content: '''Hodor''' is a fictional character, born '''Walder''' in the ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' series of epic fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin and '''Wylis''' in its television adaptation ''Game of Thrones''.
  Introduced in ''A Game of Thrones'' (1996), Hodor is a simple-minded servant for House Stark, the ruling house in Winterfell, an ancient fortress in the North of the fictional kingdom of Westeros.  He subsequently appeared in Martin's ''A Clash of Kings'' (1998), ''A Storm of Swords'' (2000), and ''A Dance with Dragons'' (2011). Hodor was not included in ''A Feast for Crows'' (2005) but returned in the next novel ''A Dance with Dragons'' (2011). 
  Hodor is portrayed by Northern Irish actor Kristian Nairn in the HBO television adaptation.