Samwell Tarly

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Samwell Tarly
A Song of Ice and Fire character Game of Thrones character
John Bradley as Samwell Tarly
First appearance	Novel: A Game of Thrones (1996) Television: "Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things" (2011)
Last appearance	Television: "The Iron Throne" (2019)
Created by	George R. R. Martin
Portrayed by	John Bradley
In-universe information
Alias	Sam Ser Piggy Lady Piggy Lord of Ham Sam the Slayer Black Sam
Gender	Male
Title	Television: Grand Maester
Family	House Tarly
Significant other	Gilly (lover)
Relatives	Randyll Tarly (father) Melessa Florent (mother) Dickon Tarly (brother) Talla Tarly (sister)

Samwell Tarly, or simply Sam, is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation Game of Thrones, where the character is portrayed by English actor John Bradley.^[1][2][3]

Introduced in A Game of Thrones (1996), Samwell is the elder son of Lord Randyll Tarly of Horn Hill and his wife Lady Melessa Florent. A self-professed coward with a love for books and songs, Samwell was forced by his father to abandon his birthright and join the Night's Watch so that his younger brother could become heir to Horn Hill. While at the Wall, he meets Jon Snow and quickly becomes his closest friend and ally. Samwell subsequently appeared in the second book A Clash of Kings (1998) before becoming a point-of-view character in the third book A Storm of Swords (2000) and the fourth book A Feast for Crows (2005).^[4]