--- description: It's rare that a new Game of Thrones character captures the hearts of fans as quickly as Lyanna Mormont did Sunday night title: Game of Thrones Fans Loved the Introduction of Lyanna Mormont image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41a63327f3af6d0e/6988968d524fc001a0df846b/lyanna-mormont.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Game of Thrones_ Fans Loved the Introduction of Lyanna Mormont of Bear Island  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jun 6, 2016 2:45 PM CUT  Bella Ramsey as Lyanna Mormont in HBO's Game of Thrones Bella Ramsey as Lyanna Mormont in HBO's Game of ThronesHBO  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jun 6, 2016 2:45 PM CUT **Warning:** This post contains spoilers from the sixth season of _Game of Thrones_. It’s rare that a new [_Game of Thrones_ ](http://time.com/4357886/game-of-thrones-ian-mcshane-brother-ray-season-6-episode-7/ "undefined")character captures the hearts of fans as quickly as Lyanna Mormont did Sunday night. As Jon Snow and [Sansa Stark](http://time.com/4275256/game-of-thrones-season-6-sophie-turner-sansa-stark/ "undefined") began their quest to recruit the remaining northern houses to their cause in the [seventh episode](http://time.com/4357855/game-of-thrones-arya-stark-season-6/?xid=time%5Fsocialflow%5Ffacebook "undefined") of the HBO drama’s [sixth season](http://time.com/4355413/game-of-thrones-characters-returning/ "undefined"), one of the first stops they made was at Bear Island, the seat of House Mormont. However, they didn’t get the welcome they seemed to be expecting from the House’s current head, 10-year-old Lyanna Mormont — niece of former Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch Jeor Mormont and cousin of Ser Jorah Mormont, the right-hand knight of the Dragon Queen. After cutting off their attempts at small talk and throwing out some cutting barbs about Sansa’s marital history — “Lady Sansa is a Bolton…or is she a Lannister?” — the sassy Lyanna wasted no time explaining that she was unwilling to sacrifice her people for someone else’s war. Luckily, Ser Davos Seaworth was there to save the day by reminding her the real war is between the living and the White Walkers. From her sass to her declaration that House Mormont would not break faith with House Stark — not to mention actress Bella Ramsey’s immediately memorable performance — Lyanna’s debut endeared _Thrones_‘ fans to her almost immediately. Many took to Twitter to share their support for the young leader. > [](https://twitter.com/malindamarkland/status/739819079377244160) > [](https://twitter.com/TheBMo/status/739806412499341312) > [](https://twitter.com/SalimAlSamar/status/739631842173718528) > [](https://twitter.com/mcfaugie/status/739810889025474561) > [](https://twitter.com/moryan/status/739653214006435840) > [](https://twitter.com/GoT%5FTruther/status/739630343305625600) > [](https://twitter.com/inkasrain/status/739629702155997184) “No One,” the eighth episode of _Game of Thrones_‘ sixth season airs Sunday at 9 p.m. EST on HBO. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4358182/game-of-thrones-lyanna-mormont-bear-island/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4358182/game-of-thrones-lyanna-mormont-bear-island/"},"headline":"Game of Thrones Fans Loved the Introduction of Lyanna Mormont of Bear Island","datePublished":"2016-06-06T14:45:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:24:35.718Z","description":"\"Bear Island knows no king but the King in the North, whose name is Stark\"","url":"https://time.com/4358182/game-of-thrones-lyanna-mormont-bear-island/","keywords":["Television","game of thrones","TV"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41a63327f3af6d0e/6988968d524fc001a0df846b/lyanna-mormont.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41a63327f3af6d0e/6988968d524fc001a0df846b/lyanna-mormont.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Lyanna Mormont","caption":"Bella Ramsey as Lyanna Mormont in HBO's Game of Thrones","creditText":"HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4358182/game-of-thrones-lyanna-mormont-bear-island/","name":"Game of Thrones Fans Loved the Introduction of Lyanna Mormont of Bear Island"}}]}] ```