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==History==
 
==History==
House Wydman derives from a [[tourney]] in which the founder of the house bested five knights from the Vale and [[the Westerlands]].<ref name=heraldry/> The arms of the defeated, which are displayed above the five broken lances of the Wydmans, suggest Houses [[House Redfort|Redfort]], [[House Lynderly|Lynderly]], [[House Waynwood|Waynwood]], [[House Brax|Brax]], and [[House Lannister|Lannister]].
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House Wydman derives from a [[tourney]] in which the founder of the house bested five [[knight]]s from the Vale and [[the Westerlands]].<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Entry/House_Wydman/ House Wydman]</ref> The arms of the defeated, which are displayed above the five broken lances of the Wydmans, suggest Houses [[House Redfort|Redfort]], [[House Lynderly|Lynderly]], [[House Waynwood|Waynwood]], [[House Brax|Brax]], and [[House Lannister|Lannister]].
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
 
===''A Game of Thrones''===
 
===''A Game of Thrones''===
A noble displaying a broken lance is present in the [[Eyrie#High Hall of the Arryns|High Hall]] of the [[Eyrie]] when [[Tyrion Lannister]] demands a [[trial by battle]] to prove his innocence of the claims put against him.{{ref|AGOT|38}}
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A noble displaying a broken lance is present in the [[Eyrie#High Hall of the Arryns|High Hall]] of the [[Eyrie]] when [[Tyrion Lannister]] demands a [[trial by battle]] to prove his innocence of the claims put against him.{{ref|AGOT|38}}
  
 
==House Wydman at the end of the third century==  
 
==House Wydman at the end of the third century==  
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==References and Notes==
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==References==
 
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Revision as of 09:48, 5 March 2018

House Wydman
Wydman.png
Right Conquers Might
Coat of arms Five splintered lances, 3, 2, striped blue and white with blue pennons, on a yellow field, beneath a white chief bearing a red castle, a green viper, a black broken wheel, a purple unicorn and a yellow lion
(Or, five broken lances, 3, 2, striped azure and argent, pennons of the second, on a chief of the third, a wheel broken sable between, on the dexter, a castle gules and snake vert, and, on the sinister, a unicorn rampant purpure and lion rampant of the field)
Region Vale
Overlord House Arryn

House Wydman is a noble house from the Vale of Arryn. It blazons its arms with 5 splintered lances, 3-2, striped blue and white with blue pennons, on yellow, beneath a white chief bearing a red castle, a green viper, a black broken wheel, a purple unicorn and a yellow lion.[1] Its words are "Right Conquers Might."[2]

History

House Wydman derives from a tourney in which the founder of the house bested five knights from the Vale and the Westerlands.[3] The arms of the defeated, which are displayed above the five broken lances of the Wydmans, suggest Houses Redfort, Lynderly, Waynwood, Brax, and Lannister.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

A noble displaying a broken lance is present in the High Hall of the Eyrie when Tyrion Lannister demands a trial by battle to prove his innocence of the claims put against him.[4]

House Wydman at the end of the third century

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

  • no member has appeared yet.

References

  1. The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses in the Vale
  2. The Citadel. House Mottoes
  3. The Citadel. Heraldry: House Wydman
  4. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 38, Tyrion V.