Bradyn Locke

Bradyn Locke is a northern sellsword who first appears in the second season. He's ordered by a member of House Etredes to kidnap Aranette Shreeve (who is about to be wedded to Ser Erik Etredes) and attempt to kill Edwin Etredes and Ser Erik Etredes.

Early Life
Bradyn grew up lonely and cold old in The North, not far from the The Stony Shore. His father was never home, and his mother had died in a wolf attack. When his father ever did visit him, he abused young Bradyn as saying "You should be a man now!" despite him only being 5 years old.

As he grew older, Bradyn had learned that his friends were the thieves in the village, and he begun to steal more and more, from bread to jewels from the nobles in the village. He got in trouble a few times and had a part of his finger chopped of for stealing at the age of 12.

Eventually he grew tired of the north and decided to travel south at the age of 15. He went with his older companion Gerald Greybeard, a man from the Iron Islands, and together they travelled to Kings Landing for more of a life of crime.

They lived there for a number of years, when finally Bradyn had decided to travel back to the village he grew up in, only to see that it had been destroyed during Greyjoy's Rebellion, and everyone he knew had either died or pretty much abandoned the village.

When travelling The North for a new place to live, his friend Gerald had fallen ill from a fever, and one day after making camp, never woke up the next day. Bradyn alone in the world travelled all over the north looking for jobs for money. Eventually one job led him to kill a man for stealing from some lord. When he got to the man, he found out it was his father. Bradyn, with all the years of resentment built up in him had pummled the old man in the face with a mace for an hour until he was nothing but dust on the floor. From that day on, he never returned to The North, but never forgot his routes.

Present Day
His travels led him to the Westerlands where he was hired by an unknown person for the kidnapping of Aranette.

When Edwin and Erik follow him to a tower (part of a trap made by Bradyn and his men), he murders Aranette and flees to Wayferer's Rest.

When the group arrive at Wayferer's Rest, they murder Bradyn.