House Westerling
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| Coat of Arms | Six white shells on a yellow field |
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| Words | “Honor, Not Honors” |
| Seat | the Crag |
| Current Lord | Gawen Westerling |
| Region | the Westerlands |
| Heir | Rollam Westerling |
| Overlord | House Lannister |
House Westerling of the Crag is a noble house sworn to House Lannister. Their sigil is six white shells on a sand-colored field.[1] The Westerlings are an old and well-regarded family, though their lands and incomes have dwindled over the years.[2]
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The Westerling House at the end of the third century
The known Westerlings during the timespan of the events described on A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- Gawen Westerling, Lord of the Crag.
- Sybell Spicer, his wife.
- Ser {Raynald Westerling}, his eldest son and heir.
- Jeyne Westerling, his eldest daughter.
- Elenya Westerling, his second daughter.
- Rollam Westerling, his second son.
- Sybell Spicer, his wife.
With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch there are also:
- Ser Elys Westerling, a knight who participated in the Sack of King's Landing.[3]
| Gawen | Sybell Spicer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| {Raynald} | Jeyne | {Robb Stark} | Rollam | Elenya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References in the books
Dunk & Egg
- A member of the Westerling house participated in the Ashford Tourney. Their arms were spotted by Dunk among the gathered heraldry.
A Song of Ice and Fire
- Lord Gawen was captured at the Battle of the Whispering Wood.
- Around the time of the Battle of the Fords, Robb Stark and his forces in the Westerlands were marching on the Crag.
- Lord Gawen was held at Seagard during his imprisonment.
- Ser Elys Westerling took part in the Sack of King's Landing.
- Jeyne Westerling comforted Robb Stark when he took an arrow wound storming the Crag.
- Jeyne married Robb afterwards. Rollam became Robb's squire and Ser Raynald became part of his retinue.
- When House Westerling joined with House Stark in the War of the Five Kings, they brought fifty men, of which only twelve were knights.
- Before the Conquest, Westerling brides married the Kings of the Rock.
- A Jeyne Westerling married Maegor I.
- House Westerling has more pride than power.
- Lord Gawen offered Jeyne as a possible match for Willem or Martyn Lannister. He was turned down.
- The mines owned by House Westerling failed years ago and they sold or lost their best lands.
- Lord Gawen, Sybell, and Jeyne were all welcomed back into the king's peace after the Red Wedding.
References and Notes
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 14, Catelyn
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 14, Catelyn
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 11, Jaime
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| Houses from the Westerlands | |
| Overlords: | Lannister |
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| Noble houses: | Banefort | Bettley | Brax | Broom | Crakehall | Estren | Falwell | Farman | Ferren Foote | Jast | Kenning | Lefford | Lydden | Marbrand | Moreland | Myatt | Payne Peckledon | Plumm | Prester | Sarsfield | Serrett | Spicer | Stackspear | Turnberry Westerling | Yarwyck |
| Knightly Houses: | Clegane | Greenfield | Hetherspoon | Lorch | Ruttiger | Swyft | Vikary | Yew |
| Extinct houses: | Casterly | Parren | Reyne | Tarbeck |