House Wydman
| House Wydman | |
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 Right Conquers Might
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| Coat of arms |
Five splintered lances, 3, 2, striped blue and white with blue pennons, on a yellow field, beneath a white chief bearing a red castle, a green viper, a black broken wheel, a purple unicorn and a yellow lion (Or, five broken lances, 3, 2, striped azure and argent, pennons of the second, on a chief of the third, a wheel broken sable between, on the dexter, a castle gules and snake vert, and, on the sinister, a unicorn rampant purpure and lion rampant of the field) |
| Head | Unknown |
| Region | Vale of Arryn |
| Overlord | House Arryn |
House Wydman is a noble house from the Vale of Arryn. It blazons its arms with 5 splintered lances, 3-2, striped blue and white with blue pennons, on yellow, beneath a white chief bearing a red castle, a green viper, a black broken wheel, a purple unicorn and a yellow lion.[1] Its words are "Right Conquers Might."[2]
Contents
History
House Wydman derives from a tourney in which the founder of the house bested five knights from the Vale and the Westerlands.[3] The arms of the defeated, which are displayed above the five broken lances of the Wydmans, suggest Houses Redfort, Lynderly, Waynwood, Brax, and Lannister.
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
A noble displaying a broken lance is present in the High Hall of the Eyrie when Tyrion Lannister demands a trial by battle to prove his innocence of the claims put against him.[4]
House Wydman at the end of the third century
The known Wydmans during the timespan of the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- no member has appeared yet.
References
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses in the Vale
- ↑ The Citadel. House Mottoes
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: House Wydman
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 38, Tyrion V.
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