House Crakehall
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| Coat of Arms | A black and white brindled boar on brown |
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| Words | None so fierce |
| Seat | Crakehall |
| Current Lord | Roland Crakehall |
| Region | the Westerlands |
| Heir | Tybolt Crakehall |
| Overlord | House Lannister |
House Crakehall of Crakehall is a noble house from the Westerlands. Crakehall is located at the Sea Road, at the south of the Westerlands, between the sea and a big forest. The Crakehalls are known for their uncommon robustness.
Their shield depicts a black and white brindled boar on brown.[1] Their words do not appear in canon text, but in correspondence with fans the author has stated them as «None so fierce»
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The Crakehall House at the end of the third century
The known Crakehalls during the timespan of the events described on A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- Lord Roland Crakehall: Lord of Crakehall
- Ser Tybolt Crakehall. His firstborn and heir to Crakehall.
- Ser Lyle Crakehall: His secondborn. A strong knight called "Strongboar".
- Ser Merlon Crakehall: His thirdborn.
- Ser Burton Crakehall: His brother. A fierce knight.
With unspecified familiar relationship with the lord of the house there is also:
- Lord Sumner Crakehall: Lord of Crakehall during Robert's Rebellion. Jaime Lannister squired for him. Probably Lord Roland's father. Died around 281 AL.
- Shiera Crakehall: Wife of Damion Lannister. Mother to Lucion and Lanna Lannister.
- Amerei Crakehall: Third wife of Lord Walder Frey. Mother to seven Freys (Hosten, Lythene, Symond, Sanwell, Merrett, Geremy and Raymund).
- Melesa Crakehall: Wife of the second son (Lyonel) of the second son (Emmon) of Lord Walder Frey. With no progeny.
| Roland Crakehall | Burton Crakehall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tybolt Crakehall | Lyle Crakehall | Merlon Crakehall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
References in the books
Dunk and Egg
- Ser Ronald Crakehall is one of the three members of the Kingsguard that escorted part of the royal family to Ashford. He and his sworn brothers took part in the Trial by Seven.
- One of the outstanding supporters of the Black Dragon mentioned by Ser Eustace Osgrey was Redtusk, who could have been a Crakehall.
A Song of Ice and Fire
- Lord Walder Frey questions his paternity over the sons of his third wife that disappoint him at the Tourney of the Hand, arguing that she was a Crakehall and all of the Crakehall women are sluts.
- Tyrion sees the brindled boar of Crakehall among his father's banners.
- The messenger that brought Tywin the news of the defeat of Jaime's army at the camps wore the brindled boar of Crakehall half-obscured by dried blood.
- Ser Burton Crakehall boasted that he had slain Beric Dondarrion, until the lightning lord reapeared killing all the men from his column.
- Little Walder Frey quartered his shield to depict in one quarter the brindled boar of his grandmother's house.
- Lord Roland Crakehall is reported slain at the Battle of Oxcross. However, the rumors are false.
- Ser Lyle Crakehall was taken captive at the Battle of the Fords.
- Ser Jaime has memories of when he earned his spurs, squiring for Ser Sumner Crakehall against the Kingswood Brotherhood.
- Ser Elys Westerling and Lord Roland Crakehall were the first to enter on the throne room after Jaime had slain Aerys.
- Among the living men that Jaime considers stronger than him, he includes the Strongboar of Crakehall.
- Ser Merlon Crakehall was one of the nobles that accompanied Tyrion to welcome Prince Oberyn Martell at King's Landing
- Lord Beric Dondarrion showed a spot above his left ear where his temple was caved in, stating that there is where Ser Burton Crakehall hit him with his mace.
- Merrett Frey remembers how he had served as a page for his mother's family, and later he squired for old Sumner Crakehall.
- On ASOS appendixes, we learn that Ser Burton Crakehall has been killed by Lord Beric Dondarrion and his outlaws.
- The Storngboar is seen training with the lance at King's Landing.
- The Strongboar remembers Cersei of Robert Baratheon, and she is angry at him when he celebrates Tommne's wedding saying that "Westeros has two queens now"
- The Strongboar joins Jaime's expedition to end the siege of Riverrun.
- During their trip, they crossed a place named Sow's Horn where an old knight named Ser Roger Hogg defended his towerhouse. Since he was a big man, the Strongboar wanted to question him about his ancestors to see if he descended from the Crakehalls.
- The Strongboar kept saying that he would slay the Hound. Jaime thought that even if both men were large and powerful, Sandor Clegane was quicker and fiercer.
- Lyle Crakehall consoled Lady Amerei Frey, and promised her that he would return to deal with Dondarrion and his outlaws after ending the siege of Riverrun. Jaime didn't like the passionate looks he and Ami exchanged.
- Jaime considers the possibility of expelling Cersei and naming Kevan the Hand. If he refuses, he thinks of Forley Prester or Roland Crakehall as alternatives.
- One night Jaime can see the Strongboar and Ser Flement Brax training against each other. He thinks that Ser Lyle will win this fight.
- After the siege of Riverrun finishes peacefully, the Strongboar is angry because he hasn't had the opportunity to fight. The he rode back to Darry as promised to fight outlaws, accompanied by Beardless Jon Bettley.
References and Sources
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 56, Tyrion
| Houses from the Westerlands | |
| Overlords: | Lannister |
|---|---|
| Noble houses: | Banefort | Brax | Broom | Crakehall | Estren | Farman | Jast | Lefford | Lydden Marbrand | Moreland | Myatt | Payne | Plumm | Prester | Serrett | Stackspear | Westerling |
| Knightly Houses: | Clegane | Greenfield | Hetherspoon | Ruttiger | Swyft | Vikary | Yew |
| Extinct houses: | Casterly | Reyne | Tarbeck |
