Let’s dreamcast A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight

Emily Browning as Lady Rohanne Webber

We spend the first half of The Sworn Sword hearing about how horrible Lady Rohanne is and how she poisoned all four of her previous husbands, but when we actually meet her on the page we find she’s…just a regular person. She’s a hard ruler to be sure, and keeps a firm grip on her castle of Coldmoat, but she’s nowhere near the scheming poisoner that the rumors make her out to be.

In fact, I’d even go so far as to say Rohanne might be one of the more sympathetic characters in The Sworn Sword, a story that is chock full of liars and traitors. Rohanne, it turns out, has the legal right to dam Old Ser Eustace’s river because it’s actually her river, gifted to her family because her father stayed loyal during the Blackfyre Rebellion while Ser Eustace Osgrey fought for the rebels. The catch is that unless she is married and produces a male heir, the land will pass back to the crown, and both Osgrey and she will be left in a much worse position. Things are further complicated by the fact that Coldmoat’s castellan, Lucas Inchfield, is intent on marrying her himself and scares away any suitors.

Rohanne is a short yet commanding woman, an excellent archer and horsewoman who shows up to the story’s climax decked out in a full suit of enameled plate. In short, she takes no nonsense.

Emily Browning fits the bill here in just about every way. She’s sleight of build and height, but there’s no doubt that when she’s on screen as Laura Moon in American Gods, she commands the scene. Plus, we know from some of that show’s flashbacks that she can pull off red hair, which would be key since one of Rohanne’s most recognizable features is her calf-length red braid.