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| firstname = Rafford
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| image = Victorgarciatheweetling.jpg
| image_caption = Raff, by Victor Garcia © Fantasy Flight Games
| Alias = Raff{{ref|AFFC|27}}<br>Raff the Sweetling{{ref|ACOK|26}}
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| Allegiance = [[House Clegane]]<br>[[House Swyft]]
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| Place_of_Birth = [[Westerlands]]{{ref|AWOIAF|Rafford}}
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| Place_of_Death = [[Braavos]]<ref name=Mercy />
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|300}}<ref name=Mercy />
| Books = ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (appears)<br>''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (appears)<br>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'' (appears)
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'''Rafford''', known as '''Raff the Sweetling''',{{ref|ACOK|26}} is one of the [[Mountain's men]], the [[men-at-arms]] in service to Ser [[Gregor Clegane]].

==Appearance and Character==
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Rafford has a mop of sandy hair. He is a younger man{{ref|AFFC|27}} and handsome.<ref name=Mercy>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Mercy (The Winds of Winter)|Mercy]]</ref> He is soft-spoken, but is cruel and sadistic.{{Ref|ACOK|26}} He is bolder than many of the other [[Mountain's men]], and he drinks less than [[Shitmouth]].{{Ref|AFFC|27}} He has low cunning.{{ref|AWOIAF|Rafford}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
Raff the Sweetling is among the [[Mountain's men]] who capture [[Arya Stark]], [[Gendry]] and [[Hot Pie]] near the [[Gods Eye]]. Raff asks [[Lommy Greenhands]], who was wounded at the [[Gods Eye town]], if he can walk, and when Lommy says he needs to be carried, Raff drives his spear through the boy's throat and chuckles to himself.{{ref|ACOK|19}} 

Arya adds Raff to [[Arya Stark#Arya's prayer|her list of those she hates and wants to kill]].{{ref|ACOK|26}} On the march to [[Harrenhal]], a man-at-arms smashes the face of a three-year-old boy with a spiked mace, and Raff kills his screaming mother shortly afterwards.{{ref|ACOK|26}} [[Chiswyck]] tells a story about Gregor and his men gang raping [[Layna]], an alehouse owner's daughter, and mentions that Raff stabbed the owner's son when he interrupted.{{ref|ACOK|30}} 

Raff forages with Ser [[Gregor Clegane]], Chiswyck, and the [[Tickler]].{{ref|ACOK|30}} He later departs Harrenhal alongside Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] as part of Gregor's vanguard, unknowingly putting himself out of Arya's reach to choose him as her next target for [[Jaqen H'ghar]].{{ref|ACOK|38}}

===''Storm of Swords''===
Raff's atrocities are recalled by Arya, who informs [[Harwin]] and the [[brotherhood without banners]] while they search for Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]].{{ref|ASOS|22}} Raff continues to be included in Arya's list, though as time goes on she struggles to remember his face, as well as the other marked members of Gregor's men-at-arms.{{ref|ASOS|39}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
When Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] pauses at [[Harrenhal]], he sees Raff wearing the chain of coins that once belonged to [[Vargo Hoat]].{{ref|AFFC|27}} After Ser [[Bonifer Hasty]] refuses to allow the Mountain's men to stay at Harrenhal, Jaime brings them with him to [[Riverrun]] as part of his force to besiege the castle. Jaime notices two washerwomen playing with Raff and another man-at-arms in the river, with the women [[shoulder-riding game|riding their shoulders and mock fighting]]. He bets a [[copper]] [[currency|star]] on the girl riding Raff, but loses it when Raff and the girl fall down in the reeds.{{ref|AFFC|33}}

After the [[siege of Riverrun]] ends, Jaime orders a dozen Mountain's men led by Raff to escort Ser [[Robin Ryger]] and Ser [[Desmond Grell]] to [[Maidenpool]] for their journey to the [[Wall]].{{Ref|AFFC|44}} Jaime had previously tasked Ser [[Ronnet Connington]] and some of the Mountain's men{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}} with escorting Ser [[Wylis Manderly]] to Maidenpool.{{ref|AFFC|30}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Several Mountain's men accompany Ronnet when he comes to [[King's Landing]] in response to the [[landing of the Golden Company]]. When Ser [[Harys Swyft]] expresses worries about dangerous times, Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] suggests that he hire some of the Mountain's men to add to his household guard.{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}

===''The Winds of Winter''===
{{Warning/twow}}
When Harys is sent to negotiate the [[Iron Throne]]'s debt to the [[Iron Bank of Braavos]], he is accompanied by Raff as one of his guards. They attend a performance of ''[[The Bloody Hand]]'' at [[the Gate]]. Arya, posing as the [[mummer]] "Mercy", spots Raff and seduces him. Arya tires Raff by running to her room, streets away, and says he could be a mummer too, once she taught him a line to say. Once he is undressed, she discreetly cuts his femoral artery, causing him to bleed heavily and rendering him unable to walk. Raff asks her to carry him to a healer, but Arya echoes the words Raff said when he murdered Lommy Greenhands, and cuts his throat. His corpse is dumped in a [[Braavos]]i canal, to be eaten by the [[eel]]s.<ref name=Mercy/>

==Quotes by Raff==
{{Quote|'''Raff''': Can you walk?<br>
'''Lommy''': No, you got to carry me.<br>
'''Raff''': Think so?{{ref|ACOK|19}}|Raff, before killing [[Lommy Greenhands]]}}

{{Quote|'''Mercy''': I'm a [[maiden]] now.<br>
'''Raff''': Not for long. I'm Lord Rafford, sweetling, and I know just what I want.<ref name=Mercy/>|[[Arya Stark]] as "Mercy", and Raff}}

{{Quote|'''Raff''': You'll need to carry me.<br>
'''Arya''': Think so?<ref name=Mercy/>|[[Arya Stark]] as "Mercy", before killing Raff}}

==Quotes about Raff==
{{Quote|See? You know your line, and so do I.<ref name=Mercy/>|thoughts of [[Arya Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Raff the Sweetling looked up sharply as the long thin blade came sliding from her sleeve. She slipped it through his throat beneath the chin, twisted, and ripped it back out sideways with a single smooth slash. A fine red rain followed, and in his eyes the light went out.<ref name=Mercy/>|thoughts of [[Arya Stark]]}}

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[[Category:House Swyft retainers]]
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