Bonifer Hasty

Ser **Bonifer Hasty** is an elderly landed knight from House Hasty in the Stormlands, and the founder of a Westerosi sellsword company called the Holy Hundred. He is also known as Ser Bonifer "the Good", for his pious nature.

## Appearance and Character

Bonifer Hasty is tall and thin, with a stern, sad face. A lifetime of training has left him with numerous permanent scars, which once made him look rugged and wild as a youth. In his adulthood Ser Bonifer has become a solemn, quiet man. He is prone to salting his speech with appeals to the Seven. Despite his demeanor, Ser Bonifer still holds chivalry to great esteem and always strives to protect the weak and innocent.

Bonifer often wears a Myrish-silk scarf with the arms of his house dyed onto it - one of the few decadent belongings that he owns, given to him by the late queen Rhaella Targaryen.

## History

In his youth, Ser Bonifer Hasty was a promising tourney knight. He and Princess Rhaella Targaryen were infatuated with one another prior to the princess's official betrothal to her brother, Aerys II. Bonifer once wore the princess's favor in a tourney in which he defeated all challengers to name Rhaella his queen of love and beauty. Their love was ultimately a brief thing and could never have been otherwise, as Bonifer was of far too low birth to be considered as a suitor for a princess of the royal House Targaryen. When Rhaella was forced to marry her brother Aerys II, the knight found solace in religion, finding only the Maiden could replace Rhaella in his heart.

At one point Bonifer served as a bodyguard under Lord Owen Merryweather, a former Hand of the King to Aerys II. It was in this position that he made friendships with those in the Kingsguard at the time, namely the legendary Ser Barristan Selmy and Ser Jaime Lannister. He used this newfound position in King's Landing to get closer to queen Rhaella, but his efforts were largely wasted. He had very little contact beyond a few stolen glances.

Not many knew of Bonifer's brief relationship with the late Queen Rhaella in their youths; Jaime Lannister only knows that something had happened to him, a defeat or a disgrace or a near brush with death, and that he stopped jousting afterwards, deciding it was an empty vanity. Barristan Selmy was a longtime companion, and knew his history well.

Ser Bonifer later founded the Holy Hundred, a group of one hundred pious men-at-arms and knights, to protect the smallfolk affected by war. Namely, his sellsword company became known for protecting religious pilgrims along the Kingsroad.

After entering the service of Renly Baratheon, Stannis Baratheon, and then Jaime Lannister, Ser Bonifer and his troops were sent to garrison Harrenhal while Bonifer was appointed as temporary castellan.

## Quotes

*"Can you hold Harrenhal with just your Holy Hundred?" - Ser Jaime Lannister "the Kingslayer"*

*"I anticipate no difficulty. The Crone will light our way, and the Warrior will give strength to our arms" - Ser Bonifer Hasty "the Good"*

*"This castle has an ill repute, and one that's well deserved. It's said that Harren and his sons still walk the halls by night, afire. Those who look upon them burst into flame" - Ser Jaime Lannister "the Kingslayer"*

*I fear no shade, ser. It is written in The Seven-Pointed Star that spirits, wights, and revenants cannot harm a pious man, so long as he is armored in his faith" - Ser Bonifer Hasty "the Good"*

*"Then armor yourself in faith, by all means, but wear a suit of mail and plate as well" - Ser Jaime Lannister "the Kingslayer""Sins may be forgiven. Crimes require punishment" - Ser Bonifer Hasty "the Good"*