House Lynderly
| House Lynderly of the Snakewood | |
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| Coat of arms |
A black field strewn with green vipers[N 1] (Sable, semé of snakes vert) |
| Seat | Snakewood |
| Head | Lord Jon Lynderly[1] |
| Region | The Vale |
| Title | Lord of the Snakewood[1] |
| Heir | Terrance Lynderly[1] |
| Overlord | House Arryn |
House Lynderly of the Snakewood is a noble house from the Vale of Arryn. Their castle is Snakewood and they carry the title "Lord of the Snakewood".[1]
They blazon their arms with a black field strewn with wriggling green vipers.[2][3][N 1] Their words do not appear in the books.
Contents
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
A knight wearing the green viper of the Lynderlys is present in the High Hall of the Eyrie when Tyrion Lannister demands a trial by combat to prove his innocence. He is young and is the first to offer his sword to champion Lady Lysa Arryn.[2]
A Feast for Crows
Petyr Baelish tells Sansa Stark that Lord Jon Lynderly is one of his friends. Littlefinger asks Lords Grafton and Lynderly to send each a son to ward, to become Robert Arryn's squires.[4] Lord Lynderly attends Lord Lyonel Corbray's wedding, which many of the Lords Declarant shun. Gyles Grafton and Terrance Lynderly descend to the Gates of the Moon with Robert.[5]
House Lynderly at the end of the third century
The known Lynderlys during the timespan of the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- Lord Jon Lynderly, Lord of the Snakewood.[1]
- Terrance Lynderly, his son and heir to Snakewood. A young squire to Robert Arryn.[1]
Of unknown relationship to the main branch:
- Ser Lymond Lynderly[6]
- Unnamed Lynderly knight present at the Eyrie when Tyrion Lannister demands a trial by combat.[2] He may be Ser Lymond.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Although the Lynderly arms are only refer to as "green serpents", they are likely vipers. Firstly, Tyrion Lannister sees a knight wearing green viper among the Vale nobility assembled in the High Hall of the Eyrie. Secondly, House Wydman derives from a tourney where their founder bested five knights from the Westerlands and Vale of Arryn. Their sigil depicts the arms of those defeated knights, and among them is a green viper.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 A Feast for Crows, Appendix.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 38, Tyrion V.
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses in the Vale
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 23, Alayne I.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 41, Alayne II.
- ↑ The Winds of Winter Alayne I
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