Larys Strong

Lord Larys Strong, called the Clubfoot due to his pronounced birth defect, is the Lord of Harrenhal and head of House Strong. He is the second son of Lord Lyonel Strong, and the younger brother of Ser Harwin Strong. Late in the reign of King Viserys I Targaryen, he rose to the position of Lord Confessor.
==Biography==
===Background===
Larys was born with a severe , a birth defect causing his right foot to be badly curved inward and downward. He walks with a cane inset with a golden firefly.
===House of the Dragon: Season 1===
Larys, along with his father and brother, joins King Viserys's hunting party on Prince Aegon's second nameday. Being unable to participate in the hunt due to his foot, he sits with Queen Alicent and the other noble ladies in the royal tent, quietly listening in on their conversation.
In the godswood of the Red Keep, Larys informs Alicent of Grand Maester Mellos's delivery of moon tea to Rhaenyra, and offers to be her ally at court. This leads to Alicent and Rhaenyra's relationship to further estrangement.
Ten years later, Alicent and Larys have become full confidants in one another. Alicent informs Larys of his father's attempted resignation as Hand of the King, and expresses her regret over her own father's dismissal. Larys subsequently gathers prisoners from the Black Cells has their tongues cut out, using them to set a fire at Harrenhal in which both his father and brother are killed. He later informs Alicent of this, clearing a path for Otto Hightower to return as Hand, though Alicent is disturbed by Larys's actions.
Larys attends the funeral of Laena Velaryon at High Tide, where Criston Cole mentions to Alicent that Larys has been staring at her unabashedly. Alicent replies that it is only a look of pride as Larys is the new Lord of Harrenhal. After the incident between Prince Lucerys and Prince Aemond which saw the latter lose an eye, Larys approaches her on their ship back to King's Landing, offering to take Lucerys's eye to balance the scales. Alicent refuses his offer, but says that his devotion has not gone unnoticed and that the day will come when she will require such a friend.
Six years later, Larys is the Lord Confessor in the Red Keep. During the coup in King's Landing, the Clubfoot observes the prisoners escorted to the dungeons for their knowledge of the king's death and an audience in the throne room in which Otto had the lords of the realm bend the knee and swear fealty to Aegon II. Larys then tips the guards to arrest Lord Allun Caswell, who had been trying to escape the Red Keep to inform Rhaenyra of the coup. After Caswell has his execution ordered by Otto Hightower, Otto congratulates Larys and mentions that Larys had been spending many hours with the queen lately. Larys replies that there is no reason those hours could not in the end benefit Otto.
At night, Alicent exits her meeting with Otto and shows discomfort to find Larys waiting for her in her chambers. Larys offers her information on Mysaria's network of spies in the Red Keep—which includes Alicent's lady-in-waiting Talya—and its usage by Otto Hightower, offering to kill Mysaria to destroy his advantage. In exchange, Larys quietly demands sexual favors through Alicent showing Larys her feet, to which he pleasures himself as Alicent looks away. Later, one of Larys's convicts sets fire to Mysaria's safehouse.
==Personality==
Larys is cunning and remorseless, has no qualms about committing murders, even kinslaying. He may pretend to be friendly and helpful, thus earning people's trust (like Alicent and her father), but actually seeks to cause mistrust and division, and use them for his own interests.
==Quotes==
===Spoken by Larys===
==Family==
==Behind the scenes==
On September 24, 2021, HBO announced that Matthew Needham had been cast in the role of Larys Strong for House of the Dragon. His character description reads as follows:
:"Younger son of Master of Laws Lyonel Strong, brought to court by his father."
==In the books==
In Fire & Blood, Larys Strong was known as Larys the Clubfoot, and rarely spoke, preferring instead to listen. On the occasion that he did speak, it was either to be glib or share very important information.
Larys was the son of Lord Lyonel Strong, who served on the small council of Viserys I Targaryen and brought Larys and his brother Harwin to court. While Harwin is made Commander of the City Watch, Larys is made one of the king's confessors.
The fact that Larys orchestrated the fire at Harrenhal is never revealed in the books. Instead, he is merely one of several suspects, a list that also includes Prince Daemon, Corlys Velaryon, and King Viserys himself.
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