Stannis in a sentence

Northern lords are actively pitting Stannis against the Boltons.

Several characters are believed to be the Prince That Was Promised in the books, from Rhaegar Targaryen to Jon Snow to Stannis Baratheon, but it’s clear that it was always meant to be Daenerys.

Melisandre is obsessed with the prophecy, believing that it is Stannis Baratheon who is Azor Ahai reborn, though she appears to change her mind in this belief later in the TV series and book series.

Stannis' arc was lackluster in Season 3, but the Baratheon monarch made up for it in Season 4 by saving the day for the Night's Watch.

Stephen Dillane, the man who plays him in the adaptation, keeps to this portrayal, as well as conveying Stannis' hard nature.

What was it about this particular error that irked Stannis so much?

And from Catelyn's end, there is no threat greater to the Lannisters' reign than Stannis Baratheon, since he is literally the true heir to the throne, so this union could have ended the War of the Five Kings easily and in their favor.

Believing Stannis Baratheon to be the chosen one, she had him pull a sword from a burning fire.

In King’s Landing, the city’s forces are preparing for the arrival of Stannis Baratheon and his attacking fleet.

Melisandre is still running around deciding that every new leader (other than Cersei) is the Prince Who Was Promised (first Stannis, then Jon, then Danerys), and Jon's death is barely mentioned again.

Stannis’ army pulls up to the Wilding camp and takes over, taking Mance as prisoner.

Individuals like Stannis Baratheon would forever remember this as the the defining event of Randyll Tarly's life.

Stannis Baratheon was always a firm believer in justice, with little interest in the grey areas of the law.

The fact that their relationship leads to the sacrifice of Stannis's daughter Shireen comes as no shock, given the level of Melisandre's madness.

After a storm destroyed the royalist fleet, the Targaryen garrison tried to betray Viserys and his newborn sister, Daenerys, to Stannis (the queen had died in childbirth).

A smuggler named Davos Seaworth ran the blockade to resupply the castle and Stannis rewarded him by knighting him, but he also cut off the fingertips of his left hand as punishment for all his previous smuggling.

But after King's Landing fell, Robert Baratheon dispatched his brother Stannis to take the island stronghold.

During the War of the Five Kings, Storm's End supported Renly and was besieged by Stannis.

His councilor, the red priestess Melisandre of Asshai, tried to convince him to let her raise the "stone dragon" of the castle through blood magic, but Lord Davos Seaworth convinced Stannis to go north to the Wall to help the Night's Watch instead.

In response, Robert's brothers Stannis and Renly both lay separate claims to the throne.