House Mormont
House Mormont of Bear Island | |
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Here We Stand
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Coat of arms | Fir-tree topped vert, a bear sable |
Seat | Bear Island |
Head | Maege Mormont |
Region | The North |
Title | Lord of Bear Island |
Heir | Alysane Mormont |
Overlord | House Stark |
Ancestral weapon | Longclaw |
House Mormont of Bear Island is an old house from the North, proud and honorable.[1] Long in service of House Stark, they were given the lordship over Bear Island after Rodrik Stark supposedly won it in a wrestling match.[2] Their blazon is a a black bear over a green wood.[3][4] Their motto has not appeared in the books, but in a semi-canon source it is stated as "Here We Stand".[5]
House Mormont is one of the few houses to have an ancestral weapon of Valyrian steel: a bastard sword called Longclaw. However, due to Bear Island's lack of valuable resources, the Mormonts are a rather poor house. Their hall is made of huge logs, surrounded by an earthen palisade. On the gate is a carving of a woman in a bearskin with a child in one arm suckling at her breast and a battleaxe in the other. Like the other women of Bear Island, the women of House Mormont learn how to defend themselves from ironmen and wildlings.
Contents
The Mormont House at the end of the third century
The known Mormonts during the timespan of the events described on A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- Lady Maege Mormont, Lady of the Bear Island. A short, stout and grey-haired woman who dresses in mail.
- {Dacey Mormont}, her eldest daughter. Slain at the Red Wedding.
- Alysane Mormont, her daughter and heir to Bear Island.
- Lyra Mormont, her daughter.
- Jorelle Mormont, her daughter.
- Lyanna Mormont, her daughter.
- Lord {Jeor Mormont}, her older brother. Lord of Bear Island until he chose to take the black. Was Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. Called the Old Bear. Slain at Craster's Keep.
- Ser Jorah Mormont, An exiled knight. Lord of Bear Island until sentenced to death for selling poachers into slavery.
- Lynesse Hightower, his wife. She abandoned him after his disgrace, and now is a chief concubine of a Lysene merchant.
- Ser Jorah Mormont, An exiled knight. Lord of Bear Island until sentenced to death for selling poachers into slavery.
Lord Mormont | Unknown wife | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jeor | Unknown wife | Maege | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unknown Glover | Jorah | Lynesse Hightower | Dacey | Alysane | Unknown | Lyra | Jorelle | Lyanna | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References in the books
A Song of Ice and Fire
- Jorah Mormont is invited at Magister Illyrio's party, where he gets to know Prince Viserys Targaryen and Daenerys Targaryen. Since then, he plays a significant part in Dany's storyline.
- Jeor Mormont is Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, and is introduced when Tyrion Lannister and Jon Snow arrive at the Wall. Later he choses Jon as his steward and plays a significant part in his storyline.
- Maege Mormont answers Robb Stark's call to arms, and follows him during the campaign being part of his war councils.
- Dacey Mormont is one of the thirty children of lords who have the honor of riding beside King Robb, being the only woman in the group.
- The Old Bear is slain at Craster's Keep by some of his own men.
- Lady Maege is sent by King Robb to Greywater Watch to divert Moat Cailin and attack it from the North.
- Dacey was slain by Ser Ryman Frey at the Red Wedding.
- Ser Jorah Mormont was exiled by Daenerys Targaryen when she discovered that he had been spying on her for Varys.
- Maester Aemon sent a raven to Bear Island in a plea for help to defend Castle Black from wildlings.
- Lyanna Mormont wrote the response to Stannis Baratheon's claim of kingship and demands of fealty, rejecting him.
- Some of Maege's daughters have children of their own.
References and Notes
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 12, Eddard
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 66, Bran
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 53, Bran
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: the North
- ↑ The Citadel. House Mottoes
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