Samwell Tarly

Lord Samwell Tarly, commonly known as Sam, was the firstborn child and elder son of Lord Randyll Tarly and his wife, Lady Melessa, and the older brother of Talla and Dickon Tarly. Born to inherit his father's seat of Horn Hill, Sam was eventually forced into joining the Night's Watch (thus forfeiting his right to inherit) by his father, who had deemed Sam unworthy of his lands and titles due to his cowardice in battle. During his time as a Black Brother, Samwell became best friends with Jon Snow, and met and fell in love with Gilly, a daughter-wife of the wildling Craster. After Gilly gave birth to a son sired by Craster, and a mutiny broke out at Craster's Keep, Samwell took Gilly and her newborn son back to Castle Black. While travelling together, Samwell became the first person in thousands of years to slay a White Walker, killing it with a dragon-glass dagger. Samwell was eventually sent to Oldtown to train to succeed Aemon Targaryen as Castle Black's maester, but travelled back to Winterfell after the Maesters proved unwilling to accept the reality of the imminent threat beyond the Wall. Samwell and his adoptive family survived the events of the Great War, and Sam was officially released from his Night's Watch oath by King Gendry I Baratheon as the future of the Night's Watch was being evaluated. Sam's younger sister, Talla, abdicated her title to her older brother, and Sam soon after married Gilly shortly before she gave birth to Sam's own son, who they named Jon Tarly. Sam served in King Gendry's small council as Master of Laws.