10. SHE HAS A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TITLES
The latter title is obviously synonymous with her affinity for hanging those she deems an enemy, while Mother Merciless is self-explanatory – she’s a woman who won’t take mercy on those who are affiliated with her enemies.
The Silent Sister, meanwhile, is a reference to her condition; she rarely speaks due her throat, which was slit at the Red Wedding. Whatever you want to call her, one thing’s for sure– this isn’t a woman who you would want to get on the wrong side of.
9. SHE DOESN’T LOOK LIKE CATELYN STARK ANY MORE
This isn’t the same woman that both Eddard Stark and Petyr “Littlefinger” Baylish fell in love with. In fact, with half of her hair missing and the rest of her being white and brittle, she’s somebody who’s now forced to wear her scars with pride.
Her face is torn with self-inflicted scratch marks which she caused upon hearing about the destruction of her son’s army, and the slit in her throat is still a massively prominent feature. For those who aren’t aware of how Catelyn’s former life or how it was taken, she’s a completely different personal altogether.
8. SHE EVEN HAS TROUBLE SPEAKING THANKS TO HER INJURIES
Because of the severity of the cut, Stoneheart has some trouble speaking with those around her, and even has to hold her hand to her neck in order to be understood by her companions.
Thankfully, Stoneheart is a character who can convey emotion with just a look, and as George R R Martin writes in A Storm of Swords, she’s able to show her hatred for Merrett Frey, aka Merrett Muttonhead, just by glaring at him before his execution…
7. SHE WANTS TO EXECUTE ALL THOSE WHO SUPPORT HER ENEMIES
Her preferred method of execution is, of course, hanging, but as long as the bodies of her enemies are cold and she’s able to dump them when she’s finished with them, she sees any execution as a job well done.
Unwilling to listen to reason, it’s easy to understand why so many around her would be nervous in her presence, but the Brotherhood plough on, loyal to their new leader and ready to fight to the death alongside her.
6. SHE’S ALREADY HANGED A NUMBER OF THOSE WHO OPPOSE HER
The first of her executions in the books was that of Walder Frey’s great grandson Petyr Frey. When the Brotherhood capture him, they demand a hundred dragons in exchange for his release.
Merrett Frey is the one who arrives to deliver that ransom, but Petyr has already been hanged by the time he makes it to Oldstones where the Brotherhood and Stoneheart reside. Merrett joins him, with a noose soon added around his neck.
It’s later implied in A Feast For Crows that Stoneheart has hanged Walder Frey’s grandson Ryman Frey, along with the three knights out of the 12 men that accompanied him.