Arya Stark is a fictional character in American author George R. R. Martin's
A Song of Ice and Fire epic fantasy novel series, and its television adaptation
Game of Thrones, where she is portrayed by English actress Maisie Williams. She is a prominent point-of-view character in the novels with the third most viewpoint chapters, and is the only viewpoint character to have appeared in every published book of the series. In later-series POVs, her chapter titles have various names such as
Cat of the Canals,
The Blind Girl,
The Ugly Little Girl and
Mercy.