House Mormont

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House name House Mormont

Coat of Arms	Fir-tree topped vert, a bear sable
Words	"Here We Stand"
Seat	Bear Island
Current Lord	Maege Mormont
Region	The North, Bear Island
Heir	Dacey Mormont
Overlord	House Stark
Ancestral weapon	Longclaw

House Mormont of Bear Island is an old house from the North, proud an honorable.^[1] Long in service of House Stark, they were given the lordship over Bear Island after Rodrik Stark supposedly won it in a wrestling match. Their blazon is a a black bear over a green wood. Their motto has not appeared in the books, but in correspondence with fans the author has stated it as "Here We Stand".

House Mormont is one of the few houses to have an ancestral weapon of Valyrian steel: a bastard sword called Longclaw. However, due to Bear Island's lack of valuable resources, the Mormonts are a rather poor house. Their hall is made of huge logs, surrounded by an earthen palisade. On the gate is a carving of a woman in a bearskin with a child in one arm suckling at her breast and a battleaxe in the other. Like the other women of Bear Island, the women of House Mormont learn how to defend themselves from ironmen and wildlings.

Contents 1 The Mormont House at the end of the third century 2 References in the books 2.1 A Song of Ice and Fire 3 References and Sources

The Mormont House at the end of the third century

• Lady Maege Mormont: Lady of the Bear Island. A short, stout and grey-haired woman who dresses in mail.
  • Dacey Mormont: Her older daughter. Heir to the Bear Island. A tall young woman dressed in mail.
  • Alysane Mormont: Her daughter.
  • Lyra Mormont: Her daughter.
  • Jorelle Mormont: Her daughter.
  • Lyanna Mormont: Her daughter.
• Lord Jeor Mormont: Her older brother. Lord of Bear Island until he chose to take the black. Was Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. Called the Old Bear. Deceased.
  • Ser Jorah Mormont: An exiled knight. Lord of Bear Island until sentenced to death for selling poachers into slavery.
    • Lynesse Hightower: His wife. She abandoned him after his disgrace, and now is a chief concubine of a Lysene merchant.

Unknown Mormont

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Jeor Mormont

Maege Mormont

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Unknown Glover

Jorah Mormont

Lynesse Hightower

Dacey Mormont

Alysane Mormont

Lyra Mormont

Jorelle Mormont

Lyanna Mormont

References in the books

A Song of Ice and Fire

• Jorah Mormont is invited at Magister Illyrio's party, where he gets to know Prince Viserys and Daenerys. Since then, he plays a significant part in Dany's storyline.
• Jeor Mormont is Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, and is introduced when Tyrion and Jon arrive at the Wall. Later he choses Jon as his steward and plays a significant part in his storyline.
• Maege Mormont answers Robb Stark's call to arms, and follows him during the campaign being part of his war councils.
• Dacey Mormont is one of the thirty children of lords who have the honor of riding beside King Robb, being the only woman in the group.
• The Old Bear is slain at Craster's Keep by some of his own men.
• Lady Maege is sent by King Robb to Greywater Watch to divert Moat Caitlin and attack it from the North.
• Dacey was slain by Ser Ryman Frey at the Red Wedding.
• Ser Jorah Mormont was exiled by Daenerys Targaryen when she discovered that he had been spying on her for Varys.

References and Sources

Houses from the North
Overlords:	Stark
Noble houses:	Bolton | Cerwyn | Dustin | Flint (Widow's Watch) | Hornwood Karstark | Locke | Manderly | Mormont | Reed | Ryswell | Umber
Masterly houses:	Glover | Tallhart
Other houses:	Cassel | Fenn | Flint (Flint's Finger) | Ironsmith | Lake | Lightfoot Marsh | Mollen | Moss | Overton | Poole | Slate | Stout | Waterman | Wells Whitehill | Woolfield
Mountain clans:	Burley | Flint | Harclay | Knott | Liddle | Norrey | Wull
Skagos clans:	Crowl | Magnar | Stane
Extinct houses:	Woodfoot