"Tarly, I forbid you to die."
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Jeor Mormont, nicknamed The Old Bear, is the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, leading from his headquarters at the fortress of Castle Black. Jeor Mormont was once the Lord of Bear Island and head of House Mormont until he abdicated his seat in favor of his son, Ser Jorah Mormont, and joined the Night's Watch. He rapidly rose through the ranks to become Lord Commander. His son Jorah disgraced himself by selling slaves and fled to the Free Cities, leaving Jeor's sister Maege to rule Bear Island. Jeor is currently leading a great ranging north of the Wall to investigate rumours of wildlings amassing and White Walkers being sighted.

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"You think my life is such a precious thing to me, that I would trade my honor for a few more years...of what?"
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Eddard is the head of House Stark and Lord Paramount of the North. He is a dedicated husband and father, a loyal friend and an honourable lord. He becomes Hand of the King to his lifelong friend Robert Baratheon when the previous hand dies in suspicious circumstances.

Ned for sure

Mormont for sure.

Curtis @ 14/4/2013 17:23

Ned for sure

Boc @ 14/4/2013 18:21

Curtis @ 14/4/2013 17:23 Ned for sure

this is a hard one because I like them both... but c'mon, its ned.

I don't get why Ned is so popular tbh.

Because of his shortcomings

I think Ned is one of the most interesting characters

I'm not a huge Ned fan but Jeor's never done much for me. So Ned!

His shortcomings aren't that interesting to me. There are a plethora of more interesting shortcomings in the story than Ned's.

It's not really about his shortcomings to me. He's just so eminently likable. Sean Bean being the one to portray him probably had a little bit to do with that. He was easily my favorite character at the time when he died.

I had to go with Jeor. Him giving Jon Longclaw always stuck out to me. I liked how he took on someone else's basically exiled son to replace his own exiled son. Though Ned did some awesome shit in his past, and Sean Bean almost won the vote based on his face alone.

Boc @ 14/4/2013 20:14

He was easily my favorite character at the time when he died.

Ninefingers @ 14/4/2013 22:02

I had to go with Jeor. Him giving Jon Longclaw always stuck out to me. I liked how he took on someone else's basically exiled son to replace his own exiled son. Though Ned did some awesome shit in his past, and Sean Bean almost won the vote based on his face alone.

This was a tough one indeed. Jeor and Jorah are both fascinating characters and I would love more of their backstory, pitting him against Ned was almost unfair, but a good matchup nonetheless.