House Roote

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House Roote of Lord Harroway's Town
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Coat of arms A brown double-headed horse on a field of wavy green and green
(Wavy vert and vert, a horse bicapitated brunâtre)
Seat Lord Harroway's Town
Region Riverlands
Overlords

House Roote of Lord Harroway's Town is a noble house from Harroway in the riverlands.[1] According to semi-canon sources, they blazon their arms with a two-headed horse, brown, on a field of wavy green and green.[2] They may have have taken their sigil from Old King Andahar, as the ferry boat at Harroway is referred to as the king's two-headed water horse.[1]

History

Ser Richard Roote was one of the first knights of the Kingsguard when the order was founded in 10 AC.[3]

The Rootes possibly acquired Lord Harroway's Town after the Second Blackfyre Rebellion, when House Butterwell was stripped of Whitewalls and it lands.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Ser Andrey Charlton and his squire, Lucas Roote, are killed by the forces of House Lannister during the War of the Five Kings.[4]

Sandor Clegane and Arya Stark visit Lord Harroway's Town and find it washed out by the overflowing Trident.[1]

Feast for Crows

Ser Jaime Lannister spots the banner of House Roote among those of the river lords who have bent the knee and now aid House Lannister in the siege of Riverrun.[5]

House Roote at the end of the third century

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

Historical Members

References and Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 47, Arya IX.
  2. The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses in the Riverlands
  3. 3.0 3.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I.
  4. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 34, Arya VI.
  5. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 33, Jaime V.