He accompanies Eddard Stark south to King's Landing when he becomes Hand of the King, and is usually seen guarding him with Jory Cassel. He is with Eddard when Renly Baratheon brings news of Robert Baratheon's hunting injury. Eddard instructs Tomard to hand deliver a letter to Stannis Baratheon. Tomard is not present when Eddard and the majority of his guard are killed. He escapes from the capital and successfully delivers the letter, and he is one of very few if any to have survived the Massacre in the Red Keep, where the entire Stark Household in King's Landing was obliterated.