Baelish

Petyr Baelish, commonly known as Littlefinger, is a fictional nobleman in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series and its television adaptation Game of Thrones. He is a member of House Baelish of the Fingers, a minor noble house, and is renowned for his talent in political scheming and information handling.

Baelish is from a small noble family on the Fingers and grows up ambitious and calculating. He is a childhood and later unrequited suitor of Catelyn Tully, a dynamic that shapes his belief that social status can be overcome through manipulation. He uses secrets, shifting loyalties, and tactical alliances to pursue power within the capital and across the realm.

A key alliance with Lysa Arryn, the Lady Regent of the Vale, helps Baelish rise to prominence. He secures a position on the Small Council as Master of Coin and becomes a central figure in a series of plots designed to destabilize rivals and expand his influence. He is widely associated with the idea that chaos can be leveraged as a ladder to ascend to power, and his schemes help shape the course of the War of the Five Kings.

Baelish's actions have a lasting impact on Westeros’s political landscape. In the television series, his plots are exposed, and he is killed by Arya Stark in Winterfell, an act aided by Sansa Stark and Bran Stark. In the books, his fate remains unresolved as of Winds of Winter, leaving his ultimate trajectory open to future revelation.