House Chester

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House Chester of Greenshield
House Chester.svg
Coat of arms A green hand on a gold escutcheon on a green field, a border of red rayonne
(Vert, on an escutcheon or a hand of the field all within a bordure rayonny gules)
Seat Greenshield
Head Lord Moribald Chester
Region the Reach, Shield Islands
Overlord House Tyrell

House Chester of Greenshield rules over Greenshield, one of the Shield Islands of the Reach.

According to semi-canon sources they blazon their arms with a green hand on a gold escutcheon on a green field, a border of red rayonne.[1] Their words do not appear in the books.

History

The Shield Islands are a considerable naval power and were the first line of defense during the days when the ironborn pirates tried to sail up the Mander to sack the wealth of the Reach.[2]

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Lord Chester is slain during the attack of the ironborn lead by Euron Greyjoy. After the Battle of the Shield Islands, Euron gives Greenshield to Maron Volmark, a young boy of six-and-ten years.

House Chester at the end of the third century

The known Chesters during the timespan of the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire are:

References

  1. The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses in the Reach
  2. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 29, The Reaver.