Sand Snakes

The Sand Snakes are a group of characters from A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones.

This article focuses on the trio of villainous Sand Snakes, the eldest of them: Obara, Nymeria, and Tyene. In the television series, they serve as the secondary antagonists of the Dorne storyline in the fifth and sixth seasons.

In the TV series, Obara is portrayed by Keisha Castle-Hughes, Nymeria is portrayed by Jessica Henwick, and Tyene is portrayed by Rosabell Laurenti Sellers.

The Sand Snakes are what people call the infamous bastard daughters of Prince Oberyn Martell by various women, several of them were born of septas, others of noble women and others still of prostitutes. The youngest four are Oberyn's daughters by his paramour Ellaria Sand. The three most prominent and villainous Sand Snakes are Obara, Nymeria, and Tyene Sand; though there are actually eight confirmed, so far, only three have appeared in the TV show, and are featured prominently in the books.