House Clegane
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| Coat of Arms | Three dogs on a yellow field |
|---|---|
| Current Lord | Gregor Clegane |
| Region | The Westlands |
| Heir | Sandor Clegane |
| Overlord | House Lannister |
House Clegane is sworn to House Lannister. The first knight of House Clegane was kennelmaster at Casterly Rock until he saved Lord Tytos Lannister from a lion and lost a leg in the effort. As a reward, Lord Tytos gave him lands and a towerhouse and took his son as his squire. Their sigil is three dogs on a yellow field; the three dogs represent the dogs that died saving Lord Tytos.
[edit] Gregor Clegane
Ser Gregor Clegane is head of House Clegane and a bannerman to House Lannister. Gregor is a freakishly large man, over seven and a half feet tall, and possesses enormous strength. For this he is often called "The Mountain That Rides" or simply "The Mountain". He is well known for his size, cruelty, and prowess in battle.
Gregor's history is dark and filled with blood. He caused Sandor's facial scars at a young age when he held his six year old brother's face to a hot brazier as punishment for taking a discarded toy of his. There were rumors that Gregor killed his father, sisters, and his first two wives. He had committed numerous rapes and murders, but his most infamous deed came from his service to House Lannister during Robert's Rebellion. He was one of the first Lannister soldiers to enter King's Landing during its sack at the end of Robert Baratheon's rebellion. He killed the infant Aegon, son of Crown Prince Rhaegar Targaryen and his wife Elia Martell, by dashing the boy's head against a wall, and then raped and murdered Elia, supposedly with the boy's blood and brains still on his hands.
During the War of the Five Kings, Ser Gregor led raiding parties in the Riverlands as a bannerman for Tywin Lannister. His band caused enormous destruction, burning, torturing, and killing entire villages with impunity. For a time he unwittingly held Arya Stark as a captive, and she witnessed many of his atrocities first hand.
When Tyrion Lannister demanded trial by combat to prove his innocence in the murder of Joffrey Baratheon, Gregor championed Tyrion's accuser, Cersei Lannister. Elia's brother Oberyn Martell, seeing a chance to fulfill his family's long-held wish of vengeance against her defilers, championed Tyrion in opposition. Clegane fought with heavy armor and wielded a greatsword in one hand, but Oberyn outfought him with speed and a poisoned spear. After being poisoned and crippled with numerous wounds, Clegane managed to grab hold of Oberyn and crush him to death. Despite Gregor's victory, Oberyn's poison resulted in a long, agonizing death by mortification. Insensible and dying, he was brought to the medical experiment dungeons below King's Landing by Qyburn and has not been seen since. An enormous skull said to be Gregor's was sent to Dorne as recompense for the deaths of Elia, Aegon, and Oberyn. However, mentions of Qyburn's unbeatable champion for Cersei and order of a breastplate too large for any man have left suspicions on whether Westeros has seen the last of Gregor Clegane.
[edit] Sandor Clegane
- Main article: Sandor Clegane
Sandor Clegane is the younger brother of Gregor and a retainer of House Lannister. Also a large man, Sandor is considered one of the best fighters in the Seven Kingdoms. He is known as "The Hound" for his ferocity and loyalty to his masters. He received gruesome facial burns from Gregor as a child, causing him to hate Gregor and fear fire.
| Houses from the Westerlands | |
| Overlords: | Lannister |
|---|---|
| Noble houses: | Banefort | Brax | Crakehall | Estren | Farman | Jast | Lefford | Lydden Marbrand | Moreland | Plumm | Prester | Stackspear | Vikary | Westerling |
| Knightly Houses: | Clegane | Greenfield | Hetherspoon | Ruttiger | Swyft | Yew |
| Extincted houses: | Casterly | Reyne | Tarbeck |
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This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Minor_houses_in_A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire. |
