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| House_name         = House Florent of Brightwater Keep
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| House_name = House Florent of [[Brightwater Keep]]
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| image = [[File:House Florent.svg|250px]]
 
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| Coat_of_arms = Ermine, a fox cabossed within an annulet of flowers, all proper
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| Coat_of_arms = A red fox in a circle of blue flowers on ermine{{Ref|ACOK|Appendix}} <br>''(Ermine, a fox gules within an annulet of flowers azure)''
| Seat = Exiled (formerly [[Brightwater Keep]])
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| Seat = [[Brightwater Keep]]{{Ref|ACOK|Appendix}} (stripped){{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}}
| Current_Lord = [[Alekyne Florent]]
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| Current_Lord = [[Alekyne Florent]] (attained){{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}}
| Region = [[the Reach]]
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| Region = [[Reach]]{{Ref|ACOK|Appendix}}
| Title = Lord of Brightwater  
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| Title = Lord of [[Brightwater Keep]]{{Ref|ACOK|Appendix}}
| Heir = [[Melessa Florent]]
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| Heir = [[Melessa Florent]]{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}}
| Overlord = [[House Tyrell]]
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| Overlord = [[House Tyrell]] (AGOT)<br>[[House Baratheon of Dragonstone]]{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}} (ADWD)
 
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| Founded_in = [[Age of Heroes]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: Garth Greenhand}}
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| Founder = [[Florys the Fox]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: Garth Greenhand}}
 
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'''House Florent of Brightwater Keep''' is sworn to [[House Tyrell]], but also known to chafe at their fealty owed to them. The Florents, like the Tyrells, claim descent from the extinct [[House Gardener]], the defunct royal line of [[the Reach]]. The Florents believe that they have a superior line of descent, and by rights should possess [[Highgarden]].<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Appendix|Appendix]]</ref> The Florent seat is [[Brightwater Keep]].
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'''House Florent of Brightwater Keep''' is a noble house from [[Brightwater Keep]] in the [[Reach]], one of the main houses sworn to [[House Tyrell]] of [[Highgarden]].{{Ref|AGOT|Appendix}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reach}} Their sigil is a red-gold fox's head encircled by lapis lazuli flowers.{{Ref|ACOK|22}}{{Ref|ACOK|42}}<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/7/ Houses in the Reach]</ref>
  
Their sigil is a red-gold fox`s head encircled by lapis lazuli flowers.<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 22|Chapter 22]], Catelyn</ref><ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 42|Chapter 42]], Davos</ref><ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/7/ Houses in the Reach]</ref> They can field roughly two thousand men.<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Prologue|Prologue]]</ref> Members of the House are known for their prominent ears.  
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Descended from [[Garth Greenhand]] by his daughter [[Florys the Fox]],{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: Garth Greenhand}} House Florent boasts a superior claim to Highgarden by their close blood ties to the [[House Gardener]], the extinct [[Kings of the Reach]].{{Ref|ASOS|Appendix}} Florents are known for their prominent ears.{{ref|ACOK|10}}{{ref|ACOK|15}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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===Kingdom of the Reach===
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According to legend, Houses Florents, [[House Ball|Ball]], and [[House Peake|Peake]] trace their descent from the sons of [[Florys the Fox]]'s three husbands, each kept ignorant of the existence of the others. Florys was a daughter of [[Garth Greenhand]] from the [[Age of Heroes]], the cleverest of his children.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: Garth Greenhand}}
  
===A Clash of Kings===
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As vassals of [[House Gardener]], the Florents married into the royal family numerous times.{{Ref|ASOS|Appendix}} Through the centuries of the [[Kingdom of the Reach]], the Peakes and [[House Osgrey|Osgreys]] boasted about marrying their daughters to Florents.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents – War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}{{Ref|TSS}}
[[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 Robert's youngest brother, [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]]. However, upon Renly's death the house switches allegiance to Stannis, giving Queen Selyse more influence over her husband than ever before. The Florents were the most significant Reach house to defect. [[Alester Florent|Lord Alester]]'s nephew [[Erren Florent|Ser Erren]] is one of the knights Stannis sends to recruit Renly's infantry at [[Bitterbridge]], but he is captured by [[Loras Tyrell]]. Meanwhile Alester's son-in-law [[Randyll Tarly]] puts many Brightwater 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|Delena]]. Ultimately Edric is recovered, and spends time with his double-cousin Shireen on Dragonstone, improving both of their spirits.
 
  
On [[Dragonstone]], Alester joins his niece Queen Selyse and his brother Ser Axell in fervently following the Lord of Light. With [[Axell Florent|Ser Axell]] having served for many years at [[Dragonstone]], the Florent contribution to Stannis's cause is great. And with Selyse having given King Stannis [[Shireen Baratheon|a daughter]], the Florents need not hearken back to the Gardener dynasty to recall royal ties.
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===Targaryen dynasty===
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[[File:Cover Clash of Arms-TomaszJedruszek.jpg|thumb|450px|Charge of House Florent Knights by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games]]
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During [[Aegon's Conquest]], House Florent followed their liege, King [[Mern IX Gardener]], in taking up arms against [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] during the [[Field of Fire]]. After the battle, when King Mern and his sons burned and the Gardeners' line ended, Aegon named the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] as [[Lord Paramount of the Reach]], despite the Florents possessing a superior claim by their blood ties to the [[Kings of the Reach]].{{Ref|ASOS|Appendix}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: House Tyrell}} House Florent was among the great houses of the [[Reach]] that bitterly complained about being made vassals of the Tyrells and insisted that their blood was nobler than that of the "upjumped stewards". Their protests were denied by King Aegon I, perhaps because the Florents had fought [[House Targaryen]] when the Tyrells did not.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: House Tyrell}}
  
Selyse's brother [[Imry Florent|Ser Imry]], despite having no experience as an admiral, 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 when the Florent rivals, the Tyrells arrive, along with [[Tywin Lannister]]. The result is a rout, but most of those who [[Salladhor Saan]]'s [[Lys]]ene fleet picked up along the shoreline wear the badge of Brightwater Keep. Following the [[Lannister]] victory, Lord Tywin dispossesses the Florents of their holdings and awards them to [[Garlan Tyrell]] as a reward for loyal service.
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When Lord [[Unwin Peake]] sought to make his daughter [[Myrielle Peake|Myrielle]] the queen to King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] after the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Lady [[Samantha Hightower]] nominated nubile maidens from House Florent, among other nobles houses, as potential queens Aegon.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents – War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
  
===A Storm of Swords/A Feast for Crows/A Dance with Dragons===
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In {{Date|206}}, during the reign of [[Daeron II Targaryen]], Ser [[Arlan of Pennytree|Arlan]] and [[Duncan the Tall|Dunk]] were in service to Lord Florent, who was blind. The Florent arms were spotted by Ser Duncan in the assembled heraldry at the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]] three years later.{{Ref|THK}} Ser [[Aladore Florent]], heir to Brightwater Keep, and Ser [[Jon Florent]] were listed on the rolls.{{Ref|THK|Graphic Novel}}
  
After the casualties and desertions of the battle, House Florent commands more than half of Stannis's 1,500 men on Dragonstone{{ref|ASOS|36}}. As the king broods, plotting his next move, Lord Alester is named his [[Hand of the King|Hand]]. Alester and Selyse rule in his name during his self-imposed silence. However, when Alester plots to wed Princess Shireen to Prince [[Tommen]] 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.
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===Baratheon dynasty===
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[[Selyse Florent]] wed [[Stannis Baratheon]], [[Lord of Dragonstone]] and the brother of King [[Robert I Baratheon]]. Her cousin, [[Delena Florent]], was despoiled by the king during the wedding feast.{{ref|AGOT|35}} Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] offered his [[dwarf]] son, [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]], for marriage to Delena, but her father, Ser [[Colin Florent]], instead married her to one of his knights, [[Hosman Norcross]].{{ref|ASOS|19}} Delena gave birth to [[Edric Storm]].{{ref|ACOK|10}} Ser [[Axell Florent]], the brother of Lord [[Alester Florent]] of [[Brightwater Keep]], serves Stannis as castellan of [[Dragonstone]].{{ref|ACOK|10}}
  
The new head of the house, [[Alekyne Florent]], has taken refuge in [[Oldtown]], where his sister [[Rhea Florent|Rhea]] is the wife of [[Leyton Hightower|Lord Hightower]]. Despite this and the immolation of their previous lord, Florent men continue to support Stannis's cause, with the fox-and-flowers being seen during the [[Battle of Castle Black]]. 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 her 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 [[Colin Florent|Ser Colin]] remains castellan at Brightwater Keep in defiance of "Lord" Garlan Tyrell, although Ser Erren remains a prisoner at Highgarden. With the new threat of [[Euron Greyjoy]]'s [[ironmen]] raiding the Reach, Brightwater's dangers have not lessened. Should anything happen to the childless Alekyne there would likely be a squabble over succession, as the head of the house would become his sister [[Melessa Florent]], the wife of Lord [[Randyll Tarly]].
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==Recent Events==
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===''A Clash of Kings''===
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[[File:Adamduffhouseflorentknight.jpg|thumb|350px|A knight of House Florent by Adam Duff © Fantasy Flight Games]]
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[[Melisandre]], a [[red priest]]ess, has joined the court of [[Stannis Baratheon]], [[Lord of Dragonstone]], and his wife, Lady [[Selyse Florent]], fervently takes up the worship of [[R'hllor]], the Lord of Light.{{ref|ACOK|Prologue}} Selyse becomes Stannis's queen after he announces his claim to the [[Iron Throne]].{{ref|ACOK|10}} As the [[War of the Five Kings]] breaks out, House Florent follows [[House Tyrell]] in supporting the late King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s youngest brother, [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]], [[Lord of Storm's End]]. The Florents field roughly two thousand men.{{Ref|acok|0}}
  
==The Florent House at the end of the third century==
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Upon Renly's death at [[Siege of Storm's End (299)|Storm's End]], the Florents are the first and the most powerful of the [[Reach]] houses who defect to Stannis.{{ref|ACOK|36}} Selyse's uncle, Lord [[Alester Florent]], begins following R'hllor.{{ref|ACOK|42}} Alester's nephew, Ser [[Erren Florent|Erren]], is one of the knights Stannis sends to recruit Renly's infantry at [[Bitterbridge]], but they do not return.{{ref|ACOK|42}} Alester's son-in-law, Lord [[Randyll Tarly]], puts many Florent men-at-arms to death when he [[Fighting at Bitterbridge|seizes Renly's stores]] to ensure they do not go over to Stannis's side.{{ref|ACOK|44}}
The known Florents during the timespan of the events described on [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] are:
 
  
* Lord {[[Alester Florent]]}, Lord of Brightwater. Burned as a sacrifice to R'hllor.
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Lord Alester is with Stannis during the parley with Ser [[Cortnay Penrose]], who refuses to yield Storm's End or his ward, [[Edric Storm]], the bastard son of [[Delena Florent]] and King Robert.{{ref|ACOK|42}} Edric is sent to [[Dragonstone]] after Cortnay's death.{{ref|ACOK|58}}
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Selyse's brother, Ser [[Imry Florent]], is given command of Stannis's [[royal fleet]] 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 in the [[Blackwater Rush]] by [[Tyrion Lannister]]'s defensive chain and destroyed by [[wildfire]]; he dies on ''[[Fury]]'' along with most of his men.{{ref|ACOK|58}} Despite the spirited defense of [[King's Landing]], Stannis's army seems within sight of victory. However, the Florents' rivals, the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]], arrive with Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] from south of the Blackwater and rout Stannis's men.{{ref|ACOK|62}}
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===''A Storm of Swords''===
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Most of [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s men rescued from the shoreline by the [[Lys]]ene fleet of [[Salladhor Saan]] wear the badge of [[Brightwater Keep]].{{ref|ACOK|10}} More than half of Stannis's men on [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]] are Florents,{{ref|ASOS|36}} and Lord [[Alester Florent]] becomes [[Hand of the King]].{{ref|ACOK|10}} Alester's brother, Ser [[Axell Florent]], arrests Ser [[Davos Seaworth]] when the Onion Knight intends to murder [[Melisandre]].{{ref|ASOS|10}}
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The Florents still dispute [[House Tyrell]]'s ownership of [[Highgarden]].{{ref|asos|6}} Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], the Hand of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], dispossesses the Florents of their holdings and awards them to Ser [[Garlan Tyrell]], the second son of [[Mace Tyrell]], [[Lord Paramount of the Reach]], as a reward for loyal service, forming [[House Tyrell of Brightwater Keep]].{{ref|ASOS|19}} Ser [[Erren Florent]] is held captive at Highgarden.{{ref|ASOS|Appendix}}
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When Alester plots to wed Stannis's daughter, Princess [[Shireen Baratheon]], to Joffrey's brother, Prince [[Tommen Baratheon]], in an effort to make peace without Stannis's knowledge, he is thrown in the dungeons with Davos.{{ref|ASOS|25}} 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 Davos becomes Alester's successor as King's Hand.{{ref|ASOS|36}} Davos arranges for [[Edric Storm]] to be sent to [[Lys]] to avoid being burned alive by Melisandre.{{ref|ASOS|63}}
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During the [[battle beneath the Wall]], [[Jon Snow]] spots a ring of flowers amongst the banners when Stannis's host attacks the [[free folk]] camp.{{ref|ASOS|73}} The banners of House Florent are later spotted flying at [[Castle Black]] by [[Samwell Tarly]].{{ref|ASOS|75}}
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===''A Feast for Crows''===
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[[File:Tomasz Jedruszek Brightwater Lancers.jpg|thumb|350px|Brightwater Lancers by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games]]
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The new head of the house, Alester's son [[Alekyne Florent|Alekyne]], has taken refuge in [[Oldtown]], where his sister [[Rhea Florent|Rhea]] is the wife of [[Leyton Hightower]], [[Lord of the Hightower]].{{ref|AFFC|Appendix}}
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Ser [[Garlan Tyrell]] sets out with half the [[House Tyrell|Tyrell]] strength to take [[Brightwater Keep]]{{Ref|AFFC|12}} from Ser [[Colin Florent]], the castle's castellan.{{ref|AFFC|Appendix}} It is unknown if Garlan succeeds in doing so before the [[taking of the Shields]] by the [[ironborn]].{{ref|AFFC|32}}
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Lord [[Davos Seaworth]] recalled that when [[Stannis Baratheon]] sailed for the [[Wall]], [[Melisandre]] burned Lord [[Alester Florent]] alive to obtain favorable winds for the voyage.{{ref|ADWD|9}} Once Stannis arrived in the [[north]], he left Ser [[Axell Florent]] with Queen [[Selyse Florent]] and some fellow [[queen's men]] at [[Eastwatch-by-the-Sea]].{{ref|ADWD|15}} Axell begins calling himself the Queen's Hand.{{ref|ADWD|39}}
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Selyse and Axell stop at [[Castle Black]] on their way to the [[Nightfort]]. Axell hopes to meet the beautiful [[Val]].{{ref|ADWD|44}} The queen arranges marriages between her men and the [[free folk]], betrothing Axell to the [[Gerrick Kingsblood's eldest daughter|eldest daughter]] of [[Gerrick Kingsblood]].{{ref|ADWD|69}}
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==House Florent at the end of the third century==
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[[File:Alester Florent Chris Pritchard.jpg|thumb|350px|Lord [[Alester Florent]] by Chris Pritchard © Fantasy Flight Games]]
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The known Florents during the timespan of the events described in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are:
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* Lord {[[Alester Florent]]}, Lord of [[Brightwater Keep|Brightwater]] and [[Hand of the King]]. Burned as a sacrifice to [[R'hllor]] for treason.
 
** Lady [[Melara Crane]], his wife.
 
** Lady [[Melara Crane]], his wife.
*** Lord [[Alekyne Florent]], his son and heir. Attainted Lord of Brightwater.
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*** 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]].
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*** [[Melessa Florent]], his eldest daughter. Married to Lord [[Randyll Tarly]].
*** [[Rhea Florent]], his second daughter. Married to [[Leyton Hightower]].
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*** [[Rhea Florent]], his second daughter. Married to Lord [[Leyton Hightower]].
* Ser [[Axell Florent]], his eldest brother. Castellan at [[Dragonstone]].
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* Ser [[Axell Florent]], his eldest brother, self-fashioned Queen's Hand. Former [[castellan]] at [[Dragonstone]]. Betrothed to the [[Gerrick Kingsblood's eldest daughter|eldest daughter]] of [[Gerrick Kingsblood]].
 
* 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 [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis I]]
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** Queen [[Selyse Florent]], Ryam's daughter. Married to King [[Stannis Baratheon]].
*** Ser {[[Imry Florent]]}, Ryam's eldest son. Died at the [[Battle of the Blackwater]].
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** 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]].
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** 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]]
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** [[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]].
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** [[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]].
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** [[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]].
  
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==Historical Members==
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*Ser [[Aladore Florent]], a knight and heir to [[Brightwater Keep]] during the reign of [[Daeron II Targaryen]].{{Ref|THK|Graphic Novel}}
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*Ser [[Jon Florent]], a knight during the reign of Daeron II Targaryen.{{Ref|THK|Graphic Novel}}
  
==References in the books==
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==Quotes==
===Dunk & Egg===
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{{quote|If truth be told, even our claim to [[Highgarden]] is a bit dodgy, just as those dreadful Florents are always whining.{{ref|ASOS|6}}|[[Olenna Tyrell]] to [[Sansa Stark]]}}
* Three years before the start of the Ashford Tourney, Ser [[Arlan of Pennytree|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 [[Ashford Tourney]]. Ser [[Aladore Florent]] and Ser [[Jon Florent]] are listed on the rolls.
 
*According to Ser [[Eustace Osgrey]], maids of [[House Osgrey]] used to marry members of House Florent.
 
  
===A Song of Ice and Fire===
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{{quote|We Florents have the blood of the old [[King of the Reach|Gardener kings]] in our veins.{{ref|ADWD|49}}|[[Axell Florent]] to [[Jon Snow]]}}
* Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] offered [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] for marriage to Delena Florent after she had been despoiled by [[Robert Baratheon|Robert I]]. Her father Ser Colin married her to [[Hosman Norcross|one of his knights]] instead.
 
* Florent banners were spotted by [[Catelyn Tully]] beneath the walls of [[Bitterbridge]].
 
* The banners of House Florent were spotted in the van of Stannis' army as it approached [[King's Landing]].
 
* House Florent is stripped of lands and titles following the Lannister victory at the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] and granted to Ser [[Garlan Tyrell]], new Lord of Brightwater Keep.  
 
* The arms of House Florent were possibly spotted by [[Jon Snow]] during Stannis's [[Battle of Castle Black|attack]] on the [[wildling]] camp north of the [[Wall]].
 
* The banners of House Florent were spotted flying at [[Castle Black]] by [[Samwell Tarly]].
 
  
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House Florent of Brightwater Keep
House Florent.svg
Coat of arms A red fox in a circle of blue flowers on ermine[1]
(Ermine, a fox gules within an annulet of flowers azure)
Seat Brightwater Keep[1] (stripped)[2]
Head Alekyne Florent (attained)[2]
Region Reach[1]
Title Lord of Brightwater Keep[1]
Heir Melessa Florent[2]
Overlords
Founder Florys the Fox[3]
Founded Age of Heroes[3]

House Florent of Brightwater Keep is a noble house from Brightwater Keep in the Reach, one of the main houses sworn to House Tyrell of Highgarden.[4][5] Their sigil is a red-gold fox's head encircled by lapis lazuli flowers.[6][7][8]

Descended from Garth Greenhand by his daughter Florys the Fox,[3] House Florent boasts a superior claim to Highgarden by their close blood ties to the House Gardener, the extinct Kings of the Reach.[9] Florents are known for their prominent ears.[10][11]

History

Kingdom of the Reach

According to legend, Houses Florents, Ball, and Peake trace their descent from the sons of Florys the Fox's three husbands, each kept ignorant of the existence of the others. Florys was a daughter of Garth Greenhand from the Age of Heroes, the cleverest of his children.[3]

As vassals of House Gardener, the Florents married into the royal family numerous times.[9] Through the centuries of the Kingdom of the Reach, the Peakes and Osgreys boasted about marrying their daughters to Florents.[12][13]

Targaryen dynasty

Charge of House Florent Knights by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games

During Aegon's Conquest, House Florent followed their liege, King Mern IX Gardener, in taking up arms against Aegon the Conqueror during the Field of Fire. After the battle, when King Mern and his sons burned and the Gardeners' line ended, Aegon named the Tyrells as Lord Paramount of the Reach, despite the Florents possessing a superior claim by their blood ties to the Kings of the Reach.[9][14] House Florent was among the great houses of the Reach that bitterly complained about being made vassals of the Tyrells and insisted that their blood was nobler than that of the "upjumped stewards". Their protests were denied by King Aegon I, perhaps because the Florents had fought House Targaryen when the Tyrells did not.[14]

When Lord Unwin Peake sought to make his daughter Myrielle the queen to King Aegon III Targaryen after the Dance of the Dragons, Lady Samantha Hightower nominated nubile maidens from House Florent, among other nobles houses, as potential queens Aegon.[12]

In 206 AC, during the reign of Daeron II Targaryen, Ser Arlan and Dunk were in service to Lord Florent, who was blind. The Florent arms were spotted by Ser Duncan in the assembled heraldry at the tourney at Ashford Meadow three years later.[15] Ser Aladore Florent, heir to Brightwater Keep, and Ser Jon Florent were listed on the rolls.[16]

Baratheon dynasty

Selyse Florent wed Stannis Baratheon, Lord of Dragonstone and the brother of King Robert I Baratheon. Her cousin, Delena Florent, was despoiled by the king during the wedding feast.[17] Lord Tywin Lannister offered his dwarf son, Tyrion, for marriage to Delena, but her father, Ser Colin Florent, instead married her to one of his knights, Hosman Norcross.[18] Delena gave birth to Edric Storm.[10] Ser Axell Florent, the brother of Lord Alester Florent of Brightwater Keep, serves Stannis as castellan of Dragonstone.[10]

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

A knight of House Florent by Adam Duff © Fantasy Flight Games

Melisandre, a red priestess, has joined the court of Stannis Baratheon, Lord of Dragonstone, and his wife, Lady Selyse Florent, fervently takes up the worship of R'hllor, the Lord of Light.[19] Selyse becomes Stannis's queen after he announces his claim to the Iron Throne.[10] As the War of the Five Kings breaks out, House Florent follows House Tyrell in supporting the late King Robert I Baratheon's youngest brother, Renly, Lord of Storm's End. The Florents field roughly two thousand men.[20]

Upon Renly's death at Storm's End, the Florents are the first and the most powerful of the Reach houses who defect to Stannis.[21] Selyse's uncle, Lord Alester Florent, begins following R'hllor.[7] Alester's nephew, Ser Erren, is one of the knights Stannis sends to recruit Renly's infantry at Bitterbridge, but they do not return.[7] 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.[22]

Lord Alester is with Stannis during the parley with Ser Cortnay Penrose, who refuses to yield Storm's End or his ward, Edric Storm, the bastard son of Delena Florent and King Robert.[7] Edric is sent to Dragonstone after Cortnay's death.[23]

Selyse's brother, Ser Imry Florent, is given command of Stannis's royal fleet 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 in the Blackwater Rush by Tyrion Lannister's defensive chain and destroyed by wildfire; he dies on Fury along with most of his men.[23] Despite the spirited defense 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 and rout Stannis's men.[24]

A Storm of Swords

Most of Stannis Baratheon's men rescued from the shoreline by the Lysene fleet of Salladhor Saan wear the badge of Brightwater Keep.[10] More than half of Stannis's men on Dragonstone are Florents,[25] and Lord Alester Florent becomes Hand of the King.[10] Alester's brother, Ser Axell Florent, arrests Ser Davos Seaworth when the Onion Knight intends to murder Melisandre.[26]

The Florents still dispute House Tyrell's ownership of Highgarden.[27] Lord Tywin Lannister, the Hand of King Joffrey I Baratheon, dispossesses the Florents of their holdings and awards them to Ser Garlan Tyrell, the second son of Mace Tyrell, Lord Paramount of the Reach, as a reward for loyal service, forming House Tyrell of Brightwater Keep.[18] Ser Erren Florent is held captive at Highgarden.[9]

When Alester plots to wed Stannis's daughter, Princess Shireen Baratheon, to Joffrey's brother, Prince Tommen Baratheon, in an effort to make peace without Stannis's knowledge, he is thrown in the dungeons with Davos.[28] 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 Davos becomes Alester's successor as King's Hand.[25] Davos arranges for Edric Storm to be sent to Lys to avoid being burned alive by Melisandre.[29]

During the battle beneath the Wall, Jon Snow spots a ring of flowers amongst the banners when Stannis's host attacks the free folk camp.[30] The banners of House Florent are later spotted flying at Castle Black by Samwell Tarly.[31]

A Feast for Crows

Brightwater Lancers by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games

The new head of the house, Alester's son Alekyne, has taken refuge in Oldtown, where his sister Rhea is the wife of Leyton Hightower, Lord of the Hightower.[2]

Ser Garlan Tyrell sets out with half the Tyrell strength to take Brightwater Keep[32] from Ser Colin Florent, the castle's castellan.[2] It is unknown if Garlan succeeds in doing so before the taking of the Shields by the ironborn.[33]

A Dance with Dragons

Lord Davos Seaworth recalled that when Stannis Baratheon sailed for the Wall, Melisandre burned Lord Alester Florent alive to obtain favorable winds for the voyage.[34] Once Stannis arrived in the north, he left Ser Axell Florent with Queen Selyse Florent and some fellow queen's men at Eastwatch-by-the-Sea.[35] Axell begins calling himself the Queen's Hand.[36]

Selyse and Axell stop at Castle Black on their way to the Nightfort. Axell hopes to meet the beautiful Val.[37] The queen arranges marriages between her men and the free folk, betrothing Axell to the eldest daughter of Gerrick Kingsblood.[38]

House Florent at the end of the third century

Lord Alester Florent by Chris Pritchard © Fantasy Flight Games

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

Quotes

If truth be told, even our claim to Highgarden is a bit dodgy, just as those dreadful Florents are always whining.[27]

We Florents have the blood of the old Gardener kings in our veins.[39]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 A Clash of Kings, Appendix.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 A Feast for Crows, Appendix.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach: Garth Greenhand.
  4. A Game of Thrones, Appendix.
  5. The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach.
  6. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 22, Catelyn II.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 42, Davos II.
  8. The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses in the Reach
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 A Storm of Swords, Appendix.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 10, Davos I.
  11. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 15, Tyrion III.
  12. 12.0 12.1 Fire & Blood, Under the Regents – War and Peace and Cattle Shows.
  13. The Sworn Sword.
  14. 14.0 14.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach: House Tyrell.
  15. The Hedge Knight.
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 The Hedge Knight, Graphic Novel.
  17. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 35, Eddard IX.
  18. 18.0 18.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 19, Tyrion III.
  19. A Clash of Kings, Prologue.
  20. A Clash of Kings, Prologue.
  21. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 36, Tyrion VIII.
  22. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 44, Tyrion X.
  23. 23.0 23.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 58, Davos III.
  24. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 62, Sansa VII.
  25. 25.0 25.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 36, Davos IV.
  26. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 10, Davos II.
  27. 27.0 27.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 6, Sansa I.
  28. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 25, Davos III.
  29. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 63, Davos VI.
  30. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 73, Jon X.
  31. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 75, Samwell IV.
  32. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 12, Cersei III.
  33. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 32, Cersei VII.
  34. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 9, Davos I.
  35. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 15, Davos II.
  36. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 39, Jon VIII.
  37. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 44, Jon IX.
  38. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 69, Jon XIII.
  39. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 49, Jon X.