Stirling (possibly Sterling) is Mary Stuart's 4 year old Scottish-Deer Hound. Stirling was first featured in Pilot. Frida Hughes, a rescue lurcher from Ireland, portrayed Stirling in the Pilot. When filming moved to Canada, she was replaced by two deer hounds.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Stirling lived with Mary while being in the Convent.
In the Series[]
Season One[]
In Pilot while outside, Stirling runs off into the woods. As Mary tries to get him, Bash stops her and tells her to never go into those woods (Blood Wood). He then promises her to get her dog back safe. At the end of the episode, Bash informs Mary that her dog has been returned safely.
Season Two[]
Stirling returns in Banished. As Mary is petting Stirling, Francis walks in to talk to Mary.
Stirling also appears in Sins of the Past, as Stirling sits beside Mary near the fireplace.
Season Three[]
Stirling returns in Wedlock while walking next to Mary and Greer before being taken away by a servant.
Season Four[]
Stirling is seen sitting next to Mary in Playing with Fire.
In Blood in the Water, he makes his final appearance in the series.
Physical Appearance[]
Since Stirling is a Scottish-Deer Hound (or Dear Hound) he will usually have gray fur and and brown/black eyes. His tail seems to be big and bushy.
In the Pilot episode, he is shown to not wear a collar. ↓
Maybe since in the early days they might not have those type of styles or in need of those.
Appearances[]
Season One | |||
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Episode | Appearance Status | ||
Pilot | Appears | ||
Snakes in the Garden | Absent | ||
Kissed | Absent | ||
Hearts and Minds | Absent | ||
A Chill in the Air | Absent | ||
Chosen | Absent | ||
Left Behind | Absent | ||
Fated | Absent | ||
For King and Country | Absent | ||
Sacrifice | Absent | ||
Inquisition | Absent | ||
Royal Blood | Absent | ||
The Consummation | Absent | ||
Dirty Laundry | Absent | ||
The Darkness | Absent | ||
Monsters | Absent | ||
Liege Lord | Absent | ||
No Exit | Absent | ||
Toy Soldiers | Absent | ||
Higher Ground | Absent | ||
Long Live the King | Absent | ||
Slaughter of Innocence | Absent |
Season Two | |||
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Episode | Appearance Status | ||
The Plague | Absent | ||
Drawn and Quartered | Absent | ||
Coronation | Absent | ||
The Lamb and the Slaughter | Absent | ||
Blood for Blood | Absent | ||
Three Queens | Absent | ||
The Prince of the Blood | Absent | ||
Terror of the Faithful | Absent | ||
Acts of War | Absent | ||
Mercy | Absent | ||
Getaway | Absent | ||
Banished | Appears | ||
Sins of the Past | Appears | ||
The End of Mourning | Absent | ||
Forbidden | Absent | ||
Tasting Revenge | Absent | ||
Tempting Fate | Absent | ||
Reversal of Fortune | Absent | ||
Abandoned | Absent | ||
Fugitive | Absent | ||
The Siege | Absent | ||
Burn | Absent |
Season Three | |||
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Episode | Appearance Status | ||
Three Queens, Two Tigers | Absent | ||
Betrothed | Absent | ||
Extreme Measures | Absent | ||
The Price | Absent | ||
In a Clearing | Absent | ||
Fight or Flight | Absent | ||
The Hound and the Hare | Absent | ||
Our Undoing | Absent | ||
Wedlock | Appears | ||
Bruises That Lie | Absent | ||
Succession | Absent | ||
No Way Out | Absent | ||
Strange Bedfellows | Absent | ||
To The Death | Absent | ||
Safe Passage | Absent | ||
Clans | Absent | ||
Intruders | Absent | ||
Spiders in a Jar | Absent |
Season Four | |||
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Episode | Appearance Status | ||
With Friends Like These | Absent | ||
A Grain of Deception | Absent | ||
Leaps of Faith | Absent | ||
Playing with Fire | Appears | ||
Highland Games | Absent | ||
Love & Death | Absent | ||
Hanging Swords | Absent | ||
Uncharted Waters | Absent | ||
Pulling Strings | Absent | ||
A Better Man | Absent | ||
Dead of Night | Absent | ||
The Shakedown | Absent | ||
Coup de Grace | Absent | ||
A Bride. A Box. A Body. | Absent | ||
Blood in the Water | Appears | ||
All It Cost Her | Absent |
Relationships[]
Mary Stuart: Owner, Mary loves Stirling a lot as it is shown in the Pilot when Stirling goes missing.
Sebastian: Rescuer, as he told Mary that he will find Stirling.