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[[File:The Westerlands.png|350px|thumb|The westerlands with the major strongholds]]
 
[[File:The Westerlands.png|350px|thumb|The westerlands with the major strongholds]]
  
The '''westerlands'''{{ref|AFFC|Prologue}} is a region in the west of the continent of [[Westeros]]. Before the [[War of Conquest|Targaryen conquest]], it was known as the [[Kingdom of the Rock]]. People from the westerlands are known as westermen.{{ref|ACOK|26}}{{ref|TPATQ}} The customary surname of [[bastardy|bastards]] of noble origin born in the westerlands is Hill.
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The '''westerlands'''{{ref|AFFC|Prologue}} is a region in the west of the continent of [[Westeros]]. Before [[Aegon's Conquest]], it was known as the [[Kingdom of the Rock]]. People from the westerlands are known as westermen.{{ref|ACOK|26}}{{ref|TPATQ}} The customary surname of [[bastardy|bastards]] of noble origin born in the westerlands is Hill.
  
 
The westerlands is ruled from [[Casterly Rock]] by [[House Lannister]]. Notable bannermen have included [[House Banefort|Banefort]], [[House Brax|Brax]], [[House Broom|Broom]], [[House Clegane|Clegane]], [[House Crakehall|Crakehall]], [[House Farman|Farman]], [[House Lefford|Lefford]], [[House Lydden|Lydden]], [[House Marbrand|Marbrand]], [[House Payne|Payne]], [[House Prester|Prester]], [[House Reyne|Reyne]], [[House Serrett|Serrett]], [[House Swyft|Swyft]], [[House Tarbeck|Tarbeck]], and [[House Westerling|Westerling]].{{ref|AGOT|Appendix}}{{ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}}
 
The westerlands is ruled from [[Casterly Rock]] by [[House Lannister]]. Notable bannermen have included [[House Banefort|Banefort]], [[House Brax|Brax]], [[House Broom|Broom]], [[House Clegane|Clegane]], [[House Crakehall|Crakehall]], [[House Farman|Farman]], [[House Lefford|Lefford]], [[House Lydden|Lydden]], [[House Marbrand|Marbrand]], [[House Payne|Payne]], [[House Prester|Prester]], [[House Reyne|Reyne]], [[House Serrett|Serrett]], [[House Swyft|Swyft]], [[House Tarbeck|Tarbeck]], and [[House Westerling|Westerling]].{{ref|AGOT|Appendix}}{{ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}}
  
 
==Geography==
 
==Geography==
[[File:Sarah Morris The WesterlandsII.png|The westerlands. © FFG|thumb|350px|right]]
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[[File:Sarah Morris The WesterlandsII.png|thumb|The westerlands by Sarah Morris © Fantasy Flight Games]]
  
The westerlands lie along the coast of the [[Sunset Sea]], with [[Ironman's Bay]] and the [[Iron Islands]] to the north.<ref>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'', [[A Dance with Dragons-Map of the South|Map of the South]]</ref> A salient of the northeastern westerlands extends near the ruins of [[Oldstones]] and the [[Blue Fork]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands}} Castles on the northwestern coast include [[Banefort]] and the [[Crag]]. [[Faircastle]] is located on [[Fair Isle]], while [[Feastfires]] and the market town of [[Kayce]] are found on a peninsula jutting into the sea.{{ref|TLOIAF}}
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The westerlands is known for its rugged hills, rolling plains, fertile fields, and broadleaf forests. The land contains lakes and rivers, and the hills conceal systems of caves and caverns.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands}}
  
Also along the coast is [[Casterly Rock]], the seat of [[House Lannister]], a fortress carved out of a massive hill of solid rock. Near the Rock is [[Lannisport]], a port and one of the largest cities of [[Westeros]].{{ref|TLOIAF}} Three days ride from the Rock is the village of [[Oxcross]].{{ref|ACOK|32}} Hills and mountain ranges are spread throughout the westerlands, with inland castles near the Rock including [[Ashemark]] and [[Sarsfield]],{{ref|TLOIAF}} as well as the ruins of [[Castamere]] and [[Tarbeck Hall]].
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The region lies along the coast of the [[Sunset Sea]], with [[Ironman's Bay]] and the [[Iron Islands]] to the north.<ref>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'', [[A Dance with Dragons-Map of the South|Map of the South]]</ref> A salient of the northeastern westerlands extends near the ruins of [[Oldstones]] and the [[Blue Fork]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands}} Castles on the northwestern coast include [[Banefort]] and the [[Crag]]. [[Faircastle]] is located on [[Fair Isle]], while [[Feastfires]] and the market town of [[Kayce]] are found on a peninsula jutting into the sea.{{ref|TLOIAF| Westeros}}
  
The headwaters of the [[Tumblestone]] and the [[Red Fork]] begin in the westerlands and flow east into the [[riverlands]]. The main pass through the eastern mountains is guarded by the [[Golden Tooth]], a castle which controls access to the [[river road]] leading to [[Riverrun]]. Further south is the [[Goldroad]], which runs east to [[King's Landing]]. [[Deep Den]] watches this road, with [[Hornvale]] to the north and [[Silverhill]] to the south.{{ref|TLOIAF}}
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Also along the coast is [[Casterly Rock]], the seat of [[House Lannister]], a fortress carved out of a massive hill of solid rock.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands: Casterly Rock}} Near the Rock is [[Lannisport]], a port and one of the largest cities of [[Westeros]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands}} Three days ride from the Rock is the village of [[Oxcross]].{{ref|ACOK|32}} Inland castles near the Rock including [[Ashemark]] and [[Sarsfield]],{{ref|TLOIAF| Westeros}} as well as the ruins of [[Castamere]] and [[Tarbeck Hall]].
  
The southern westerlands contain more flatland than the rest of the country and includes [[Cornfield]] and the forest by [[Crakehall|Crakehall Castle]]. The [[Ocean Road]] leads south from the Rock past Crakehall to [[Old Oak]] and [[Highgarden]] in the [[Reach]].{{ref|TLOIAF}} Also located in the westerlands are [[Greenfield]] and [[Wyndhall]].
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The headwaters of the [[Tumblestone]] and the [[Red Fork]] begin in the westerlands and flow east into the [[riverlands]]. The main pass through the eastern hills is guarded by the [[Golden Tooth]], a castle which controls access to the [[river road]] leading to [[Riverrun]]. Further south is the [[Goldroad]], which runs east to [[King's Landing]]. [[Deep Den]] watches this road, with [[Hornvale]] to the north and [[Silverhill]] to the south.{{ref|TLOIAF| Westeros}}
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The southern westerlands contain more flatland than the rest of the country and includes [[Cornfield]] and the forest by [[Crakehall|Crakehall Castle]]. The [[Ocean Road]] leads south from the Rock past Crakehall to [[Old Oak]] and [[Highgarden]] in the [[Reach]].{{ref|TLOIAF| Westeros}} Also located in the westerlands are [[Greenfield]] and [[Wyndhall]].
  
 
==People and Economy==
 
==People and Economy==
[[File:Andrew Hall Western Fiefdoms.png|thumb|350px|Western Fiefdoms - Illustrated by Andrew Hall. © Fantasy Flight Games.]]
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[[File:Golden Tooth.jpg|thumb|Mines at the [[Golden Tooth]] by Franz Miklis © Fantasy Flight Games]]
 
The westerlands are not the largest, most populous, or most fertile part of the realm, but they are the richest. Full of hills and crags, the land is dotted with mines from which pour gold and silver in astonishing quantities. There are gold mines at [[Casterly Rock]], the [[Golden Tooth]], [[Castamere]], [[Nunn's Deep]], and the [[Pendric Hills]]. According to semi-canon sources, there are settlements which become ghost towns once nearby mines stop producing ore.<ref>''[[A Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide]]''</ref> Besides farming, there is also some fishery in [[Lannisport]] and on [[Fair Isle]].
 
The westerlands are not the largest, most populous, or most fertile part of the realm, but they are the richest. Full of hills and crags, the land is dotted with mines from which pour gold and silver in astonishing quantities. There are gold mines at [[Casterly Rock]], the [[Golden Tooth]], [[Castamere]], [[Nunn's Deep]], and the [[Pendric Hills]]. According to semi-canon sources, there are settlements which become ghost towns once nearby mines stop producing ore.<ref>''[[A Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide]]''</ref> Besides farming, there is also some fishery in [[Lannisport]] and on [[Fair Isle]].
  
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==History==
 
==History==
 
===Before the Andals===
 
===Before the Andals===
Little is known of the time before the coming of the [[First Men]]. Like the rest of Westeros, the [[children of the forest]] and [[giants]] lived in the westerlands and fought with the First Men when they came. After the [[Pact]] at the [[Isle of Faces]], the children only kept the forests.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands}}
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[[File:Andrew Hall Western Fiefdoms.png|thumb|Western Fiefdoms by Andrew Hall © Fantasy Flight Games]]
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Little is known of the time before the coming of the [[First Men]]. Like the rest of Westeros, the [[children of the forest]] and [[giants]] lived in the westerlands and fought with the First Men when they came. After the [[Pact]] at the [[Isle of Faces]], the children only kept the forests.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands}} The hills of the west were once inhabited by [[lion]]s, but they are believed to all have been slain.{{ref|ADWD|34}}
  
 
First Men lords, some of whom were petty kings, included the [[House Banefort|Baneforts]], [[House Broom|Brooms]], [[House Crakehall|Crakehalls]], [[House Farman|Farmans]], [[House Foote|Footes]], [[House Greenfield|Greenfields]], [[House Hawthorne|Hawthornes]], [[House Moreland|Morelands]], [[House Plumm|Plumms]], [[House Reyne|Reynes]], [[House Westerling|Westerlings]], and [[House Yew|Yews]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands}} The coastal First Men were often raided by the [[ironborn]] from the [[Iron Islands]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Iron Islands}}  
 
First Men lords, some of whom were petty kings, included the [[House Banefort|Baneforts]], [[House Broom|Brooms]], [[House Crakehall|Crakehalls]], [[House Farman|Farmans]], [[House Foote|Footes]], [[House Greenfield|Greenfields]], [[House Hawthorne|Hawthornes]], [[House Moreland|Morelands]], [[House Plumm|Plumms]], [[House Reyne|Reynes]], [[House Westerling|Westerlings]], and [[House Yew|Yews]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands}} The coastal First Men were often raided by the [[ironborn]] from the [[Iron Islands]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Iron Islands}}  
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===Kingdom of the Rock===
 
===Kingdom of the Rock===
The Lannister Kings of the Rock gradually conquered or acquired neighboring territory, including the lands of the Reynes and the Baneforts. They initially resisted the [[Andal invasion]], but later Lannister kings allowed the [[Andals]] to marry into the westermen nobility. New houses formed by the intermarriages included Houses [[House Brax|Brax]], [[Drox|Drox]], [[House Jast|Jast]], [[House Kyndall|Kyndall]], [[House Lefford|Lefford]], [[House Marbrand|Marbrand]], [[House Parren|Parren]], [[House Sarsfield|Sarsfield]], and [[House Serrett|Serrett]]. In contrast to most kings of First Men origin, the support of the Andals allowed the Kings of the Rock to expand their power. When King [[Gerold III Lannister]] died without male issue, a council crowned his daughter's husband, Ser Joffrey Lydden, who became the first Andal King of the Rock, [[Joffrey Lannister]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands}}
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The Lannister Kings of the Rock gradually conquered or acquired neighboring territory, including the lands of the Reynes and the Baneforts. They initially resisted the [[Andal invasion]], but later Lannister kings allowed the [[Andals]] to marry into the westermen nobility. New houses formed by the intermarriages included Houses [[House Brax|Brax]], [[House Drox|Drox]], [[House Jast|Jast]], [[House Kyndall|Kyndall]], [[House Lefford|Lefford]], [[House Marbrand|Marbrand]], [[House Parren|Parren]], [[House Sarsfield|Sarsfield]], and [[House Serrett|Serrett]]. In contrast to most kings of First Men origin, the support of the Andals allowed the Kings of the Rock to expand their power. When King [[Gerold III Lannister]] died without male issue, a council crowned his daughter's husband, Ser Joffrey Lydden, who became the first Andal King of the Rock, [[Joffrey Lannister]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands}}
  
 
With Andal support the Lannisters extended their rule to the [[Golden Tooth]] and [[Fair Isle]] and engaged in border wars with the [[Kings of the Trident]] and [[Kings of the Reach]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands}} The growing strength of House Lannister allowed them to expel the [[ironborn]] from the western coasts, and King [[Gerold Lannister (king)|Gerold the Great]] raided the Iron Isles and brought hostages back to the Rock.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Iron Islands: Driftwood Crowns}}
 
With Andal support the Lannisters extended their rule to the [[Golden Tooth]] and [[Fair Isle]] and engaged in border wars with the [[Kings of the Trident]] and [[Kings of the Reach]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands}} The growing strength of House Lannister allowed them to expel the [[ironborn]] from the western coasts, and King [[Gerold Lannister (king)|Gerold the Great]] raided the Iron Isles and brought hostages back to the Rock.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Iron Islands: Driftwood Crowns}}
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For the better part of the war the westerlands remained neutral. After the [[Battle of the Trident]] and the death of Rhaeger, however, Tywin chose the side of the rebels instead of his one-time friend, Aerys. Tywin ordered the [[Sack of King's Landing]] and the killing of the Targaryen heirs to prove House Lannister's support. After being crowned king, Robert I married [[Cersei Lannister]] to bind the Lannisters to his cause.{{ref|AGOT|12}}{{ref|ASOS|53}}
 
For the better part of the war the westerlands remained neutral. After the [[Battle of the Trident]] and the death of Rhaeger, however, Tywin chose the side of the rebels instead of his one-time friend, Aerys. Tywin ordered the [[Sack of King's Landing]] and the killing of the Targaryen heirs to prove House Lannister's support. After being crowned king, Robert I married [[Cersei Lannister]] to bind the Lannisters to his cause.{{ref|AGOT|12}}{{ref|ASOS|53}}
  
The [[burning of the Lannister fleet]] began [[Greyjoy's Rebellion]], but Tywin invaded the Iron Islands along with King Robert and Lord [[Eddard Stark]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Iron Islands: The Old Way and the New}}
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===Baratheon Era===
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The [[burning of the Lannister fleet]] at [[Lannisport]] began [[Greyjoy's Rebellion]].{{ref|ACOK|24}} After the [[ironborn]] failed in the [[storming of Seagard]], King [[Robert I Baratheon]] invaded the [[Iron Islands]] along with his [[Warden of the West]], Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], and his [[Warden of the North]], Lord [[Eddard Stark]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Iron Islands: The Old Way and the New}}
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
 
===''A Game of Thrones''===
 
===''A Game of Thrones''===
After the abduction of [[Tyrion Lannister]] by [[Catelyn Tully]], Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] sends Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] to raid the [[riverlands]] and then retreat back to the westerlands.{{ref|AGOT|43}} After the death of King [[Robert I Baratheon]], Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] and Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] lead armies of twenty thousand{{ref|AGOT|56}} and fourteen or fifteen thousand strong,{{ref|AGOT|63}} respectively, into the riverlands.{{ref|AGOT|55}}
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After the abduction of [[Tyrion Lannister]] by [[Catelyn Stark]] at the [[crossroads]],{{ref|AGOT|28}} Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] sends Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] to raid the [[riverlands]] and then retreat back to the westerlands.{{ref|AGOT|43}} After the death of King [[Robert I Baratheon]], Tywin and Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] lead armies of twenty thousand{{ref|AGOT|56}} and fourteen or fifteen thousand strong,{{ref|AGOT|63}} respectively, into the riverlands.{{ref|AGOT|55}}
  
Jaime crushes the rivermen in a [[battle in the hills below the Golden Tooth]] and a [[battle under the walls of Riverrun]], but he is eventually captured at the [[battle in the Whispering Wood]] and his army is dispersed in the [[Battle of the Camps]]. Tywin sends hundreds of cavalry, including Gregor and Ser [[Amory Lorch]], to set the riverlands ablaze.{{ref|AGOT|69}} In response to the actions of the westermen and King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], the rivermen proclaim [[Robb Stark]] to be [[King of the Trident|king]] at [[Riverrun]].{{ref|AGOT|71}}
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Jaime crushes the rivermen in a [[battle in the hills below the Golden Tooth]] and a [[battle under the walls of Riverrun]], but Ser [[Marq Piper]] and Lord [[Karyl Vance]] raid lands west of the [[Red Fork]].{{ref|AGOT|56}} Jaime is eventually captured at the [[battle in the Whispering Wood]]{{ref|AGOT|63}} and his army is dispersed in the [[Battle of the Camps]].{{ref|AGOT|69}} Tywin sends hundreds of cavalry, including Gregor and Ser [[Amory Lorch]], to set the riverlands ablaze.{{ref|AGOT|69}} In response to the actions of the westermen and King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], the rivermen proclaim [[Robb Stark]] to be [[King of the Trident|king]] at [[Riverrun]].{{ref|AGOT|71}}
  
 
===''A Clash of Kings''===
 
===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:T Jedruszek Edict of the Rock.jpg|500px|thumb| Lannister soldiers in [[King's Landing]] - FFG@ ]]
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[[File:T Jedruszek Edict of the Rock.jpg|500px|thumb| Lannister soldiers in [[King's Landing]] by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games]]
 
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With Tywin secure at [[Harrenhal]], Ser [[Stafford Lannister]] begins raising a new host of some thousands in the westerlands.{{ref|ACOK|7}} Having sent [[Theon Greyjoy]] to negotiate with Lord [[Balon Greyjoy]] and [[Catelyn Stark]] to negotiate with [[Renly Baratheon]], Robb leads forces from the [[north]] and [[House Frey]] in an invasion of the west.{{ref|ACOK|14}} Robb hopes that Balon's [[Iron Fleet]] will join him in attacking the westerlands,{{ref|ACOK|11}} while Renly deals with Tywin.{{ref|ACOK|7}} Theon desires to claim the west for himself.{{ref|ACOK|11}}
With Tywin secure at [[Harrenhal]], Ser [[Stafford Lannister]] begins raising a new host of some thousands in the westerlands.{{ref|ACOK|7}} Having sent [[Theon Greyjoy]] to negotiate with Lord [[Balon Greyjoy]] and [[Catelyn Stark]] to negotiate with [[Renly Baratheon]], Robb leads forces from the [[north]] and [[House Frey]] in an invasion of the west.{{ref|ACOK|14}} Robb hopes that Balon's [[Iron Fleet]] will join him in attacking the westerlands,{{ref|ACOK|11}} while Renly deals with Tywin.{{ref|ACOK|7}}
 
  
After bypassing the [[Golden Tooth]], Robb wins a crushing victory over Stafford's inexperienced host in the [[Battle of Oxcross]]. They then pillage the eastern and northern areas of the westerlands, capturing [[taking of Ashemark|Ashemark]], the [[storming of the Crag|Crag]], and the gold mines at [[Castamere]], [[Nunn's Deep]] and the [[Pendric Hills]].{{ref|ACOK|35}}{{ref|ACOK|39}}{{ref|ACOK|55}} Balon's [[ironborn]] refuse to attack the west, however, instead attacking the largely-defenseless [[north]].{{ref|ACOK|37}}
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After bypassing the [[Golden Tooth]], Robb wins a crushing victory over Stafford's inexperienced host in the [[Battle of Oxcross]]. They then pillage the eastern and northern areas of the westerlands, [[Raiding along the westerlands coast|raiding the coast]] and capturing [[taking of Ashemark|Ashemark]], the [[storming of the Crag|Crag]], and the [[Seizure of westerlands gold mines|gold mines]] at [[Castamere]], [[Nunn's Deep]], and the [[Pendric Hills]].{{ref|ACOK|35}}{{ref|ACOK|39}}{{ref|ACOK|55}} Balon's [[ironborn]] refuse to attack the west, however, instead attacking the largely-defenseless [[north]].{{ref|ACOK|37}}
  
 
Tywin is stopped at the [[Red Fork]] during the [[Battle of the Fords]],{{ref|ACOK|45}} after which he and the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] defeat [[Stannis Baratheon]] in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]].{{ref|ACOK|62}}
 
Tywin is stopped at the [[Red Fork]] during the [[Battle of the Fords]],{{ref|ACOK|45}} after which he and the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] defeat [[Stannis Baratheon]] in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]].{{ref|ACOK|62}}
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===''A Feast for Crows''===
 
===''A Feast for Crows''===
Queen [[Cersei Lannister]], the [[Lord of Casterly Rock|Lady]] of [[Casterly Rock]], succeeds Tywin as the liege lord of the westerlands.{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}} The lords of the west lead a procession of hundreds of soldiers which accompanies Tywin's corpse on its return to the Rock from [[King's Landing]]. Two thousand westermen participate in the [[siege of Dragonstone]].{{ref|AFFC|16}}
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Queen [[Cersei Lannister]], the [[Lord of Casterly Rock|Lady of Casterly Rock]], succeeds Tywin as the liege lord of the westerlands.{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}} The lords of the west lead a procession of hundreds of soldiers which accompanies Tywin's corpse on its return to the Rock from [[King's Landing]]. Two thousand westermen participate in the [[siege of Dragonstone]].{{ref|AFFC|16}}
  
 
When King [[Euron Greyjoy|Euron]] and Lord Captain [[Victarion Greyjoy]] set out to attack mainland Westeros after Balon's death, the westerlands escapes their wrath, as the Iron Fleet sails past and attacks the [[taking of the Shields|Shield Islands]] and the [[Reach]] instead.{{ref|AFFC|29}}
 
When King [[Euron Greyjoy|Euron]] and Lord Captain [[Victarion Greyjoy]] set out to attack mainland Westeros after Balon's death, the westerlands escapes their wrath, as the Iron Fleet sails past and attacks the [[taking of the Shields|Shield Islands]] and the [[Reach]] instead.{{ref|AFFC|29}}
  
 
Jaime joins Daven, the new [[Warden of the West]], and other westermen at the [[siege of Riverrun]].{{ref|AFFC|33}} Forley commands the escort of Edmure and Jeyne as they travel from Riverrun to the west.{{ref|AFFC|44}}
 
Jaime joins Daven, the new [[Warden of the West]], and other westermen at the [[siege of Riverrun]].{{ref|AFFC|33}} Forley commands the escort of Edmure and Jeyne as they travel from Riverrun to the west.{{ref|AFFC|44}}
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After killing Tywin, Tyrion flees to [[Essos]].{{ref|ADWD|1}} Because his speech would identify him as a highborn westerman, Tyrion poses as a Lannisport bastard, Hugor Hill.{{ref|ADWD|14}}
  
 
==Houses==
 
==Houses==
 
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[[File:Algood.png|30px]] '''[[House Algood]]'''<br>
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[[File:House Algood.svg|30px]] [[House Algood]]<br>
[[File:Banefort.png|30px]] '''[[House Banefort]]''' of [[Banefort]]<br>
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[[File:House Banefort.svg|30px]] [[House Banefort]] of [[Banefort]]<br>
[[File:Bettley.png|30px]] '''[[House Bettley]]'''<br>
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[[File:House Bettley.svg|30px]] [[House Bettley]]<br>
[[File:House Brax.PNG|30px]] '''[[House Brax]]''' of [[Hornvale]]<br>
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[[File:House Brax.svg|30px]] [[House Brax]] of [[Hornvale]]<br>
[[File:House Broom.png|30px]] '''[[House Broom]]'''<br>
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[[File:House Broom.svg|30px]] [[House Broom]]<br>
{{COA|Unknown|small}} '''[[House Casterly]]''' of [[Casterly Rock]]<br>
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{{COA|Unknown|small}} [[House Casterly]] of [[Casterly Rock]]<br>
[[File:House Clegane.png|30px]] '''[[House Clegane]]''' of [[Clegane's Keep]]<br>
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[[File:House Clegane.svg|30px]] [[House Clegane]] of [[Clegane's Keep]]<br>
{{COA|Unknown|small}} '''[[House Clifton]]'''<br>
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{{COA|Unknown|small}} [[House Clifton]]<br>
[[File:House Crakehall.PNG|30px]] '''[[House Crakehall]]''' of [[Crakehall]]<br>
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[[File:House Crakehall.svg|30px]] [[House Crakehall]] of [[Crakehall]]<br>
[[File:House Doggett.PNG|30px]] '''[[House Doggett]]'''<br>
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[[File:House Doggett.svg|30px]] [[House Doggett]]<br>
[[File:Drox.png|30px]] '''[[House Drox]]'''<br>
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[[File:House Drox.svg|30px]] [[House Drox]]<br>
[[File:House Estren.PNG|30px]] '''[[House Estren]]''' of [[Wyndhall]]<br>
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[[File:House Estren.svg|30px]] [[House Estren]] of [[Wyndhall]]<br>
[[File:Falwell.png|30px]] '''[[House Falwell]]'''<br>
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[[File:Falwell.png|30px]] [[House Falwell]]<br>
[[File:Farman.png|30px]] '''[[House Farman]]''' of [[Faircastle]]<br>
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[[File:House Farman.svg|30px]] [[House Farman]] of [[Faircastle]]<br>
[[File:Ferren.png|30px]] '''[[House Ferren]]'''<br>
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[[File:House Ferren.svg|30px]] [[House Ferren]]<br>
[[File:House Foote.PNG|30px]] '''[[House Foote]]'''<br>
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[[File:House Foote.svg|30px]] [[House Foote]]<br>
[[File:House Garner.PNG|30px]] '''[[House Garner]]'''<br>
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[[File:House Garner.svg|30px]] [[House Garner]]<br>
[[File:House Greenfield.svg|30px]] '''[[House Greenfield]]''' of [[Greenfield]]<br>
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[[File:House Greenfield.svg|30px]] [[House Greenfield]] of [[Greenfield]]<br>
[[File:Hamell.PNG|30px]] '''[[House Hamell]]'''<br>
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[[File:House Hamell.svg|30px]] [[House Hamell]]<br>
[[File:Hawthorne.jpg|30px]] '''[[House Hawthorne]]'''<br>
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[[File:House Hawthorne.svg|30px]] [[House Hawthorne]]<br>
[[File:Hetherspoon.PNG|30px]] '''[[House Hetherspoon]]'''<br>
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[[File:House Hetherspoon.svg|30px]] [[House Hetherspoon]]<br>
[[File:House Jast.PNG|30px]] '''[[House Jast]]'''<br>
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[[File:House Jast.svg|30px]] [[House Jast]]<br>
[[File:House Kenning (Kayce).svg|30px]] '''[[House Kenning of Kayce|House Kenning]]''' of [[Kayce]]<br>
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[[File:House Kenning (Kayce).svg|30px]] [[House Kenning of Kayce|House Kenning]] of [[Kayce]]<br>
[[File:House Lannister.svg|30px]] '''[[House Lannister]]''' of [[Casterly Rock]]<br>
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[[File:House Lannister.svg|30px]] [[House Lannister]] of [[Casterly Rock]]<br>
{{COA|Unknown|small}} '''[[House Lannister of Lannisport|House Lannister]]''' of [[Lannisport]]<br>
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{{COA|Unknown|small}} [[House Lannister of Lannisport|House Lannister]] of [[Lannisport]]<br>
{{COA|Unknown|small}} '''[[House Lannett]]'''<br>
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{{COA|Unknown|small}} [[House Lannett]]<br>
{{COA|Unknown|small}} '''[[House Lanny]]'''<br>
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{{COA|Unknown|small}} [[House Lanny]]<br>
{{COA|Unknown|small}} '''[[House Lantell]]'''<br>
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[[File:House Lefford.svg|30px]] '''[[House Lefford]]''' of the [[Golden Tooth]]<br>
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[[File:House Lefford.svg|30px]] [[House Lefford]] of the [[Golden Tooth]]<br>
[[File:House Lorch.png|30px]] '''[[House Lorch]]'''<br>
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[[File:House Lorch.png|30px]] [[House Lorch]]<br>
[[File:House Lydden.PNG|30px]] '''[[House Lydden]]''' of [[Deep Den]]<br>
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[[File:House Lydden.svg|30px]] [[House Lydden]] of [[Deep Den]]<br>
[[File:Marbrand.png|30px]] '''[[House Marbrand]]''' of [[Ashemark]]<br>
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[[File:House Marbrand.svg|30px]] [[House Marbrand]] of [[Ashemark]]<br>
[[File:House Moreland.svg|30px]] '''[[House Moreland]]'''<br>
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[[File:House Moreland.svg|30px]] [[House Moreland]]<br>
[[File:House Myatt.PNG|30px]] '''[[House Myatt]]'''<br>
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[[File:House Myatt.svg|30px]] [[House Myatt]]<br>
[[File:House Parren.PNG|30px]] '''[[House Parren]]'''<br>
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[[File:House Parren.svg|30px]] [[House Parren]]<br>
[[File:House Payne.svg|30px]] '''[[House Payne]]'''<br>
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[[File:House Payne.svg|30px]] [[House Payne]]<br>
[[File:House Peckledon.PNG|30px]] '''[[House Peckledon]]'''<br>
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[[File:House Peckledon.svg|30px]] [[House Peckledon]]<br>
[[File:House Plumm.svg|30px]] '''[[House Plumm]]'''<br>
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[[File:House Plumm.svg|30px]] [[House Plumm]]<br>
[[File:House Prester.PNG|30px]] '''[[House Prester]]''' of [[Feastfires]]<br>
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[[File:House Prester.svg|30px]] [[House Prester]] of [[Feastfires]]<br>
[[File:House Reyne.PNG|30px]] '''[[House Reyne]]''' of [[Castamere]]<br>
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[[File:House Reyne.svg|30px]] [[House Reyne]] of [[Castamere]]<br>
[[File:House Ruttiger.svg|30px]] '''[[House Ruttiger]]'''<br>
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[[File:House Ruttiger.svg|30px]] [[House Ruttiger]]<br>
[[File:House Sarsfield.PNG|30px]] '''[[House Sarsfield]]''' of [[Sarsfield]]<br>
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[[File:House Sarsfield.svg|30px]] [[House Sarsfield]] of [[Sarsfield]]<br>
{{COA|Unknown|small}} '''[[House Sarwyck]]''' of [[Riverspring]]<br>
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{{COA|Unknown|small}} [[House Sarwyck]] of [[Riverspring]]<br>
[[File:House Serrett.PNG|30px]] '''[[House Serrett]]''' of [[Silverhill]]<br>
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[[File:House Serrett.svg|30px]] [[House Serrett]] of [[Silverhill]]<br>
[[File:House Spicer.PNG|30px]] '''[[House Spicer]]''' of [[Castamere]]<br>
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[[File:House Spicer.svg|30px]] [[House Spicer]] of [[Castamere]]<br>
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[[File:House Swyft.PNG|30px]] '''[[House Swyft]]''' of [[Cornfield]]<br>
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[[File:House Swyft.svg|30px]] [[House Swyft]] of [[Cornfield]]<br>
[[File:House Tarbeck.svg|30px]] '''[[House Tarbeck]]''' of [[Tarbeck Hall]]<br>
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[[File:House Tarbeck.svg|30px]] [[House Tarbeck]] of [[Tarbeck Hall]]<br>
[[File:House Turnberry.svg|30px]] '''[[House Turnberry]]'''<br>
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==Quotes==
 
==Quotes==
{{quote|The westerlands are a place of rugged hills and rolling plains, of misty dales and craggy shorelines, a place of blue lakes and sparkling rivers and fertile fields, of broadleaf forests that teem with game of every sort, where half-hidden doors in the sides of wooded hills open onto labyrinthine caves that wend their way through darkness to reveal unimaginable wonders and vast treasures deep beneath the earth.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands}}}} - writings of [[Yandel]]
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{{quote|The westerlands are a place of rugged hills and rolling plains, of misty dales and craggy shorelines, a place of blue lakes and sparkling rivers and fertile fields, of broadleaf forests that teem with game of every sort, where half-hidden doors in the sides of wooded hills open onto labyrinthine caves that wend their way through darkness to reveal unimaginable wonders and vast treasures deep beneath the earth.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands}}|writings of [[Yandel]]}}
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{{quote|The great wealth of the westerlands, of course, stems primarily from their gold and silver mines. The veins of ore run wide and deep, and there are mines, even now, that have been delved for a thousand years and more and are yet to be emptied.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands}}|writings of [[Yandel]]}}
  
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{{quote|With the [[Casterly Rock|Rock]], he could hold [[Lannisport]] and the golden lands of the west.{{ref|ACOK|11}}|thoughts of [[Theon Greyjoy]]}}
  
{{quote|The great wealth of the westerlands, of course, stems primarily from their gold and silver mines. The veins of ore run wide and deep, and there are mines, even now, that have been delved for a thousand years and more and are yet to be emptied.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands}}}} - writings of [[Yandel]]
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{{quote|Thirty-five hundred they were, thirty-five hundred who had been blooded in the [[battle in the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]], who had reddened their swords at the [[Battle of the Camps]], at [[Battle of Oxcross|Oxcross]], [[taking of Ashemark|Ashemark]], and the [[storming of the Crag|Crag]], and all through the gold-rich hills of the [[House Lannister|Lannister]] west.{{ref|ASOS|45}}|thoughts of [[Catelyn Stark]]}}
  
==References and Sources==
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Revision as of 14:16, 25 July 2019

The westerlands with the major strongholds

The westerlands[1] is a region in the west of the continent of Westeros. Before Aegon's Conquest, it was known as the Kingdom of the Rock. People from the westerlands are known as westermen.[2][3] The customary surname of bastards of noble origin born in the westerlands is Hill.

The westerlands is ruled from Casterly Rock by House Lannister. Notable bannermen have included Banefort, Brax, Broom, Clegane, Crakehall, Farman, Lefford, Lydden, Marbrand, Payne, Prester, Reyne, Serrett, Swyft, Tarbeck, and Westerling.[4][5]

Geography

The westerlands by Sarah Morris © Fantasy Flight Games

The westerlands is known for its rugged hills, rolling plains, fertile fields, and broadleaf forests. The land contains lakes and rivers, and the hills conceal systems of caves and caverns.[6]

The region lies along the coast of the Sunset Sea, with Ironman's Bay and the Iron Islands to the north.[7] A salient of the northeastern westerlands extends near the ruins of Oldstones and the Blue Fork.[6] Castles on the northwestern coast include Banefort and the Crag. Faircastle is located on Fair Isle, while Feastfires and the market town of Kayce are found on a peninsula jutting into the sea.[8]

Also along the coast is Casterly Rock, the seat of House Lannister, a fortress carved out of a massive hill of solid rock.[9] Near the Rock is Lannisport, a port and one of the largest cities of Westeros.[6] Three days ride from the Rock is the village of Oxcross.[10] Inland castles near the Rock including Ashemark and Sarsfield,[8] as well as the ruins of Castamere and Tarbeck Hall.

The headwaters of the Tumblestone and the Red Fork begin in the westerlands and flow east into the riverlands. The main pass through the eastern hills is guarded by the Golden Tooth, a castle which controls access to the river road leading to Riverrun. Further south is the Goldroad, which runs east to King's Landing. Deep Den watches this road, with Hornvale to the north and Silverhill to the south.[8]

The southern westerlands contain more flatland than the rest of the country and includes Cornfield and the forest by Crakehall Castle. The Ocean Road leads south from the Rock past Crakehall to Old Oak and Highgarden in the Reach.[8] Also located in the westerlands are Greenfield and Wyndhall.

People and Economy

Mines at the Golden Tooth by Franz Miklis © Fantasy Flight Games

The westerlands are not the largest, most populous, or most fertile part of the realm, but they are the richest. Full of hills and crags, the land is dotted with mines from which pour gold and silver in astonishing quantities. There are gold mines at Casterly Rock, the Golden Tooth, Castamere, Nunn's Deep, and the Pendric Hills. According to semi-canon sources, there are settlements which become ghost towns once nearby mines stop producing ore.[11] Besides farming, there is also some fishery in Lannisport and on Fair Isle.

Military strength

A semi-canon source from 2005 estimates the military strength of the westerlands to be fifty thousand men strong, though this count includes even green boys, and depletes most castles of any protection.[12] During Aegon's Conquest, King Loren I Lannister marched a host of twenty-two thousand from the westerlands to battle.[13] The westerlands contributed ten thousand men-at-arms and one thousand knights during the War of the Ninepenny Kings.[5]

According to a semi-canon source, in 261 AC House Reyne was able to field eight thousand men, while Houses Westerling, Banefort, Plumm, and Stackspear together were able to field at least sixty-five hundred men together.[14]

In 283 AC, Lord Tywin Lannister commanded twelve thousand Lannister men during the Sack of King's Landing.[15]

The Lannister fleet at Lannisport consists of twenty or thirty cogs, carracks, galleys, and dromonds, while lesser lords have two or three ships for patrolling. [16] A semi-canon sources from 2005 estimates the total naval power of the westerlands to be “probably closer to fifty or sixty large ships”.[12] Casterly Rock's vessels were rebuilt[16] after the burning of the Lannister fleet in 289 AC.[17]

History

Before the Andals

Western Fiefdoms by Andrew Hall © Fantasy Flight Games

Little is known of the time before the coming of the First Men. Like the rest of Westeros, the children of the forest and giants lived in the westerlands and fought with the First Men when they came. After the Pact at the Isle of Faces, the children only kept the forests.[6] The hills of the west were once inhabited by lions, but they are believed to all have been slain.[18]

First Men lords, some of whom were petty kings, included the Baneforts, Brooms, Crakehalls, Farmans, Footes, Greenfields, Hawthornes, Morelands, Plumms, Reynes, Westerlings, and Yews.[6] The coastal First Men were often raided by the ironborn from the Iron Islands.[19]

During the Age of Heroes, the legendary hero and trickster Lann the Clever acquired Casterly Rock in some manner from House Casterly. According to legend he is the ancestor of the Lannisters, who became the Kings of the Rock with Casterly Rock as their seat.[6] Westermen believe that Lann made off with some of the inheritance of Garth Greenhand by posing as one of his sons.[20]

Kingdom of the Rock

The Lannister Kings of the Rock gradually conquered or acquired neighboring territory, including the lands of the Reynes and the Baneforts. They initially resisted the Andal invasion, but later Lannister kings allowed the Andals to marry into the westermen nobility. New houses formed by the intermarriages included Houses Brax, Drox, Jast, Kyndall, Lefford, Marbrand, Parren, Sarsfield, and Serrett. In contrast to most kings of First Men origin, the support of the Andals allowed the Kings of the Rock to expand their power. When King Gerold III Lannister died without male issue, a council crowned his daughter's husband, Ser Joffrey Lydden, who became the first Andal King of the Rock, Joffrey Lannister.[6]

With Andal support the Lannisters extended their rule to the Golden Tooth and Fair Isle and engaged in border wars with the Kings of the Trident and Kings of the Reach.[6] The growing strength of House Lannister allowed them to expel the ironborn from the western coasts, and King Gerold the Great raided the Iron Isles and brought hostages back to the Rock.[21]

Some of the eastern hills of what is now the westerlands were historically ruled by Kings of the Rivers and the Hills, such as the Mudds and the Teagues.[22] Lord Torrence Teague used his spoils after raiding the west in his successful campaign to become river king.[22]

Ser Eustace Osgrey mentioned that a famous relative of his defeated an attack by the Kingdom of the Rock by killing a Lannister king, Lancel V.[23]

Targaryen Era

Loren I Lannister, King of the Rock, mustered his armies to fight Aegon Targaryen, Lord of Dragonstone, during Aegon's Conquest. Allied with Mern IX Gardener, King of the Reach, they assembled the enormous Host of the Two Kings. However, they were no match for Targaryen dragons. King Loren escaped the so-called Field of Fire and submitted to Aegon. His primacy in the westerlands as Warden of the West was confirmed by the Targaryens. Since this time the westerlands have been part of the Seven Kingdoms controlled by the Iron Throne.[13]

Dalton Greyjoy, the Red Kraken, attacked the westerlands during the Dance of the Dragons.[24]

During the First Blackfyre Rebellion, many battles were fought in the west.[25] House Tarbeck kept a foot in both camps, trying to support Daeron II Targaryen and his rival, Daemon I Blackfyre.[23] Ser Quentyn Ball killed Lord Lefford and forced Lord Damon Lannister into retreat.[5]

During the Great Spring Sickness the coast of the westerlands suffered under the attacks Dagon Greyjoy,[23][26] the Last Reaver.[27]

Reyne-Tarbeck revolt

Tywin Lannister - Brittmartin@

During the rule of Lord Tytos Lannister, the power of House Lannister was nominal. Tytos was held in low esteem and was largely ignored by his vassals. Lord Roger Reyne took command of the Lannister army after Ser Jason Lannister was killed in the War of the Ninepenny Kings.[5]

Houses Reyne and Tarbeck eventually rebelled against the rule of Tytos, but his son, Ser Tywin, led the campaign against the Reyne-Tarbeck revolt. The two families were extinguished and their respective seats of Castamere and Tarbeck Hall were destroyed. Since this time no House has dared oppose House Lannister in the westerlands. The prestigious Tywin served for a time as Hand of the King for King Aerys II Targaryen.[5]

Robert's Rebellion

Lyanna Stark, who was betrothed to Lord Robert Baratheon, was apparently abducted by Prince Rhaegar Targaryen. After the executions of her father, Lord Rickard Stark, and brother, Brandon, by King Aerys II, Robert's Rebellion broke out against House Targaryen, with Houses Arryn, Baratheon, Stark, and Tully opposing House Targaryen.

For the better part of the war the westerlands remained neutral. After the Battle of the Trident and the death of Rhaeger, however, Tywin chose the side of the rebels instead of his one-time friend, Aerys. Tywin ordered the Sack of King's Landing and the killing of the Targaryen heirs to prove House Lannister's support. After being crowned king, Robert I married Cersei Lannister to bind the Lannisters to his cause.[28][29]

Baratheon Era

The burning of the Lannister fleet at Lannisport began Greyjoy's Rebellion.[17] After the ironborn failed in the storming of Seagard, King Robert I Baratheon invaded the Iron Islands along with his Warden of the West, Lord Tywin Lannister, and his Warden of the North, Lord Eddard Stark.[27]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

After the abduction of Tyrion Lannister by Catelyn Stark at the crossroads,[30] Lord Tywin Lannister sends Ser Gregor Clegane to raid the riverlands and then retreat back to the westerlands.[31] After the death of King Robert I Baratheon, Tywin and Ser Jaime Lannister lead armies of twenty thousand[32] and fourteen or fifteen thousand strong,[33] respectively, into the riverlands.[34]

Jaime crushes the rivermen in a battle in the hills below the Golden Tooth and a battle under the walls of Riverrun, but Ser Marq Piper and Lord Karyl Vance raid lands west of the Red Fork.[32] Jaime is eventually captured at the battle in the Whispering Wood[33] and his army is dispersed in the Battle of the Camps.[35] Tywin sends hundreds of cavalry, including Gregor and Ser Amory Lorch, to set the riverlands ablaze.[35] In response to the actions of the westermen and King Joffrey I Baratheon, the rivermen proclaim Robb Stark to be king at Riverrun.[36]

A Clash of Kings

Lannister soldiers in King's Landing by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games

With Tywin secure at Harrenhal, Ser Stafford Lannister begins raising a new host of some thousands in the westerlands.[37] Having sent Theon Greyjoy to negotiate with Lord Balon Greyjoy and Catelyn Stark to negotiate with Renly Baratheon, Robb leads forces from the north and House Frey in an invasion of the west.[38] Robb hopes that Balon's Iron Fleet will join him in attacking the westerlands,[39] while Renly deals with Tywin.[37] Theon desires to claim the west for himself.[39]

After bypassing the Golden Tooth, Robb wins a crushing victory over Stafford's inexperienced host in the Battle of Oxcross. They then pillage the eastern and northern areas of the westerlands, raiding the coast and capturing Ashemark, the Crag, and the gold mines at Castamere, Nunn's Deep, and the Pendric Hills.[40][41][42] Balon's ironborn refuse to attack the west, however, instead attacking the largely-defenseless north.[43]

Tywin is stopped at the Red Fork during the Battle of the Fords,[44] after which he and the Tyrells defeat Stannis Baratheon in the Battle of the Blackwater.[45]

A Storm of Swords

Since Robb marries Jeyne Westerling, the Freys at the Crag leave Robb's service.[46] After the Blackwater, Robb abandons the captured castles in the westerlands and returns to Riverrun.[47] Robb claims to Ser Edmure Tully that he and Ser Brynden Tully had planned to ambush Tywin on the Goldroad or trap him in the west, but were prevented from doing so by Edmure's defeat of Tywin in the Battle of the Fords.[46]

Ser Daven Lannister reforms the remnants of his father Stafford's host at Lannisport,[47] and they join Ser Forley Prester at the Golden Tooth.[48]

Lord Tywin is murdered by his son, Tyrion Lannister, in the Tower of the Hand.[49]

A Feast for Crows

Queen Cersei Lannister, the Lady of Casterly Rock, succeeds Tywin as the liege lord of the westerlands.[50] The lords of the west lead a procession of hundreds of soldiers which accompanies Tywin's corpse on its return to the Rock from King's Landing. Two thousand westermen participate in the siege of Dragonstone.[51]

When King Euron and Lord Captain Victarion Greyjoy set out to attack mainland Westeros after Balon's death, the westerlands escapes their wrath, as the Iron Fleet sails past and attacks the Shield Islands and the Reach instead.[52]

Jaime joins Daven, the new Warden of the West, and other westermen at the siege of Riverrun.[53] Forley commands the escort of Edmure and Jeyne as they travel from Riverrun to the west.[54]

A Dance with Dragons

After killing Tywin, Tyrion flees to Essos.[55] Because his speech would identify him as a highborn westerman, Tyrion poses as a Lannisport bastard, Hugor Hill.[56]

Houses

House Algood.svg House Algood
House Banefort 2.svg House Banefort of Banefort
House Bettley.svg House Bettley
House Brax.svg House Brax of Hornvale
House Broom.svg House Broom
Arms unknown House Casterly of Casterly Rock
House Clegane.svg House Clegane of Clegane's Keep
Arms unknown House Clifton
House Crakehall.svg House Crakehall of Crakehall
House Doggett.svg House Doggett
House Drox.svg House Drox
House Estren.svg House Estren of Wyndhall
Falwell.png House Falwell
House Farman.svg House Farman of Faircastle
House Ferren.svg House Ferren
House Foote.svg House Foote
House Garner.svg House Garner
House Greenfield.svg House Greenfield of Greenfield
House Hamell.svg House Hamell
House Hawthorne.svg House Hawthorne
House Hetherspoon.svg House Hetherspoon
House Jast.svg House Jast
House Kenning of Kayce.svg House Kenning of Kayce
House Lannister.svg House Lannister of Casterly Rock
Arms unknown House Lannister of Lannisport
Arms unknown House Lannett
Arms unknown House Lanny
Arms unknown House Lantell
House Lefford.svg House Lefford of the Golden Tooth
House Lorch.png House Lorch
House Lydden.svg House Lydden of Deep Den
House Marbrand.svg House Marbrand of Ashemark
House Moreland.svg House Moreland
House Myatt.svg House Myatt
House Parren.svg House Parren
House Payne.svg House Payne
House Peckledon.svg House Peckledon
House Plumm.svg House Plumm
House Prester.svg House Prester of Feastfires
House Reyne.svg House Reyne of Castamere
House Ruttiger.svg House Ruttiger
House Sarsfield.svg House Sarsfield of Sarsfield
Arms unknown House Sarwyck of Riverspring
House Serrett.svg House Serrett of Silverhill
House Spicer.svg House Spicer of Castamere
House Stackspear.svg House Stackspear
House Swyft.svg House Swyft of Cornfield
House Tarbeck.svg House Tarbeck of Tarbeck Hall
House Turnberry.svg House Turnberry
House Vikary.svg House Vikary
House Westerling.svg House Westerling of the Crag
Arms unknown House Westford
House Yarwyck.svg House Yarwyck
House Yew.svg House Yew

Quotes

The westerlands are a place of rugged hills and rolling plains, of misty dales and craggy shorelines, a place of blue lakes and sparkling rivers and fertile fields, of broadleaf forests that teem with game of every sort, where half-hidden doors in the sides of wooded hills open onto labyrinthine caves that wend their way through darkness to reveal unimaginable wonders and vast treasures deep beneath the earth.[6]

—writings of Yandel

The great wealth of the westerlands, of course, stems primarily from their gold and silver mines. The veins of ore run wide and deep, and there are mines, even now, that have been delved for a thousand years and more and are yet to be emptied.[6]

—writings of Yandel

With the Rock, he could hold Lannisport and the golden lands of the west.[39]

—thoughts of Theon Greyjoy

Thirty-five hundred they were, thirty-five hundred who had been blooded in the Whispering Wood, who had reddened their swords at the Battle of the Camps, at Oxcross, Ashemark, and the Crag, and all through the gold-rich hills of the Lannister west.[57]

—thoughts of Catelyn Stark

References

  1. A Feast for Crows, Prologue.
  2. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 26, Arya VI.
  3. The Princess and the Queen.
  4. A Game of Thrones, Appendix.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 The World of Ice & Fire, The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 The World of Ice & Fire, The Westerlands.
  7. A Dance with Dragons, Map of the South
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 The Lands of Ice and Fire, Westeros.
  9. The World of Ice & Fire, The Westerlands: Casterly Rock.
  10. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 32, Sansa III.
  11. A Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide
  12. 12.0 12.1 A Game of Thrones: d20-based Open Gaming RPG.
  13. 13.0 13.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest.
  14. "The World of Ice and Fire", The Westerlands, unabridged version
  15. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 12, Daenerys I.
  16. 16.0 16.1 So Spake Martin: The Lannister Fleet (September 26, 1999)
  17. 17.0 17.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 24, Theon II.
  18. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 34, Bran III.
  19. The World of Ice & Fire, The Iron Islands.
  20. The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach: Garth Greenhand.
  21. The World of Ice & Fire, The Iron Islands: Driftwood Crowns.
  22. 22.0 22.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Riverlands.
  23. 23.0 23.1 23.2 The Sworn Sword.
  24. The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II.
  25. The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II.
  26. The Mystery Knight.
  27. 27.0 27.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Iron Islands: The Old Way and the New.
  28. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 12, Eddard II.
  29. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 53, Tyrion VI.
  30. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 28, Catelyn V.
  31. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 43, Eddard XI.
  32. 32.0 32.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 56, Tyrion VII.
  33. 33.0 33.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 63, Catelyn X.
  34. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 55, Catelyn VIII.
  35. 35.0 35.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 69, Tyrion IX.
  36. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 71, Catelyn XI.
  37. 37.0 37.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 7, Catelyn I.
  38. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 14, Arya IV.
  39. 39.0 39.1 39.2 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 11, Theon I.
  40. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 35, Bran V.
  41. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 39, Catelyn V.
  42. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 55, Catelyn VII.
  43. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 37, Theon III.
  44. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 45, Catelyn VI.
  45. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 62, Sansa VII.
  46. 46.0 46.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 14, Catelyn II.
  47. 47.0 47.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 19, Tyrion III.
  48. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 60, Tyrion VIII.
  49. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 77, Tyrion XI.
  50. A Feast for Crows, Appendix.
  51. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 16, Jaime II.
  52. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 29, The Reaver.
  53. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 33, Jaime V.
  54. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 44, Jaime VII.
  55. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 1, Tyrion I.
  56. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 14, Tyrion IV.
  57. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 45, Catelyn V.