House Mormont

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House Mormont of Bear Island
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Here We Stand
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.

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:


Lord
Mormont
 
Unknown
wife
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lord
Mormont
 
Unknown
wife
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jeor
 
Unknown
wife
 
 
 
Maege
 
Unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unknown
Glover
 
Jorah
 
Lynesse
Hightower
 
Dacey
 
Alysane
 
Unknown
 
Lyra
 
Jorelle
 
Lyanna
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Daughter
[Note 1]
 
Son
[Note 1]
 
Notes:
  1. 1.0 1.1 It is currently unknown whether Alysane's children are trueborn, or bastard-born.


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