House Dondarrion
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| Coat of Arms | A forked purple lightning on black field speckled with four-pointed stars |
|---|---|
| Seat | Blackhaven |
| Current Lord | Lord Beric Dondarrion |
| Region | the Stormlands |
| Overlord | House Baratheon |
House Dondarrion of Blackhaven is an old house from the Dornish Marches, sworn to Storm's End.
Blackhaven is located near the Boneway, controlling the pass to Dorne. The line was founded when a messenger from the Storm King was ambushed by two Dornishmen while riding on a stormy night. An arrow killed his horse and the sword broke when he fell. When he thought he was doomed, a bright purple lightning stroke the Dornishmen in their still killing both. For delivering the crucial message on time the Storm King raised him to lordship, becoming the first Dondarrion.
Their blazon is a forked purple lightning on black field speckled with four-pointed stars. Their motto is unknown.
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[edit] The Dondarrion House at the end of the third century
The known Dondarrions during the timespan of the events described on A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- Lord Beric Dondarrion (born 277 AL): Lord of Blackhaven. A young and handsome man with red-gold hair.
- Lady Allyria, of House Dayne: His fiance.
It is not known if Lord Beric has a heir that could inherit Blackhaven after his death.
Lord Beric Dondarrion has his wife's nephew Edric Dayne, called Ned, squiring for him.
[edit] References in the books
[edit] Dunk and Egg
- Ser Arlan and Dunk served Lord Caron and Old Lord Dondarrion when they fought the Vulture Kign at the Red Mountains.
- Ser Duncan recognises Lord Dondarrion's purple ligthning on Ashford.
- Ser Manfred Dondarrion refuses to vouch for Dunk's knightship, even after he repeats the story of how the origin of House Dondarrion and their arms as he had heard it on Dondarrion's camp.
[edit] A Song of Ice and Fire
- Jeyne Poole becomes infatuated with Lord Beric Dondarrion when she sees him at the Tourney of the Hand.
- A hedge knight kills Lord Beric's horse during the Tourney of the Hand.
- Lord Beric fell to Thoros of Myr at the Tourney of the Hand.
- Lord Beric was chosen by Eddard Stark to command the men that had to capture Gregor Clegane and execute him for his crimes.
- Lord Beric's band was ambushed by Gergor Clegane. Many died, but Lord Beric, Thoros of Myr and others escaped.
- The survivors of Gregor's attack, leaded by Beric Dondarrion, constitued the Brothership without Banners.
- Beric and his outlaws attacked the foraging parties of Tywin's army several times.
- Ser Burton Crakehall was the first to boast that he had slain Dondarrion, but the lightning lord reappeared not much later.
- Lord Beric had also been reported as killed by Armory Lorch at Rushing Falls, twice by Gregor Clegane, and then by Vargo Hoat and his Bloody Mummers.
- Arya mets Beric Dondarrion, and he's slain again by Sandor Clegane in a trial by Battle. Thoros of Myr revives him another time.
- Thoros confesses that he has revived Beric six times, all of them accounted for. Beric expresses being tired of living.
- When the Brothership without Banners encountered Cetelyn's corpse by the river, Beric gave her the kiss of live to bring her back, and died.
| Houses from the Stormlands | |
| Overlords: | Baratheon |
|---|---|
| Noble houses: | Buckler | Caron | Chyttering | Dondarrion | Errol | Estermont Fell | Morrigen | Penrose | Staedmon | Swann | Tarth |
| Knightly Houses: | Connington |
