House Swyft
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| Coat of Arms | A blue bantam rooster on yellow |
|---|---|
| Words | "Awake! Awake!" |
| Seat | Cornfield |
| Current Lord | Harys Swyft |
| Region | The Westerlands |
| Heir | Ser Steffon Swyft |
| Overlord | House Lannister |
House Swyft of Cornfield is a house of landed knights sworn to Casterly Rock.
Their arms depict a blue bantam rooster on yellow. His words do not appear in the books, but in noncanon correspondence with fans George R. R. Martin has referred to them as "Awake! Awake!"
[edit] The Swyft House at the end of the third century
During during the timespan of the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire house Swyft has gained prominence in the Westerlands due to the marriage of Dorna Swyft to Ser Kevan Lannister. The known Swyfts during this period are:
- Ser Harys Swyft: The Knight of Cornfield. Soft, bald and chinless. Kevan's good father by marriage.
- Dorna Swyft: His daughter. Married to Kevan Lannister and mother to his three sons: Lancel, Willem and Martyn
- Ser Steffon Swyft: His son and heir.
- Joanna Swyft: His daughter.
- Shierle Swyft: His daughter. Married to Ser Melwyn Sarsfield.
| Harys Swyft | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kevan Lannister | Dorna Swyft | Steffon Swyft | Shierle Swyft | Melwyn Sarsfield | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lancel Lannister | Willem Lannister | Martin Lannister | Janei Lannister | Joana Swyft | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[edit] References in the books
[edit] A Song of Ice and Fire
- Tyrion saw the bantam rooster of Swyft among his father's army.
- Tyrion was upset at Ser Harys Swyft criticizing his brother's tactics during the siege of Riverrun, and considered him "a chinless craven whose greatest accomplsihent was marrying his equally chinless daughter to Ser Kevan".
- Ser Harys Swyft dramatizes Jaime's defeat at the Whispering Woods, and urges to sue for peace.
- Arya overheared that in Harrenhal, the cooks despised Ser Harys Swyft and spit in all his food.
- Ser Harys Swyft squire was stabbed to death in a quarrel against the Bloody Mummers in Harrenhal.
- During the Battle of the Blackwater, Ser Harys Swyft got trapped beneath his dying horse until a grizzled man-at-arms in his service named Willit pulled him out and defended him against a dozen attackers.
- Ser Jocelyn Swyft is one of Cerei's ladies in-waiting. She considers her a slow-witted fool.
- Ser Humfrey Swyft is seen by Jaime scoring a solid hit while training on the Red Keep.
- Ser Harys Swyft is named Hand of the King by Cersei Lannister. While she doesn't have a high opinion of him, she chosed him due to the fact that he does not argue with her and can be used as a hostage against his son in-law Kevan.
- Kevan was reported to really love his chinless lady, flat-chested and chicken-legged as she was.
- Ser Steffon Swyft is part of Jaime's army recruited to besiege Riverrun. He is entrusted with the task of protecting the baggage train.
- After Cersei is seized on the High Sept of Baelor, Ser Harys Swyft takes the reigns of Westeros with the help of Grand Maester Pycelle.
| Houses from the Westerlands | |
| Overlords: | Lannister |
|---|---|
| Noble houses: | Banefort | Brax | Crakehall | Estren | Farman | Jast | Lefford | Lydden Marbrand | Moreland | Plumm | Prester | Stackspear | Vikary | Westerling |
| Knightly Houses: | Clegane | Greenfield | Hetherspoon | Ruttiger | Swyft | Yew |
| Extinct houses: | Casterly | Reyne | Tarbeck |
