Mohor

Mohor is a man-at-arms in the service of Lord Jonos Bracken of Stone Hedge, a bannerman to House Tully. He is one of the armed men present at the Crossroads Inn when Catelyn Stark, having recognized Tyrion Lannister, calls upon the loyalties of her father's bannermen to seize the dwarf. Mohor is among those who respond, drawing his weapon and joining the party that escorts the captive Lannister into the Mountains of the Moon. He is described as a man who crouches behind a boulder, both hands on his iron-tipped spear, a dagger between his teeth, ready for the attack that is about to come. This image of a man prepared for a desperate fight is the most vivid impression he leaves.

Death in the Mountains

Mohor is killed in the first attack by the mountain clans, which occurs shortly after the party enters the high road. The fight is brutal and chaotic, and Mohor is one of the three men from the party who die in the initial assault, along with Kurleket and Tyrion's own man, Jyck. His death is a direct consequence of Catelyn's decision to take the dangerous eastern road rather than the kingsroad, a choice that saves her from Lannister pursuit but exposes her small band to the lawless brigands of the Mountains of the Moon. The loss of Mohor and the others underscores the peril of the journey and the high price paid for Catelyn's stratagem.

Narrative Role and Significance

Mohor is a flat character, defined entirely by his role as a loyal Bracken man-at-arms who dies in service to his liege lord's family. He has no dialogue, no backstory, and no individual personality beyond his readiness to fight. His function is to be one of the nameless, loyal swords who make up the feudal levy, a man whose life is given in a cause he may only dimly understand. His death, along with those of Kurleket and Jyck, serves to raise the stakes of the journey, demonstrating that Catelyn's gamble is costing real lives and that the mountain clans are a deadly threat. He is a representative of the countless minor characters in the story whose deaths are the grim arithmetic of war and political conflict.