House Dayne

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House name House Dayne

Coat of Arms	A sword and a falling star on lavender
Seat	Starfall
Current Lord	Edric Dayne
Region	Dorne
Overlord	House Martell
Cadet branch(s)	House Dayne of High Hermitage
Ancestral weapon	Dawn

A sworn house to House Martell whose loyalty to House Targaryen during the War of the Usurper led to the death of many of its famed members. Their seat is the stronghold of Starfall. They are famed for possessing the greatsword Dawn, said to be wielded from the heart of falling star, its wielders collectively named the "Swords of Morning". Their sigil is a sword and a falling star on a lavender background. A branch of House Dayne are the Daynes of High Hermitage.

Contents 1 Genealogy 1.1 Allyria Dayne 1.2 Arthur Dayne 1.3 Ashara Dayne 1.4 Edric Dayne 1.5 Gerold Dayne 2 References and Sources

[edit] Genealogy

Unknown Dayne

Arthur Dayne

Ashara Dayne

Unknown Dayne

Allyria Dayne

Edric Dayne

[edit] Allyria Dayne

Once betrothed to Beric Dondarrion. Aunt to Edric Dayne.

[edit] Arthur Dayne

Main article: Arthur Dayne

[edit] Ashara Dayne

Sister of Ser Arthur, possessing great beauty and purple eyes. Suggested to be the lover of Eddard Stark and mother of Jon Snow. She committed suicide at the conclusion of Robert's Rebellion by leaping from the Palestone Sword, a tower of Starfall.

[edit] Edric Dayne

Lord of Starfall and Head of House Dayne. Squire to Beric Dondarrion. He had dark blue, almost purple eyes and pale blond hair, indicating a heritage similar to that of the Targaryens (the only other family to have purple eyes and extremely pale hair).

[edit] Gerold Dayne

Called Darkstar, he is the Knight of High Hermitage and an infamous fighter. He had the purple eyes of the Dayne family. Gerold was a member of Arianne Martell's plot to place Myrcella Baratheon on the Iron Throne; when the plot was foiled by Prince Doran Martell, Gerold attempted to kill Myrcella before escaping.

Houses from Dorne
Overlords:	Martell
Noble houses:	Allyrion | Blackmont | Dayne | Fowler | Gargalen | Jordayne Manwoody | Qorgyle | Toland | Uller | Vaith | Wyl | Yronwood
Knightly Houses:	Dalt | Santagar

[edit] References and Sources

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