House Brax
House Brax of Hornvale | |
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Coat of arms | Argent, a unicorn salient purpure |
Seat | Hornvale |
Head | Tytos Brax |
Region | Westerlands |
Heir | Flement Brax |
Overlord | House Lannister |
House Brax of Hornvale is a noble house from the Westerlands, and is one of the chief bannerhouses of the Lannisters.
Their shield depicts a purple unicorn on silver.[1][2] Their motto has not been revealed yet.
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History
Lord Andros Brax once came to Riverrun attempting to arrange the marriage of his heirs to Catelyn or Lysa of House Tully, the overlords of the Riverlands.
During the War of the Five Kings, House Brax has answered the call of Tywin Lannister. Lord Brax and his bannermen were in Jaime Lannister's host; he later commanded the western camp during the siege of Riverrun. When Robb Stark's host attacked, he died while crossing the river in an attempt to defend the other camps. Upon his death his son Ser Tytos Brax succeeded him as Lord of Hornvale.
Next in the line of succession is Ser Flement Brax, wed to Lady Morya Frey, who has given him three sons.
The Brax House at the end of the third century
- Lord {Andros Brax}, Lord of Hornvale. A gallant man. Drowned at the Battle of the Camps.
- Lord Tytos Brax, his eldest son.
- Ser {Robert Brax}, his second son. Slain at the Battle of the Fords.
- Ser Flement Brax, his third son.
- Robert Brax, Flement's eldest son, serving as a page at Casterly Rock.
- Walder Brax, Flement's second son.
- Jon Brax, Flement's third son.
- Ser {Rupert Brax}, Andros' brother. Slain at the Battle of Oxcross.
References in the books
A Song of Ice and Fire
- Among the gathered knights at the Tourney of the Hand was one with the arms of House Brax.
- Ser Flement Brax commanded the outriders that found Tyrion Lannister and his mountain clans descending from the Mountains of the Moon.
- Ser Flement rode in the right flank during the Battle of the Green Fork.
- Ser Tytos Brax was captured on the Battle of the Whispering Wood. Soon afterwards he became Lord Brax after the death of his father, but spent the entire war in captivity in an unknown keep.
- Lord Andros Brax was drowned during the Battle of the Camps, after his raft overturned and the weight of his armor took him.
- Ser Rupert Brax was slain at the Battle of Oxcross.
- The Brax colors were seen by Arya Stark within Tywin Lannister's army when it was leaving Harrenhal.
- The Brax colors were spotted across the Red Fork.
- Ser Robert Brax died at the Battle of the Fords. His brother Ser Flement also tried to cross the fords, to no avail.
- Ser Flement Brax was one of the nobles that accompanied Tyrion to welcome Prince Oberyn Martell at King's Landing.
- Ser Flement was called as a witness for the prosecution in the trial of Tyrion Lannister for the death of King Joffrey I. He told of how he heard Tyrion threaten the king.
- Lord Tytos Brax came to King's Landing after the war to escort Tywin Lannister's corpse to the Westerlands.
- Ser Flement Brax accompanied Jaime Lannister through the Riverlands to finish the Siege of Riverrun, commanding a company of two hundred heavy horse.
References and Notes
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 56, Tyrion VII.
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses in the Westerlands
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