminent , but we catch a glimpse of Arya's true personality coming through, instead of the cold-blooded killer we've grown accustomed to. Getting up from the snow, she sassily says: "I'm not spending my last night alive with you two miserable old shits!

Our favourite blacksmith, Gendry, then tracks her down to give Arya her custom-made weapon. She first quizzes Gendry over his relationship with the Red Woman, whom Gendry followed instead of Arya waaaay back when. Then, after he tells Arya about his ordeal with leeches, she demands he tell her his number sis, don't ever ask that question.

Our ears pricked up, our hearts were pounding and our jaws were dropped, as we thought: "Shit! Is this actually going to happen?? In true Arya fashion, she takes control of the situation, kissing him passionately on the mouth, before pushing him back onto bags of dragon feed or summink. She strips off, revealing the scars on her torso, and says: "I'm not the Red Woman, take your own bloody pants off" - yasss!