Brotherhood Without Banners

The Brotherhood Without Banners was an outlaw band working against Lannister interests in the Riverlands at the time of the War of the Five Kings, though their founding goal was to protect the smallfolk from any force preying on them, regardless of which King or Lord they support.

The group was indirectly created by Eddard Stark, the Hand of the King to Robert Baratheon, when he sent out a force of knights and soldiers led by Beric Dondarrion to restore peace and justice in the Riverlands at the onset of the War of the Five Kings. Trapped behind enemy lines after the Battle at the Mummer's Ford, they became a guerrilla group, and were joined by deserters from different armies in the war as well as commoners trying to defend their homes.

Following the Red Wedding, the Brotherhood became a force for resistance against the Lannisters and their allies in the North and the Riverlands. However the Brotherhood, most of whom worshipped the Lord of Light, soon turned its attention from the warring high lords to the White Walkers and their Army of the Dead, marching north to help in the fight against them.

The Brotherhood effectively met it's end in 305 AC with the death of it's founder and leader, Beric Dondarrion, during the Fall of Winterfell.