The ASOIAF Character Tracker has a column that allows you to filter out less important characters so you can just check the information on the more prominent characters. This was compiled by myself but I wanted to gather a greater consensus on who the fandom think will be important before the end. I plan to tier characters on importance based on this data.

A massive thank you to TheManInTheShack on helping me sort through the data.

The 5 options in the survey for each character:



Integral - Characters who are essential for the conclusion of the series. They still have a crucial part to play.

- Characters who are essential for the conclusion of the series. They still have a crucial part to play. Significant - Characters will be important to the conclusion of the story.

- Characters will be important to the conclusion of the story. Regular - Characters will be around but won’t contribute a big deal.

- Characters will be around but won’t contribute a big deal. Irrelevant - Take them or leave them, it doesn’t matter if they are present or not.

- Take them or leave them, it doesn’t matter if they are present or not. WHO DA FUNK?!? - The fan option if they couldn’t remember who a character is. Hell, there are 363 in this survey! 12%, I think we better get a few re-reads on the go!

Characters with the most votes to be integral for the last two books of the series. Daenerys received the most votes, 362/375.



Characters with the most votes to be significant for the last two books of the series. Ser Harrold Hardyng (who we have yet to meet) received the most votes, 225/375.



Characters with the most votes to be a regular in the last two books of the series. The cowardly Ser Boros Blount of the Kingsguard received the most votes, 230/375.



Characters with the most votes to be irrelevant in the last two books of the series. The jailer of the Eyrie, Mord, received the most votes. It was nice of you all to remember him but don’t you think his new golden grills will be important? 267/375



Characters with the most votes for ‘WHO DA FUNK ARE THEY’. Warning! Lecture incoming!

Kedge Whiteeye - The gruff, one-eyed ranger who survived the Great Ranging and then was sent by Jon to scout beyond the Wall. There is a chance he could bring back some valuable intelligence on the Others! Mully - The old, ginger steward who is seen around Castle Black quite a lot. Ghost didn’t like him much in the closing chapters of ADwD…what could that mean? Ser Tumco Lho - Of the Basilisk Isles and one of Barristan’s newly made knights! Barristan thinks he shows much promise with the sword and likens him to Jaime Lannister! Plus, a war is about to happen on Meereen’s doorstep. Gerold Grafton - We haven’t met him yet but he is one of Littlefinger’s friends in the Vale and he is the Lord of the fourth largest settlement in Westeros (Gulltown). Surely that counts for something?!? Dywen - The gnarly old ranger with wooden teeth who survived the Great Ranging and is considered the best tracker among the rangers. He is sent with Alliser Thorne by Jon to scout beyond the Wall. Once again, there is a chance he could come back with valuable information. Ser Desmond Grell - The old master-at-arms from Riverrun who elects to join the Night’s Watch after the siege ends. Could he have a message for the late Lord Commander? Mollander - A novice at the Citadel who socialises with Alleras the Sphinx, Leo Tyrell and maybe even Samwell Tarly. There are a lot of interesting things happening in Oldtown…. Godric Borrell - Lord of Sweetsister and once ally of Davos Seaworth. The Sisters are an odd region of the Vale. Could they prove to be important? Ser Parmen Crane - The Purple Knight of the Rainbowguard. Imprisoned at Highgarden for siding with Stannis after Renly’s death. Maron Volmark - The young Lord of Volmark and now thanks to Euron’s generosity, Lord of Greenshield. He is believed to be a descendant of the Black line through his mother. Ser Theodan Wells - Known as the True. He is the foremost of the Warrior’s Sons in King’s Landing. Will he stand for the Faith in the upcoming trials? Umma - The cook at the House of Black & White. She isn’t an acolyte. Doesn’t anyone find this odd? Larraq the Lash - One of Barristan’s lads. He is fierce but not very good with traditional knight weapons. However, he is exceptional with a whip. He’ll see combat soon. Wick Whittlestick - Come on, who wouldn’t remember the tall steward who stuck the first knife in Jon Snow?!? Ser Robin Ryger - Former Captain of the Guard at Riverrun who decided to take the black after the conclusion of the siege. With Desmond Grell, could they be on a secret mission?



The mean of all 375 responses for each character - high end.

The mean of all 375 responses for each character - low end.

Characters with a high standard deviation - fans responses varied on whether they were important or not for the remainder of the series. Marwyn has the highest standard deviation.



Characters with a low standard deviation - fans responses were quite consistent on whether these characters are going to be important or not for the rest of the series. Tyrion has the lowest standard deviation.



The survey was broken up into the locations of where characters currently are. These locations have a higher than average character spread of importance.



The survey was broken up into the locations of where characters currently are. These locations have a lower than average character spread of importance.



Other bits

Several trolls were cleansed from the data - one person who thought Balerion the Cat was the only Integral character and everyone else was Regular. Or the one person who did not know who a single character was!

Only 60 responses did not have a WHO DA FUNK?!? option selected. Kindred spirits. :-)



A lot of voters were very reluctant to answer the question “Who are you?” - I would have thought an anonymous screen name was enough to stop people knocking on your front door. ;-)

However, many Faceless people were happy to contribute it seems - “no one”.

Of the 4 sets of twins in the survey, none of them scored the same.

Suggestions for characters I should have included; Hero of the Unsullied, Wynafryd Manderly, Gerion Lannister, Red Ralf Stonehouse, the other Lords Declarant, several leaders of the Free Cities and Essos aswell as other animals like Ser Pounce and Casso, King of Seals.

There were a few requests for “member’s size” to be added to the Character Tracker.



I found this hard to believe but one participant really hates Davos!

I’m still hoping to find out which participant is GRRM incognito. He must be in there somewhere unless he was one of the trolls!



Thanks for reading and a big thank you to those who took part!



As always, you can contact me on here or on twitter; @CassiusGren.

