Bengen Stark is one of the minor characters in the Game of Thrones rating series. His role in the television project cannot be called large, but this does not affect the interest in the character. First, the attention of the audience was attracted by his mysterious disappearance, then a sudden return. What is known about Ned Stark's brother, as well as about the actor who embodied this image?
Bengen Stark: what is known about him?
The hero is the younger brother of Eddard Stark, Lord of Winterfell. During the rebellion of Baratheon, he served as castellan of the castle. Shortly after the war, Bengen Stark said goodbye to his family and went to serve in the Night Watch. Once on the Wall, he quickly rose to the post of first scout. The reasons why he decided to abandon the opportunity to marry and have children, linked his fate with the Watch, remain behind the scenes.
Benjen's appearance is described in detail in the first part of the song “A Song of Ice and Fire”. He is distinguished by a thin physique, has sharp features. Sparks of fun dance in his gray-blue eyes. The scout is always dressed in black, as required by his position. However, he does not refuse luxury items like silver jewelry when he leaves the Wall.
Bengen Stark becomes an example for John Snow, who dreams of following in his uncle's footsteps. However, when the boy hits the Wall, he realizes that the other sentinels are not at all like his noble relative.
Mysterious disappearance
Benjen Stark is a hero whom viewers get to know in the first season of Game of Thrones. Accompanied by his black brothers, he arrives at a feast that was organized at Winterfell in honor of the arrival of King Robert and his family. John Snow, the illegitimate son of Eddard Stark, persuades his uncle to take him with him to the Wall. The boy wants to serve the Night Watch, as he does not see another place for himself.
Bengen takes John with him to the Wall, but soon parted with his nephew. Lord Commander Mormont sends a scout on a dangerous mission. He must find the trail of the missing group of black brothers. From this "business trip" Bengen never returns.
Sudden appearance
If the fate of the hero remains a mystery in the book, then in the series the audience gets an answer to the question of what happened to him. Bengen Stark returns in the sixth season of the series. It is he who takes upon himself the responsibility of saving his nephew Bran, who almost becomes a victim of a detachment of supernatural beings.
During the conversation between uncle and nephew, it is discovered that the first scout died several years ago. The children of the Forest brought him back to life with the help of magic so that he would fulfill their task. What is the mission of Benjen - a question that has not yet been answered. Soon he leaves Bran and goes to where he came from.
Actor Information
Joseph Moul is the person who embodied the image of such a mysterious hero as Bengen Stark. The actor was born in Oxford, it happened in March 1974. The boy was born in a family far from cinema: his mother worked as a teacher, and his father was engaged in farming.
As a child, Joseph was diagnosed with dyslexia, as a result of which he was sent to a boarding school for special children. In adolescence, the boy received inflammation of the inner ear. This was reflected in his hearing, in particular, Moule does not distinguish high sounds, from time to time he is disturbed by tinnitus.
Health problems could not force Joseph to abandon his dream, he still wanted to become an actor. In 2002, the young man graduated from the Old Vic School of Bristol Theater. Then he was offered to star in a Guinness commercial, which was the beginning of his journey to fame.
