House Baratheon, the Game of Thrones house with a black stag donning a royal crown against the color yellow displayed as the sigil, is the reigning entity at the start of the show. The stag is meant to symbolize their royal power, however, House Lannister takes over once the initial Baratheon monarch, King Robert, is fatally injured by a boar in a hunting accident attributed to his overconsumption of alcohol.
Throughout the seasons of the series, the Baratheon House grows smaller and smaller, until it is eventually diminished, aside from a rather resilient Gendry Baratheon to represent the fallen family.
9 King Robert Baratheon: Natural Good
The reigning king at the start of the Game of Thrones series, King Robert Baratheon is a neutral good character. Robert works to keep peace within Westeros and make relatively good political decisions, but he doesn't always follow the laws of marriage. This is seen through his horde of illegitimate heirs and frequent visits to the brothels of King's Landing. Overall, this character means well, but he doesn't care to fully stick to rules, especially when it comes to his marriage bed.
8 Lord Renly Baratheon: True Neutral
This Baratheon brother is a true neutral character. This is because the family dynamic required a middle character to balance his polarized brothers. Renly Baratheon really only looked out for himself and went after the Iron Throne in competition with his brother, Stannis. He was a rather wishy-washy character, so much so that audiences were not entirely certain where he stood or what would come of him and his pursuits of the crown.
7 King Joffrey Baratheon: Chaotic Evil
King Jeoffry Baratheon is the ruler of which Westeros wished it never had. Legitimate heir to the throne, Joffrey ruled with a tyrannical fist. He was a merciless monarch that when crossed would execute anyone for challenging his authority. As his reign went on, he began murdering people for sport, as can be seen, with the horrific death of Ros, who was tied to his bed and shot multiple times with a crossbow. Eventually, he was poisoned by Lady Olenna Tyrell and his brother, Tommen, ascended to the throne.
6 King Tommen Baratheon: Lawful Good
King Tommen Baratheon was a lawful good character, which leads to his downfall and premature demise. A sensitive boy by nature, it was difficult for Tommen to adjust to his new duties as King, post the death of Joffrey. He depended on the guidance of his soon-to-be wife and queen, Margaery Tyrell, to navigate the murky political waters. However, once Cersei murdered Magaery through means of Wildfire, Tommen, with an aching, broken heart, having just watched the love of his life die, commits suicide by jumping from his bedroom window.
5 Lord Stannis Baratheon: Chaotic Good
Lord Stannis Baratheon is an ambitious character that firmly believes it is his diety-given right to sit atop the Iron Throne. Because of this, he will do anything in his power to see that dream come to life. This includes not only murdering his border, Renly, but also giving Melisandre his consent to sacrifice his daughter, Myrcella Baratheon, to the Lord of Light. By agreeing to this sacrifice and carrying it through, the hope was to better his chances of winning the upcoming battle. By making such a drastic choice in hopes of better some winning odds, shows the chaotic nature of Stannis Baratheon.
4 Princess Myrcella Baratheon: Lawful Good
Princess Myrcella Baratheon was a victim of circumstance. Shipped away to Dorne and unwittingly falling in love with her family's rival's heir, the odds were not in favor of this seemingly Romeo and Juliet styled romance. Mycerella's innocence is her own demise, as she could not fathom anyone harming her. In fact, as a parting gift, the Ellaria poisons Myrcella with a kiss, before the princess steps aboard a ship setting sail for King's landing.
She did not live to return to King's Landing, much less see her mother one last time.
3 Lord Gendry Baratheon: Lawful Good
Lord Gendry Baratheon, an illegitimate heir to the Baratheon throne, is a neutral good character. Somehow narrowly escaping the Massacre of King's Landing, Gendry goes on to become an honorable friend (and maybe more) to Arya Stark. This character tried to follow a chivalrous moral code that not only benefitted himself but also those around him. Essentially, Gendry was the polar opposite of his brother Joffery.
Gendry becomes the sole survivor of the Baratheon House by the final episode of the show.
2 Barra Baratheon: True Neutral
One of the only illegitimate children fo King Robert Baratheon to have screentime, Barra's lifespan was cut short when Cersei ordered the extermination (known as the Massacre of King's Landing) of her husband's children born of affairs. This extermination preceded her son, Joffery Baratheon's, ascension to the Iron Throne. The reason for Barra's alignment being true neutral is that since the child only grew to be a baby, there was no way of truly knowing what Barra's alignment was. Instead, she is labeled a true neutral, because baby's don't have any way to comprehend the situation around them despite the basic needs they require.
1 Princess Shireen Baratheon: Lawful Good
The fate of Princess Shireen Baratheon was atrocious and undeserving. Shireen in no way, shape, or form deserved to be burned alive in a selfish ploy for her father to appease the Lord of Light in hopes to maybe gain access to the Iron Throne. Princess Shireen, though she perished as a child, was a lawful good character, that followed the rules placed on her confinement and hoped for the best, in terms of seeing her parents happy. This Baratheon did not have an easy run at life, but she remained blissfully optimistic and loving.
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