Ser Podrick Payne, often called Pod, is a knight of House Payne and a member of King Bran the Broken's Kingsguard. He began as a squire during the War of the Five Kings, and was eventually assigned to Lord Tyrion Lannister. Following Tyrion's arrest for the murder of King Joffrey Baratheon, and up until Podrick's knighthood and appointment to the Kingsguard, he was in the service of Ser Brienne of Tarth, the first female knight in Westerosi history.