House Tarly
House Tarly of Horn Hill | |
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First in Battle
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Coat of arms | Vert, a striding huntsman proper garbed gules |
Seat | Horn Hill |
Head | Randyll Tarly |
Region | the Reach |
Title | Lord of Horn Hill |
Heir | Dickon Tarly |
Overlord | House Tyrell |
Ancestral weapon | Heartsbane |
House Tarly of Horn Hill is a noble house of the Reach sworn to House Tyrell. Their lands are located in the foothills of the Red Mountains of Dorne. Their sigil is the striding huntsman on green.[1][2] Their motto is not revealed in the books, but according to semi-canon sources it is "First in Battle".[3] They are a family old in honor with rich lands and a strong keep. They are also the keepers of a Valyrian greatsword called Heartsbane.[4]
Contents
The Tarly House at the end of the third century
The known Tarlys during the timespan of the events described on A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- Lord Randyll Tarly, Lord of Horn Hill. Now Master of Laws and Justiciar in Tommen I's small council.
- Melessa Florent, his wife.
- Samwell Tarly, His the eldest son. Steward of the Night's Watch.
- His three daughters.
- Dickon Tarly, his younger son and heir. Heir to Horn Hill.
- Melessa Florent, his wife.
Randyll | Melessa Florent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samwell | Talla | Two daughters | Dickon | Eleanor Mooton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Household
- Ser {Hyle Hunt}, a household knight. Hanged by the Brotherhood Without Banners under Lady Stoneheart's order.
References in the books
Dunk & Egg
- The Tarly huntsmen was spotted by Dunk among the heraldry on display at the Ashford Tourney.
- Ser Samwyle Tarly is listed as having competed at the Ashford Tourney.
A Song of Ice and Fire
- Randyll Tarly commanded the vanguard of the Reach at the Battle of Ashford, where he killed Lord Cafferen and forced Robert Baratheon to retreat. Mace Tyrell, however, takes credit for the victory.
- Lord Randyll is among the lords that join their forces to King Renly's beneath Bitterbridge.
- Renly was at Horn Hill with Lord Tarly when he received Stannis Baratheon's letter concerning the illegitimacy of Cersei's children.
- Randyll Tarly was among the lords who did not go over to Stannis Baratheon after Renly's death. He captures Renly's stores at Bitterbridge and puts many men to death, mainly Florent men-at-arms, lest they go over to Stannis along with their lords.
- Samwell was part of the Night's Watch expedition north of the Wall, that went in search of Mance Rayder and Benjen Stark.
- After the Battle of the Fist of the First Men, Samwell slew an Other.
- Lord Randyll was presented to the Iron Throne after the Battle of the Blackwater, where he had commanded the center of the Tyrell-Lannister host.
- Samwell survived the Battle of the Fist of the First Men and the mutiny at Craster's Keep and was one of the few survivors to make it back to the Wall.
- Lord Randyll defeated a Northern army at the Battle of Duskendale. He then marched on and captured Maidenpool.
- Samwell arranges for the election of Jon Snow as Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. Afterwards Jon orders him to attend the Citadel to gather lore about the Others.
- Ser Kevan Lannister names Lord Randyll as a good candidate to fill the vacant position as Hand of the King during his meeting with Queen Cersei.
- Brienne of Tarth spots the badge of House Tarly among those that had been collected from the dead around Duskendale.[5]
- As he is meting out justice in Maidenpool, Randyll Tarly meets Brienne, where he dismisses her mission and tells her never to set foot within his sight again.
- Dickon Tarly is betrothed to the daughter of Lord William Mooton.
- Randyll returns to King's Landing upon receiving news of the arrest of Margaery Tyrell. He receives custody of she and her cousins after swearing a holy oath to return them for trial.
- As part of Lord Regent Kevan Lannister's efforts to assuage the Reachmen, Lord Tarly is named Master of Laws.
References and Notes
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 9, Brienne
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses in the Reach
- ↑ The Citadel. Mottoes
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 26, Jon
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 9, Brienne II.
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