Petyr Baelish

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## Entertainingly Detestable

### Alias

Littlefinger
Lord Baelish
Uncle Petyr (for Sweetrobin)

### Powers / Skills

Genius-level intelligence
Knowledge of information
Financial expertise
Strategy
Mastery of manipulation
Charisma

### Most Entertaining Features

A fine performance by Aidan Gillen
Extraordinary agility of thought
His success in initiating moves with ease without being suspected of his actions

### Most Detestable Traits

Too despicable acts for example soliciting prostitution and giving Sansa to torture by the Boltons
Death in a cowardly way

### Type of ED

Traitorous Mastermind

**Lord Petyr Baelish**, also known as **Littlefinger**, is one of the main antagonists of the HBO TV series *Game of Thrones*, an adaptation of the fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire.

He is a former member of the Small Council, serving as the Master of Coin for the Seven Kingdoms under both kings Robert I and Joffrey Baratheon. Baelish is the central cause of the events leading to the absolute chaos and war in the realm.

He was portrayed by Aiden Gillen.

## Him Qualities

### What Makes Him Entertaining?

* He is one of the most calculated minds in the series, in fact the one who initiated the start of the War of the Five Kings step by step, until the death of King Robert I and the outbreak of war between the great houses. Few manage to suspect his actions due to his elusiveness.
* He combines an impressive performance with a relevant philosophy that is in high conflict with Lord Varys, his archenemy. Although both are rivals their philosophy helps both sides.
* He manages to effectively pave his way to rule the valley, after indirectly killing John Erin (at the hands of his wife, Lisa) and after bringing her niece to the valley, he kills Lisa the day after their wedding, without being able to suspect him of murder. In addition he manipulates Lisa's son to hurt his rivals and buys him gifts to gain his trust.
* Although he killed Joffrey, the grandson of the cruel ruler Tywin Lannister, he manages to instigate the murder to his son, Tyrion, without being suspected by him or Olenna Tyrell. Indirectly, this even causes Tywin's death.
* He reveals to Sansa that he always tries to check the goals of his opponents and assume their worst intentions. Indirectly he drags her to suspect him and execute him.
* He is considered an important trainer for Sansa and even though she executed him, she thanks him for his studies and even admits that in his twisted ways he really loved her.
* He is admittedly a remorseless treacherous PE villain and despite this he really took care of admirable deeds in the series: murdering Joffrey, paving the way for the fall of the Lannisters, rescuing Sansa from Lysa Erin and overthrowing House Bolton among the Bastards (again a complete surprise to Ramsay).
	+ The moment we see him coming to help Jon's army against Ramsay makes him an object of hope in that episode.

### What Makes Him Detestable?

* Although most of his actions seem sophisticated and admirable, some of them are too excessive: he solicits prostitution and when Ros - one of him whore turned against him, he gave her to death in agony as the target of Joffrey Baratheon's arrows. In addition, he made sure to sneak Sansa into the Boltons and causes her to be raped by Ramsay.
* He occasionally shows a sadistic smile too much and in the last season even before he won the victory.
* He causes the start of an unjustified war from which few benefit more than him, which greatly detracts from his coolness, mainly due to the murder of too many heroes who are popular with the viewers.
* In the end, despite telling Sansa last season that if you ask for his death he will die with dignity, finally before he is executed he tries to escape with his knights to the valley and then tries to beg for his life in front of an unimpressed Sansa.

## External Links

* Petyr Baelish on the Villains Wiki
* Petyr Baelish on the Pure Evil Wiki