2007-04-23T23:59:19Z

Daena the defiant: creations - should be merged into the category page of bastards, though, now that I think of it

A bastard in the law of England and Wales was a person whose parents, at the time of their birth, were not married to each other. A person conceived to a couple not married to each other but who subsequently marry before the birth would not be treated as a bastard.[citation needed]

Unlike many other systems of law, there was no possibility of post hoc legitimisation of a bastard. If the parents married after the birth, the child would remain a bastard.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastard_%28Law_of_England_and_Wales%29]

As polite way of referring to someone who is bastard-born, someone may be referred to as a 'natural son' or 'natural daughter.' A less polite term is 'baseborn.' A euphamism for being bastard-born is 'being born on the wrong side of the sheets.'

====Family Life and Status====
In the series, it is not unexpected for noblemen to have bastard children, however, it is not typical for a noble to bring his bastards home and raise them with his own children. It's more usually expected that he will see to the child's well-being to some degree. A noblly born wife has right to take insult at her hsuband's bastards being introduced into her household and being commensurate rank with her legally born children.

====Rights of Inheritance====
The baseborn have few rights under the law and custom, when it comes to claims. A bastard may inherit if the father has no other trueborn children nor any other likely kin to follow him. Additionally, a bastard can inherit if he is legitimized by a royal decree. However, a legitamised bastard falls in the order of succession at the end, after all true-born offspring, including daughters.

However, Any man can be knighted, even a bastard.

====Social Status====
It is rude to pry into the origins of a man's natural children. Men say that bastards are born from lust and lies, and so their nature is wanton and treacherous.

====Surnames====
Each of the Seven Kingdoms have bastard surnames decreed by custom.

* '''Flowers''' is the bastard name in [[The Reach|the Reach]]
* '''Hill''' is the bastard name for the [[The Westerlands|westerlands]]
* '''Rivers''' is the bastard name in the [[The Riverlands|riverlands]]
* '''Pyke''' is the bastard name on the [[The Iron Islands|Iron Islands]]
* '''Sand''' is the bastard name of [[Dorne]]
* '''Snow''' is the surname for bastards north of the Neck, generally referred to as [[The North|the North]]
* '''Stone''' is the bastard name in [The Vale|the Vale]]
* '''Storm''' is the bastard name in the [[The Stornlands|stormlands]] (II: 119)
* '''Waters''' is the bastard name of [[Dragonstone]] (III: 929)

Additionally, '''Blackfyre''' was a name carried by a bastard of Aegon IV and his sons, but does not seem to have been a bastard name commonly used for Targaryen for Targaryen bastards

Bastards whose parents are both of the nobility are not considered baseborn

See: [[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Concordance/Section/2.3.2./|Bastardy]][http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Concordance/Section/2.3.2./]

Category:Bastards

Ellaria Sand

2007-04-23T23:42:51Z

Daena the defiant: /* Biography */

Ellaria Sand is the paramour of [[Oberyn Martell|Prince Oberyn Martell]], and the mother of four his daughters, called 'the [[The Sand Snakes|Sand Snakes]].' In age order, her daughters are [[The Sand Snakes#Elia|Elia]], [[The Sand Snakes#Obella|Obella]], [[The Sand Snakes#Dorea|Dorea]], and [[The Sand Snakes#Loreza|Loreza]].

Ellaria herself is the [[Bastardy|natural daughter]] of Lord Harmen Uller, a nobleman of [[Dorne]].

===Biography===
The paramour of Prince Oberyn Martell, she accompanied him to [[Kings Landing]] when Oberyn arrived to take the seat of [[The Small Council|the Small Council]] offered to [[Doran Martell|Prince Doran]], and was a guest at the wedding of [[Joffrey Lannister]] and [[Margaery Tyrell]]. She was also present at [[Tyrion Lannister]]'s trial by combat, and witnessed Oberyn's brutal death.

Ellaria is referred to as worshiping a [[Free Cities#Lys|Lysene]] love goddess, and was also described by Prince Oberyn as being sexually adventurous and potentially bisexual.

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Upon the death of Prince Oberyn, Ellaria escorted his remains back to Dorne. She was situated in the [[House Martell#Water Gardens|Water Gardens]] with her daughters by Prince Doran after the arrest of teh ledest Sand Snakes, to prevent them being used in the plots of others.

===Appearance===
Although not accounted as a beautiful woman, she is regarded as attractive and eye-catching, with an exotic, sensuous flair.

[[Category:Characters from Dorne]]
[[Category:Bastards]]

House Royce

2007-04-23T23:41:20Z

Daena the defiant: /* Royce of the Gates of the Moon */

'''House Royce''' are bannermen to [[House Arryn]]. Their seat is located at Runestone. Their sigil is a shower of pebbles on an orange field. There are two branches of House Royce:
===Royce of Runestone===
====Bronze Yohn====
Renowned warrior and Lord of the House. He has a lined face, grey hair, and slate-grey eyes set beneath bushy eyebrows. Was a member of the Lords Declarant, a group of Lords that had misgivings about the legitimacy of [[Petyr Baelish]] as Lord Protector of the Vale following [[House Tully#Lysa|Lysa Tully's]] death.
====Robar====
A younger son of Yohn Royce. Knight and member of the [[Kingsguard#The Rainbow Guard|Rainbow Guard]] under King Renly, known as "Robar the Red". Slain by [[House Tyrell#Loras|Loras Tyrell]] in his grief and madness.
====Waymar====
A younger son of Yohn Royce. See [[Waymar Royce]]

===Royce of the Gates of the Moon===

====The Gates of the Moon====
The Gates of the Moon is a castle of moderate size that guards the path to [[House Arryn#The Eyrie|the Eyrie]]. It has often served as a winter seat for [[House Arryn]], and is always garrisoned to help prevent any attempt at besieging or capturing the Eyrie. The castle is currently held by Lord Nestor Royce. Originally, Royce was only a temporary caretaker, but [[Terms of Nobility#Lord Protector|Lord Protector]] [[Petyr Baelish]] granted him ownership of the Gates of the Moon after the War of the Five Kings.

====Nestor====
Younger brother to Yohn Royce. He was caretaker of the [[Strongholds of A Song of Ice and Fire#Gates of the Moon|Gates of the Moon]]. In order to secure his loyalty, Lord Protector [[Petyr Baelish]] granted him ownership of the keep after the [[War of the Five Kings]]. After becoming owner of the keep, Nestor designed a new banner for his branch of the family, consisting of a gate on an orange background.

====Myranda====
The daughter of Lord Nestor, Myranda is a ribald young widow, and serves as his [[Feudalism#Chatelaine|chatelaine]] and hostess at the Gates of the Moon, and is known to keep a lively court there

Paramour

2007-04-23T23:34:36Z

Daena the defiant:

The position of ''paramour'' is a unique one in [[Dorne]], where the unmarried lover of a noble is given a degree of social status, despite the "unchaste" nature of the relationship. Outside of Dorne, a paramour's status is less certain. They may be afforded the esteem granted in their homeland by the diplomatic minded, or they may receive a range of treatment from slight social disdain to moral condemnation.

The most notable paramour presented in the series to date was [[Ellaria Sand]], to whom a degree of social deference was expected by virtue of her relationship with [[Oberyn Martell|Prince Oberyn Martell]]. While esteemed as a high-ranking woman by the Dornish, her presence at the high table at the wedding of [[Joffrey Baratheon]] and [[Margaery Tyrell]] would have been taken as an insult by the noblewomen seated near her. Cersei Lannister referred to her, privately, as a "whore."

House Hornwood

2007-04-23T23:28:12Z

Daena the defiant: /* Donella Hornwood */

'''House Hornwood''' is a [[The North|Northern]] House sworn to [[Winterfell]. Their sigil is a moosehead. Their words are "Righteous in Wrath" <br>
The lands of the house borders on the lands of [[House Bolton]] and [[House Manderly]].

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==Known members of the House:==
===Halys Hornwood===
Halys, Lord of Hornwood, was killed in the [[Battle on the Green Fork]].

===Daryn Hornwood===
Son of Halys and Donella. He was killed in the [[Battle of the Wisperingwood]].

===Donella Hornwood===
Wife of Halys Horwood. She was born a [[House Manderly|Manderly]] and is a cousin of Lord Wyman. At the time of ASOIF she is a middle-aged woman, past the time of child barring.
After the death of her husband and son she had a number of suitors who would like to marry her and become regent of the Hornwood lands. And there was the question of the succession. The candidates with the best chances seemed to be Larence Snow, the bastard son of Lord Halys, and Beren Tallhear, second son of Lord Tallheart. His mother, Lady Berena Talllheart, was a sister of Lord Halys. <br>

The [[Ramsay Snow|Bastard of Bolton]] struck first. He captured Hornwood, forced Lady Donella to marry him, and killed her by starving her. He then took the Hornwood lands as his own. In reaction Lord [[House Manderly#Wyman|Wyman]] send soldiers to capture the castle.

===Berena Talllheart===
Sister of Lord Halys. Her son is suggested as adoptive son and heir for Lady Donella.

===Larence Snow===
The bastard son of Lord Halys, he is presently in the care of [[House Glover]]. He is suggested as heir of Hornwood.

House Hornwood

2007-04-23T23:26:50Z

Daena the defiant: /* Donella Hornwood */

'''House Hornwood''' is a [[The North|Northern]] House sworn to [[Winterfell]. Their sigil is a moosehead. Their words are "Righteous in Wrath" <br>
The lands of the house borders on the lands of [[House Bolton]] and [[House Manderly]].

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==Known members of the House:==
===Halys Hornwood===
Halys, Lord of Hornwood, was killed in the [[Battle on the Green Fork]].

===Daryn Hornwood===
Son of Halys and Donella. He was killed in the [[Battle of the Wisperingwood]].

===Donella Hornwood===
Wife of Halys Horwood. She was born a [[House Manderly|Manderly]] and is a cousin of Lord Wyman. At the time of ASOIF she is a middle-aged woman, past the time of child barring.
After the death of her husband and son she had a number of suitors who would like to marry her and become [[Royal and Noble Terms#Regent|regent]] of the Hornwood lands. And there was the question of the succession. The candidates with the best chances seemed to be Larence Snow, the bastard son of Lord Halys, and Beren Tallhear, second son of Lord Tallheart. His mother, Lady Berena Talllheart, was a sister of Lord Halys. <br>

The [[House Bolton#Ramsay|bastard of Bolton]] struck first. He captured Hornwood, forced Lady Donella to marry him, and killed her by starving her. He then took the Hornwood lands as his own. In reaction Lord [[House Manderly#Wyman|Wyman]] send soldiers to capture the castle.

===Berena Talllheart===
Sister of Lord Halys. Her son is suggested as adoptive son and heir for Lady Donella.

===Larence Snow===
The bastard son of Lord Halys, he is presently in the care of [[House Glover]]. He is suggested as heir of Hornwood.