House Belmore
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| Coat of Arms | Six silver bells on purple |
|---|---|
| Seat | Strongsong |
| Current Lord | Lord Benedar Belmore |
| Region | The Vale |
| Title | Lord of Strongsong |
| Overlord | House Arryn |
House Belmore of Strongsong is one of the main noble houses from the Vale.
Their arms are Six silver bells on purple. Their words do not appear in the books.
[edit] The Belmore House at the end of the third century
The known Belmores during the timespan of the events described on A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- Lord Benedar Belmore: Lord of Strongsong. A fat grey-bearded man.
With unspecified familiar relationship with the lord of the house there is also:
- Ser Marwyn Belmore: A knight. Captain of the guards.
Finally, the mother of Ser Elbert Arryn, the darling of the Vale, was a Belmore.
[edit] References in the books
[edit] A Song of Ice and Fire
- The Belmores gave support to Yohn Royce when preassuring Lady Lysa to enter to the war of the five kings on the behalf of Robb Stark.
- Ser Marwyn Belmore was Lysa's captain of the guards at the Eyre.
- Ser Marwyn was usually mocked by Marillion, who named him Ser Ding-Dong.
- When Petyr Baelish married Lysa, replaced Marwyn by Lothor Brune as the captain of the guards.
- Ser Marwyn went up to the Eyre with Nestor and Albar Royce to question Petyr Baelish and Alayne about Lysa's death.
- Lord Belmore was one of the six lords declarant; the first who arribed at the Gates of the Moon and blocked the food supplies.
- Petyr Baelish did not consider Lord Belmore as a threat, since he was corrupt and could be bought.
- After the parley at the Eyre, Lord Belmore befriended Petyr Baelish and assisted at the wedding of Lyonel Corbray that other Lord Declarants shuned.
| Houses from the Vale | |
| Overlords: | Arryn |
|---|---|
| Noble houses: | Belmore | Borrell | Coldwater | Corbray | Grafton | Hunter Lynderly | Redfort | Royce | Royce (Gates of the Moon) Sunderland | Tollet | Waynwood |
| Knightly Houses: | Templeton | Waxley |
