Difference between revisions of "House Florent"

From A Wiki of Ice and Fire
Jump to: navigation, search
(House Florent at the end of the third century)
Line 65: Line 65:
 
** Lady [[Melara Crane]], his wife.
 
** Lady [[Melara Crane]], his wife.
 
*** Lord [[Alekyne Florent]], his son and heir. Attainted Lord of Brightwater. Seeking refuge at the [[Hightower]].
 
*** Lord [[Alekyne Florent]], his son and heir. Attainted Lord of Brightwater. Seeking refuge at the [[Hightower]].
*** [[Melessa Florent]], his eldest daughter. Married to [[Randyll Tarly]].
+
*** [[Melessa Florent]], his eldest daughter. Married to Lord [[Randyll Tarly]].
 
*** [[Rhea Florent]], his second daughter. Married to Lord [[Leyton Hightower]].
 
*** [[Rhea Florent]], his second daughter. Married to Lord [[Leyton Hightower]].
* Ser [[Axell Florent]], his eldest brother, self-fashioned Hand of the Queen. Castellan at [[Dragonstone]].
+
* Ser [[Axell Florent]], his eldest brother, self-fashioned Hand of the Queen. Former [[Castellan]] at [[Dragonstone]].
 
* Ser {[[Ryam Florent]]}, his second brother. Died in a fall from a horse.
 
* Ser {[[Ryam Florent]]}, his second brother. Died in a fall from a horse.
*** Queen [[Selyse Florent]], Ryam's daughter. Married to King [[Stannis Baratheon]].
+
** Queen [[Selyse Florent]], Ryam's daughter. Married to King [[Stannis Baratheon]].
*** Ser {[[Imry Florent]]}, Ryam's eldest son, Lord High Captain of Stannis's fleet. Died at the [[Battle of the Blackwater]].
+
** Ser {[[Imry Florent]]}, Ryam's eldest son, Lord High Captain of Stannis's fleet. Died at the [[Battle of the Blackwater]].
*** Ser [[Erren Florent]], Ryam's second son. Captive at [[Highgarden]].
+
** Ser [[Erren Florent]], Ryam's second son. Captive at [[Highgarden]].
 
* Ser [[Colin Florent]], his third brother. Castellan at Brightwater Keep.
 
* Ser [[Colin Florent]], his third brother. Castellan at Brightwater Keep.
*** [[Delena Florent]], Colin's daughter. Married to Ser [[Hosman Norcross]].
+
** [[Delena Florent]], Colin's daughter. Married to Ser [[Hosman Norcross]].
*** [[Omer Florent]], Colin's son. A [[maester]] of the [[Citadel]] in service at [[Old Oak]].
+
** [[Omer Florent]], Colin's son. A [[maester]] of the [[Citadel]] in service at [[Old Oak]].
*** [[Merrell Florent]], Colin's son. A squire at the [[Arbor]].
+
** [[Merrell Florent]], Colin's son. A squire at the [[Arbor]].
 
* [[Rylene Florent]], his sister. Married to Ser [[Rycherd Crane]].
 
* [[Rylene Florent]], his sister. Married to Ser [[Rycherd Crane]].
  

Revision as of 01:23, 17 August 2015

House Florent of Brightwater Keep
House Florent.PNG
Coat of arms A red fox in a circle of blue flowers on ermine
Seat Stripped (formerly Brightwater Keep)
Head Alekyne Florent
Region The Reach
Title Lord of Brightwater
Heir Melessa Florent
Overlord House Baratheon of Dragonstone
Founder Husband of Florys the Fox

House Florent of Brightwater Keep is a noble house from Brightwater Keep in the Reach, one of the main houses sworn to House Tyrell.[1] Their sigil is a red-gold fox's head encircled by lapis lazuli flowers.[2][3][4] Members of the House are known for their prominent ears.

History

According to legend, the Florents, the Balls, and the Peakes descend from the three husbands of Florys the Fox.[5]

The Florents, like the Tyrells, claim descent from the extinct House Gardener, the defunct Kings of the Reach. The Florents have a superior line of descent, and believe that they by rights should possess Highgarden.[6]

Three years before the start of the tourney at Ashford Meadow, Ser Arlan and Dunk were in service to Lord Florent, who was blind. The Florent arms were spotted by Dunk in the assembled heraldry at the tourney. Ser Aladore Florent and Ser Jon Florent were listed on the rolls. According to Ser Eustace Osgrey, maids of House Osgrey used to marry members of House Florent.

Lord Tywin Lannister offered his son Tyrion for marriage to Delena Florent after she had been despoiled by King Robert I Baratheon. Instead, her father, Ser Colin Florent, married her to one of his knights, Hosman Norcross.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Brightwater Lancers by Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games
The Fox's Teeth by Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games

Selyse Florent is the queen of newly-crowned Stannis Baratheon, to whom she is lovelessly married. Recently a priestess named Melisandre has joined Stannis's court, and Selyse has fervently taken up the worship of R'hllor, the Lord of Light. As the War of the Five Kings breaks out, House Florent follows House Tyrell in supporting the late Robert I Baratheon's youngest brother, Renly. They field roughly 2,000 men, a large proportion of whom are cavalry.[7][8]

However, upon Renly's death at Storm's End, the house switches allegiance to Stannis, giving Queen Selyse more influence over her husband than ever before. The Florents are the most significant Reach house to defect. Lord Alester Florent's nephew, Ser Erren, is one of the knights Stannis sends to recruit Renly's infantry at Bitterbridge, but he is captured by Ser Loras Tyrell. Meanwhile, Alester's son-in-law, Lord Randyll Tarly, puts many Florent men-at-arms to death when he seizes Renly's stores to ensure they do not go over to Stannis's side.

Lord Alester is with Stannis during the parley with Ser Cortnay Penrose, who refuses to yield Storm's End or his ward, Edric Storm. Edric is the acknowledged bastard of King Robert, a result of Robert despoiling Selyse and Stannis's wedding bed with the queen's cousin, Delena Florent. Ultimately Edric is recovered, and spends time with his double-cousin, Shireen Baratheon, on Dragonstone, improving both of their spirits.

On Dragonstone, Alester joins his niece, Queen Selyse, and his brother, Ser Axell Florent, in fervently following the Lord of Light. With Axell having served for many years at Dragonstone as castellan, the Florent contribution to Stannis's cause is great. With Selyse having given King Stannis a daughter in Shireen, the Florents need not hearken back to the Gardener dynasty to recall royal ties.

Selyse's brother, Ser Imry Florent, is given command of Stannis's navy in the Battle of the Blackwater. He relies on the size of his fleet and does not send scouts ahead. Almost his entire force is trapped by the defensive chain and destroyed by wildfire; he dies along with most of his men. Despite Imry's bungling and the impressive defenses of King's Landing, Stannis's army seems within sight of victory. However, the Florents' rivals, the Tyrells, arrive with Lord Tywin Lannister from south of the Blackwater. The result is a rout, but most men picked up along the shoreline by Salladhor Saan's Lysene fleet wear the badge of Brightwater Keep.

A Storm of Swords

Following the Lannister victory, Lord Tywin dispossesses the Florents of their holdings and awards them to Ser Garlan Tyrell, the second son of Lord Mace Tyrell, as a reward for loyal service, forming House Tyrell of Brightwater Keep.

After the casualties and desertions of the battle, House Florent commands more than half of Stannis's 1,500 men on Dragonstone.[9] As the king broods, plotting his next move, Lord Alester is named his Hand. Alester and Selyse rule in his name during his self-imposed silence. However, when Alester plots to wed Princess Shireen to Prince Tommen Baratheon in an effort to make peace, he is thrown in the dungeons. Ser Axell arrests Davos Seaworth when the Onion Knight intends to murder Melisandre. Axell counsels Stannis to put Claw Isle to the torch in retaliation for Lord Ardrian Celtigar bending the knee, but Stannis dismisses this idea, agreeing with Davos that it is an evil notion, and Seaworth becomes Alester Florent's successor as King's Hand. Davos arranges for Edric Storm to be sent to Lys to avoid being burned alive by Melisandre. When Stannis decides to journey to the Wall, Melisandre burns Lord Alester alive to obtain favorable winds for the voyage.

Jon Snow spots a ring of flowers amongst the banners during the attack on the wildling camp by Stannis.[10] The banners of House Florent are spotted flying at Castle Black by Samwell Tarly.

A Feast for Crows

The new head of the house, Alester's son Alekyne Florent, has taken refuge in Oldtown, where his sister Rhea is the wife of Lord Leyton Hightower.

A Dance with Dragons

When Stannis goes to the Wall, he leaves Axell with Selyse and some fellow queen's men at Eastwatch-by-the-Sea. Axell begins calling himself the Hand of the Queen. Selyse and Axell travel to Castle Black on their way to the Nightfort, where the queen arranges marriages between her men and the wildling chiefs, betrothing Ser Axell to the eldest daughter of Gerrick Kingsblood.

Meanwhile, Ser Colin Florent remains castellan at Brightwater Keep in defiance of its new lord, Garlan Tyrell, although Ser Erren remains a prisoner at Highgarden.

House Florent at the end of the third century

Lord Alester Florent. © FFG

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


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Alester
 
Melara
Crane
 
 
 
 
 
Axell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ryam
 
Unknown
wife
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Alekyne
 
Randyll
Tarly
 
Melessa
 
Rhea
 
Leyton
Hightower
 
Stannis
Baratheon
 
Selyse
 
Imry
 
Erren
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Samwell
Tarly
 
Talla
Tarly
 
Two
daughters
 
Dickon
Tarly
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shireen
Baratheon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Colin
 
Unknown
wife
 
 
 
 
 
Rylene
 
Rycherd
Crane
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hosman
Norcross
 
Delena
 
Robert I
Baratheon
 
Omer
 
Merrell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Alester
Norcross
 
Renly
Norcross
 
Edric
Storm
 


Historical Members

House Florent knights charge - by artist Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games.

References and Notes

  1. A Game of Thrones, Appendix.
  2. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 22, Catelyn II.
  3. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 42, Davos II.
  4. The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses in the Reach
  5. The World of Ice & Fire, Garth Greenhand.
  6. A Storm of Swords, Appendix.
  7. A Clash of Kings, Prologue.
  8. Over half of the 1,500 men on Dragonstone post-Blackwater are Florents; this is around 800. We can presume they are cavalry since it is cavalry at Storm's End that join Stannis, and the Florent infantry are killed by Randyll Tarly at Bitterbridge.
  9. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 36, Davos IV.
  10. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 73, Jon X.
  11. 11.0 11.1 The Hedge Knight, Graphic Novel Edition.

This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Minor houses in A Song of Ice and Fire.
The list of authors can be seen in the page history of Minor houses in A Song of Ice and Fire.
As with A Wiki of Ice and Fire, the content of Wikipedia is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.