Jorah Mormont is portrayed as a skilled warrior whose knowledge of the peoples and customs of Essos proves invaluable to Daenerys' journeys.
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26 Facts About Jorah Mormont
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Ser Jorah Mormont is the only child of the Night's Watch's Lord Commander Jeor Mormont, who abdicated shortly before Robert's Rebellion to join the Night's Watch and let Jorah assume the lordship of Bear Island.
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At some point Jorah Mormont married a lady of House Glover, who died from miscarriage after ten years of marriage.
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Jorah Mormont fought in Greyjoy's Rebellion, distinguishing himself by being one of the first to enter the fray during the siege of Pyke and was knighted by King Robert Baratheon.
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Jorah Mormont named her Queen of Love and Beauty after winning the tourney and asked her father for her hand in marriage, which he accepted.
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Jorah Mormont then made his living as a sellsword, but was still unable to provide enough to satisfy Lynesse, and eventually returned from a campaign to find that Lynesse had become a concubine of a wealthy Lysene merchant.
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Jorah Mormont is not a point of view character in the novels, so his actions are witnessed and interpreted through the eyes of Daenerys Targaryen and Tyrion Lannister.
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Jorah Mormont mostly serves to provide Daenerys with background information such as Westerosi history and the various cultures of Essos.
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10.
In Pentos, Jorah Mormont enters the service of House Targaryen during Daenerys Targaryen's wedding to Khal Drogo, although he is actually spying on behalf of Robert's Master of Whisperers Varys in hopes of earning a royal pardon.
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In Vaes Dothrak, Jorah Mormont is warned by Illyrio Mopatis that Robert has ordered Daenerys' assassination and saves her from being poisoned.
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Jorah Mormont accompanies Daenerys and the remnants of her khalasar to Qarth.
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13.
Jorah Mormont confesses his love to Daenerys, who rejects his advances.
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Jorah Mormont recommends that they sail to Astapor to buy an army of Unsullied, and commands the army when they overthrow the masters of Yunkai.
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Jorah Mormont becomes despondent after learning that Daenerys has taken the Meereenese nobleman Hizdhar zo Loraq as her husband.
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Jorah Mormont realises that the Yunkai'i will lose the coming battle with Meereen and tells Tyrion that they need to convince the company to defect again.
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Jorah Mormont is portrayed by Scottish actor Iain Glen in the television adaption of the series of books.
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Ser Jorah Mormont is an exiled knight in the service of Daenerys Targaryen and the son of Jeor Mormont of the Night's Watch.
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Jorah Mormont serves as an adviser to the Targaryens on both political and cultural matters regarding the Seven Kingdoms and Essos.
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20.
Jorah Mormont explains to Daenerys that he respects her birthright claim to the Seven Kingdoms as she "has a kind heart", which he believes to be the key to being a just ruler.
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When Daenerys' dragons are stolen by the warlock Pyat Pree and taken to the House of the Undying, Jorah Mormont accompanies her as she defeats her children's captor and departs Qarth for Astapor.
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When it is revealed to her that Jorah Mormont spied on her for the "usurper" Robert Baratheon, which almost led to her poisoning by the wine merchant in Vaes Dothrak, she exiles Jorah Mormont from Meereen on the threat of death.
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Jorah Mormont then learns from Tyrion that his father Jeor was killed in a Night's Watch mutiny beyond the Wall.
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Jorah Mormont then joins the expedition led by Jon Snow beyond the Wall to capture a wight and prove its existence to Cersei Lannister.
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25.
Jon attempts to return Longclaw to Jorah, on the basis that it is still the family sword of House Mormont, but Jorah refuses, claiming that he forfeited his right to claim the sword and that Jeor gave the weapon to Jon, making it his.
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Jorah Mormont dies in the arms of a sobbing Daenerys, encircled by the wings of her dragon, Drogon.
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