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King in the North

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'''King in the North''' and '''King of Winter''' are ancient titles held for thousands of years by [[House Stark]] of [[Winterfell]].{{Ref|aGoT|2}}{{Ref|aGoT|71}}{{Ref|aCoK|69}} They were the last kingdom of the [[First Men]] and continued to rule the [[north]] after the [[Andals]] [[Andal invasion|invaded]] and took over the southern kingdoms of [[Westeros]]. While the running [[direwolf]] is the sigil of House Stark, some Kings in the North had personal variants.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Heraldry_in_Westeros Heraldry in Westeros], April 13, 1999</ref>

==Customs==
[[File:Crown of winter.jpg|thumb|300px|Crown of Winter, illustrated by John Goodenough. Fantasy Flight Games ©]]
The crown of the Kings of Winter was an open circlet of hammered bronze incised with runes of the [[First Men]], surmounted by nine black iron spikes in the shape of longswords.{{Ref|aCoK|7}}

The Kings in the North are buried in the [[crypt of Winterfell]], with older kings buried in deep and dark lower levels.{{ref|AGOT|66}} Each king's stone statue has an iron sword across its lap and is guarded by a stone wolf.{{ref|AGOT|50}} The servants of the kings are buried in a lichyard next to Winterfell's First Keep.{{ref|AGOT|53}}

==History==

[[House Stark]] traces their descent from the legendary [[Bran the Builder]], who is said to have lived in the [[Age of Heroes]]{{ref|ACOK|51}} and built the [[Wall]] and [[Winterfell]]{{ref|TWOIAF| The North: Winterfell}} in the aftermath of the [[Long Night]]. Ballads claim the ancient Kings of Winter, the Lords of Winterfell, drove [[giants]] from the north and slew the [[skinchanger]]s led by [[Gaven Greywolf]] in the [[War of the Wolves]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The North: The Kings of Winter}}

Over thousands of years, the Kings of Winter expanded from Winterfell, conquering and reducing to vassalage a number of rival kings, including [[Barrow King]]s in the [[Thousand Years War]], [[Red King]]s of [[House Bolton]], [[House Flint of Breakstone Hill|Flints]], [[House Slate|Slates]], [[House Umber|Umbers]], [[House Locke|Lockes]], [[House Glover|Glovers]], [[House Fisher of the Stony Shore|Fishers]], and [[House Ryder|Ryders]]. They defeated the [[Warg King]] and [[Marsh King]]s, forced the [[House Blackwood|Blackwoods]] to flee, and vanquished the [[House Greenwood|Greenwoods]], [[House Towers (north)|Towers]], [[House Amber|Ambers]], and [[House Frost|Frosts]]. Many of their defeated enemies were forced to yield their women as prizes or brides.{{ref|TWOIAF| The North: The Kings of Winter}}

The Stark kings often warred with the [[ironborn]] from the [[Iron Islands]] and [[wildlings]] from [[beyond the Wall]]. After the [[Rape of the Three Sisters]], the Starks battled with the [[House Arryn|Arryn]] [[Kings of Mountain and Vale]] for a thousand years over the [[Bite]] in the [[War Across the Water]].{{ref|ADWD|8}}{{ref|TWOIAF| The Vale}} The Starks also eventually conquered the troublesome island of [[Skagos]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The North: The Stoneborn of Skagos}}

While "King of Winter" was used by ancient Stark monarchs, "King in the North" was used in more recent centuries.{{ref|TWOIAF| The North: The Kings of Winter}} The last King in the North was [[Torrhen Stark]], who bent the knee to [[House Targaryen]] during [[Aegon's Conquest]], thus making the north part of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] controlled by the [[Iron Throne]]. The crown of the Kings of Winter was surrendered to Aegon.{{ref|ACOK|7}} Since then Lord Stark has traditionally held the title [[Warden of the North]] for the Iron Throne.

The history of the Stark kings is described in Maester [[Childer]]'s ''[[Winter's Kings, or the Legends and Lineages of the Starks of Winterfell]]''.{{ref|TWOIAF| Ancient History: The Dawn Age}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
The title is revived during the [[War of the Five Kings]] after King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] orders the execution of [[Eddard Stark]], Lord of [[Winterfell]]. Rejecting [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]] and the [[Iron Throne]], the [[north]]ern and [[riverlands|river]] lords assembled at [[Riverrun]] after the [[Battle of the Camps]] declare Eddard's eldest son, [[Robb Stark|Robb]], to be the King in the North.{{Ref|aGoT|71}} Robb is also later known as the [[King of the Trident]].{{ref|ACOK|46}}{{ref|ASOS|14}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
The smith of Riverrun makes a crown for Robb inspired by the old crown of the Kings of Winter.{{ref|ACOK|7}}

After [[Balon Greyjoy]] [[War of the Five Kings#The Rise of the Kraken|conquers]] several portions of the north, he styles himself "[[King of the Isles and the North]]" by right of conquest, disputing the Stark claim.{{ref|ACOK|49}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Along with being King in the North, Robb is also the [[King of the Trident]].{{ref|ASOS|14}} After the [[ironborn]] capture [[fall of Moat Cailin|Moat Cailin]], [[taking of Deepwood Motte|Deepwood Motte]], [[capture of Torrhen's Square|Torrhen's Square]], and [[capture of Winterfell|Winterfell]], Robb is called by some the King Who Lost the North.{{ref|ASOS|20}}{{ref|ASOS|37}}

Because he is childless and his younger brothers, [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]], are believed dead, King Robb worries that [[Tyrion Lannister]] will claim Winterfell through his marriage to [[Sansa Stark]]. According to a semi-canon source,{{ref|AWOIAF| Robb Stark}} Robb decides to legitimize his [[bastard]] half-brother, [[Jon Snow]], and names him as heir in his will.{{ref|ASOS|45}} Before Jon can be informed of Robb's decision, however, the king is murdered at the [[Twins]] during the [[Red Wedding]].{{ref|ASOS|51}} One of Robb's betrayers, Lord [[Roose Bolton]], is named [[Warden of the North]] by the Iron Throne.{{ref|ASOS|72}}

An unknowing Jon is elected [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]].{{ref|ASOS|79}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
King Balon's brother and successor, [[Euron Greyjoy|Euron Crow's Eye]], continues to style himself King of the Isles and the North,{{ref|ADWD|Appendix}} although he redirects the [[ironborn]] offensives to the [[Reach]].{{ref|AFFC|29}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
When [[Stannis Baratheon]] requests homage, [[Lyanna Mormont]] answers that the [[House Mormont|Mormonts]] are loyal to the King in the North, who is a [[House Stark|Stark]].{{ref|ADWD|3}}

During the wedding feast for [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]] and "[[Arya Stark]]" ([[Jeyne Poole]]), Lady [[Barbrey Dustin]] tells [[Theon Greyjoy]] that Ramsay's father, Lord Roose, may aspire to become "King of the North".{{ref|ADWD|37}}

Jon Snow is attacked and possibly slain by fellow members of the [[Night's Watch]] in the [[mutiny at Castle Black]].{{ref|ADWD|69}}

==Known Kings==
The following is a possible chronology of known Kings in the North; no precise lineage is known and some published information may be contradictory.

;Antiquity
* [[Brandon Stark (Builder)|Brandon Stark]], also known as ''Brandon the Builder'', founder of House Stark and the first King in the North, alleged builder of [[Winterfell]],{{ref|AGOT|2}} [[Storm's End]],{{ref|ACOK|31}} the [[Hightower]],{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: Oldtown}} and the [[Wall]].{{ref|AGOT|24}}
* [[Brandon Stark (Breaker)|Brandon Stark]], also known as ''Brandon the Breaker'', who allied with [[Joramun]] to defeat the [[Night's King]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Wall and Beyond: The Night's Watch}}

;Wolf's Den
* [[Jon Stark]], who built the [[Wolf's Den]] after driving sea raiders—possibly [[Ibben]]ese, [[Valyrian Freehold|Valyrians]], or early [[Andals]]{{ref|TWOIAF| The North: the Kings of Winter}}—away from the [[White Knife]].{{ref|AGOT|66}}{{ref|ADWD|29}}
** [[Rickard Stark (king)|Rickard Stark]], also known as ''the Laughing Wolf'', son of Jon, who defeated the [[Marsh King]] and extended the Stark kingdom to include the [[Neck]].{{ref|AGOT|66}}{{ref|TWOIAF| The North: The Crannogmen of the Neck}}
* [[Theon Stark]], also known as ''the Hungry Wolf'', who defeated the greatest Andal invader, [[Argos Sevenstar]], conquered the [[Three Sisters]], and attacked the [[Fingers]],{{ref|TWOIAF| The North: The Kings of Winter}} possibly beginning the [[War Across the Water]].
* [[Edrick Stark]], also known as ''Edrick Snowbeard'', who ruled for near a century but lost the Wolf's Den to slavers from the [[Stepstones]].{{ref|ADWD|29}}
** [[Brandon Stark (Ice Eyes)|Brandon Stark]], also known as ''Ice Eyes'', Edrick's great-grandson, who recovered the Wolf's Den from slavers.{{ref|ADWD|29}}

;Recent kings
* [[Brandon Stark (Shipwright)|Brandon Stark]], also known as ''Brandon the Shipwright'', who loved to sail and built up a mighty northern fleet.{{ref|AGOT|66}}
** [[Brandon Stark (Burner)|Brandon Stark]], also known as ''Brandon the Burner'', who burned the entire northern fleet after the disappearance of his father, Brandon the Shipwright, on the [[Sunset Sea]].{{ref|AGOT|66}} The north has since had no strength at sea for centuries.{{ref|ACOK|16}}
* [[Torrhen Stark]], also known as ''the King Who Knelt'', who bent the knee to [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]], making the north part of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] subject to the [[Iron Throne]].{{ref|AGOT|66}}
* [[Robb Stark]], also known as ''the Young Wolf'', the first King in the North and [[King of the Trident]]{{ref|ASOS|14}} after [[Aegon's Conquest]],{{ref|AGOT|71}} who never lost a battle{{ref|ASOS|35}} but died in the [[Red Wedding]].{{ref|ASOS|51}} He was also called the King Who Lost the North.{{ref|ASOS|37}}

;Uncertain era
* [[Dorren Stark]], who reigned when [[Redwyn]] fought [[giants]] and traded with [[children of the forest]].{{ref|ACOK|6}}
* [[Brandon IX Stark]], who destroyed the ships of the [[Skagosi]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The North: The Stoneborn of Skagos}}
* [[Rodrik Stark]], who won [[Bear Island]] from the [[ironborn]] in a wrestling match and awarded it to [[House Mormont]].{{ref|AGOT|66}} This occurred after the death of the Old Kraken, [[Loron Greyjoy]],{{ref|TWOIAF| The North: The Kings of Winter}} a [[High King of the Iron Islands]] chosen in a [[kingsmoot]].{{ref|AFFC|1}} Rodrik's sons and grandsons battled the ironborn over [[Cape Kraken]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The North: The Kings of Winter}}
* [[Harlon Stark]], who centuries ago starved out the [[Dreadfort]] in a siege lasting two years.{{ref|ADWD|17}}
* [[Benjen Stark (Bitter)|Benjen Stark]], also known as ''Benjen the Bitter''{{ref|ACOK|66}}
* [[Benjen Stark (Sweet)|Benjen Stark]], also known as ''Benjen the Sweet''{{ref|ACOK|66}}
* [[Eyron Stark]]{{ref|ACOK|66}}
* [[Edderion Stark]], also known as ''Edderion the Bridegroom''{{ref|ACOK|66}}
* [[Walton Stark]], also known as ''Walton the Moon King''{{ref|ACOK|66}}
* [[Brandon Stark (Bad)|Brandon Stark]], also known as ''Brandon the Bad''{{ref|ACOK|66}}
* [[Jorah Stark]]{{ref|ACOK|66}}
* [[Jonos Stark]]{{ref|ACOK|66}}
* [[Edwyn Stark]], also known as ''Edwyn the Spring King''{{ref|ACOK|66}}

;Crypts
Traveling in the [[crypt of Winterfell]] in [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 66|Chapter 66]] of ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'', [[Bran Stark]] sees the statues of Kings [[Jon Stark|Jon]], [[Rickard Stark (king)|Rickard]], [[Theon Stark|Theon]], [[Brandon Stark (Shipwright)|Brandon the Shipwright]], [[Brandon Stark (Burner)|Brandon the Burner]], [[Rodrik Stark|Rodrik]], and [[Torrhen Stark|Torrhen]].{{ref|AGOT|66}} It is unconfirmed if this is a chronological listing.

While leaving the crypt in [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 69|Chapter 69]] of ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'', Bran sees the statues of Kings [[Torrhen Stark|Torrhen]], [[Edwyn Stark|Edwyn]], [[Theon Stark|Theon]], [[Brandon Stark (Burner)|Brandon the Burner]], [[Brandon Stark (Shipwright)|Brandon the Shipwright]], [[Jorah Stark|Jorah]], [[Jonos Stark|Jonos]], [[Brandon Stark|Brandon the Bad]], [[Walton Stark|Walton]], [[Edderion Stark|Edderion]], [[Eyron Stark|Eyron]], [[Benjen Stark (Sweet)|Benjen the Sweet]], [[Benjen Stark (Bitter)|Benjen the Bitter]], and [[Edrick Stark|Edrick]].{{ref|ACOK|69}} It is unconfirmed if this is a reverse chronological listing.

In [[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 41|Chapter 41]] of ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'', [[Theon Greyjoy]] recalls the names of some statues in the crypt, mentioning Kings [[Edrick Stark|Edrick]], [[Brandon Stark (Shipwright)|Brandon the Shipwright]], and [[Theon Stark|Theon]], as well as Lord [[Beron Stark|Beron]].{{ref|ADWD|41}}

==Quotes==
{{quote|The first Lords of [[Winterfell]] had been men hard as the land they ruled. In the centuries before the [[House Targaryen|Dragonlords]] came over the sea, they had sworn allegiance to no man, styling themselves the Kings in the North.{{ref|AGOT|4}}}} - thoughts of [[Eddard Stark]]

{{quote|The old Kings of Winter are [[crypt of Winterfell|down there]], sitting on their thrones with stone wolves at their feet and iron swords across their laps, but it's not them I'm afraid of.{{ref|AGOT|26}}}} - [[Jon Snow]] to [[Samwell Tarly]]

{{quote|'''Osha''': Grim folk, by the look of them. 
'''Bran''': They were the Kings of Winter. 
'''Osha''': Winter's got no king. If you'd seen it, you'd know that, summer boy.{{ref|AGOT|66}}}} - [[Osha]] and [[Bran Stark]]

{{Quote|'''Walder''': Some would say it's a poor king who crowns himself with bronze, Your Grace. 
'''King Robb''': Bronze and iron are stronger than gold and silver. The old Kings of Winter wore such a sword-crown. 
'''Walder''': Small good it did them [[Aegon's Conquest|when the dragons came]].{{Ref|aSoS|49}}}} - [[Walder Frey]] and [[Robb Stark]]

{{quote|[[Bear Island]] knows no king but the King in the North, whose name is [[House Stark|STARK]].{{ref|ADWD|3}}}} - [[Lyanna Mormont]] writing to [[Stannis Baratheon]]

{{quote|Theon had never felt comfortable in the [[crypt of Winterfell|crypts]]. He could feel the stone kings staring down at him with their stone eyes, stone fingers curled around the hilts of rusted longswords. None had any love for [[ironborn]].{{ref|ADWD|41}}}} - thoughts of [[Theon Greyjoy]]

{{quote|'''Lady Dustin''': [[Roose Bolton|Lord Bolton]] aspires to more than mere lordship. Why not King of the North?{{ref|ADWD|37}}}} - [[Barbrey Dustin]] and [[Theon Greyjoy]]



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King in the North

2017-08-29T18:24:10Z

Marco: /* Quotes */ adding quote

'''King in the North''' and '''King of Winter''' are ancient titles held for thousands of years by [[House Stark]] of [[Winterfell]].{{Ref|aGoT|2}}{{Ref|aGoT|71}}{{Ref|aCoK|69}} They were the last kingdom of the [[First Men]] and continued to rule the [[north]] after the [[Andals]] [[Andal invasion|invaded]] and took over the southern kingdoms of [[Westeros]]. While the running [[direwolf]] is the sigil of House Stark, some Kings in the North had personal variants.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Heraldry_in_Westeros Heraldry in Westeros], April 13, 1999</ref>

==Customs==
[[File:Crown of winter.jpg|thumb|300px|Crown of Winter, illustrated by John Goodenough. Fantasy Flight Games ©]]
The crown of the Kings of Winter was an open circlet of hammered bronze incised with runes of the [[First Men]], surmounted by nine black iron spikes in the shape of longswords.{{Ref|aCoK|7}}

The Kings in the North are buried in the [[crypt of Winterfell]], with older kings buried in deep and dark lower levels.{{ref|AGOT|66}} Each king's stone statue has an iron sword across its lap and is guarded by a stone wolf.{{ref|AGOT|50}} The servants of the kings are buried in a lichyard next to Winterfell's First Keep.{{ref|AGOT|53}}

==History==

[[House Stark]] traces their descent from the legendary [[Bran the Builder]], who is said to have lived in the [[Age of Heroes]]{{ref|ACOK|51}} and built the [[Wall]] and [[Winterfell]]{{ref|TWOIAF| The North: Winterfell}} in the aftermath of the [[Long Night]]. Ballads claim the ancient Kings of Winter, the Lords of Winterfell, drove [[giants]] from the north and slew the [[skinchanger]]s led by [[Gaven Greywolf]] in the [[War of the Wolves]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The North: The Kings of Winter}}

Over thousands of years, the Kings of Winter expanded from Winterfell, conquering and reducing to vassalage a number of rival kings, including [[Barrow King]]s in the [[Thousand Years War]], [[Red King]]s of [[House Bolton]], [[House Flint of Breakstone Hill|Flints]], [[House Slate|Slates]], [[House Umber|Umbers]], [[House Locke|Lockes]], [[House Glover|Glovers]], [[House Fisher of the Stony Shore|Fishers]], and [[House Ryder|Ryders]]. They defeated the [[Warg King]] and [[Marsh King]]s, forced the [[House Blackwood|Blackwoods]] to flee, and vanquished the [[House Greenwood|Greenwoods]], [[House Towers (north)|Towers]], [[House Amber|Ambers]], and [[House Frost|Frosts]]. Many of their defeated enemies were forced to yield their women as prizes or brides.{{ref|TWOIAF| The North: The Kings of Winter}}

The Stark kings often warred with the [[ironborn]] from the [[Iron Islands]] and [[wildlings]] from [[beyond the Wall]]. After the [[Rape of the Three Sisters]], the Starks battled with the [[House Arryn|Arryn]] [[Kings of Mountain and Vale]] for a thousand years over the [[Bite]] in the [[War Across the Water]].{{ref|ADWD|8}}{{ref|TWOIAF| The Vale}} The Starks also eventually conquered the troublesome island of [[Skagos]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The North: The Stoneborn of Skagos}}

While "King of Winter" was used by ancient Stark monarchs, "King in the North" was used in more recent centuries.{{ref|TWOIAF| The North: The Kings of Winter}} The last King in the North was [[Torrhen Stark]], who bent the knee to [[House Targaryen]] during [[Aegon's Conquest]], thus making the north part of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] controlled by the [[Iron Throne]]. The crown of the Kings of Winter was surrendered to Aegon.{{ref|ACOK|7}} Since then Lord Stark has traditionally held the title [[Warden of the North]] for the Iron Throne.

The history of the Stark kings is described in Maester [[Childer]]'s ''[[Winter's Kings, or the Legends and Lineages of the Starks of Winterfell]]''.{{ref|TWOIAF| Ancient History: The Dawn Age}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
The title is revived during the [[War of the Five Kings]] after King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] orders the execution of [[Eddard Stark]], Lord of [[Winterfell]]. Rejecting [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]] and the [[Iron Throne]], the [[north]]ern and [[riverlands|river]] lords assembled at [[Riverrun]] after the [[Battle of the Camps]] declare Eddard's eldest son, [[Robb Stark|Robb]], to be the King in the North.{{Ref|aGoT|71}} Robb is also later known as the [[King of the Trident]].{{ref|ACOK|46}}{{ref|ASOS|14}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
The smith of Riverrun makes a crown for Robb inspired by the old crown of the Kings of Winter.{{ref|ACOK|7}}

After [[Balon Greyjoy]] [[War of the Five Kings#The Rise of the Kraken|conquers]] several portions of the north, he styles himself "[[King of the Isles and the North]]" by right of conquest, disputing the Stark claim.{{ref|ACOK|49}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Along with being King in the North, Robb is also the [[King of the Trident]].{{ref|ASOS|14}} After the [[ironborn]] capture [[fall of Moat Cailin|Moat Cailin]], [[taking of Deepwood Motte|Deepwood Motte]], [[capture of Torrhen's Square|Torrhen's Square]], and [[capture of Winterfell|Winterfell]], Robb is called by some the King Who Lost the North.{{ref|ASOS|20}}{{ref|ASOS|37}}

Because he is childless and his younger brothers, [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]], are believed dead, King Robb worries that [[Tyrion Lannister]] will claim Winterfell through his marriage to [[Sansa Stark]]. According to a semi-canon source,{{ref|AWOIAF| Robb Stark}} Robb decides to legitimize his [[bastard]] half-brother, [[Jon Snow]], and names him as heir in his will.{{ref|ASOS|45}} Before Jon can be informed of Robb's decision, however, the king is murdered at the [[Twins]] during the [[Red Wedding]].{{ref|ASOS|51}} One of Robb's betrayers, Lord [[Roose Bolton]], is named [[Warden of the North]] by the Iron Throne.{{ref|ASOS|72}}

An unknowing Jon is elected [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]].{{ref|ASOS|79}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
King Balon's brother and successor, [[Euron Greyjoy|Euron Crow's Eye]], continues to style himself King of the Isles and the North,{{ref|ADWD|Appendix}} although he redirects the [[ironborn]] offensives to the [[Reach]].{{ref|AFFC|29}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
When [[Stannis Baratheon]] requests homage, [[Lyanna Mormont]] answers that the [[House Mormont|Mormonts]] are loyal to the King in the North, who is a [[House Stark|Stark]].{{ref|ADWD|3}}

During the wedding feast for [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]] and "[[Arya Stark]]" ([[Jeyne Poole]]), Lady [[Barbrey Dustin]] tells [[Theon Greyjoy]] that Ramsay's father, Lord Roose, may aspire to become "King of the North".{{ref|ADWD|37}}

Jon Snow is attacked and possibly slain by fellow members of the [[Night's Watch]] in the [[mutiny at Castle Black]].{{ref|ADWD|69}}

==Known Kings==
The following is a possible chronology of known Kings in the North; no precise lineage is known and some published information may be contradictory.

;Antiquity
* [[Brandon Stark (Builder)|Brandon Stark]], also known as ''Brandon the Builder'', founder of House Stark and the first King in the North, alleged builder of [[Winterfell]],{{ref|AGOT|2}} [[Storm's End]],{{ref|ACOK|31}} the [[Hightower]],{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: Oldtown}} and the [[Wall]].{{ref|AGOT|24}}
* [[Brandon Stark (Breaker)|Brandon Stark]], also known as ''Brandon the Breaker'', who allied with [[Joramun]] to defeat the [[Night's King]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Wall and Beyond: The Night's Watch}}

;Wolf's Den
* [[Jon Stark]], who built the [[Wolf's Den]] after driving sea raiders—possibly [[Ibben]]ese, [[Valyrian Freehold|Valyrians]], or early [[Andals]]{{ref|TWOIAF| The North: the Kings of Winter}}—away from the [[White Knife]].{{ref|AGOT|66}}{{ref|ADWD|29}}
** [[Rickard Stark (king)|Rickard Stark]], also known as ''the Laughing Wolf'', son of Jon, who defeated the [[Marsh King]] and extended the Stark kingdom to include the [[Neck]].{{ref|AGOT|66}}{{ref|TWOIAF| The North: The Crannogmen of the Neck}}
* [[Theon Stark]], also known as ''the Hungry Wolf'', who defeated the greatest Andal invader, [[Argos Sevenstar]], conquered the [[Three Sisters]], and attacked the [[Fingers]],{{ref|TWOIAF| The North: The Kings of Winter}} possibly beginning the [[War Across the Water]].
* [[Edrick Stark]], also known as ''Edrick Snowbeard'', who ruled for near a century but lost the Wolf's Den to slavers from the [[Stepstones]].{{ref|ADWD|29}}
** [[Brandon Stark (Ice Eyes)|Brandon Stark]], also known as ''Ice Eyes'', Edrick's great-grandson, who recovered the Wolf's Den from slavers.{{ref|ADWD|29}}

;Recent kings
* [[Brandon Stark (Shipwright)|Brandon Stark]], also known as ''Brandon the Shipwright'', who loved to sail and built up a mighty northern fleet.{{ref|AGOT|66}}
** [[Brandon Stark (Burner)|Brandon Stark]], also known as ''Brandon the Burner'', who burned the entire northern fleet after the disappearance of his father, Brandon the Shipwright, on the [[Sunset Sea]].{{ref|AGOT|66}} The north has since had no strength at sea for centuries.{{ref|ACOK|16}}
* [[Torrhen Stark]], also known as ''the King Who Knelt'', who bent the knee to [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]], making the north part of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] subject to the [[Iron Throne]].{{ref|AGOT|66}}
* [[Robb Stark]], also known as ''the Young Wolf'', the first King in the North and [[King of the Trident]]{{ref|ASOS|14}} after [[Aegon's Conquest]],{{ref|AGOT|71}} who never lost a battle{{ref|ASOS|35}} but died in the [[Red Wedding]].{{ref|ASOS|51}} He was also called the King Who Lost the North.{{ref|ASOS|37}}

;Uncertain era
* [[Dorren Stark]], who reigned when [[Redwyn]] fought [[giants]] and traded with [[children of the forest]].{{ref|ACOK|6}}
* [[Brandon IX Stark]], who destroyed the ships of the [[Skagosi]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The North: The Stoneborn of Skagos}}
* [[Rodrik Stark]], who won [[Bear Island]] from the [[ironborn]] in a wrestling match and awarded it to [[House Mormont]].{{ref|AGOT|66}} This occurred after the death of the Old Kraken, [[Loron Greyjoy]],{{ref|TWOIAF| The North: The Kings of Winter}} a [[High King of the Iron Islands]] chosen in a [[kingsmoot]].{{ref|AFFC|1}} Rodrik's sons and grandsons battled the ironborn over [[Cape Kraken]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The North: The Kings of Winter}}
* [[Harlon Stark]], who centuries ago starved out the [[Dreadfort]] in a siege lasting two years.{{ref|ADWD|17}}
* [[Benjen Stark (Bitter)|Benjen Stark]], also known as ''Benjen the Bitter''{{ref|ACOK|66}}
* [[Benjen Stark (Sweet)|Benjen Stark]], also known as ''Benjen the Sweet''{{ref|ACOK|66}}
* [[Eyron Stark]]{{ref|ACOK|66}}
* [[Edderion Stark]], also known as ''Edderion the Bridegroom''{{ref|ACOK|66}}
* [[Walton Stark]], also known as ''Walton the Moon King''{{ref|ACOK|66}}
* [[Brandon Stark (Bad)|Brandon Stark]], also known as ''Brandon the Bad''{{ref|ACOK|66}}
* [[Jorah Stark]]{{ref|ACOK|66}}
* [[Jonos Stark]]{{ref|ACOK|66}}
* [[Edwyn Stark]], also known as ''Edwyn the Spring King''{{ref|ACOK|66}}

;Crypts
Traveling in the [[crypt of Winterfell]] in [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 66|Chapter 66]] of ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'', [[Bran Stark]] sees the statues of Kings [[Jon Stark|Jon]], [[Rickard Stark (king)|Rickard]], [[Theon Stark|Theon]], [[Brandon Stark (Shipwright)|Brandon the Shipwright]], [[Brandon Stark (Burner)|Brandon the Burner]], [[Rodrik Stark|Rodrik]], and [[Torrhen Stark|Torrhen]].{{ref|AGOT|66}} It is unconfirmed if this is a chronological listing.

While leaving the crypt in [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 69|Chapter 69]] of ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'', Bran sees the statues of Kings [[Torrhen Stark|Torrhen]], [[Edwyn Stark|Edwyn]], [[Theon Stark|Theon]], [[Brandon Stark (Burner)|Brandon the Burner]], [[Brandon Stark (Shipwright)|Brandon the Shipwright]], [[Jorah Stark|Jorah]], [[Jonos Stark|Jonos]], [[Brandon Stark|Brandon the Bad]], [[Walton Stark|Walton]], [[Edderion Stark|Edderion]], [[Eyron Stark|Eyron]], [[Benjen Stark (Sweet)|Benjen the Sweet]], [[Benjen Stark (Bitter)|Benjen the Bitter]], and [[Edrick Stark|Edrick]].{{ref|ACOK|69}} It is unconfirmed if this is a reverse chronological listing.

In [[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 41|Chapter 41]] of ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'', [[Theon Greyjoy]] recalls the names of some statues in the crypt, mentioning Kings [[Edrick Stark|Edrick]], [[Brandon Stark (Shipwright)|Brandon the Shipwright]], and [[Theon Stark|Theon]], as well as Lord [[Beron Stark|Beron]].{{ref|ADWD|41}}

==Quotes==
{{quote|The first Lords of [[Winterfell]] had been men hard as the land they ruled. In the centuries before the [[House Targaryen|Dragonlords]] came over the sea, they had sworn allegiance to no man, styling themselves the Kings in the North.{{ref|AGOT|4}}}} - thoughts of [[Eddard Stark]]

{{quote|The old Kings of Winter are [[crypt of Winterfell|down there]], sitting on their thrones with stone wolves at their feet and iron swords across their laps, but it's not them I'm afraid of.{{ref|AGOT|26}}}} - [[Jon Snow]] to [[Samwell Tarly]]

{{quote|'''Osha''': Grim folk, by the look of them. 
'''Bran''': They were the Kings of Winter. 
'''Osha''': Winter's got no king. If you'd seen it, you'd know that, summer boy.{{ref|AGOT|66}}}} - [[Osha]] and [[Bran Stark]]

{{Quote|'''Walder''': Some would say it's a poor king who crowns himself with bronze, Your Grace. 
'''King Robb''': Bronze and iron are stronger than gold and silver. The old Kings of Winter wore such a sword-crown. 
'''Walder''': Small good it did them [[Aegon's Conquest|when the dragons came]].{{Ref|aSoS|49}}}} - [[Walder Frey]] and [[Robb Stark]]

{{quote|[[Bear Island]] knows no king but the King in the North, whose name is [[House Stark|STARK]].{{ref|ADWD|3}}}} - [[Lyanna Mormont]] writing to [[Stannis Baratheon]]

{{quote|Theon had never felt comfortable in the [[crypt of Winterfell|crypts]]. He could feel the stone kings staring down at him with their stone eyes, stone fingers curled around the hilts of rusted longswords. None had any love for [[ironborn]].{{ref|ADWD|41}}}} - thoughts of [[Theon Greyjoy]]

{{quote|'''Lady Barrowtown''': [[Roose Bolton|Lord Bolton]] aspires to more than mere lordship. Why not King of the North?{{ref|ADWD|29}}}} - [[Barbrey Dustin]] and [[Theon Greyjoy]]



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Raynald Westerling

2013-11-02T16:21:57Z

Marco: (supposedly) his body never found

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Ser '''Raynald Westerling''' is the eldest son of Lord [[Gawen Westerling]] and [[Sybell Spicer]].

==Appearance==
Raynald is young and lean. He has brown hair and a bushy mustache.<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 14|Chapter 14]], Catelyn</ref>

==Recent Events==
===''A Storm of Swords''===
Raynald is part of King [[Robb Stark]]'s entourage when he returns to [[Riverrun]] from the [[Westerlands]], having married Raynald's sister [[Jeyne Westerling|Jeyne]]. Robb enjoys spending time with him; [[Catelyn]] believes Raynald fills the hole left by the absence of [[Jon Snow]] and [[Theon Greyjoy]]. When Robb sets out for [[the Twins]] for the marriage of Lady [[Roslin Frey]] and Lord [[Edmure Tully]], Raynald is the only [[House Westerling|Westerling]] to [[Robb's personal guard|accompany]] him, serving as the royal banner-bearer. Arriving at the Twins, [[Grey Wind]] menaces several Freys, and Robb orders Raynald to put the direwolf in a kennel. Lady [[Catelyn]] sees this as a deft move, as Robb has removed the Westerling from the jealous Freys' sight. When the Freys [[Red Wedding|turn on their guests]], Raynald is among those slain.

===''A Feast For Crows''===
According to his mother Sybell, Raynald was unaware of the arrangement she and her brother [[Rolph Spicer]] had with [[Tywin Lannister]]. This means that Raynald was genuinely loyal to Robb Stark which explains why [[Grey Wind]] was never hostile towards him as he was with Raynald's mother and uncle.{{ref|AFFC|44}}

[[Jaime Lannister]] asks [[Edwyn Frey]] what happened to Raynald during the [[Red Wedding]].
Edwyn reveals that Raynald, the "knight of seashells", freed [[Grey Wind]] from his chains when several Frey men-at-arms tried to kill the direwolf. However, while doing so Raynald was hit by several crossbow quarrels and fell into the river. Edwyn tells Jaime that Raynald's body was not specifically found amongst a thousand corpses afterward, but his trail of blood led to the river's steps.{{ref|AFFC|44}}

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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King-Beyond-the-Wall

2013-10-26T23:01:26Z

Marco: /* Historical Kings-beyond-the-Wall */

'''King-beyond-the-Wall''' is the name given to a person who has united the many tribes of [[Free Folk]] or wildlings under his authority. The term seems to have been invented by the people of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. Despite its name, the title is not necessarily a hereditary or absolute position. It is not a position of any authority except that of the person who can establish it through persuasion and force. For long periods of time there can be no recognized king. The most recent King-beyond-the-Wall, [[Mance Rayder]], competed against multiple other contenders, bribing and bargaining with the many tribes to recognize him as their leader.

===Historical Kings-beyond-the-Wall===
* '''[[Raymun|Raymun Redbeard]]'''. He was king some 150 years ago.
* '''[[Bael|Bael the Bard]]'''. Bael was a famous bard, raider and womanizer. According to the wildlings he went to [[Winterfell]] as a bard and impregnated the daughter of the lord. When he was king, he led the wildlings against the [[Wall]], where he was killed by his own son, who had inherited Winterfell. Later, his son was skinned by the [[House Bolton|Boltons]] in their centuries-long struggle for dominance.
* '''[[Gendel]]''' and '''[[Gorne]]'''. The brothers Gendel and Gorne were joint kings some 3,000 years ago. They made a tunnel under the Wall and invaded [[the North]]. Gorne managed to slay the Stark king but was killed by his son and heir. According to the people of the North Gendel and the remaining wildling army were killed by the armies of the [[House Stark|Starks]], the [[Night's Watch]] and the [[House Umber|Umbers]]. In the wildling stories, Gendel led his people back to the tunnels, but they could not find the exit. His children and descendents are said to still live underground, and are always hungry.
* The '''[[Horned Lord]]'''
* '''[[Joramun]]'''. A contemporary of the [[Night's King]], the thirteenth [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]]. Together with the King of Winter they defeated the Night's King. Another story tells of how he found the [[Horn of Winter]] and woke the [[giants]].
* '''[[Mance Rayder]]'''

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King-Beyond-the-Wall

2013-10-26T23:01:10Z

Marco: /* Historical Kings-beyond-the-Wall */

'''King-beyond-the-Wall''' is the name given to a person who has united the many tribes of [[Free Folk]] or wildlings under his authority. The term seems to have been invented by the people of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. Despite its name, the title is not necessarily a hereditary or absolute position. It is not a position of any authority except that of the person who can establish it through persuasion and force. For long periods of time there can be no recognized king. The most recent King-beyond-the-Wall, [[Mance Rayder]], competed against multiple other contenders, bribing and bargaining with the many tribes to recognize him as their leader.

===Historical Kings-beyond-the-Wall===
* '''[[Raymun|Raymun Redbeard]]'''. He was king some 150 years ago.
* '''[[Bael|Bael the Bard]]'''. Bael was a famous bard, raider and womanizer. According to the wildlings he went to [[Winterfell]] as a bard and impregnated the daughter of the lord. When he was king, he led the wildlings against the [[Wall]], where he was killed by his own son, who had inherited Winterfell. Later, his son was skinned by the [[House Bolton|Boltons]] in their centuries-long struggle for dominance.
* '''[[Gendel]]''' and '''[[Gorne]]'''. The brothers Gendel and Gorne were joint kings some 3,000 years ago. They made a tunnel under the Wall and invaded [[the North]]. Gorne managed to slay the Stark king but was killed by his son and heir. According to the people of the North Gendel and the remaining wildling army were killed by the armies of the [[House Stark|Starks]], the [[Night's Watch]] and the [[House Umber|Umbers]]. In the wildling stories, Gendel led his people back to the tunnels, but they could not find the exit. His children and descendents are said to still live underground, and are always hungry.
* The '''[[Horned Lord]]'''
* '''[[Joramun]]'''. A contemporary of the [[Night's King]], the thirteenth [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]]. Together with the King of Winter they defeated the Night's King. Another story tells of how he found the [[Horn of Winter]] and woke the [[giants]].
* [['''Mance Rayder''']]

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King-Beyond-the-Wall

2013-10-26T23:00:52Z

Marco: /* Historical Kings-beyond-the-Wall */

'''King-beyond-the-Wall''' is the name given to a person who has united the many tribes of [[Free Folk]] or wildlings under his authority. The term seems to have been invented by the people of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. Despite its name, the title is not necessarily a hereditary or absolute position. It is not a position of any authority except that of the person who can establish it through persuasion and force. For long periods of time there can be no recognized king. The most recent King-beyond-the-Wall, [[Mance Rayder]], competed against multiple other contenders, bribing and bargaining with the many tribes to recognize him as their leader.

===Historical Kings-beyond-the-Wall===
* '''[[Raymun|Raymun Redbeard]]'''. He was king some 150 years ago.
* '''[[Bael|Bael the Bard]]'''. Bael was a famous bard, raider and womanizer. According to the wildlings he went to [[Winterfell]] as a bard and impregnated the daughter of the lord. When he was king, he led the wildlings against the [[Wall]], where he was killed by his own son, who had inherited Winterfell. Later, his son was skinned by the [[House Bolton|Boltons]] in their centuries-long struggle for dominance.
* '''[[Gendel]]''' and '''[[Gorne]]'''. The brothers Gendel and Gorne were joint kings some 3,000 years ago. They made a tunnel under the Wall and invaded [[the North]]. Gorne managed to slay the Stark king but was killed by his son and heir. According to the people of the North Gendel and the remaining wildling army were killed by the armies of the [[House Stark|Starks]], the [[Night's Watch]] and the [[House Umber|Umbers]]. In the wildling stories, Gendel led his people back to the tunnels, but they could not find the exit. His children and descendents are said to still live underground, and are always hungry.
* The '''[[Horned Lord]]'''
* '''[[Joramun]]'''. A contemporary of the [[Night's King]], the thirteenth [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]]. Together with the King of Winter they defeated the Night's King. Another story tells of how he found the [[Horn of Winter]] and woke the [[giants]].
* [[Mance Rayder]]

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File:House Stark.png

2013-10-26T22:54:15Z

Marco:

== Licensing ==
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Orys Baratheon

2013-10-25T12:09:19Z

Marco:

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| Father = [[Aerion Targaryen (father of Aegon I)]] (possibly)
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Lord '''Orys Baratheon''' of Storm's End was the founder of [[House Baratheon]]. He slew the last [[Storm King]], [[Argilac Durrendon|Argilac]] the Arrogant, married [[Argella Durrendon|his daughter]] and took his lands.

==History==
Orys was the rumored [[bastard]] half-brother of [[Aegon I]]. He was one of Aegon's fiercest commanders and was regarded as Aegon's only true friend. He rose through the ranks and became [[Hand of the King]] after Aegon's landing on mainland [[Westeros]] and his coronation.<ref>Bubonicon Report, August 25, 2012 [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Bubonicon_Report/ So Spake Martin]</ref>

During the [[War of Conquest]] he and [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] atop of [[Meraxes]] was tasked with taking [[Storm's End]]. The Storm King [[Argilac]], hearing of the fate of [[Harrenhal]] knew his formidable walls would not protect him from dragonfire, rode out to give [[Last Storm|open battle]]. Orys slew Argilac the Arrogant, who became the last [[Storm King]].

After the battle, [[Argella Durrendon]], the daughter of Argilac, declared herself the Storm Queen and continued to hold [[Storm's End]] until her household turned against her to avoid the same fate of Harrenhal and delivered her to Orys, naked and chained. Orys, however, covered her with his cloak and treated her chivalrously.

Aegon rewarded Orys with Storm's End. Orys took Argella as his wife and adopted the banner, honors and words of the Durrendons, ''Ours is the Fury''. <ref>Bubonicon Report, August 25, 2012 [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Bubonicon_Report/ So Spake Martin]</ref>.{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}}

==Family==
{{Template:Targaryen tree Aegon}}
==Quotes about Orys==
{{Quote|"My shield, my stalwart, my strong right hand" <ref>Chicon 7 Reading (September 02, 2012) [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C92/ So Spake Martin]</ref>}} – [[Aegon the Conqueror]]
==References and Notes==
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House Blackfyre

2013-10-25T12:07:53Z

Marco:

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| House_name = House Blackfyre of [[King's Landing]]
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| Coat_of_arms = A black three-headed dragon, breathing black fire on red.
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| Overlord = [[House Targaryen]]
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'''House Blackfyre''' is a semi-extinct noble house from the [[Crownlands]]. House Blackfyre was a cadet branch of House Targaryen, founded by [[Daemon Blackfyre]], the legitimized [[bastard]] of King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]]. House Blackfyre is named for the sword of the [[Blackfyre|same name]].

Their sigil was a black three-headed dragon, breathing black fire on red, the Targaryen sigil with the colours reversed. Their motto is unknown.

==History==
House Blackfyre was founded by Daemon Blackfyre, the bastard-son of [[Aegon IV]] after he was legitimized by his dying father. Daemon inversed the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen arms]] for his coat of arms and named the house after the sword [[Blackfyre]] that his father gave him when he was fourteen. <ref>[[The Sworn Sword]]</ref> The sword had been the personal weapon of the first Targaryen king [[Aegon I]] and all his successors.

Among the traits passed on to the Blackfyres by the [[Targaryen]]s were the platinum blond hair, [[violet eyes]] and the premonition-like dream ability.<ref>[[The Mystery Knight]]</ref>

It is not known if lands were bestowed on Daemon.

In [[195 AL]] Daemon and his friends and allies [[Blackfyre Rebellion|revolted]] against [[Daeron II]], his half-brother, using the old rumor that Daeron was the son of [[Aemon Targaryen|Aemon the Dragonknight]] instead of [[Aegon IV]] and that the gift of the ancestral weapon [[Blackfyre]] proved that Aegon wanted Daemon to succeed him.

Ultimately the rebellion failed and Daemon and his two eldest sons perished on the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field|Redgrass field]]. His surviving sons fled to the [[Free Cities]] with a number of supporters.

The [[Golden Company]] was founded in [[Essos]] by [[Aegor Rivers]], a legitimized bastard of King Aegon IV, after he fled Westeros at the end of the rebellion. When Aegor saw all the exiled lords and knights signing on with other sellsword companies, and saw the support of House Blackfyre ebbing away, he created his own sellsword company.

The [[Second Blackfyre Rebellion]] took place in [[212 AL]]. It never spread beyond the walls of [[Whitewalls]], but several key Blackfyre supporters were killed.<ref>[[The Mystery Knight]]</ref> The remaining sons and their descendants attacked the Seven Kingdoms a number of times (as many as five Blackfyre rebellions have been mentioned).

The last attack was in [[257 AL]] when [[Maelys Blackfyre|Maelys the Monstruous]], head of the [[Golden Company]], joined forces with a number of ambitious men and invaded the [[Stepstones]] as a base for a future invasion of the Seven Kingdoms. [[Aegon V]] sent an army that defeated the rebels. Maelys the Monstruous was killed in single combat by Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], who cut a bloody path though the Golden Company's ranks to get to Maelys.

==The Female Blackfyre Line==
According to [[Illyrio Mopatis]] the Blackfyres were extinguished in the male line when [[Maelys Blackfyre]] was slain by Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]. {{Ref|aDwD|5}} What happened to the female line is not known, it should be safe to say that there are Blackfyre descendants in [[Essos]] who trace their ancestry through the female line. One of them could possibly be [[Young Griff|the Targaryen pretender]].

==House Genealogy==
{{Blackfyre tree}}

==References in the books==
===Dunk & Egg===
*Daemon Blackfyre led the [[Blackfyre Rebellion]].
*Daemon broke Lord [[House Arryn|Arryn]]'s van at the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]], slaying [[Wyl Waynwood]] and the Knight of Ninestars and severely injuring Ser [[Gwayne Corbray]] of the [[Kingsguard]]. While protecting his fallen foes, Daemon and his two eldest sons, [[Aemon Blackfyre|Aemon]] and [[Aegon Blackfyre]], were slain by his half-brother [[Brynden Rivers|Bloodraven]] and his [[Raven's Teeth]].
*Daemon's remaining sons fled to the [[Free Cities]] with his principal supporter, [[Aegor Rivers|Bittersteel]].
*[[Daemon II Blackfyre]] instigated the [[Second Blackfyre Rebellion]], but the rebellion was snuffed out quickly by Bloodraven before it could spread beyond [[Whitewalls]].
*During the [[Whitewalls Tourney]], Daemon II defeated Ser [[Franklyn Frey]] and Ser [[Galtry the Green]].
*Daemon II had [[dragon dreams]] previously only found in members of [[House Targaryen]].
==Quotes==
{{Quote|[[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon the Fourth]] legitimized all his bastards on his deathbed. And how much pain, grief, war and murder grew from that? … The Blackfyre pretenders troubled the [[Targaryen]]s for five generations, until Barristan the Bold slew the last of them on the [[Stepstones]]. {{Ref|aSoS|45}}}} - [[Catelyn Stark]], to King [[Robb Stark]]

{{Quote|When [[Maelys the Monstrous]] died upon the [[Stepstones]], it was the end of the male line of House Blackfyre. {{Ref|aDwD|5}}}} - [[Illyrio Mopatis]], to [[Tyrion Lannister]]

==References and Notes==
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House Arryn

2013-10-25T12:02:41Z

Marco:

{{Noble House
| House_name = House Arryn of [[the Eyrie]]
| image = [[file:House_Arryn.PNG|250px|center]]
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| Coat_of_arms = Moon and falcon, white, upon a sky-blue field.
| Words = ''As High as Honor''
| Seat = The [[Eyrie]]
| Current_Lord = [[Robert Arryn]]
| Region = The [[Vale]]
| Title = [[King of Mountain and Vale]] (formerly) [[Warden of the East]] Lord of [[the Eyrie]] Defender of [[the Vale]]
| Heir = [[Harrold Hardyng]]
| Overlord = [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]]
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'''House Arryn of the Eyrie''' is one of great houses of [[Westeros]], and is the principal noble house in the [[Vale]]. Their main seat is the [[Eyrie]], but they have many other holdings, including their winter castle at the [[Gates of the Moon]]. Both of these fortifications sit astride the [[Giant's Lance]], the tallest mountain in the Vale, and the Eyrie is considered impregnable. Their sigil is a white moon-and-falcon on a sky-blue field, and their words are "As High as Honor".{{Ref|aGoT|37}} Their line dates back to the old [[Andal]] peoples that invaded Westeros. Usually marrying other Andal nobles, House Arryn to this day has the purest line of Andal nobility.{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}}

==History==
Prior to the arrival of the [[Andal]]s, the Vale was ruled by the [[First Men]] under the [[Mountain King]]s. Ser [[Artys Arryn]] slew the last of the Mountain Kings and the Arryns became [[King of Mountain and Vale|Kings of Mountain and Vale]], according to semi-canon sources some six thousand years ago.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones (game)|A Game of Thrones RPG and Resource Book]], Guardians of Order</ref> They renamed the land the Vale of Arryn, and their kings wore the Falcon Crown.

The Arryns submitted to [[House Targaryen]] during the [[Wars of Conquest]]. The Arryn and Targaryen fleets fought to a draw in the [[Battle of Gulltown]], but the Arryns submitted when [[Aegon I|Aegon the Conqueror's]] sister [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]] arrived at the Eyrie and found that the young king [[Ronnel Arryn (King)|Ronnel]] wanted to ride a dragon. Since then, the Arryns remained Defenders of the Vale and were also named [[Warden of the East|Wardens of the East]], a title that they have always held since.{{ref|aGoT|4}}

The Targaryen civil war, the [[Dance of the Dragons]], was a contest of claims between [[Viserys I Targaryen]]'s issue from an Arryn wife and a [[House Hightower|Hightower]]. Decades later, during the [[Blackfyre Rebellion]], the house remained loyal to King [[Daeron II Targaryen]]. At the climactic [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]] Lord Arryn's van was smashed by [[Daemon Blackfyre]].

The descendents of Lord [[Jasper Arryn]] have experienced a variety of calamities that have left the house with few trueborn members. Jasper's successor, Lord [[Jon Arryn]], married several times to try to sire heirs. His first wife, [[Jeyne Royce]], died in childbirth, their daughter stillborn. His second wife, [[Rowena Arryn]], a cousin, died childless of a winter chill. His sister, [[Alys Arryn|Alys]], birthed nine children by her husband, Ser [[Elys Waynwood]], dying soon after the last one. All nine died or took religious orders before they could reproduce. Jon and Alys's younger brother [[Ronnel Arryn (son of Jasper)|Ronnel]] died of a bad belly many years before the novels.

The war that became [[Robert's Rebellion]] started when Jon Arryn refused to surrender his wards, [[Robert Baratheon]] and [[Eddard Stark]], to the Mad King, [[Aerys II Targaryen]]. The battle against [[Marq Grafton]] at [[Gulltown]] saw Lord Arryn defeat his [[House Targaryen|royalist]] bannermen. During the war, Jon was one of the principal leaders and his marriage to his third wife, [[Lysa Tully]], helped secure Lord [[Hoster Tully]] as an ally. Unfortunately, casualties mounted among the few remaining Arryns. Jon's nephew and heir [[Elbert Arryn]] had been part of [[Brandon Stark]]'s doomed party that went to [[King's Landing]], and his distant cousin Ser [[Denys Arryn|Denys]], the "darling of the Vale", was killed at the [[Battle of the Bells]]. After the war, [[Nestor Royce]] ruled as High Steward of the Vale as Jon became Robert's [[Hand of the King]].

Lord Jon's marriage to Lysa remained a distant one. At first the union produced only miscarriages, but finally she gave him a son, [[Robert Arryn|Robert]], the last Arryn. Robert has been spoiled by Lysa despite the efforts of Jon, and she makes no effort to teach him the ways of lordship. Jon has served King Robert Baratheon loyally for fourteen years at the beginning of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''.

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
As [[Hand of the King]] to [[Robert Baratheon]], Lord [[Jon Arryn]] is approached by [[Stannis Baratheon]], who suspects that his brother, King Robert, has no trueborn heirs, and that Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] has cuckolded him with her own brother, [[Jaime Lannister]]. The two investigate in [[King's Landing]], but Jon is [[Tears of Lys|poisoned]] and dies suddenly before they can reveal their revelation.

After Jon's death, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] offers to foster Jon's young heir, [[Robert Arryn]], at [[Casterly Rock]], a plan which the clueless King Robert supports, but Jon's widow, [[Lysa Tully]], flees with young Robert to the [[Eyrie]]. Meanwhile, lords sworn to the Eyrie are incensed when Robert Baratheon grants the traditional Arryn title of [[Warden of the East]] to Jaime Lannister rather than young Lord Arryn. Many of these lords court Lady Lysa; she strings them along to keep them vying for her favor.

Despite overtures from her sister, [[Catelyn Tully]], Lysa keeps the knights of the Vale from joining the [[War of the Five Kings|war]] against the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]]. Lysa gains the custody of [[Tyrion Lannister]], but soon loses it when her captain of guards, Ser [[Vardis Egen]], loses a trial by combat. When Catelyn leaves the Eyrie she offers to foster Robert at [[Winterfell]], which provokes Lysa to threaten to throw her sister from the [[Moon Door]]. Lysa declines to provide escort for Tyrion as he leaves the Vale, hoping he will be killed by the [[mountain clans]], but Tyrion turns the clansmen to his side.

===''A Storm of Swords''===

The Vale's neutrality is a cause of contention for all sides. Lysa's nephew, King [[Robb Stark]], bemoans his inability to march through the region, and King [[Stannis Baratheon]] wishes for their support as well. Lysa defies expectation by falling on the outskirts of the Lannister camp. She marries her lover from her youth, [[Petyr Baelish]], nicknamed Littlefinger. Later, Lysa sees Petyr kissing her niece, [[Sansa Stark]], and flies into a jealous rage, revealing that she secretly plotted with Littlefinger to murder her husband, Lord Jon, when it seemed Jon might send young Robert away to be fostered by Stannis on [[Dragonstone]]. Lysa is killed when Petyr shoves her through the Moon Door.

===''A Feast for Crows''===
The frail [[Robert Arryn]] remains the ward of Lord [[Petyr Baelish]], who rules as Lord Protector of the Vale. Should anything happen to Robert, the heir presumptive of the Eyrie is Harry the Heir, [[Harrold Hardyng]], a recently knighted squire and the great-nephew of the late Lord [[Jon Arryn]] thanks to a daughter of his sister [[Alys Arryn|Alys]]'s marriage into that house. Petyr plots to wed Sansa to Harry the Heir, with the eventual goal of liberating [[Winterfell]] in her name from [[House Bolton|Bolton]] control. Several powerful nobles array themselves against Baelish's rule, calling themselves the [[Lords Declarant]]. As the Vale has been untouched by the war, they command a sizable military force; thus far their opposition has been peaceful.

==House Arryn at the end of the third century==

The known Arryns during the timespan of the events described in''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are:
* Lord [[Jon Arryn|{Jon Arryn}]], Lord of the Eyrie, Defender of the Vale, and Warden of the East.
** Lady [[Lysa Tully|{Lysa Tully}]], his wife. Died from a fall.
*** Lord [[Robert Arryn]], Lord of the Eyrie, Defender of the Vale, and (True) Warden of the East. A sickly boy.

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===Historical Arryns===

* [[Ronnel Arryn (King)|Ronnel Arryn]]: The last King of Mountain and Vale.
* [[Sharra Arryn]]: His mother and regent. Submitted to [[Visenya Targaryen]].
* '''Unknown Arryn queen''': An unknown lady of the house was the first wife of King [[Viserys I]], giving him two sons who died in infancy as well as [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Princess Rhaenyra]], who claimed the throne after her father's death and died fighting half her kin in the [[Dance of the Dragons]]. Through her son [[Aegon III]] the Arryns are thus distantly related to [[House Blackfyre|the Blackfyres]], and through her son [[Viserys II]] to the main branch of [[House Targaryen]].

===Household===
* Lord [[Petyr Baelish]], called 'Littlefinger', Lord of Harrenhal, Lord Paramount of the Trident and Lord Protector of the Vale.
** [[Sansa Stark|Alayne Stone]], Lord Petyr's natural daughter, a maid of four-and-ten, actually a disguised Sansa Stark.
**Ser [[Lothor Brune]], called 'Lothor Apple-Eater', a sellsword in Lord Petyr's service, the Eyrie's captain of the guards.
** [[Oswell Kettleblack|Oswell]], a grizzled man-at-arms in Lord Petyr's service, sometimes called 'Kettleblack'.
** Ser [[Shadrick]] of the Shady Glen, called 'the Mad Mouse', Ser [[Byron]] the Beautiful, Ser [[Morgarth]] the Merry, hedge knights in Lord Petyr’s service,
* Maester [[Colemon]], counselor, healer, and tutor.
*[[Gyles Grafton]] and [[Terrance Lynderly]], squires to Lord Robin.
* Ser {[[Vardis Egen]]}, captain of the guard. Slain by [[Bronn]] in a trial-by-combat.
* Ser {[[Hugh]]} of the Vale, once squire to Lord Jon Arryn as Hand of the King. Slain by Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] during a joust in the Tourney of the Hand.
* {[[Marillion]]}, a handsome young singer and favourite of Lady Lysa accused of her murder. Either fell or jumped to his death from one of the sky cells.
* [[Gretchel]], [[Maddy]], called 'Fat Maddy', and [[Mela]], servingwomen.
*[[Ossy]] and [[Carrot]], mule handlers.
* [[Mord]], a brutal gaoler.

==References in the books==
===Dunk & Egg===
*Lord Arryn was defeated by Ser [[Humfrey Hardyng]] at the [[Tourney of Maidenpool]] the year before the [[Ashford Tourney]]. Probably the same Lord Arryn who led the van to defeat against Daemon Blackfyre.

===A Song of Ice and Fire===
* Lord Jon died in [[King's Landing]].
* Jon married [[Lysa Tully]] the same day [[Eddard Stark]] married [[Catelyn Tully]].
* Six hundred years ago, [[Alyssa Arryn]] saw her family killed before her eyes and never shed a tear. A waterfall on the [[Giant's Lance]], [[Alyssa's Tears]] are named for her.
* Jon Arryn fought at the Battle of the Bells.

==Sworn Houses==

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{{COA|Unknown|small}} '''[[House Arryn of Gulltown|House Arryn]]''' of Gulltown. 
{{COA|OldBaelish|small}} '''[[House Baelish]]''' of the Fingers. 
{{COA|belmore|small}}'''[[House Belmore]]''' of [[Strongsong]]. 
{{COA|corbray|small}}'''[[House Corbray]]''' of [[Heart's Home]]. 
{{COA|Donniger|small}} '''[[House Donniger]]'''. 
{{COA|Egen|small}} '''[[House Egen]]'''. 
{{COA|elesham|small}} '''[[House Elesham]]''' of [[The Paps]]. 
{{COA|grafton|small}} '''[[House Grafton]]''' of [[Gulltown]]. 
{{COA|hersy|small}} '''[[House Hersy]]''' of [[Newkeep]]. 
{{COA|hunter|small}} '''[[House Hunter]]''' of [[Longbow Hall]]. 
{{COA|lynderly|small}} '''[[House Lynderly]]''' of [[Snakewood]]. 
{{COA|melcolm|small}} '''[[House Melcolm]]''' of [[Old Anchor]]. 
{{COA|moore|small}} '''[[House Moore]]'''. 
{{COA|Pryor|small}} '''[[House Pryor]]''' of [[Pebble]]. 
{{COA|redfort|small}} '''[[House Redfort]]''' of [[Redfort]]. 
{{COA|Royce|small}} '''[[House Royce]]''' of [[Runestone]]. 
{{COA|royce gates moon|small}} '''[[House Royce of the Gates of the Moon|House Royce]]''' of the [[Gates of the Moon]]. 
{{COA|ruthermont|small}} '''[[House Ruthermont]]'''. 
{{COA|sunderland|small}} '''[[House Sunderland]]''' of [[Sisterton]]. 
{{COA|templeton|small}} '''[[House Templeton]]''' of [[Ninestars]]. 
{{COA|upcliff|small}} '''[[House Upcliff]]'''. 
{{COA|Waynwood|small}} '''[[House Waynwood]]''' of [[Ironoaks]]. 
{{COA|wydman|small}} '''[[House Wydman]]'''. 
{{COA|waxley|small}} '''[[House Waxley]]''' of [[Wickenden]]. 
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The following are not directly sworn to House Arryn: [[House Borrell|Borrell]], [[House Longthorpe|Longthorpe]], [[House Torrent|Torrent]], [[House Shett|Shett]], [[House Coldwater|Coldwater]], [[House Tollett|Tollett]], [[House Hardyng|Hardyng]].

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House Lannister

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| House_name = House Lannister of [[Casterly Rock]]
| image = [[File:House_Lannister.png|250px|center]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = A golden lion upon a crimson field.
| Words = ''Hear Me Roar!''
| Seat = [[Casterly Rock]]
| Current_Lord = Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]]
| Region = the [[Westerlands]]
| Title = [[King of the Rock]] (formerly) Lord of [[Casterly Rock]] Shield of [[Lannisport]] [[Warden of the West]] Lord Paramount of [[the Westerlands]] 
| Overlord = [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]]
| Ancestral_weapon = [[Brightroar]] (lost)
| Cadet_branch = [[House Lannister of Lannisport]] [[House Lannister of Darry]]
| Founded_in = [[Age of Heroes]]
| Founder = [[Lann the Clever]]
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'''House Lannister of Casterly Rock''' is one of the Great Houses of [[Seven Kingdoms]], and the principal house of the [[Westerlands]]. Their seat is [[Casterly Rock]], though [[House Lannister of Lannisport|another branch]] exists that is based in nearby [[Lannisport]]. Their sigil is a golden lion on a field of crimson.{{Ref|aGoT|5}} Their official motto is "Hear me roar!" However their unofficial motto, equally well known, is "A Lannister always pays his debts."{{Ref|aGoT|56}}{{Ref|aGoT|42}}
The Lannisters reigned as [[King of the Rock|Kings of the Rock]] until they fell to the [[War of Conquest|Targaryen conquest]], but were allowed to remain the paramount lords of the Westerlands. The House had fallen on hard times during the rule of [[Tytos Lannister|Tytos]], but was restored to its former glory by [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]]. The Lannisters are the richest family in the Seven Kingdoms, due in large part to the many gold mines under their control, despite by no means being the largest kingdom and being rather mountainous. Members of the family tend to have golden hair and emerald green eyes.

==History==
[[File:Nachomolina_Tywin_Lannister.jpg‎ ‎|Tywin Lannister - by Nacho Molina ©|thumb|300px|right]]
The Lannisters descend from [[Andal]] adventurers who married the daughters of the [[King of the Rock]]. The King himself descended from [[Lann the Clever]], a legendary trickster from the [[Age of Heroes]] who tricked the [[House Casterly|Casterlys]] into giving him Casterly Rock.{{Ref|aGoT|27}} The Lannisters reigned as Kings of the Rock until the [[War of Conquest|Targaryen conquest]]. Afer the [[Field of Fire]], King [[Loren Lannister|Loren I]] surrendered and his House was allowed to remain the paramount lords of the westerlands.{{Ref|aGoT|13}} The Lannisters are the richest family in the [[Seven Kingdoms]], due in large part to the many gold mines under their control. House Lannister once possessed an ancestral [[Valyrian steel]] greatsword called [[Brightroar]]; but it has long been lost.{{ref|aSoS|32}}

During the [[Blackfyre Rebellion]], Lord [[Damon Lannister]] remained loyal to the Targaryens. The great rebel general Ser [[Quentyn Ball]] defeated him outside the gates of Lannisport.

Later, during the lordship of [[Tytos Lannister]], the House fell on hard times. Tytos' weakness allowed him to be [[Reyne-Tarbeck Rebellion|bullied by his vassals]]. Eventually his son [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] brought the wayward bannermen to heel and restored the house to its former glory. Soon thereafter, Tywin was made [[Hand of the King]] by [[Aerys II]], holding that position for many years. When Aerys was [[Defiance of Duskendale|held hostage]] by [[Denys Darklyn]], Tywin's conservative approach took six months to resolve the conflict. This instigated Aerys's paranoia and drove a wedge between the two, along with the king's lusting after Tywin's wife, cousin and trusted confidante [[Joanna Lannister|Joanna]]. Tywin was never a jovial man, but when Joanna died birthing their third child, [[Tyrion]], he was much saddened and his brother [[Kevan Lannister|Kevan]] became his right hand. Their sister [[Genna Lannister|Genna]] took a maternal role over the children. His second brother [[Tygett Lannister|Tygett]] died of a pox, and their brother [[Gerion Lannister|Gerion]] sailed off on a journey to [[Valyria]], never to be seen again.

Despite Tywin's attempts to ensure a strong legacy, life at Casterly Rock was dysfunctional at best. His twin children [[Cersei]] and [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] began an incestuous relationship at an early age. Cersei, while a young maid, visited a [[maegi|woods witch]] called [[Maggy the Frog]], who shared portents of Cersei's future that planted seeds of her paranoia. Cersei murdered [[Melara Hetherspoon|her friend]] who had witnessed the prophecy. Tyrion, when 13 years old, was out with Jaime when he met and married a girl named [[Tysha]], a match which was quickly and savagely ended by Lord Tywin. Jaime was a promising young knight, dubbed by Ser [[Arthur Dayne]]. Tywin was devastated when Jaime joined King Aery's [[Kingsguard]]. Upon this action (which he perceived as the Mad King "stealing" his heir), coupled with the Mad King's refusal to wed [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Prince Rhaegar]] to [[Cersei]], Tywin resigned the Handship. This flew in the face of Jaime's plan, which was to be closer to Cersei: he was kept in King's Landing while Cersei returned to Casterly Rock.

During [[Robert's Rebellion]], the Lannisters stayed neutral for the majority of the war. Only after the [[Battle of the Trident|defeat of Prince Rhaegar]] at the [[Trident]] did Lord Tywin bestir himself to join [[Robert Baratheon]] against the Targaryen dynasty, perpetrating the [[Sack of King's Landing]] when the Lannister loyalist [[Pycelle|Grand Maester Pycelle]] suggested the gates be opened. There Ser Jaime Lannister, still a Kingsguard, slew Aerys, the last crowned Targaryen king. Meanwhile Tywin's knights killed the rest of the Targaryens in the capitol to prove their commitment to Robert's cause.{{Ref|aGoT|12}} Afterwards, Tywin's daughter [[Cersei]] was wed to King Robert. This marriage and the increasing amount of gold Robert owes to Tywin have only increased Lannister power. Much of Lord Tywin's energy is directed inward, ensuring all of his relatives do their part to uphold the family name.

===A Game of Thrones===

Unbeknownst to most, [[Tywin Lannister|Lord Tywin]]'s children [[Cersei|Queen Cersei]] and [[Jaime Lannister|Ser Jaime]] have, for most of their lives, carried out an incestuous love affair. All three royal children, supposedly [[Robert Baratheon|King Robert's]], are actually Jaime's. Lord [[Eddard Stark]] and his wife [[Catelyn Tully]] suspect the Lannisters of murdering Eddard's predecessor as [[Hand of the King]], Lord [[Jon Arryn]], and also of attempting to kill their son [[Bran]]. The latter is true, as the boy was a witness to their fornication.

Lady Catelyn captures [[Tyrion Lannister]] at a [[Inn at the Crossroads|crossroads inn]] to bring him to trial, prompting Lord Lannister to send raiders to [[House Tully|Tully]] lands in an attempt to draw Lord Stark into the field, hoping to capture him for an exchange. Eddard, however, is waylaid on the streets of [[King's Landing]] by Ser Jaime and is injured in the melee, sending other men in his stead.

Tyrion escapes of his own volition, but the war continues along with intrigue in the capital, where Cersei has Eddard arrested. Tywin and Jaime win several victories over the riverlords, but the Tullys are soon joined by Eddard's son [[Robb Stark|Robb]] and a host of [[northmen]].

Tywin repels one Stark army under Lord [[Roose Bolton]] in the [[Battle of the Green Fork]], but this force turns out to have been a feint: with Tywin distracted, Robb captures Jaime in a [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|surprise attack]], and [[Battle of the Camps|breaks his siege]] of [[Riverrun]].

Meanwhile Cersei fears for her children if Stark informs Robert of her childrens' parentage. She has her cousin [[Lancel Lannister]], Robert's squire, supply the king with strongwine during a boar hunt, resulting in Robert receiving a mortal wound.

Soon her and Jaime's son [[Joffrey]] has become king, and orders the execution of Lord Stark, ruining any chance of peace. Jaime, despite his absence, is named Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. Tywin, having been named Hand, sends Tyrion to take up his duties while he campaigns in the Riverlands. Meanwhile Robert's brothers [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] and [[Renly Baratheon]] have each contested Joffrey's right to the [[Iron Throne]]. So begins the [[War of the Five Kings]].

===A Clash of Kings===

Tyrion and Cersei compete for influence at King's Landing, with Tyrion constantly outmaneuvering her. Desperate for allies, he makes moves to ally with [[House Martell]]. Part of this involves betrothing [[Myrcella Baratheon|Princess Myrcella]] to [[Trystane Martell]]. When her ship leaves port, the royal party is caught up in the [[Riot of King's Landing]] provoked by King Joffrey. Jaime languishes in the dungeon of Riverrun, despite attempts to free him. Meanwhile Cersei has replaced him in her bed with their cousin Ser [[Lancel Lannister]]. When the Stark forces invade the [[Westerlands]], Tywin's army marches from [[Harrenhal]], but are prevented access to their homelands by Ser [[Edmure Tully]] at the [[Battle of the Fords]]. As a result, King Robb's army destroys a third Western host under Ser [[Stafford Lannister]] at the [[Battle of Oxcross]] and raids the Westerlands, but Tywin is close enough to King's Landing to defend the city when he hears of King Stannis's impending attack. Due to Tywin's presence, Tyrion's defensive preparations, and a new alliance with [[House Tyrell]], the Lannisters are able to defeat Stannis in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], despite nearly suffering a rout of the [[Gold Cloaks]] when Cersei withdraws King Joffrey from the city walls. Most of Stannis's bannermen declare for Joffrey, and Lord Tywin takes up rule in his own right. Meanwhile Catelyn Stark, having heard of the supposed deaths of two of her sons at the hands of the turncloak [[Theon Greyjoy]], releases Jaime from captivity in an attempt to covertly exchange him for her daughters [[Sansa]] and [[Arya]]. Unknown to most is that Arya escaped King's Landing long ago.

===A Storm of Swords===

Tywin refuses to appoint Tyrion as heir to the Rock, instead making him [[Master of Coin]] and wedding him to Sansa Stark for her claim to [[Winterfell]] and denying the Tyrells the chance to wed her to [[Willas Tyrell|Willas]]. His brother and right hand, Ser [[Kevan Lannister]], is named [[Master of Laws]]. Tywin also betroths Joffrey to [[Margaery Tyrell]], and tries to re-wed Cersei, this time to [[Willas Tyrell]], but [[Mace Tyrell|Lord Mace]] refuses under pressure from [[Olenna Redwyne|his mother]]. Cersei is shunned from the council, and her regency over King Joffrey is ended. Tywin also restores the title of [[Warden of the East]] to [[House Arryn]], it having been given to Jaime after Jon Arryn's death, and reinstates [[Pycelle]] as grand maester when he hears the [[Citadel]] plans to grant the title to [[Gormon Tyrell|a Tyrell uncle]].

When Tywin discovers that Robb Stark has wed a daughter of one of his minor bannermen, [[Jeyne Westerling]], he begins plotting with Jeyne's [[Sybell Spicer|mother]], the slighted Lord [[Walder Frey]] and the opportunistic Lord [[Roose Bolton]] to overthrow the northern king. This treachery is accomplished in the [[Red Wedding|wedding]] at [[the Twins]] of Edmure Tully to one of the Frey women, when Robb, Lady Catelyn, and many others are murdered under [[guest right]]. The Starks and Tullys are ousted from power, replaced respectively by Lannister-backed [[House Bolton]] and [[House Baelish of Harrenhal]]. Most of their bannermen grudgingly return to the king's peace. With Renly and Robb dead, Stannis repelled and with few followers, and the Greyjoys concentrating on the North, Lannister power is at its zenith.

When King Joffrey unexpectedly dies at his wedding feast, Cersei wrongfully accuses Tyrion of the deed. Tywin is a judge at the trial, along with Mace Tyrell and Prince [[Oberyn Martell]], the Red Viper of Dorne. After a bevy of witnesses defame Tyrion, including those he thought his friends, the Imp demands a trial by combat. Since Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] is appointed the royal champion, Prince Oberyn fights for Tyrion in an effort to avenge his sister [[Elia Martell|Princess Elia]], killed during Tywin's sack of King's Landing. Oberyn loses and Tyrion is condemned to die. Jaime, meanwhile, has made his way to King's Landing with [[Brienne of Tarth]], sworn sword of Lady Catelyn. On the way, he lost his hand by order of [[Vargo Hoat]], the sellsword holding Harrenhal who now serves House Stark. His return to the capitol finds a changed man, increasingly at odds with his family. He quarrels with Lord Tywin, refusing to resign from the Kingsguard to become heir to Casterly Rock. Before Tyion can be executed Jaime frees him from his cell; Tyrion reveals Cersei's infidelity and accepts false responsibility for Joffrey's death. During his escape, Tyrion kills Lord Tywin with a crossbow.

===A Feast for Crows===
[[File:MagaliVilleneuve_CLannister.jpg‎‎|After Tywin's death Cersei resumed her [[Regent|regency]], now over the newly crowned [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I]] - by Magali Villeneuve. © Fantasy Flight Games|thumb|right|400px]]
Tywin's death lingers over the Lannister landscape. Cersei resumes her [[Regent|regency]], now over the newly crowned [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I]] and sets out to prove herself a better ruler than her father. Ignoring her father's plans, she fills the [[small council]] with her own lackeys. As Queen Regent, she tries to appoint Jaime as Hand of the King, but he refuses - she responds by saying she was a fool for ever having loved him. After Tywin's funeral, Cersei charges Jaime with the mopping-up campaign in the Riverlands, beginning with lifting the [[Siege of Riverrun]]. While on campaign, Jaime tries to hone his left-handed swordsmanship and confronts his cousin Lancel at [[Darry]], where the latter is lord but has sworn himself to the Faith Militant (see below).

Kevan Lannister acknowledges Cersei as Lady of Casterly Rock. She offers him the position of Hand of the King, which he declines unless he can also assume the regency. Cersei refuses to give up her power and appoints Ser [[Daven Lannister]] as the new [[Warden of the West]] to slight Ser Kevan, and Ser [[Damion Lannister|Damion]] is named castellan of the Rock. Finally she makes Ser [[Harys Swyft]] the Hand, because he is a tractable man and he is a hostage against Ser Kevan. Cersei puts out a bounty for Tyrion's head, resulting in the deaths of many innocent dwarfs throughout the kingdoms as men try to cash in, but she refuses to rescind the offer for fear someone might stay his hand. Despite Tommen's marriage to Queen Margaery, Cersei begins to plot against the Tyrells, whom she suspects of intrigue. She gives one maid she suspects of espionage to Lord [[Qyburn]], her sinister ex-maester [[Master of Whisperers]], for his twisted experiments in necromancy, along with the corpse of Gregor Clegane (dead from the Red Viper's poisoned spear). Queen Margaery wants her brother [[Loras Tyrell]] to become King Tommen's master-at-arms; an offer which Cersei staunchly refuses. When [[Euron Greyjoy]]'s [[ironmen]] invade [[the Reach]], Cersei grants Ser Loras his wish to take command of the [[Siege of Dragonstone]], hoping that he would rashly storm the castle to free up the [[House Redwyne|Redwyne]] fleet. Her hopes are fulfilled, as the Knight of Flowers was reportedly maimed by boiling oil.

To "raise" funds to build a new royal fleet, Cersei freezes all crown debts, angering the [[Iron Bank of Braavos]] and the [[Faith of the Seven]], and also has the [[High Septon (Tyrion's)|High Septon]] chosen by Tyrion assassinated. She tries to mollify the church by allowing the return of the [[Faith Militant]], but the [[High Sparrow|new High Septon]] has her arrested for her fornications, murders, and other myriad sins. She writes an impassioned letter to Jaime, imploring him to defend her in a trial by combat, but he burns the letter without response. Lord [[Orton Merryweather]], having replaced Harys Swyft as Hand, flees the capitol as Swyft (now Master of Coin) and Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] take control of King Tommen and request that Kevan Lannister return to King's Landing as Lord Regent.

===A Dance with Dragons===

Ser Kevan, as Lord Regent, begins trying to undo Cersei's political bumbling. To placate House Lannister's Tyrell allies, he appoints Lord Mace as Hand of the King, and his bannermen [[Paxter Redwyne]] and [[Randyll Tarly]] to the small council. He also visits the imprisoned Cersei, confronting her about her affair with Lancel and telling her that, regardless of her trial, her rule is at an end. When she undergoes her walk of shame across the city, shaven and benuded, he ensures that King Tommen does not witness the event.

Tyrion, aided by [[Varys]], has been whisked across the [[Narrow Sea]]. There Varys's ally [[Illyrio Mopatis]] arranges for him to travel with a misfit band to seek out [[Daenerys Targaryen]]. En route, he realizes that one of the group is actually the exiled Hand [[Jon Connington]], and that his "son" is Rhaegar's son [[Aegon Targaryen|Prince Aegon]], long thought to be dead. At a brothel in [[Selhorys]], Tyrion is captured by another exiled lord, [[Jorah Mormont]], who aims to go to Daenerys for his own reasons. On the way to [[Meereen]], Tyrion befriends a dwarf woman called [[Penny]], who had performed at Joffrey's wedding. After a shipwreck, they are captured and sold into slavery. They are nearly killed by lions in the fighting pit before Queen Daenerys puts an end to it. When their master dies of the [[pale mare]], the trio joins the [[Second Sons]], as Tyrion plans to have [[Ben Plumm]] switch sides again back to Daenerys's cause.

Jaime brokers peace at the siege of [[Raventree Hall]], the last southron stronghold loyal to Robb Stark's lost cause. While riding back to Riverrun he unexpectedly meets [[Brienne of Tarth]], who tells him that he must go with her to honor his oath to retrieve Sansa Stark.

Kevan, while trying to deal with the resurgent Faith Militant and the apparently living and [[Golden Company]]-backed Aegon VI, is murdered in his chambers by Varys. The Spider hopes that the Lord Regent's death will cast suspicion between Highgarden and Casterly Rock and prevent Kevan from closing the rifts created during Cersei's rule. These problems, combined with the mounting threats toward the Lannister-backed [[House Bolton]] in the North, the continuing Greyjoy threat, and the uncertain loyalty of [[Dorne]] mean that Lannister power is anything but secure.

==Known Members at the end of the third century==

The known Lannisters during the timespan of the events described on [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] are:

* Lord {[[Tywin Lannister]]}, Warden of the West, Shield of Lannisport, Lord of Casterly Rock. Slain by his son.
** Lady {[[Joanna Lannister]]}, his wife and cousin. Died in childbirth.
*** Queen [[Cersei Lannister]], Queen Dowager and Lady of Casterly Rock, his daughter. The widow of {[[Robert Baratheon|Robert I]]}.
*** Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], his eldest son. Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. Maimed by [[Vargo Hoat]]
*** [[Tyrion Lannister]], his second son and heir, rightful Lord of Casterly Rock. Called "the Imp" and "Halfman". In exile. Currently with the [[Second Sons]].
* Lady [[Genna Lannister]], his sister. Married to Lord [[Emmon Frey]].
* Ser {[[Kevan Lannister]]}, Tywin's eldest brother, Lord Regent for [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I]] and Protector of the Realm. Married to [[Dorna Swyft]]. Assassinated by [[Varys]].
** Lord [[Lancel Lannister]], Kevan's eldest son, Lord of Darry. Joined the [[Warrior's Sons]].
** {[[Willem Lannister]]}, Kevan's second son. Slain at [[Riverrun]] under [[Rickard Karstark]]'s orders. Twin to Martyn.
** [[Martyn Lannister]], Kevan's third son. Twin to Willem.
** [[Janei Lannister]], Kevan's daughter.
* Ser {[[Tygett Lannister]]}, his second brother. Married to [[Darlessa Marbrand]]. Died from a pox.
** [[Tyrek Lannister]], Tygett's son. Missing since the bread [[Riot of King's Landing|riots at King's Landing]].
* {[[Gerion Lannister]]}, his third brother. Missing in [[Essos]] and presumed dead.
** [[Joy Hill]], Gerion's bastard daughter.

===Family Tree===
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===Other branches===
Cousins to the main line are:
* Ser {[[Stafford Lannister]]}, brother to [[Joanna Lannister]]. Slain at the [[Battle of Oxcross]].
** [[Cerenna Lannister]], Stafford's daughter.
** [[Myrielle Lannister]], Stafford's daughter.
** Ser [[Daven Lannister]], Stafford's son. Made Warden of the West after Tywin Lannister's death
* Ser [[Damion Lannister]], Castellan of Casterly Rock, married to [[Shiera Crakehall]].
** Ser [[Lucion Lannister]], his son.
** [[Lanna Lannister]], his daughter, married to Lord [[Antario Jast]].
* [[Margot Lannister]], married to Lord [[Titus Peake]].
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===Household===
At Casterly Rock
* Maester [[Creylen]] - healer and counselor at Casterly Rock.
* Ser [[Benedict Broom]] - master-at-arms at Casterly Rock.
* [[Wat (Whitesmile)|Whitesmile Wat]] - a singer at Casterly Rock.
* [[Red Walder Frey]] - a squire.
* [[Robert Brax (son of Flement)|Robert Brax]] - a page.

In King's Landing
* [[Bronn]] - a sellsword once in the service of Tyrion Lannister.
* [[Podrick Payne]] - once squire to Tyrion Lannister.
* [[Vylarr]] - captain of the redcloak guards in King's Landing.
**[[Lum]] and [[Lester]], called 'Red Lester', [[Hoke]], called 'Hoke Horseleg', [[Shortear]], [[Puckens]] guardsmen.
* [[Osfryd Kettleblack]], captain of Cersei's redcloaks from after Vylarr's departure until his appointment as Commander of the [[City Watch of King's Landing]].
* [[Josmyn Peckledon]] - squire to Jaime Lannister.
* [[Osney Kettleblack]], a sellsword in Cersei's service.
* {[[Senelle]]} - a servingwoman. Died in the Red Keep's black cells, tortured and experimented on by [[Qyburn]].
* [[Dorcas]] - a serving woman in the Red Keep.
* [[Jocelyn Swyft]] - handmaiden to Queen Cersei
* [[Brella]] - a servingwoman attending [[Sansa Stark]] and formerly running Renly Baratheon's household.

==Historical Members==
* [[Lann the Clever]], legendary founding ancestor of House Lannister during the Age of Heroes.
* King [[Lancel V Lannister|Lancel Lannister]], the Fourth or Fifth of his name, invaded the Reach during the reign of Gyles III Gardener.
* King [[Tommen II Lannister]], disappeared with the ancestral greatsword Brightroar during an expedition to Valyria.
* King [[Loren Lannister]], last King of the Rock at the time of Aegon's Conquest.
* Ser [[Tyland Lannister]], Master of Ships during the reign of Viserys I and a younger brother to the Lord of Casterly Rock.
* Lord [[Damon Lannister]], known as "the Grey Lion", a participant at the Ashford Tourney and head of house during the reign of Daeron II.
** Ser [[Tybolt Lannister]], his son and heir, succeeded as Lord of Casterly Rock during the reign of Aerys I.
** [[Gerold Lannister]], younger brother and advisor to Lord Tybolt.
* [[Tya Lannister]], last Lannister to wed a Baratheon before the reign of Robert I Baratheon.

==References in the books==
===Dunk & Egg===
* The arms of House Lannister are spotted by [[Dunk]] among the heraldry present at the [[Ashford Tourney]].
* Lord [[Damon Lannister]] and his heir Ser [[Tybolt Lannister]] participate in the tourney. Lord Damon was defeated in the first tilt by Lord [[Leo Tyrell (Longthorn)|Leo "Longthorn" Tyrell]] while his son defeated his opponent to become a champion.
* Tybolt Lannister inherited the lordship from Lord Damon when the latter died of [[the Great Spring Sickness]].
* [[Gerion Lannister (suitor)|Gerion Lannister]] was a suitor to Lady [[Rohanne Webber]] but much preferred to remain at Casterly Rock with his brother Lord Tybolt.
*When Lord [[Dagon Greyjoy]] was raiding the western coast during the early reign of [[Aerys I]], House Lannister built ships to fight him at sea.

===A Song of Ice and Fire===
* Lord Tywin offered [[Tyrion]] to Houses [[House Martell|Martell]], [[House Hightower|Hightower]], [[House Royce|Royce]], [[House Florent|Florent]] and [[House Tully|Tully]]. He was rejected by all.
* [[Tya Lannister]] was the last Lannister to marry a member of [[House Baratheon]], [[Gowen Baratheon]], before the marriage of Robert and Cersei.
* Dead soldiers with bearing the colors of House Lannister have washed up on the [[Quiet Isle]]. According to the [[Elder Brother]], they are buried next to their enemies.

==Sworn Houses and Former Sworn Houses==
* '''[[House Banefort]]''' of Banefort.
* '''[[House Brax]]''' of Hornvale. House Brax is one of the more powerful houses sworn to Casterly Rock. Lord Andros Brax had once made a visit to Hoster Tully in hopes of marrying his son to one of Hoster
* '''[[House Broom]]'''.
* '''[[House Clegane]]'''
* '''[[House Crakehall]]''' of Crakehall. Members are regarded as being uncommonly strong and robust, including the historical knight Ser Lyle Crakehall, called "Strongboar."
* '''[[House Estren]]''' of Wyndhall.
* '''[[House Farman]]''' of Fair Isle.
* '''[[House Kenning of Kayce|House Kenning]]''' of Kayce.
* '''[[House Lefford]]''' of the Golden Tooth.
* '''[[House Lorch]]'''
* '''[[House Lydden]]''' of the Deep Den.
* '''[[House Marbrand]]''' of Ashemark. The current Lord of Ashemark is Damon Marbrand. His son and heir, Addam, is a capable commander and was made commander of the [[City Watch of King's Landing]]
* '''[[House Payne]]'''. Ser Ilyn the headsman and Podrick, squire to [[House Lannister#Tyrion|Tyrion Lannister]] are from this house, though Podrick is from a lesser branch.
* '''[[House Reyne]]'''. Extinct house that rebelled against Tytos. Destroyed by [[Tywin Lannister]] and an inspiration for a famous song in Westeros, "The Rains of Castamere".
* '''[[House Prester]]''' of Feastfires.
* '''[[House Serrett]]'''
* '''[[House Spicer]]'''. House Spicer is seen as an upstart house. They descend from a spice merchant and a witch-woman famous in Lannisport for her potions.
* '''[[House Swyft]]''' of Cornfield.
* '''[[House Tarbeck]]'''. Extinct house that rebelled against Tytos. Destroyed by [[Tywin Lannister]] and an inspiration for a famous song in Westeros, "The Rains of Castamere".
* '''[[House Westerling]]''' of the Crag.

==Quotes==
{{Quote|The Lannisters are proud. {{ref|agot|7}}}} - [[Jon Snow]]

{{Quote|A very ambitious family. {{Ref|aGoT|30}}}} - [[Eddard Stark]]

{{Quote|''The Lannisters make enemies easily but have a harder time keeping friends.''{{ref|aDwD|61}}}} - [[Haldon]] Halfmaester

{{Quote|Not every Lannister is fool for glory. {{Ref|aDwD|16}}}}
- [[Kevan Lannister]] to [[Jaime Lannister]]

{{Quote|My lady, has no one told you? Lannisters lie. {{Ref|asos|37}}}}
- [[Roose Bolton|Roose]] to [[Brienne]]

{{Quote|By what right does [[Stark|the wolf]] judge [[Lannister|the lion]]? By what right. {{Ref|aSoS|37}}}}
- [[Jaime Lannister]]

{{Quote|'''Tyrion:''' We Lannisters do have a certain pride.
'''Catelyn:''' Pride? Arrogance, some might call it. Arrogance and avarice and lust for power.

'''Tyrion:''' [[Jaime Lannister|My brother]] is undoubtedly arrogant. [[Tywin Lannister|My father]] is the soul of avarice, and my sweet sister [[Cersei]] lusts for power with every waking breath. I, however, am as innocent as a little lamb. Shall I bleat for you? {{ref|agot|34}}}}

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==References and Notes==
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House Arryn

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{{Noble House
| House_name = House Arryn of [[the Eyrie]]
| image = [[file:House_Arryn.PNG|250px|center]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = Moon and falcon, white, upon a sky-blue field.
| Words = ''As High as Honor''
| Seat = The [[Eyrie]]
| Current_Lord = [[Robert Arryn]]
| Region = The [[Vale]]
| Title = [[King of Mountain and Vale]] (former) [[Warden of the East]] Lord of [[the Eyrie]] Defender of [[the Vale]]
| Heir = [[Harrold Hardyng]]
| Overlord = [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]]
| Ancestral_weapon =
| Cadet_branch = [[House Arryn of Gulltown]]
| Founded_in = [[Andal Invasion|Coming of the Andals]]
| Founder = Ser [[Artys Arryn]]
| Died_out =
}}

'''House Arryn of the Eyrie''' is one of great houses of [[Westeros]], and is the principal noble house in the [[Vale]]. Their main seat is the [[Eyrie]], but they have many other holdings, including their winter castle at the [[Gates of the Moon]]. Both of these fortifications sit astride the [[Giant's Lance]], the tallest mountain in the Vale, and the Eyrie is considered impregnable. Their sigil is a white moon-and-falcon on a sky-blue field, and their words are "As High as Honor".{{Ref|aGoT|37}} Their line dates back to the old [[Andal]] peoples that invaded Westeros. Usually marrying other Andal nobles, House Arryn to this day has the purest line of Andal nobility.{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}}

==History==
Prior to the arrival of the [[Andal]]s, the Vale was ruled by the [[First Men]] under the [[Mountain King]]s. Ser [[Artys Arryn]] slew the last of the Mountain Kings and the Arryns became [[King of Mountain and Vale|Kings of Mountain and Vale]], according to semi-canon sources some six thousand years ago.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones (game)|A Game of Thrones RPG and Resource Book]], Guardians of Order</ref> They renamed the land the Vale of Arryn, and their kings wore the Falcon Crown.

The Arryns submitted to [[House Targaryen]] during the [[Wars of Conquest]]. The Arryn and Targaryen fleets fought to a draw in the [[Battle of Gulltown]], but the Arryns submitted when [[Aegon I|Aegon the Conqueror's]] sister [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]] arrived at the Eyrie and found that the young king [[Ronnel Arryn (King)|Ronnel]] wanted to ride a dragon. Since then, the Arryns remained Defenders of the Vale and were also named [[Warden of the East|Wardens of the East]], a title that they have always held since.{{ref|aGoT|4}}

The Targaryen civil war, the [[Dance of the Dragons]], was a contest of claims between [[Viserys I Targaryen]]'s issue from an Arryn wife and a [[House Hightower|Hightower]]. Decades later, during the [[Blackfyre Rebellion]], the house remained loyal to King [[Daeron II Targaryen]]. At the climactic [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]] Lord Arryn's van was smashed by [[Daemon Blackfyre]].

The descendents of Lord [[Jasper Arryn]] have experienced a variety of calamities that have left the house with few trueborn members. Jasper's successor, Lord [[Jon Arryn]], married several times to try to sire heirs. His first wife, [[Jeyne Royce]], died in childbirth, their daughter stillborn. His second wife, [[Rowena Arryn]], a cousin, died childless of a winter chill. His sister, [[Alys Arryn|Alys]], birthed nine children by her husband, Ser [[Elys Waynwood]], dying soon after the last one. All nine died or took religious orders before they could reproduce. Jon and Alys's younger brother [[Ronnel Arryn (son of Jasper)|Ronnel]] died of a bad belly many years before the novels.

The war that became [[Robert's Rebellion]] started when Jon Arryn refused to surrender his wards, [[Robert Baratheon]] and [[Eddard Stark]], to the Mad King, [[Aerys II Targaryen]]. The battle against [[Marq Grafton]] at [[Gulltown]] saw Lord Arryn defeat his [[House Targaryen|royalist]] bannermen. During the war, Jon was one of the principal leaders and his marriage to his third wife, [[Lysa Tully]], helped secure Lord [[Hoster Tully]] as an ally. Unfortunately, casualties mounted among the few remaining Arryns. Jon's nephew and heir [[Elbert Arryn]] had been part of [[Brandon Stark]]'s doomed party that went to [[King's Landing]], and his distant cousin Ser [[Denys Arryn|Denys]], the "darling of the Vale", was killed at the [[Battle of the Bells]]. After the war, [[Nestor Royce]] ruled as High Steward of the Vale as Jon became Robert's [[Hand of the King]].

Lord Jon's marriage to Lysa remained a distant one. At first the union produced only miscarriages, but finally she gave him a son, [[Robert Arryn|Robert]], the last Arryn. Robert has been spoiled by Lysa despite the efforts of Jon, and she makes no effort to teach him the ways of lordship. Jon has served King Robert Baratheon loyally for fourteen years at the beginning of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''.

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
As [[Hand of the King]] to [[Robert Baratheon]], Lord [[Jon Arryn]] is approached by [[Stannis Baratheon]], who suspects that his brother, King Robert, has no trueborn heirs, and that Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] has cuckolded him with her own brother, [[Jaime Lannister]]. The two investigate in [[King's Landing]], but Jon is [[Tears of Lys|poisoned]] and dies suddenly before they can reveal their revelation.

After Jon's death, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] offers to foster Jon's young heir, [[Robert Arryn]], at [[Casterly Rock]], a plan which the clueless King Robert supports, but Jon's widow, [[Lysa Tully]], flees with young Robert to the [[Eyrie]]. Meanwhile, lords sworn to the Eyrie are incensed when Robert Baratheon grants the traditional Arryn title of [[Warden of the East]] to Jaime Lannister rather than young Lord Arryn. Many of these lords court Lady Lysa; she strings them along to keep them vying for her favor.

Despite overtures from her sister, [[Catelyn Tully]], Lysa keeps the knights of the Vale from joining the [[War of the Five Kings|war]] against the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]]. Lysa gains the custody of [[Tyrion Lannister]], but soon loses it when her captain of guards, Ser [[Vardis Egen]], loses a trial by combat. When Catelyn leaves the Eyrie she offers to foster Robert at [[Winterfell]], which provokes Lysa to threaten to throw her sister from the [[Moon Door]]. Lysa declines to provide escort for Tyrion as he leaves the Vale, hoping he will be killed by the [[mountain clans]], but Tyrion turns the clansmen to his side.

===''A Storm of Swords''===

The Vale's neutrality is a cause of contention for all sides. Lysa's nephew, King [[Robb Stark]], bemoans his inability to march through the region, and King [[Stannis Baratheon]] wishes for their support as well. Lysa defies expectation by falling on the outskirts of the Lannister camp. She marries her lover from her youth, [[Petyr Baelish]], nicknamed Littlefinger. Later, Lysa sees Petyr kissing her niece, [[Sansa Stark]], and flies into a jealous rage, revealing that she secretly plotted with Littlefinger to murder her husband, Lord Jon, when it seemed Jon might send young Robert away to be fostered by Stannis on [[Dragonstone]]. Lysa is killed when Petyr shoves her through the Moon Door.

===''A Feast for Crows''===
The frail [[Robert Arryn]] remains the ward of Lord [[Petyr Baelish]], who rules as Lord Protector of the Vale. Should anything happen to Robert, the heir presumptive of the Eyrie is Harry the Heir, [[Harrold Hardyng]], a recently knighted squire and the great-nephew of the late Lord [[Jon Arryn]] thanks to a daughter of his sister [[Alys Arryn|Alys]]'s marriage into that house. Petyr plots to wed Sansa to Harry the Heir, with the eventual goal of liberating [[Winterfell]] in her name from [[House Bolton|Bolton]] control. Several powerful nobles array themselves against Baelish's rule, calling themselves the [[Lords Declarant]]. As the Vale has been untouched by the war, they command a sizable military force; thus far their opposition has been peaceful.

==House Arryn at the end of the third century==

The known Arryns during the timespan of the events described in''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are:
* Lord [[Jon Arryn|{Jon Arryn}]], Lord of the Eyrie, Defender of the Vale, and Warden of the East.
** Lady [[Lysa Tully|{Lysa Tully}]], his wife. Died from a fall.
*** Lord [[Robert Arryn]], Lord of the Eyrie, Defender of the Vale, and (True) Warden of the East. A sickly boy.

{{Arryn tree}}

===Historical Arryns===

* [[Ronnel Arryn (King)|Ronnel Arryn]]: The last King of Mountain and Vale.
* [[Sharra Arryn]]: His mother and regent. Submitted to [[Visenya Targaryen]].
* '''Unknown Arryn queen''': An unknown lady of the house was the first wife of King [[Viserys I]], giving him two sons who died in infancy as well as [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Princess Rhaenyra]], who claimed the throne after her father's death and died fighting half her kin in the [[Dance of the Dragons]]. Through her son [[Aegon III]] the Arryns are thus distantly related to [[House Blackfyre|the Blackfyres]], and through her son [[Viserys II]] to the main branch of [[House Targaryen]].

===Household===
* Lord [[Petyr Baelish]], called 'Littlefinger', Lord of Harrenhal, Lord Paramount of the Trident and Lord Protector of the Vale.
** [[Sansa Stark|Alayne Stone]], Lord Petyr's natural daughter, a maid of four-and-ten, actually a disguised Sansa Stark.
**Ser [[Lothor Brune]], called 'Lothor Apple-Eater', a sellsword in Lord Petyr's service, the Eyrie's captain of the guards.
** [[Oswell Kettleblack|Oswell]], a grizzled man-at-arms in Lord Petyr's service, sometimes called 'Kettleblack'.
** Ser [[Shadrick]] of the Shady Glen, called 'the Mad Mouse', Ser [[Byron]] the Beautiful, Ser [[Morgarth]] the Merry, hedge knights in Lord Petyr’s service,
* Maester [[Colemon]], counselor, healer, and tutor.
*[[Gyles Grafton]] and [[Terrance Lynderly]], squires to Lord Robin.
* Ser {[[Vardis Egen]]}, captain of the guard. Slain by [[Bronn]] in a trial-by-combat.
* Ser {[[Hugh]]} of the Vale, once squire to Lord Jon Arryn as Hand of the King. Slain by Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] during a joust in the Tourney of the Hand.
* {[[Marillion]]}, a handsome young singer and favourite of Lady Lysa accused of her murder. Either fell or jumped to his death from one of the sky cells.
* [[Gretchel]], [[Maddy]], called 'Fat Maddy', and [[Mela]], servingwomen.
*[[Ossy]] and [[Carrot]], mule handlers.
* [[Mord]], a brutal gaoler.

==References in the books==
===Dunk & Egg===
*Lord Arryn was defeated by Ser [[Humfrey Hardyng]] at the [[Tourney of Maidenpool]] the year before the [[Ashford Tourney]]. Probably the same Lord Arryn who led the van to defeat against Daemon Blackfyre.

===A Song of Ice and Fire===
* Lord Jon died in [[King's Landing]].
* Jon married [[Lysa Tully]] the same day [[Eddard Stark]] married [[Catelyn Tully]].
* Six hundred years ago, [[Alyssa Arryn]] saw her family killed before her eyes and never shed a tear. A waterfall on the [[Giant's Lance]], [[Alyssa's Tears]] are named for her.
* Jon Arryn fought at the Battle of the Bells.

==Sworn Houses==

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{{COA|Unknown|small}} '''[[House Arryn of Gulltown|House Arryn]]''' of Gulltown. 
{{COA|OldBaelish|small}} '''[[House Baelish]]''' of the Fingers. 
{{COA|belmore|small}}'''[[House Belmore]]''' of [[Strongsong]]. 
{{COA|corbray|small}}'''[[House Corbray]]''' of [[Heart's Home]]. 
{{COA|Donniger|small}} '''[[House Donniger]]'''. 
{{COA|Egen|small}} '''[[House Egen]]'''. 
{{COA|elesham|small}} '''[[House Elesham]]''' of [[The Paps]]. 
{{COA|grafton|small}} '''[[House Grafton]]''' of [[Gulltown]]. 
{{COA|hersy|small}} '''[[House Hersy]]''' of [[Newkeep]]. 
{{COA|hunter|small}} '''[[House Hunter]]''' of [[Longbow Hall]]. 
{{COA|lynderly|small}} '''[[House Lynderly]]''' of [[Snakewood]]. 
{{COA|melcolm|small}} '''[[House Melcolm]]''' of [[Old Anchor]]. 
{{COA|moore|small}} '''[[House Moore]]'''. 
{{COA|Pryor|small}} '''[[House Pryor]]''' of [[Pebble]]. 
{{COA|redfort|small}} '''[[House Redfort]]''' of [[Redfort]]. 
{{COA|Royce|small}} '''[[House Royce]]''' of [[Runestone]]. 
{{COA|royce gates moon|small}} '''[[House Royce of the Gates of the Moon|House Royce]]''' of the [[Gates of the Moon]]. 
{{COA|ruthermont|small}} '''[[House Ruthermont]]'''. 
{{COA|sunderland|small}} '''[[House Sunderland]]''' of [[Sisterton]]. 
{{COA|templeton|small}} '''[[House Templeton]]''' of [[Ninestars]]. 
{{COA|upcliff|small}} '''[[House Upcliff]]'''. 
{{COA|Waynwood|small}} '''[[House Waynwood]]''' of [[Ironoaks]]. 
{{COA|wydman|small}} '''[[House Wydman]]'''. 
{{COA|waxley|small}} '''[[House Waxley]]''' of [[Wickenden]]. 
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The following are not directly sworn to House Arryn: [[House Borrell|Borrell]], [[House Longthorpe|Longthorpe]], [[House Torrent|Torrent]], [[House Shett|Shett]], [[House Coldwater|Coldwater]], [[House Tollett|Tollett]], [[House Hardyng|Hardyng]].

==References and Notes==
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House Arryn

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{{Noble House
| House_name = House Arryn of [[the Eyrie]]
| image = [[file:House_Arryn.PNG|250px|center]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = Moon and falcon, white, upon a sky-blue field.
| Words = ''As High as Honor''
| Seat = The [[Eyrie]]
| Current_Lord = [[Robert Arryn]]
| Region = The [[Vale]]
| Title = King of Mountain and Vale (former) [[Warden of the East]] Lord of [[the Eyrie]] Defender of [[the Vale]]
| Heir = [[Harrold Hardyng]]
| Overlord = [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]]
| Ancestral_weapon =
| Cadet_branch = [[House Arryn of Gulltown]]
| Founded_in = [[Andal Invasion|Coming of the Andals]]
| Founder = Ser [[Artys Arryn]]
| Died_out =
}}

'''House Arryn of the Eyrie''' is one of great houses of [[Westeros]], and is the principal noble house in the [[Vale]]. Their main seat is the [[Eyrie]], but they have many other holdings, including their winter castle at the [[Gates of the Moon]]. Both of these fortifications sit astride the [[Giant's Lance]], the tallest mountain in the Vale, and the Eyrie is considered impregnable. Their sigil is a white moon-and-falcon on a sky-blue field, and their words are "As High as Honor".{{Ref|aGoT|37}} Their line dates back to the old [[Andal]] peoples that invaded Westeros. Usually marrying other Andal nobles, House Arryn to this day has the purest line of Andal nobility.{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}}

==History==
Prior to the arrival of the [[Andal]]s, the Vale was ruled by the [[First Men]] under the [[Mountain King]]s. Ser [[Artys Arryn]] slew the last of the Mountain Kings and the Arryns became [[King of Mountain and Vale|Kings of Mountain and Vale]], according to semi-canon sources some six thousand years ago.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones (game)|A Game of Thrones RPG and Resource Book]], Guardians of Order</ref> They renamed the land the Vale of Arryn, and their kings wore the Falcon Crown.

The Arryns submitted to [[House Targaryen]] during the [[Wars of Conquest]]. The Arryn and Targaryen fleets fought to a draw in the [[Battle of Gulltown]], but the Arryns submitted when [[Aegon I|Aegon the Conqueror's]] sister [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]] arrived at the Eyrie and found that the young king [[Ronnel Arryn (King)|Ronnel]] wanted to ride a dragon. Since then, the Arryns remained Defenders of the Vale and were also named [[Warden of the East|Wardens of the East]], a title that they have always held since.{{ref|aGoT|4}}

The Targaryen civil war, the [[Dance of the Dragons]], was a contest of claims between [[Viserys I Targaryen]]'s issue from an Arryn wife and a [[House Hightower|Hightower]]. Decades later, during the [[Blackfyre Rebellion]], the house remained loyal to King [[Daeron II Targaryen]]. At the climactic [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]] Lord Arryn's van was smashed by [[Daemon Blackfyre]].

The descendents of Lord [[Jasper Arryn]] have experienced a variety of calamities that have left the house with few trueborn members. Jasper's successor, Lord [[Jon Arryn]], married several times to try to sire heirs. His first wife, [[Jeyne Royce]], died in childbirth, their daughter stillborn. His second wife, [[Rowena Arryn]], a cousin, died childless of a winter chill. His sister, [[Alys Arryn|Alys]], birthed nine children by her husband, Ser [[Elys Waynwood]], dying soon after the last one. All nine died or took religious orders before they could reproduce. Jon and Alys's younger brother [[Ronnel Arryn (son of Jasper)|Ronnel]] died of a bad belly many years before the novels.

The war that became [[Robert's Rebellion]] started when Jon Arryn refused to surrender his wards, [[Robert Baratheon]] and [[Eddard Stark]], to the Mad King, [[Aerys II Targaryen]]. The battle against [[Marq Grafton]] at [[Gulltown]] saw Lord Arryn defeat his [[House Targaryen|royalist]] bannermen. During the war, Jon was one of the principal leaders and his marriage to his third wife, [[Lysa Tully]], helped secure Lord [[Hoster Tully]] as an ally. Unfortunately, casualties mounted among the few remaining Arryns. Jon's nephew and heir [[Elbert Arryn]] had been part of [[Brandon Stark]]'s doomed party that went to [[King's Landing]], and his distant cousin Ser [[Denys Arryn|Denys]], the "darling of the Vale", was killed at the [[Battle of the Bells]]. After the war, [[Nestor Royce]] ruled as High Steward of the Vale as Jon became Robert's [[Hand of the King]].

Lord Jon's marriage to Lysa remained a distant one. At first the union produced only miscarriages, but finally she gave him a son, [[Robert Arryn|Robert]], the last Arryn. Robert has been spoiled by Lysa despite the efforts of Jon, and she makes no effort to teach him the ways of lordship. Jon has served King Robert Baratheon loyally for fourteen years at the beginning of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''.

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
As [[Hand of the King]] to [[Robert Baratheon]], Lord [[Jon Arryn]] is approached by [[Stannis Baratheon]], who suspects that his brother, King Robert, has no trueborn heirs, and that Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] has cuckolded him with her own brother, [[Jaime Lannister]]. The two investigate in [[King's Landing]], but Jon is [[Tears of Lys|poisoned]] and dies suddenly before they can reveal their revelation.

After Jon's death, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] offers to foster Jon's young heir, [[Robert Arryn]], at [[Casterly Rock]], a plan which the clueless King Robert supports, but Jon's widow, [[Lysa Tully]], flees with young Robert to the [[Eyrie]]. Meanwhile, lords sworn to the Eyrie are incensed when Robert Baratheon grants the traditional Arryn title of [[Warden of the East]] to Jaime Lannister rather than young Lord Arryn. Many of these lords court Lady Lysa; she strings them along to keep them vying for her favor.

Despite overtures from her sister, [[Catelyn Tully]], Lysa keeps the knights of the Vale from joining the [[War of the Five Kings|war]] against the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]]. Lysa gains the custody of [[Tyrion Lannister]], but soon loses it when her captain of guards, Ser [[Vardis Egen]], loses a trial by combat. When Catelyn leaves the Eyrie she offers to foster Robert at [[Winterfell]], which provokes Lysa to threaten to throw her sister from the [[Moon Door]]. Lysa declines to provide escort for Tyrion as he leaves the Vale, hoping he will be killed by the [[mountain clans]], but Tyrion turns the clansmen to his side.

===''A Storm of Swords''===

The Vale's neutrality is a cause of contention for all sides. Lysa's nephew, King [[Robb Stark]], bemoans his inability to march through the region, and King [[Stannis Baratheon]] wishes for their support as well. Lysa defies expectation by falling on the outskirts of the Lannister camp. She marries her lover from her youth, [[Petyr Baelish]], nicknamed Littlefinger. Later, Lysa sees Petyr kissing her niece, [[Sansa Stark]], and flies into a jealous rage, revealing that she secretly plotted with Littlefinger to murder her husband, Lord Jon, when it seemed Jon might send young Robert away to be fostered by Stannis on [[Dragonstone]]. Lysa is killed when Petyr shoves her through the Moon Door.

===''A Feast for Crows''===
The frail [[Robert Arryn]] remains the ward of Lord [[Petyr Baelish]], who rules as Lord Protector of the Vale. Should anything happen to Robert, the heir presumptive of the Eyrie is Harry the Heir, [[Harrold Hardyng]], a recently knighted squire and the great-nephew of the late Lord [[Jon Arryn]] thanks to a daughter of his sister [[Alys Arryn|Alys]]'s marriage into that house. Petyr plots to wed Sansa to Harry the Heir, with the eventual goal of liberating [[Winterfell]] in her name from [[House Bolton|Bolton]] control. Several powerful nobles array themselves against Baelish's rule, calling themselves the [[Lords Declarant]]. As the Vale has been untouched by the war, they command a sizable military force; thus far their opposition has been peaceful.

==House Arryn at the end of the third century==

The known Arryns during the timespan of the events described in''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are:
* Lord [[Jon Arryn|{Jon Arryn}]], Lord of the Eyrie, Defender of the Vale, and Warden of the East.
** Lady [[Lysa Tully|{Lysa Tully}]], his wife. Died from a fall.
*** Lord [[Robert Arryn]], Lord of the Eyrie, Defender of the Vale, and (True) Warden of the East. A sickly boy.

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===Historical Arryns===

* [[Ronnel Arryn (King)|Ronnel Arryn]]: The last King of Mountain and Vale.
* [[Sharra Arryn]]: His mother and regent. Submitted to [[Visenya Targaryen]].
* '''Unknown Arryn queen''': An unknown lady of the house was the first wife of King [[Viserys I]], giving him two sons who died in infancy as well as [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Princess Rhaenyra]], who claimed the throne after her father's death and died fighting half her kin in the [[Dance of the Dragons]]. Through her son [[Aegon III]] the Arryns are thus distantly related to [[House Blackfyre|the Blackfyres]], and through her son [[Viserys II]] to the main branch of [[House Targaryen]].

===Household===
* Lord [[Petyr Baelish]], called 'Littlefinger', Lord of Harrenhal, Lord Paramount of the Trident and Lord Protector of the Vale.
** [[Sansa Stark|Alayne Stone]], Lord Petyr's natural daughter, a maid of four-and-ten, actually a disguised Sansa Stark.
**Ser [[Lothor Brune]], called 'Lothor Apple-Eater', a sellsword in Lord Petyr's service, the Eyrie's captain of the guards.
** [[Oswell Kettleblack|Oswell]], a grizzled man-at-arms in Lord Petyr's service, sometimes called 'Kettleblack'.
** Ser [[Shadrick]] of the Shady Glen, called 'the Mad Mouse', Ser [[Byron]] the Beautiful, Ser [[Morgarth]] the Merry, hedge knights in Lord Petyr’s service,
* Maester [[Colemon]], counselor, healer, and tutor.
*[[Gyles Grafton]] and [[Terrance Lynderly]], squires to Lord Robin.
* Ser {[[Vardis Egen]]}, captain of the guard. Slain by [[Bronn]] in a trial-by-combat.
* Ser {[[Hugh]]} of the Vale, once squire to Lord Jon Arryn as Hand of the King. Slain by Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] during a joust in the Tourney of the Hand.
* {[[Marillion]]}, a handsome young singer and favourite of Lady Lysa accused of her murder. Either fell or jumped to his death from one of the sky cells.
* [[Gretchel]], [[Maddy]], called 'Fat Maddy', and [[Mela]], servingwomen.
*[[Ossy]] and [[Carrot]], mule handlers.
* [[Mord]], a brutal gaoler.

==References in the books==
===Dunk & Egg===
*Lord Arryn was defeated by Ser [[Humfrey Hardyng]] at the [[Tourney of Maidenpool]] the year before the [[Ashford Tourney]]. Probably the same Lord Arryn who led the van to defeat against Daemon Blackfyre.

===A Song of Ice and Fire===
* Lord Jon died in [[King's Landing]].
* Jon married [[Lysa Tully]] the same day [[Eddard Stark]] married [[Catelyn Tully]].
* Six hundred years ago, [[Alyssa Arryn]] saw her family killed before her eyes and never shed a tear. A waterfall on the [[Giant's Lance]], [[Alyssa's Tears]] are named for her.
* Jon Arryn fought at the Battle of the Bells.

==Sworn Houses==

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{{COA|Unknown|small}} '''[[House Arryn of Gulltown|House Arryn]]''' of Gulltown. 
{{COA|OldBaelish|small}} '''[[House Baelish]]''' of the Fingers. 
{{COA|belmore|small}}'''[[House Belmore]]''' of [[Strongsong]]. 
{{COA|corbray|small}}'''[[House Corbray]]''' of [[Heart's Home]]. 
{{COA|Donniger|small}} '''[[House Donniger]]'''. 
{{COA|Egen|small}} '''[[House Egen]]'''. 
{{COA|elesham|small}} '''[[House Elesham]]''' of [[The Paps]]. 
{{COA|grafton|small}} '''[[House Grafton]]''' of [[Gulltown]]. 
{{COA|hersy|small}} '''[[House Hersy]]''' of [[Newkeep]]. 
{{COA|hunter|small}} '''[[House Hunter]]''' of [[Longbow Hall]]. 
{{COA|lynderly|small}} '''[[House Lynderly]]''' of [[Snakewood]]. 
{{COA|melcolm|small}} '''[[House Melcolm]]''' of [[Old Anchor]]. 
{{COA|moore|small}} '''[[House Moore]]'''. 
{{COA|Pryor|small}} '''[[House Pryor]]''' of [[Pebble]]. 
{{COA|redfort|small}} '''[[House Redfort]]''' of [[Redfort]]. 
{{COA|Royce|small}} '''[[House Royce]]''' of [[Runestone]]. 
{{COA|royce gates moon|small}} '''[[House Royce of the Gates of the Moon|House Royce]]''' of the [[Gates of the Moon]]. 
{{COA|ruthermont|small}} '''[[House Ruthermont]]'''. 
{{COA|sunderland|small}} '''[[House Sunderland]]''' of [[Sisterton]]. 
{{COA|templeton|small}} '''[[House Templeton]]''' of [[Ninestars]]. 
{{COA|upcliff|small}} '''[[House Upcliff]]'''. 
{{COA|Waynwood|small}} '''[[House Waynwood]]''' of [[Ironoaks]]. 
{{COA|wydman|small}} '''[[House Wydman]]'''. 
{{COA|waxley|small}} '''[[House Waxley]]''' of [[Wickenden]]. 
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The following are not directly sworn to House Arryn: [[House Borrell|Borrell]], [[House Longthorpe|Longthorpe]], [[House Torrent|Torrent]], [[House Shett|Shett]], [[House Coldwater|Coldwater]], [[House Tollett|Tollett]], [[House Hardyng|Hardyng]].

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Orys Baratheon

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Lord '''Orys Baratheon''' of Storm's End was the founder of [[House Baratheon]]. He slew the last [[Storm King]], [[Argilac Durrendon|Argilac]] the Arrogant, married [[Argella Durrendon|his daughter]] and took his lands.

==History==
Orys was the rumored [[bastard]] half-brother of [[Aegon I]]. He was one of Aegon's fiercest commanders and was regarded as Aegon's only true friend. He rose through the ranks and became [[Hand of the King]] after Aegon's landing on mainland [[Westeros]] and his coronation.<ref>Bubonicon Report, August 25, 2012 [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Bubonicon_Report/ So Spake Martin]</ref>

During the [[War of Conquest]] he and [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] atop of [[Meraxes]] was tasked with taking [[Storm's End]]. The Storm King [[Argilac]], hearing of the fate of [[Harrenhal]] knew his formidable walls would not protect him from dragonfire, rode out to give [[Last Storm|open battle]]. Orys slew Argilac the Arrogant, who became the last [[Storm King]].

After the battle, [[Argella Durrendon]], the daughter of Argilac, declared herself the Storm Queen and continued to hold [[Storm's End]] until her household turned against her to avoid the same fate of Harrenhal and delivered her to Orys, naked and chained. Orys, however, covered her with his cloak and treated her chivalrously.

Aegon rewarded Orys with Storm's End. Orys took Argella as his wife and adopted the banner, honors and words of the Durrendons, ''Ours is the Fury''. <ref>Bubonicon Report, August 25, 2012 [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Bubonicon_Report/ So Spake Martin]</ref>.{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}}

==Family==
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==Quotes about Orys==
{{Quote|"My shield, my stalwart, my strong right hand" <ref>Chicon 7 Reading (September 02, 2012) [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C92/ So Spake Martin]</ref>}} – [[Aegon the Conqueror]]
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House Stark

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| House_name = House Stark of [[Winterfell]]
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| Words = ''Winter is Coming''
| Seat = Scattered (formerly [[Winterfell]])
| Current_Lord = [[Rickon Stark]] (lost)
| Region = [[The North]]
| Title = [[King in the North]] [[Warden of the North]] Lord of [[Winterfell]] Lord Paramount of [[the North]] [[King of the Trident]]
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'''House Stark of Winterfell''' is one of the great houses of [[Westeros]] and the principal noble house of [[the North]]; many lesser houses are sworn to them. In days of old they ruled as [[King in the North|Kings of Winter]]; since the [[Wars of Conquest|Targaryen Conquest]] they have been [[Warden of the North|Wardens of the North]]. Their seat, [[Winterfell]], is an ancient castle renowned for its strength. Their sigil is a grey [[direwolf]] racing across a field of white, and their words are "Winter Is Coming", one of only a few house mottoes to be a warning rather than a boast.{{Ref|aGoT|1}} Members of the family tend to be lean of build and long of face, with dark brown hair and grey eyes. Several of the main point of view characters of the series are members of this house.

==History==
The Starks are an ancient house, descended from [[Bran the Builder]], a legendary figure from the [[Age of Heroes]], who raised their ancestral home at [[Winterfell]] thousands of years in the past, as well as [[the Wall]]. They are descendants of the [[First Men]]{{Ref|aGoT|1}} and still follow some of their ancient traditions and the [[old gods]] of the forest. The Starks were [[King In The North|Kings of Winter]] in the North for many thousands of years from the Age of Heroes, possibly beginning with Bran the Builder. Ever since Bran constructed the Wall, the Starks have been friends of the [[Night's Watch]], and have manned the Wall for thousands of years. The [[Night's King]], the attainted 13th [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]], is said to have been a Stark, among his many possible origins. The Starks also helped repel several major [[wildling]] invasions, such as when they and their [[House Umber|Umber]] bannermen defeated the [[King-Beyond-the-Wall|Kings-Beyond-the-Wall]] like the brothers [[Gendel]] and [[Gorne]], as well as [[Bael|Bael the Bard]], who both sired and fought a Stark.

For several millennia, the Starks were not the uncontested Kings in the North, but their primary antagonists, the [[House Bolton|Boltons]] of the [[Dreadfort]], swore fealty some 1,000 years ago, ending their flesh-flaying ways. Meanwhile, King [[Jon Stark]] drove pirates from the [[White Knife]], and the [[Wolf's Den]] was built at its mouth. This stronghold and the city which grew up around it, [[White Harbor]], was often granted to sons and grandsons of the King in the North or other bannermen before finally being granted to the [[House Manderly|Manderlys]], a house exiled from [[the Reach]] and taken in by the Starks. King Jon's son, [[Rickard Stark (King)|Rickard]], defeated the [[Marsh King]] and married his daughter, bringing [[the Neck]] into Winterfell's realm under the lordship of [[House Reed]]. The [[House Karstark|Karstarks]] were founded when [[Karlon Stark]], brother to the reigning king, helped crush a rebel lord and was granted [[Karhold|a keep]] for his service. Finally, the [[House Mormont|Mormonts]] were granted [[Bear Island]] when King [[Rodrik Stark]] won it from the [[ironborn]] in a wrestling match. The Starks fought the [[House Arryn|Arryns]] of the [[Vale]] for the [[Three Sisters]], eventually ceding control of the islands.

Aside from the Karstarks, the Starks of Winterfell may have distant relatives elsewhere in the North, possibly in [[White Harbor]] and [[Barrowton]].<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1239/ So Spake Martin:] The Stark Family, June 10, 2003</ref>

The last Stark King in the North was [[Torrhen Stark|Torrhen]], who submitted to [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] at the end of the [[War of Conquest]]. Since that time the Starks have held the North for the kings of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] as [[Warden of the North|Wardens of the North]].{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}}

Around {{date|213}}, House Stark faced a difficult succession. Several Lords of Winterfell had perished fighting wars in the North against rebellious [[Skagos|Skagosi]], the wildling king [[Raymun Redbeard]] and other threats, leaving [[Beron Stark]] as the lord of the house. As he too lay slowly succumbing to wounds he received fighting [[Dagon Greyjoy]] and his [[ironborn]], his wife and four other recent Stark widows struggled over who would succeed him. There were a number of potential heirs, with some ten Stark children about.<ref>So Spake Martin [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1408/ 1] and [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1409/ 2] February 17, 2006</ref> <ref>George R. R. Martin [http://grrm.livejournal.com/225206.html?thread=14021558 Not A Blog] July 2, 2012</ref>

===Recent Background===
Lord [[Rickard Stark]] and his maester, [[Walys Flowers]], sought to further southron alliances by betrothing Rickard's heir, [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]], to [[Catelyn Tully]] of [[Riverrun]]. [[Petyr Baelish]], a ward of [[Hoster Tully|Catelyn's father]] nicknamed Littlefinger, loved Catelyn and challenged Brandon to a duel for her hand. Brandon won their duel, but did not kill Petyr in concession to Catelyn's pleas. Meanwhile, [[Lyanna Stark]] was betrothed to Lord [[Robert Baratheon]], who was infatuated with her from a distance. Lyanna, however, was not as ardent in her love for Robert, and was fully aware of his philandering ways. Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], after winning the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]], crowned her Queen of Love and Beauty, passing over his wife, the [[Dorne|Dornish]] princess [[Elia Martell|Elia]], in her favor. The exact nature of her relationship with Rhaegar is not presently clear, but shortly thereafter she disappeared in Rhaegar's company and Robert and her brother Brandon Stark believed that Lyanna had been taken against her will. Brandon was on his way to Riverrun to wed Catelyn Tully when he heard this news. He and four companions rode to [[King's Landing]] to seek her return, but both he and Lord Rickard were executed on the order of the Mad King, [[Aerys II Targaryen]]. Lord [[Jon Arryn]] refused to hand his wards, [[Eddard Stark]] and Robert Baratheon, over when Aerys demanded their heads, and [[Robert's Rebellion|civil war]] broke out.

During its course, Lord [[Eddard Stark|Eddard "Ned" Stark]] honored his late brother Brandon's betrothal to Catelyn Tully as part of an alliance to bring [[House Tully]] into the rebel fold. He was one of the principal commanders in the war, but had a falling out with Robert after he accepted the treacherous aid of [[House Lannister]] and condoned the brutal murders of Rhaegar's [[Elia Martell|wife]], [[Aegon Targaryen|son]] and [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|daughter]] out of his hatred for the Targaryen prince. After the [[Sack of King's Landing]], Eddard and six companions went to retrieve Lyanna at the fortress Rhaegar had named the [[Tower of Joy]]. They fought three [[Kingsguard]] knights stationed there, who killed all but Eddard and [[Howland Reed]]. Eddard found Lyanna dying in a bed of blood and clutching a withered wreath of blue roses. She forced him to make a promise to her, the contents of which are unknown, but which haunted Eddard for the rest of his life. She was sixteen years old at the time of her death and was buried in the Stark family crypt in Winterfell beside her father, Rickard, and brother, Brandon.

Ned and Robert were reconciled in their shared grief, but Ned still disdained the court since Robert, the new king, married [[Cersei Lannister]] and allowed her brother, [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], to remain a Kingsguard even after slaying his liege, Aerys. Ned returned from the war to be presented with his trueborn son, [[Robb Stark|Robb]], but he carried the infant [[Jon Snow]], whom he presented as his bastard son. Six years later, Ned helped his foster brother, Robert, crush [[Balon Greyjoy]]'s [[Greyjoy Rebellion|rebellion]], taking [[Theon Greyjoy]] as a ward of Winterfell. Lord Rickard's youngest child, [[Benjen Stark|Benjen]], joined the [[Night's Watch]], eventually becoming First Ranger. Eddard ruled the North in Robert's name, keeping distant from the intrigue-ridden, Lannister-infested politics of King's Landing.

==Recent Events==
[[File: John_Picacio_Ned_Stark.jpg‎|Eddard Stark ‎- © 2012 John Picacio|thumb|300px|right]]

===''A Game of Thrones''===
King [[Robert Baratheon]] visits [[Winterfell]] to offer Lord [[Eddard Stark|Eddard "Ned" Stark]] the position of [[Hand of the King]], recently empty due to the death of their foster father, Lord [[Jon Arryn]]. A letter arrives from [[Lysa Arryn]], Jon's widow and Ned's wife [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]]'s sister, who claims the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] were behind Lord Arryn's sudden death. At Catelyn's urging, Ned grudgingly accepts the Handship and a betrothal of their daughter [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] to Prince [[Joffrey]]. During the royal party's stay, Ned's second son, [[Bran Stark|Bran]], spies Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] having sex with her twin brother, Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]]; he is thrown from a tower in hopes the fall would kill him, but survives, crippled and comatose. Ned rides to [[King's Landing]] along with his daughters, Sansa and [[Arya Stark|Arya]], while Catelyn remains at Winterfell with their sons. Meanwhile, Ned's bastard son, [[Jon Snow]], rides north with his uncle, [[Benjen Stark|Benjen]], to join the [[Night's Watch]]. Catelyn is inconsolable in her worry for Bran, ignoring her duties as steward, but is jolted back to reality by an attempt on his life thwarted only by [[Summer (direwolf)|his direwolf]]. As Bran lies comatose, he begins to have visions of a [[three-eyed crow]].

On the [[Kingsroad]], Arya defends her friend [[Mycah]] from the aggressions of Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon]], upsetting Sansa. This is exacerbated when Sansa's direwolf, [[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]], is ordered dead in place of Arya's, [[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]], which has escaped. In [[King's Landing]], Eddard is outraged to find that the crown is heavily in debt (largely to Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]) and that Robert intends to throw a [[Tourney of the Hand|lavish tourney]] in his honor.

Ned investigates the death of Jon Arryn, determining that he was looking into the king's bastard brood. When Robert holds a [[small council]] meeting to arrange the death of the exiled [[Daenerys Targaryen]], who has wed [[Drogo|a mighty Dothraki khal]], Ned refuses to condone the assassination and resigns the Handship. In the streets of the capital, he is waylaid by Lannister men in retaliation for Catelyn's abduction of [[Tyrion Lannister]], whom her foster-brother, [[Petyr Baelish]], had told her was responsible for the attempt on Bran's life. Ned's leg is broken and his best men slain, but Ned survives and Robert re-confirms his appointment as Hand before going on a hunt and leaving Ned to sit the [[Iron Throne]]. In this capacity he sends men to stop [[Gregor Clegane]] from raiding the [[Riverlands]]. Gregor's attacks were ordered by Lord Lannister; since Lord Stark was wounded he was not lured into the field and thus could not be captured and traded for Tyrion. The men sent after Ser Gregor are [[Battle at the Mummer's Ford|ambushed]] and many are slain; the survivors go on to found the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]]. On the [[Wall]], Jon Snow deals with the cruel tutelage of Ser [[Alliser Thorne]] while making friends such as [[Samwell Tarly]] and learning lessons from his elders. He also encounters a hint of the evil that supposedly lies [[beyond the Wall]] when the corpses of two of his uncle's men [[Wight|rise from the dead]] and go on the rampage at [[Castle Black]]; Jon saves the Watch's commander, [[Jeor Mormont]], from being killed by [[Othor|one of the wights]].

Eventually, Ned arrives at the same conclusion at which Jon Arryn did: that Queen Cersei's children are not Robert's, but bastards born of incest between the Lannister twins, and determines that it is this secret for which Jon was murdered. He approaches Cersei with this truth, warning her to flee the city. Enlisting Lord Baelish to recruit the [[Gold Cloaks]], Ned confronts Cersei after Robert's death from a hunting accident, insisting that [[Stannis Baratheon]] is now king by rights. Baelish betrays Ned - his men are slaughtered by [[Janos Slynt]]'s Gold Cloaks and he is thrown into a black cell. Sansa is held hostage in the [[Red Keep]], but Arya manages to escape thanks to [[Syrio Forel]], the fencing master Ned had hired to train her in swordplay.

[[Robb Stark]], upon hearing this news, calls the banners of Winterfell and marches south. Catelyn arranges a marriage alliance with [[House Frey]] to negotiate a crossing of the [[Trident]], and Robb [[War of the Five Kings#The North Joins the War|breaks Lannister hegemony]] in the [[Riverlands]] and captures [[Jaime Lannister|the Kingslayer]]. Ned initially refuses to name Joffrey as the true king, but in the end agrees in order to ensure the safety of Sansa. When he publicly announces this support, however, the capricious boy king orders Ned's execution rather than allow him to join the Night's Watch. The lords at Robb's war council in [[Riverrun]] proclaim him [[King in the North]] and of the Trident, seceding from the realm of the [[Iron Throne]]. Meanwhile, Benjen has gone missing [[beyond the Wall]], and Jon Snow, after briefly contemplating deserting the Watch to join his half-brother's army, rides as part of [[the Great Ranging]] meant to determine his fate and the threats of the [[Others]] and [[wildlings]].

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Tomasz Jedruszek Battle for Westeros.jpg|400px|thumb|King Robb launched a wildly successful invasion of the [[Westerlands]] – by Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Leaving Lord [[Roose Bolton]] in command of the northmen around the Trident, King Robb launches a wildly successful invasion of the [[Westerlands]], winning a string of victories against Lannister bannermen. In an effort to gain allies, he sends his father's ward, [[Theon Greyjoy]], and his mother, [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]], as envoys to [[Balon Greyjoy]] and [[Renly Baratheon]], respectively. However, Theon joins [[House Greyjoy|his family]] in [[War of the Five Kings#Rise of the Kraken|attacking the North]], while Catelyn's diplomatic progress is shattered when Renly is assassinated by the red sorceress, [[Melisandre]]. Renly's sworn shield, [[Brienne of Tarth]], takes up service with Catelyn.

Arya journeys north with [[Yoren]] and his new recruits for the Night's Watch, including King Robert's bastard [[Gendry]], but their band is ambushed by westermen and she is taken into captivity. At [[Harrenhal]], she is witness to myriad atrocities, but remains strong, orchestrating several deaths of her tormentors via the assassin [[Jaqen H'ghar]] and freeing a band of northmen prisoners. When the castle is taken by Roose Bolton, the incognito Arya is named his cupbearer, but does not trust her father's bannerman and flees the castle. Meanwhile, Sansa remains in custody at the Red Keep, betrothed to King Joffrey. She suffers abuse at his hands, but makes tenuous relationships with [[Sandor Clegane]] and [[Dontos Hollard]].

At Winterfell, Bran enjoys titular reign while Maester [[Luwin]] and Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] deal with such issues as the harvest feast, [[House Hornwood|Hornwood]] inheritance, and the atrocities of [[Ramsay Snow]], the Bastard of Bolton. With the guidance of the [[House Reed|Reed]] children, [[Jojen Reed|Jojen]] and [[Meera Reed|Meera]], Bran hones his gift for [[greensight]] and [[skinchanger|skinchanging]]. Theon [[Battle of Winterfell|seizes Winterfell]], but is [[Sack of Winterfell|thrown out]] by a treacherous Ramsay Snow; Luwin and Rodrik are slain by Ramsay's men. Bran and Rickon are thought dead, but split up and flee towards remote northern havens. Ramsay blames the slaughter on the [[ironborn]].

Benjen remains lost beyond the Wall. Jon Snow joins [[Qhorin Halfhand]] on a scouting mission in the [[Skirling Pass]], during which he refuses an order to execute a [[spearwife]] named [[Ygritte]]. On their return to Lord Commander [[Jeor Mormont]], the pair encounter a wildling band led by [[Rattleshirt]]. Jon, on orders from Qhorin, joins the wildlings as a double agent, and is forced to kill the Halfhand to prove his earnestness. Ygritte, now with Rattleshirt, vouches for Jon.

===''A Storm of Swords''===
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With [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s power broken by the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] and the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] and [[House Martell|Martells]] allied with the Lannisters, the Stark-Tully forces stand alone against their foes in the south, and the Greyjoys threaten the North.

News of Bran's and Rickon's alleged deaths drive two fateful decisions. Catelyn is confined to [[Riverrun]] for freeing Jaime Lannister in a desperate attempt to trade him for her daughters, sending Brienne to accompany him to King's Landing. Robb returns from his Westerlands campaign having wed the daughter of a minor Lannister bannerman, [[Jeyne Westerling]], who had comforted him in his grief. This brings House Stark's alliance with the Freys into question.

Meanwhile, Lord [[Rickard Karstark]] kills two Lannister prisoners in place of Jaime, and is in turn executed by Robb, alienating a loyal bannerhouse. [[Lord Walder Frey]] offers to forgive Robb's breach of marriage contract by having his uncle, Lord [[Edmure Tully]], stand in his place. Robb and Catelyn ride with 3,500 veteran northmen to attend the wedding.

Bran journeys north with [[Hodor]], [[Jojen Reed|Jojen]] and [[Meera Reed]], and his direwolf [[Summer (direwolf)|Summer]]. They pass through the Wall at the [[Nightfort]] with the aid of Sam Tarly and [[Coldhands]].

Further north, Jon Snow ingratiates himself with the [[free folk]], beginning a romance with [[Ygritte]] and befriending [[Mance Rayder]], the [[King-beyond-the-Wall]], and other wildling leaders. He scales the Wall with [[Styr]], the Magnar of [[Thenn (region)|Thenn]], and escapes to [[Castle Black]] in time to help prepare for the assault. When it comes, command falls to Jon after the death of [[Donal Noye]]. Ygritte is killed during the fighting. Jon does well until his rivals, [[Alliser Thorne]] and [[Janos Slynt]], arrive and imprison him for allegedly betraying his vows. They send him to assassinate Mance Rayder under a flag of parley, but [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s arrival breaks the wildling host before the deed is carried out. After [[Battle of Castle Black|the battle]], Jon is elected [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]] thanks to the maneuverings of his friend, Sam Tarly.

Sansa's engagement to King Joffrey is ended by his betrothal to [[Margaery Tyrell]]. She begins to mingle with the Tyrell women in King's Landing and is nearly betrothed to [[Willas Tyrell]], but is wed to [[Tyrion Lannister]] instead; they never consummate their match. The pair are blamed for [[Purple Wedding|Joffrey's murder]] at his wedding feast; in truth it was orchestrated by Petyr Baelish and [[Olenna Tyrell]]. Petyr smuggles Sansa out of the capitol, murdering his pawn and her friend, Dontos Hollard. He brings Sansa to the [[Eyrie]], where he marries her aunt, [[Lysa Tully]]. Littlefinger keeps her hidden by presenting her as his natural daughter, Alayne; when Lysa drunkenly accuses Sansa of trying to steal Petyr, and reveals that she and Baelish had in fact killed Jon Arryn, Petyr throws her from the [[Moon Door]].

Arya traverses the Riverlands, unknowingly entering the mind of her lost direwolf, Nymeria, and killing several sellswords of the [[Brave Companions]] chasing her. She joins with the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]], but is abducted by the Hound, [[Sandor Clegane]], who hopes to ransom her at Edmure's wedding. Robb designates his heir (believed to be Jon Snow, in spite of the Night's Watch vows) and resolves to march north to reclaim his homeland from the Greyjoys and attend Edmure's wedding at [[the Twins]] along the way. Lord Frey, however, has been conspiring with [[Tywin Lannister]] and the traitorous Roose Bolton - Robb, Catelyn, and many of their bannermen are [[Red Wedding|murdered under guest right]] at the Twins.

With Bran and Rickon thought dead and Sansa and Arya missing, House Stark is all but extinguished in the eyes of the world. They are supplanted as [[Warden of the North|Wardens of the North]] by [[House Bolton]]. The rivermen return to the king's peace, and the northern lords grudgingly accept Dreadfort authority. The Hound brings Arya toward the [[Eyrie]] in an attempt to ransom her to Lady Lysa, but they are attacked by Ser [[Gregor Clegane]]'s men and he is stabbed. Arya leaves the Hound to die and uses the iron coin given to her by [[Jaqen H'ghar]], and books passage across the [[narrow sea]] on the galleas ''[[Titan's Daughter]]''.

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Sansa remains in the [[Vale]], where she takes on a maternal role for her cousin, [[Robert Arryn]]. Littlefinger plots to reveal her identity, wed her to Robert's heir, [[Harrold Hardyng]], and use the knights of the Vale to retake the North in her name.

Arya arrives in [[Braavos]], where she takes up training at the [[House of Black and White]] to become a [[Faceless Man]].

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Lord Commander Jon Snow begins an uneasy alliance with the free folk, executes the recalcitrant [[Janos Slynt]], and tactfully deals with the imperious [[Stannis Baratheon]]. While refusing the king's offer to be legitimized as Jon Stark, Lord of Winterfell, and wed the "wildling princess", [[Val]], Jon offers Stannis advice that helps him in his campaign against the Boltons and Greyjoys.

At [[Winterfell]], Sansa's friend [[Jeyne Poole]] is wed to [[Ramsay Bolton]] in the guise of "Arya Stark" in an effort to legitimize Bolton overlordship. A disguised [[Mance Rayder]], sent by Jon Snow, recruits a broken-willed Theon Greyjoy to rescue the girl and deliver her to Stannis. When Jon gives orders to retake Winterfell from Ramsay after receiving an [[Bastard Letter|inflammatory letter]], the senior officers of the Watch turn on Jon for allying with wildlings and meddling in the affairs of the realm; it is not clear if he has survived their assassination attempt.

Bran arrives at the [[cave of the three-eyed crow]], where he meets the last [[three-eyed crow|greenseer]] and [[children of the forest]] and begins perfecting the advanced arts of greensight. Rickon, [[Osha]], and [[Shaggydog]] are said to be on [[Skagos]], where Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] has requested that [[Davos Seaworth]] search for Rickon, so that Stannis can rally the northmen to fight in his name.

==House genealogy==
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===House Stark at the end of the third century===
*{[[Brandon Stark]]}, eldest son and heir of Lord {[[Rickard Stark]]}. He was slain along with his father by order of the Mad King, [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]].
*{[[Eddard Stark|Eddard "Ned" Stark]]}, middle son of Lord Rickard Stark. Ned served as Lord of Winterfell and [[Warden of the North]] until his execution in [[King's Landing]], several months after taking office as [[Hand of the King]].
**{[[Catelyn Tully]]}, Lord Eddard's wife. She is the mother of [[Robb Stark|Robb]], [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]], [[Arya Stark|Arya]], [[Bran Stark|Bran]], and [[Rickon Stark]]. She is killed during the [[Red Wedding]], but is later resurrected by [[Beric Dondarrion]] and is known as "Lady Stoneheart".
***{[[Robb Stark]]}, Lord Eddard's eldest trueborn son and heir, also known as "the Young Wolf". He takes his father's position as Lord Stark and is later crowned [[King in the North]] and [[King of the Trident|of the Trident]] by his bannermen, prior to his death in the [[Red Wedding]]. His direwolf is named [[Grey Wind]] and is killed along with him at [[the Twins]].
****[[Jeyne Westerling]], Robb's widow.
***[[Sansa Stark]], Eddard and Catelyn's elder daughter. Her direwolf is named [[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]] and is killed under Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei's]] orders in retribution for Arya's direwolf savaging her son [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]. She is currently hiding in the [[Vale of Arryn]] as "Alayne Stone".
****[[Tyrion Lannister]], Sansa's estranged husband.
***[[Arya Stark]], Eddard and Catelyn's younger daughter. She is publicly known to have married [[Ramsay Bolton]], but Ramsay has instead married [[Jeyne Poole]], who was forced to pose as the Stark girl. Arya is instead in [[Braavos]] among the [[Faceless Men]]. Her direwolf, [[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]], leads a wolfpack roaming the Riverlands.
***[[Bran Stark]], Eddard and Catelyn's second son. Bran becomes crippled and learns how to become a [[skinchanger|warg]]. he is believed to have been killed by [[Theon Greyjoy]], but is actually [[beyond the Wall]] at the [[cave of the three-eyed crow]]. His direwolf is named [[Summer (direwolf)|Summer]].
***[[Rickon Stark]], Eddard and Catelyn's youngest child, only three years old when the series begins. He is also believed dead at the hands of Theon, though actually Rickon is in [[Skagos]] with [[Osha]]. His direwolf is [[Shaggydog]].
***[[Jon Snow]], Eddard's bastard son by an unspecified mother. Jon was raised at Winterfell alongside his Stark half-siblings. Having joined the [[Night's Watch]], he has risen to the rank of [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch|Lord Commander]]. His direwolf is [[Ghost]].
*{[[Lyanna Stark]]}, only daughter of Lord Rickard. Once betrothed to [[Robert Baratheon]], Lyanna died after being spirited away by [[Rhaegar Targaryen]].
*[[Benjen Stark]], the youngest son of Lord Rickard and the last surviving sibling of Ned. He is First Ranger of the [[Night's Watch]] and brings Jon Snow to the [[Wall]] when he wants to join the order. Benjen is missing in the lands [[beyond the Wall]].

===Historical Starks===
No precise lineage of House Stark is known, but the individuals listed below are supposed to be in rough chronological order.

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* [[Bran the Builder]], founder of House Stark and the first [[King in the North]], builder of Winterfell and the Wall.
* King [[Theon Stark|Theon]], the Hungry Wolf
* King [[Brandon Stark (Shipwright)|Brandon the Shipwright]], who loved sailing and built up a mighty northern fleet.
* King [[Brandon Stark (Burner)|Brandon the Burner]], who burned the entire northern fleet after the disappearance of his father on the [[Sunset Sea]].
* King [[Jonnel Stark|Jonnel]]
* King [[Dorren Stark|Dorren]]
* King [[Jon Stark|Jon]], who built the [[Wolf's Den]] at [[White Harbor]] after driving away sea raiders.
* King [[Rickard Stark (King)|Rickard]], who defeated the Marsh King, extending their kingdom to include [[the Neck]].
* King [[Rodrik Stark|Rodrik]], who won [[Bear Island]] from the [[ironborn]] in a wrestling match and granted it to [[House Mormont]].
* King [[Edrick Stark|Edrick]]
* King [[Benjen Stark (Bitter)|Benjen the Bitter]]
* King [[Benjen Stark (Sweet)|Benjen the Sweet]]
* King [[Eyron Stark|Eyron]]
* King [[Edderion Stark|Edderion]], the Bridegroom
* King [[Walton Stark|Walton]], the Moonking
* King [[Brandon Stark (Bad)|Brandon the Bad]]
* [[Karlon Stark|Karlon]], a younger brother of the king and founder of the [[House Karstark|Karstarks]].
* King [[Jorah Stark|Jorah]]
* King [[Jonos Stark|Jonos]]
* King [[Edwyn Stark|Edwyn]], the Spring King
* King [[Brandon Stark (the daughterless)|Bran the Daughterless]]
* [[Osric Stark|Osric]], son or brother of the King in the North, the youngest Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, who served for 60 years.
* King [[Harlon Stark|Harlon]], who defeated rebellious [[House Bolton]] centuries ago
* King [[Torrhen Stark|Torrhen]], the King Who Knelt, the last [[King in the North]], who bent the knee to [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]], making the North owe allegiance to [[House Targaryen]].
* [[Brandon Snow]], King Torrhen's bastard brother.
* [[Cregan Stark|Cregan]], who fought Aemon the Dragonknight
* [[Brandon Stark (Lord)|Brandon]]
* [[Barth Stark|Barth]]
* [[Jonnel Stark|Jonnel]]
* [[Rodwell Stark|Rodwell]]
* [[Donnor Stark|Donnor]]
* [[Artos Stark|Artos the Implacable]]
* [[Willam Stark|Willam]]
* [[Beron Stark|Beron]]
* [[Edwyle Stark|Edwyle]]
* Unnamed sister of Edwyle who married a younger son of Lord [[Raymar Royce]] of the cadet branch. [[Catelyn Tully]] considers making one of their descendants heir apparent for Robb.{{ref|ASOS|45}}
*[[Rickard Stark|Rickard]], killed by order of King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]] shortly before [[Robert's Rebellion]].
}}

===Household===

* [[Theon Greyjoy]], known as "Theon Turncloak" and "Reek", Lord Eddard's ward and hostage. Fought for Robb Stark in the [[War of the Five Kings]], betrayed him to [[House Greyjoy]], seized Winterfell until betrayed by [[Ramsay Bolton]]. Imprisoned and tortured. Fled with Jeyne Poole. Now a prisoner of [[Stannis Baratheon]].
* [[Brienne of Tarth|Brienne, the Maid of Tarth]], sworn sword to Lady Catelyn. Sent to rescue Sansa and Arya, and keeping to that quest even after Catelyn's death and the seeming destruction of House Stark.
* [[Walder Frey (Big)|Walder Frey]], called "Big Walder", a ward of Lady Catelyn, eight years of age. Now a squire of [[Ramsay Bolton]].
* {[[Walder Frey (Little)|Walder Frey]]}, called "Little Walder", a ward of Lady Catelyn, eight years of age. Made a squire of Ramsay Bolton. Killed by the 'Ghost of Winterfell', presumably Theon Greyjoy, or Mance Rayder and his spearwives.
* Maester {[[Luwin]]}, counselor, healer and tutor. Perished to wounds sustained during the [[Sack of Winterfell]].
* {[[Vayon Poole]]}, steward of Winterfell. Killed during the purge of the Stark household in the [[Red Keep]].
** [[Jeyne Poole]], his daughter. Forced to impersonate [[Arya Stark]] and marry [[Ramsay Bolton]]. Escaped Winterfell with [[Theon Greyjoy]]. Now in custody of Stannis Baratheon.
* Ser {[[Rodrik Cassel]]}, master-at-arms and castellan of Winterfell. Killed by Ramsay Snow prior to the [[Sack of Winterfell]].
** [[Beth Cassel]], his daughter. Imprisoned at the [[Dreadfort]].
* {[[Jory Cassel]]}, Captain of Lord Eddard's guards. Killed by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]'s men.
** {[[Alyn]]}, guardsman, founding member of the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]]. Now dead.
** {[[Tomard]]}, guardsman. Called "Fat Tom". Killed by [[City Watch of King's Landing|goldcloaks]] during the arrest of Ned Stark.
*** [[TomToo]], his son. Fate unknown.
** {[[Wyl]]} and {[[Heward]]}, guardsmen. Killed by Jaime Lannister's men.
** {[[Desmond]]}, guardsman. Killed during the arrest of Ned Stark.
** {[[Cayn]]}, guardsman. Killed by Sandor Clegane during the arrest of Ned Stark.
*** [[Calon]], his son. Fate unknown.
** {[[Porther]]}, guardsman. Killed during the purge of the Stark household in the [[Red Keep]].
** {[[Varly]]}, guardsman. Killed by [[Janos Slynt]] during the arrest of Ned Stark.
* [[Hallis Mollen]], Jory's successor as captain of guards. Fate unknown since being sent escorting Lord Eddard's bones to Winterfell.
** [[Quent]], [[Jacks]] and [[Shadd]], guardsmen. Fate unknown since being sent escorting Lord Eddard's bones to Winterfell.
** {[[Alebelly]]}, a guardsman. Killed during the [[Battle of Winterfell]].
** {[[Hayhead]]}, {[[Skittrick]]}, {[[Wayn]]}, guardsmen. Fate unknown. Likely killed during [[Sack of Winterfell]].
** {[[Poxy Tym]]}, a guardsman. Killed during the [[Sack of Winterfell]]
* {[[Hullen]]}, master of horse. Killed during the purge of the Stark household in the Red Keep.
** [[Harwin]], his son, a guardsman. Founding member of the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]]. Currently with Lady Stoneheart's band.
** {[[Joseth]]}, Hullen's successor as master of horse. Fate unknown. Likely killed during [[Sack of Winterfell]].
*** [[Bandy]] and [[Shyra]], his twin daughters, now imprisoned at [[the Dreadfort]].
* Septa {[[Mordane]]}, tutor to Lord Eddard's daughters. Killed during the purge of the Stark household in the Red Keep.
* Septon {[[Chayle]]}, keeper of Winterfell's sept and library. Drowned as a sacrifice to the [[Drowned God]] after the Fall of Winterfell
* {[[Mikken]]}, blacksmith and armorer. Killed by [[Stygg]] after the [[Battle of Winterfell|Fall of Winterfell]].
* {[[Farlen]]}, kennelmaster of Winterfell. Killed by Theon Greyjoy.
** [[Palla]], his daughter, a kennelgirl. Imprisoned at the Dreadfort.
* [[Nan]], known as "Old Nan", storyteller and once a wet-nurse. Imprisoned at the Dreadfort, possibly dead.
** [[Hodor|Walder]], known as "Hodor", a simpleminded stableboy. Now with Bran Stark [[beyond the Wall]].
* {[[Gage]]}, the cook. Fate unknown. Likely killed during [[Sack of Winterfell]].
** [[Turnip]], his child. Imprisoned at the Dreadfort.
** [[Osha]], of the [[Free Folk]], imprisoned and serving as kitchen drudge. Now with [[Rickon Stark]] at [[Skagos]].
* {[[Syrio Forel]]}, Arya's fencing instructor and former [[First Sword of Braavos]]. Presumed killed in [[King's Landing]] by Ser [[Meryn Trant]] during the purge of the Stark household in the [[Red Keep]].

==References in the books==
===''A Song of Ice and Fire''===
* After taking up his duties as Hand, Lord [[Eddard Stark]] assigns twenty of Winterfell's household guard to assist the Gold Cloaks in keeping order in King's Landing.
* Twenty more greycloaks ride with [[Beric Dondarrion]] to hunt down [[Gregor Clegane]]; most of them are killed in the [[Battle at the Mummer's Ford]]. [[Alyn]], [[Harwin]], and others help found the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]].
* Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] leads six hundred Winterfell men, among others, to [[Battle of Torrhen's Square|battle]] the ironborn under [[Dagmer|Dagmer Cleftjaw]].
* On his return to Winterfell, Rodrik and his men mean to liberate the castle from Theon Greyjoy, but are [[Sack of Winterfell|betrayed and routed]] by [[Ramsay Snow]].
* Soldiers bearing the colors of House Stark have washed up on the shores of the [[Quiet Isle]]. According to the [[Elder Brother]], they are buried alongside their enemies.

==Sworn Houses==
*'''[[House Reed]]''' of [[Greywater Watch]]. [[Meera Reed|Meera]] and [[Jojen Reed]] are with [[Bran Stark|Bran]], [[Summer]] and [[Hodor]] [[beyond the Wall]].
*'''[[House Glover]]''' of [[Deepwood Motte]]. Allied with [[Stannis Baratheon]] against [[House Bolton]].
*'''[[House Mormont]]''' of [[Bear Island]]. Allied with Stannis Baratheon against House Bolton.
*'''[[House Umber]]''' of [[Last Hearth]]. Allied with Stannis Baratheon against House Bolton.
*'''[[House Manderly]]''' of [[White Harbor]]. [[Wyman Manderly]] has sent [[Davos Seaworth]] to find his [[Rickon Stark|liege lord]] in [[Skagos]].
*'''[[House Flint of the mountains|House Flint]]''' of the [[northern mountain clans]]. Allied with Stannis Baratheon against House Bolton.
*'''[[House Wull]]''' of the northern mountain clans. Allied with Stannis Baratheon against House Bolton.
*'''[[House Norrey]]''' of the northern mountain clans. Allied with Stannis Baratheon against House Bolton.
*'''[[House Liddle]]''' of the northern mountain clans. Allied with Stannis Baratheon against House Bolton.
*'''[[House Tully]]''' of [[Riverrun]]. Swears allegiance when Robb is named King in the North and [[King of the Trident|of the Trident]]. Now stripped of lands and titles by the Iron Throne.
*'''[[House Westerling]]''' of [[the Crag]]. Joins Robb's cause after he marries [[Jeyne Westerling]]. Now accepted back into the king's peace.

==Quotes==

{{Quote|'''Tyrion:''' You Starks are hard to kill.

'''Robb:''' You [[Lannister|Lannisters]] had best remember that.{{Ref|agot|24}}}}
- [[Robb Stark]] to [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]]

{{Quote|The Starks look for courage and loyalty and honor in the men they choose to serve them. {{ref|agot|42}}}} - [[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Bronn]]

{{Quote|The winters are hard, but the Starks will endure. We always have.{{Ref|aGoT|4}}}}
- [[Eddard Stark]] to [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]]

{{Quote|[[Bear Island]] knows no king but the [[King in the North]], whose name is STARK.{{Ref|adwd|1}}}}
- [[Lyanna Mormont]] to [[Stannis]]

{{Quote|Maester [[Theomore]], tell them! A thousand years before [[War of Conquest|the Conquest]], a promise was made, and oaths were sworn in the [[Wolf's Den]] before the [[old gods]] and the [[Faith of the Seven|new]]. When we were sore beset and friendless, hounded from our homes and in peril of our lives, the wolves took us in and nourished us and protected us against our enemies. [[White Harbor|The city]] is built upon the land they gave us. In return we swore that we should always be their men. STARK men!{{Ref|adwd|19}}}}
- [[Wylla Manderly]]

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:''[[Bedwyck]] of the Night's Watch is also nicknamed '''Giant'''.''
'''Giants''' are a race of sentient humanoids that live in the extreme north of [[Westeros]].

==Biology==
Giants are about ten to 12 feet in height. They are capable of great feats of strength such as wrenching the bars of an iron gate apart. They are covered by a shaggy pelt of fur that is thicker below their waists than above.

The fur of older giants becomes grey and streaked with white. Their heads are thrust forward from their shoulder blades. The have squashed-in faces with square teeth and tiny eyes amidst folds of horny flesh. Their eyesight is poor and they snuffle constantly, smelling as much as they see.

They have sloped chests, and their lower torsos are about half again as wide as their upper torsos. Their arms hang lower than a man's, while their legs are shorter than their arms, ending in splayed and horny feet that need no shoes even in the coldest weather.{{ref|aSoS|15}} The female giants look similar to the men.{{ref|aGoT|53}} They speak the [[Old Tongue]].{{ref|aSoS|15}}

==Culture==
Giants do not use much technology. They wield huge clubs that are often no more than logs, though some tie boulders to the end to make crude mauls. They ride [[mammoth]]s as steeds. They speak the Old Tongue of the [[First Men]]. Songs of the [[wildlings]] tell that giants were at one time more plentiful, but they were hunted by men and driven from their stone halls. By the time [[Mance Rayder]] became [[King-Beyond-the-Wall]], there were only several hundred remaining. Giants do not have kings, but [[Mag Mar Tun Doh Weg|Mag the Mighty]] was considered their greatest warrior at that time.{{ref|aSoS|15}}

Some [[wildlings]] believe that particularly large men in the north have giant blood in them, but there have been no recorded incidents of crossbreeding.{{ref|aGoT|53}}

There is a song about giants sung by [[wildlings]] called ''[[The Last of the Giants]]''.
==Known giants==
*[[Mag Mar Tun Doh Weg]]
*[[Wun Weg Wun Dar Wun]]

==Quotes==
{{Quote|The giants are almost gone as well, they who were our bane and our brothers.}} - [[Leaf]] to [[Bran]]{{Ref|aDwD|34}}

==References and Notes==
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Joffrey Baratheon

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{{Infobox monarch
| name = [[file:Joffrey_sigil_coat.png|50px|left]] '''Joffrey Baratheon''' [[file:Joffrey_sigil_coat.png|50px|right]]
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| reign = {{Date|298}} - {{Date|299}}
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| othertitles = King of the [[Andal|Andals]], the [[Rhoynar]] and the [[First Men]] Lord of the Seven Kingdoms Protector of the Realm
| alias = Joffrey the Illborn The Young Usurper Aerys the Third Bastard Bastard Monster
| fullname = Joffrey of the Houses [[House Baratheon|Baratheon]] and [[House Lannister|Lannister]] the First of His Name
| predecessor = [[Robert Baratheon|Robert I]]
| successor = [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I]]
| heir = [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I]]
| queen = [[Margaery Tyrell]]
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| royalhouse = [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]]
| father = [[Robert Baratheon]] (claimed) [[Jaime Lannister]] (actual)
| mother = [[Cersei Lannister]]
| dateofbirth = {{Date|286}}
| placeofbirth =
| dateofdeath = {{Date|300}}{{ref|aSoS|4}}{{ref|aSoS|60}}
| placeofdeath = [[Red Keep]], [[King's Landing]]
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| Books = [[A Game of Thrones]] (Appears) [[A Clash of Kings]] (Appears) [[A Storm of Swords]] (Appears) [[A Feast for Crows]] (Mentioned) [[A Dance with Dragons]] (Mentioned)
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| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Jack Gleeson,Joffrey Baratheon|Jack Gleeson]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]]
}}

Prince '''Joffrey Baratheon''' is known to the [[Seven Kingdoms]] as the eldest son and heir of King [[Robert Baratheon]] and Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]. A member of [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]], his siblings are Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] and Prince [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]]. In the [[Game of Thrones|TV series]], he is played by Jack Gleeson.

==Character and Appearance==
Twelve years old at the beginning of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', Joffrey was strong-willed as a child and has an uncontrollable temper not unlike his mother's and an unchecked sadistic streak. He has little sense of right or wrong, which often leads him to trouble, especially when he loses his temper. When things go wrong, he always blames the problems on others. Despite being willful he is reckless, vicious, cruel and not very intelligent, all of which combine to make him prone to irrational and bad judgements.

Joffrey has the [[House Lannister|Lannister]] look and is tall for a boy his age, with blond curly hair. Known to be handsome, he has bright green eyes, pouty lips and an evil sneer. He always wears the finest clothing and accents, as befits the royal heir.{{Ref|aGoT|5}}<ref>[[A Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide]]</ref> See also [[:Category:Images of Joffrey Baratheon|this collection of images]].

==History==
Joffrey grew up as a spoiled and indulgent child with a cruel streak within him. His father, King [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]], is deeply disappointed with his son and feels little affection for Joffrey. It is also implied that Joffrey craves Robert's respect and approval, and many of his acts are done in an effort to live up to his father's standards.

Once after learning a kitchen cat was pregnant, Joffrey killed the animal and cut open its belly to see the kittens inside. He showed one of the unborn kittens to his father. Robert was so shocked and angry he hit the boy so hard it knocked out two of his baby teeth. Cersei also remarks that Robert would have beaten the boy if she had allowed it.{{Ref|aSoS|63}} It is also implied Joffrey bullied his younger brother, [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]].{{Ref|aFfC|8}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Joffrey Baratheon.PNG|thumb|300px|Jack Gleeson as Joffrey Baratheon ([[Game of Thrones|TV series]])]]
[[File:The Purple Wedding Fin.JPG|thumb|400px|Depiction of The Purple Wedding by [https://www.facebook.com/ConorCampbellArtist?ref=hl/ Conor Campbell©]]]
Joffrey and the rest of the royal family take the [[kingsroad]] to [[Winterfell]] after [[Jon Arryn]]'s death. There he begins to court the pretty [[Sansa Stark]], [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]]'s daughter, to whom he is betrothed. He spars with [[Robb Stark]] in the yard and insults him. After [[Bran Stark]] is critically injured after falling from a tower, Joffrey's uncle, [[Tyrion Lannister]], slaps Joffrey for speaking rudely of the boy's condition. Tyrion is later blamed when an assassin with a [[Valyrian steel|Valyrian dagger]] fails in an attempt to murder the comatose Bran, which furthers the growing enmity between Houses [[House Stark|Stark]] and [[House Lannister|Lannister]].

On the way from Winterfell to [[King's Landing]], Joffrey spends a day riding with Sansa, who enjoys it greatly whilst he drinks summerwine. They come upon [[Arya Stark]] and her friend [[Mycah]], the butcher's boy, practicing sword fighting. Joffrey is drunk and commands Mycah to spar with him; Mycah does not take up the challenge, and Joffrey pricks him with his sword, [[Lion's Tooth]], ignoring pleas to leave him alone. Arya smacks him with the stick, allowing Mycah to escape; an enraged Joffrey slashes at Arya and is injured when her direwolf, [[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]], protects her.{{Ref|aGoT|15}} It is at this time that Joffrey loses Lion's Tooth, as Arya takes it from him and sends it hurling towards [[the Trident]], an incident that humiliates Joffrey. The youth later claims before Robert's court that he had been attacked by Mycah and Nymeria. This results in the deaths of Mycah and Sansa's direwolf, [[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]], and earns Joffrey Arya's hatred. [[Renly Baratheon]] openly laughs at his nephew for being beaten and disarmed by a girl younger than him.{{Ref|aGoT|16}}

While drinking with Eddard Stark at the [[Tourney of the Hand]], King Robert openly despairs of his son and heir, revealing to his old friend that he has often thought of abdicating; the only thing that stops him is the thought of Joffrey sitting on the Iron Throne with his mother whispering in his ear.{{Ref|aGoT|30}}

Acting as the new [[Hand of the King]], Eddard Stark discovers that Joffrey, along with his siblings, are actually bastards born of incest between Cersei and her twin, [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]].{{Ref|aGoT|44}}{{Ref|aGoT|45}} Robert never questioned the boy's parentage. Cersei protects her children's secret by arranging for King Robert's death. Following Robert's death, Joffery summons the council and commands that they make arrangements for his coronation. When Ned produces Robert's will, which declares Ned regent and mentions "the heir" rather than specifying Joffrey as heir to the [[Iron Throne]], Cersei tears it up and advises Ned to swear fealty to her son. Ned in turn reveals that Joffrey has no claim to the throne and that his uncle, [[Stannis Baratheon]], is the true heir, but Eddard is quickly arrested for treason.{{Ref|aGoT|49}}

After taking the Iron Throne as Robert's heir, Joffrey starts his first court session by naming [[Tywin Lannister]] as the new Hand of the King, appointing his mother to the [[small council]] and [[Jaime Lannister]] as [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]] of the [[Kingsguard]], dismissing the legendary knight [[Barristan Selmy]] from his service, against all traditions. When Selmy storms out in disgust, making a remark about the ease with which Stannis would take the throne from him, Joffrey orders Selmy seized and questioned, though the old knight escapes.

When Sansa kneels and begs for him to spare her father Eddard's life and asks that Joffrey to do this for love of her, Joffrey promises Sansa that he would be merciful. After Eddard confesses of his crimes and declares that Joffrey Baratheon is the true heir to the Iron Throne, Joffrey's mercy turns out to be Eddard's quick public beheading before Sansa's eyes.{{Ref|aGoT|65}} This rash act is against his family's wishes to minimize further bloodshed and restore the king's peace and leads to the intensification of [[War of the Five Kings|hostilities]] as Eddard's son [[Robb Stark]] is declared the [[King in the North]]. Robb vows to kill Joffrey in retaliation, plunging Westeros into devastating civil war.

Joffrey continues to mistreat and abuse Sansa Stark, a penalty for each of Robb's victories. Forcing her to look at her father's severed head is the start of a string of beatings he commands his Kingsguard to abuse her with. He threatens to force her to look on [[Robb Stark|her brother]]'s head when he kills him, as he boasts, in single combat.{{Ref|aGoT|67}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Joffrey rules with whim and caprice, proving difficult for even his mother to control. Sansa becomes imprisoned to his will, and he frequently has his guards beat her for his amusement. When he tries to have her stripped, his uncle, [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] stops him. Although Joffrey never tries it again, he is determined to eventually have Sansa in his bed whether he marries her or not. His cruelty and the decreased quality of life at King's Landing due to food shortages and other hardships make Joffrey an unpopular king, and he is nearly killed in a [[Riot of King's Landing|riot]] sparked by his temper.{{ref|acok|41}} Acting as his temporary Hand, only Tyrion stands up to Joffrey's authority, and the king develops a special hatred for his uncle; Tyrion, in return, holds his nephew in contempt, viewing him as a monster.

===''A Storm of Swords''===
After [[House Tyrell]] allies itself to his reign, Joffrey discards Sansa and is betrothed to [[Margaery Tyrell]]. He crassly declares that he will have his way with Sansa later, after the wedding, even though she is married to Tyrion. Joffrey is present with [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]], [[Kevan Lannister]], [[Pycelle]], [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] and [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] when news reaches Kings Landing of the [[Red Wedding]]. Joffrey is delighted when he hears of [[Robb Stark]]'s death and wants his head so he could serve it to Sansa at his own wedding, in addition to wanting to show no mercy to the northern and river lords who surrendered following Robb Stark's death. This statement horrifies Kevan and enrages Tyrion, who threatens his nephew, stating that Sansa is not his to torment. Tywin refuses to allow Joffrey's request, which causes Joffrey to insult his grandfather as "a coward who hid beneath Casterly Rock" while his father [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]] won the war at [[Battle of the Trident|the Trident]]. The insult angers Tywin to the point that in private he remarks that Joffrey requires a sharp lesson. Tyrion, despite remembering his own "[[Tysha|sharp lesson]]", surprisingly agrees with this assessment, though he insists that his nephew is not Robert the Second but Aerys the Third.{{ref|aSoS|53}}

Joffrey's marriage is on the first day of the new century.{{ref|aSoS|4}} In the morning the Lannisters and their allies meet for a family breakfast. His grandfather, [[Tywin Lannister]], gives him a [[Valyrian steel]] sword as a wedding present, which Joffrey declares he will name [[Widow's Wail]]. The present from Tyrion and Sansa is a rare book, ''[[Lives of Four Kings]]'', which Joff slices with his new sword, demanding a better present from Tyrion and Sansa. Joffrey swings the blade at [[Balon Swann]]. When [[Addam Marbrand]] warns Joffrey to be careful, since the blade is Valyrian steel, Joffrey boasts that he is no stranger to the metal. At that moment, Tyrion baits him, guessing that Joffrey is referring to the Valyrian dagger given to the assassin at Winterfell, though he is unable to fathom why, attributing it to Joffrey's innate cruelty.{{ref|aSoS|60}} Jaime later deduces that Joffrey did it in an attempt to impress his father after overhearing a drunken Robert say it would be kinder to put the crippled [[Bran Stark]] out of his misery.

During his wedding feast in the throne room, Joffrey's wine is [[The Strangler|poisoned]] and he dies on the first day of the [[300 AL|3rd Century since Aegon's Landing]] while the entire court looks on.{{ref|aSoS|60}} Cersei blames the deed on Tyrion and Sansa, but it is later revealed that the plot was orchestrated by [[Olenna Redwyne]] and [[Petyr Baelish]]. Joffrey is buried in the [[Great Sept of Baelor]].{{Ref|aSoS|67}} Due to the colour of the amethysts used to poison Joffrey's wine, and the actual colour of the wine, the wedding has since been referred to as the [[Purple Wedding]].

Joffrey, with the exception of his [[Cersei Lannister|mother]], is not particularly mourned by anyone; even his biological father, [[Jaime Lannister]], feels that Joffrey deserved his fate. Tyrion Lannister states that Joffrey would have become a worse king than [[Aerys II Targaryen|the Mad King]]. [[Arys Oakheart]] thinks the only good thing that could be said of Joffrey is that he was tall and strong for his age.

==Quotes about Joffrey==

{{Quote|I am sorry for [[Arya Stark|your girl]], Ned. Truly. About [[Lady (direwolf)|the wolf]], I mean. My son was lying, I’d stake my soul on it. My son ... {{Ref|aGoT|30}}}}
- [[Robert Baratheon]] to [[Eddard Stark]]

{{Quote|I have dreamed of giving up the crown. Take ship for the [[Free Cities]] with my horse and my hammer, spend my time warring and whoring, that’s what I was made for. The sellsword king, how the singers would love me. You know what stops me? The thought of Joffrey on [[Iron Throne|the throne]], with [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] standing behind him whispering in his ear. My son. How could I have made a son like that, Ned?{{Ref|aGoT|30}}}}
- [[Robert Baratheon]] to [[Eddard Stark]]

{{Quote|[[Cersei Lannister|Her]] son needs to be taken in hand before he ruins us all.{{Ref|aGoT|69}}}} - [[Tywin Lannister]]

{{Quote|Not Robert the Second. Aerys the Third.{{Ref|aSoS|53}}}} - [[Tyrion Lannister]]

{{Quote|'''Tywin:''' That loose tongue of yours will be your undoing.
'''Tyrion:''' You should have let Joff tear it out.

'''Tywin:''' You would do well not to tempt me.{{Ref|aSoS|53}}}}
- [[Tywin Lannister]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]

{{Quote|'''''Tyrion''': Joffrey would have been a worse king than [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]] ever was. He stole his father's dagger and gave it to a footpad to slit the throat of [[Bran Stark|Brandon Stark]], did you know that? 
'''Jaime''': I ... I thought he might have. 
'''Tyrion''': Well, a son takes after his father. Joffrey would have killed me as well, once he came into his power. For the crime of being short and ugly, of which I am conspicuously guilty.{{Ref|aSoS|77}}}} - [[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Jaime Lannister]]

{{Quote|'''Brienne''': Joffrey was your... 
'''Jaime''': My king. Leave it at that. 
'''Brienne''': You say [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] killed him. Why protect her? 
'''Jaime''': Because Joff was no more to me than a squirt of seed in Cersei's cunt. And because he deserved to die.}} - [[Jaime Lannister]] to [[Brienne of Tarth]] {{Ref|aSoS|72}}

{{Quote|'''Cersei''': Joffrey had no love for [[Robb Stark]], but [[Bran Stark|the younger boy]] was nothing to him. He was only a child himself. 
'''Jaime''': A child hungry for a pat on the head from [[Robert Baratheon|that sot]] you let him believe was his father.{{ref|AFFC|72}}}} - [[Jaime Lannister]] to [[Cersei Lannister]]

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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House Baratheon

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{{Noble House
| House_name = House Baratheon of [[Storm's End]]
| image = [[file:House_Baratheon.PNG|250px|center]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = A crowned black stag on a field of gold.
| Words = ''Ours is the Fury''
| Seat = [[Storm's End]] [[King's Landing]]
| Current_Lord = King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I]] King [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis I]] ''(disputed)''
| Region = [[The Stormlands]] [[The Crownlands]]
| Title = Lord of [[Storm's End]] Lord of the [[Andals]], the [[Rhoynar]] and the [[First Men]]
| Heir = Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] Princess [[Shireen Baratheon|Shireen]] ''(disputed)''
| Overlord = [[House Baratheon of King's Landing|Baratheons of King's Landing]]
| Ancestral_weapon =
| Cadet_branch = [[House Baratheon of King's Landing|Baratheons of King's Landing]] [[House Baratheon of Dragonstone|Baratheons of Dragonstone]] [[House Bolling]] ''(Possibly)'' [[House Wensington]] ''(Possibly)''
| Founded = 9000 or 300 years ago
| Founder = [[Orys Baratheon]]
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'''House Baratheon of Storm's End''' is one of the Great Houses of Westeros, and is the principal house in the [[Stormlands]]. Its seat, [[Storm's End]], is an ancient castle raised by the [[Storm King]]s. The Baratheon sigil is a crowned black stag on a field of gold.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 4|Chapter 4]], Eddard</ref> Members of the family tend to be tall and powerfully built, with black hair and blue eyes, as well as strong, square jawlines. They are known for their mercurial tempers, and their words are ''Ours is the Fury''.

==History==
Baratheon is the youngest of the original great houses, tracing its descent from [[Orys Baratheon]], one of [[Aegon I]]'s fiercest generals, and rumored to be his bastard brother. Through the female line, the Baratheons are descended from the Storm Kings, as Orys slew [[Argilac]] the Arrogant, last of the Storm Kings, and married his daughter [[ Argella Durrendon]]. Orys adopted the sigil and words of his wife's ancestral line.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Appendix|Appendix]]</ref> The line of the Storm Kings dates back to the [[Age of Heroes]] when their kingdom was founded by King [[Durran]] I "Godsgrief", a legendary hero.

During the [[Blackfyre Rebellion]], the Baratheons remained loyal to the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen Dynasty]], providing much of the force commanded by Prince [[Baelor Breakspear]] at the decisive [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]]. Princess [[Rhaelle Targaryen]], daughter of [[Aegon V]], married into the House and birthed Lord [[Steffon Baratheon]], continuing the close ties between the dragon and the stag. The [[Robert's Rebellion|rebellion]] that usurped the Targaryens, however, was started on behalf of Steffon's son Lord [[Robert Baratheon]] and his foster-brother, [[Eddard Stark]]. The Baratheons and their bannermen were instrumental in the conflict, along with Houses [[House Arryn|Arryn]], [[House Stark|Stark]], and [[House Tully|Tully]], and, eventually, [[House Lannister]]. The [[Battle of Summerhall]] and [[Siege of Storm's End]] were fixtures of the Stormlands theater. After the war, the house spawned two cadet branches: one [[House Baratheon of King's Landing|seated on the Iron Throne]] under King Robert, and another [[House Baratheon of Dragonstone|on the Isle of Dragonstone]] headed by [[Stannis Baratheon|Lord Stannis]]. During the [[Greyjoy Rebellion]] against Robert's rule, the combined Baratheon fleet defeated the [[Iron Fleet]] in the [[Battle of Fair Isle]], commanded by [[Master of Ships]] Stannis. Stannis later subdued [[Great Wyk]] in his brother's name, presumably commanding the stormlords' hosts to do so.

==Recent Events==
With Robert and Stannis holding their own titles, the young [[Renly Baratheon]] became Lord of Storm's End. Some time after he achieved majority, he was appointed to Robert's [[small council]] as [[Master of Laws]]. As Robert lay dying from a boar's tusk, Renly asked Eddard Stark, the [[Hand of the King]], to support him in a bid for the throne. Lord Stark refused, saying that if [[Cersei Baratheon|Cersei]]'s children were bastards born of incest, then it was Stannis who should be king. Renly rode out of [[King's Landing]]. Despite Stannis's better claim, Renly was able to rally the Stormlands to his cause, as well as [[House Tyrell]]. When King Renly was killed beneath the walls of Storm's End as the brothers' hosts prepared to clash during the [[War of the Five Kings]], he left no heirs, but his widow [[Margaery Tyrell]] later married his "nephew" [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I]]. Most of the houses sworn to Storm's End went over first to Stannis, then to Joffrey after the [[Battle of the Blackwater]]. After Joffrey's death, the current head of the house is the king on the Iron Throne, [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I]] - a title disputed by King Stannis. The current garrison at Storm's End is Stannis's last force in the south.

==The Baratheon House at the end of the third century==

The known Baratheons during the timespan of the events described on [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] are:

* King {[[Robert Baratheon|Robert I]]}, King of Westeros. Gored by a boar.

** Queen [[Cersei Lannister]], his wife.
*** King {[[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I]]}, his eldest son and heir. Poisoned at his wedding feast.
*** Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon]], his daughter.
*** King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I]], his second son. King of Westeros.
*** [[Edric Storm]], Robert's acknowledged bastard by [[Delena Florent]]. Raised at Storm's End.
* King [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis I]], self-proclaimed King of Westeros, holds Storm's End in his power.
** Queen [[Selyse Florent]], his wife.
*** Princess [[Shireen Baratheon]], his only daughter.
* King {[[Renly Baratheon|Renly I]]}, self-proclaimed King of Westeros. Slain at Storm's End by a [[shadow assassin|shadow]] conjured by [[Melisandre]] of [[Asshai]], a red priestess of [[R'hllor]].

* Ser {[[Harbert]]}, most likely a Baratheon. Great-uncle of Robert, Stannis, and Renly. Once castellan of Storm's End.

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===Household===
*Ser {[[Cortnay Penrose]]}, castellan of Storm's End. Slain by another of Melisandre's shadow assassins.
*Ser [[Colen of Greenpools]], a knight sworn to House Baratheon.
*[[Brella]], who ran Lord Renly's household in King's Landing. Later came to serve [[Tyrion Lannister]].

==Historical Members==
* Ser [[Lyonel Baratheon]], called the Laughing Storm, participated in the Ashford Tourney and fought on the side of Ser Duncan the Tall during the Trial of Seven.
* [[Gowen Baratheon]], the third son of a former lord of Storm's End. He was the last Baratheon to marry a member of [[House Lannister]], [[Tya Lannister|Tya]], until Robert married Cersei.

==References in the books==
===Dunk & Egg===
* Ser [[Lyonel Baratheon]], called the Laughing Storm, participated in the [[Ashford Tourney]] and fought on the side of Ser [[Duncan the Tall]] during the [[Trial of Seven]].
* Nine years before the [[Ashford Tourney]], Lord Baratheon held a tourney to celebrate the birth of his grandson.

===A Song of Ice and Fire===
* Prince Rhaegar Targaryen defeated Lord Steffon Baratheon in a tourney at Storm's End that was eventually won by Ser Barristan Selmy.
* Renly went north to meet King Robert on his return trip after Robert named [[Eddard Stark]] his new [[Hand of the King]].
* Renly rode in the [[Tourney of the Hand]], riding well before losing to [[Sandor Clegane]].
* While serving at court as Master of Laws, Renly kept 30 men-at-arms as his personal guard. After Eddard Stark refused to support his bid for power upon Robert's death, they rode with Renly south out of the capitol.
* [[Edric Storm]] was smuggled out of [[Dragonstone]] by Lord [[Davos Seaworth]] to prevent him from being burned alive by [[Melisandre]].

===Houses sworn to Storm's End===
* '''[[House Cafferen]]''' of Fawnton.
* '''[[House Caron]]''' of Nightsong. The Lord of House Caron is given the title of Lord of the [[Dornish Marches|Marches]]. After the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] their domains are given to the newly made '''[[House Foote of Nightsong]]'''.
* '''[[House Connington]]''' of Griffin's Roost.
* '''[[House Dondarrion]]''' of Blackhaven. The first Dondarrion was given a lordship by a Storm King for delivering an important message. The house sigil of a forked, purple lightning bolt commemorates a lucky lightning strike that saved the messenger's life. The Dondarrions are [[Dornish Marches|marcher lords]].
* '''[[House Errol]]''' of Haystack Hall.
* '''[[House Estermont]]''' of Greenstone. Lord Estermont is maternal grandfather to King Robert Baratheon; his mother, Lady Cassana was the daughter of Lord Estermont.
* '''[[House Fell]]''' of Felwood.
* '''[[House Grandison]]''' of Grandview.
* '''[[House Penrose]]''' of Parchments.
* '''[[House Seaworth]]'''.
* '''[[House Selmy]]''' of Harvest Hall.
* '''[[House Swann]]''' of Stonehelm. The Swanns are marcher lords.
* '''[[House Tarth]]''' of Evenfall Hall. The Tarths rule the island of Tarth, situated at the edge of Shipbreaker Bay. Lord Selwyn is called the Evenstar. His only daughter and heiress is Brienne, a POV character
* '''[[House Toyne]]'''. This house fell into disgrace when a Toyne of the [[Kingsguard]] was executed for sleeping with [[Aegon IV]]'s mistress. His two brothers tried to avenge him by murdering the king, but Aegon was saved by his brother [[Aemon Targaryen|Aemon the Dragonknight]], who died defending him. [[Simon Toyne]], of a later generation, became an infamous outlaw, leading the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]] before being killed by [[Barristan Selmy]],
* '''[[House Trant]]''' of Gallowsgrey.
* '''[[House Wylde]]''' of Rain House.

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House Hornwood

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{{Noble House
| House_name = House Hornwood of [[Hornwood]]
| image = [[File:House_Hornwood.PNG|250px]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = A bull moose, brown on a field of dark orange.
| Words = ''Righteous in Wrath''
| Seat = [[Hornwood]]
| Current_Lord =
| Region = [[the North]]
| Title =Lord of Hornwood
| Heir =
| Overlord = [[House Bolton]]
| Ancestral_weapon =
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'''House Hornwood of Hornwood''' is a noble house whose seat is [[Hornwood]] in [[the North]]. Their sigil is a bull moose, brown on a field of dark orange.{{ref|AGOT|53}}{{ref|AGOT|55}}<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/2/#In the North]</ref> Their words are "Righteous in Wrath."<ref>The Citadel. [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Mottoes/ House Mottoes]</ref> The lands of the house, which include the forest of the Hornwood,{{ref|ADWD|20}} border those of [[House Bolton]] and [[House Manderly]].{{ref|ACOK|16}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[Bran Stark]] sees the Hornwoods at [[Winterfell]] after [[Robb Stark]] calls the northern banners.{{ref|AGOT|53}} When the northern army splits at [[the Twins]], Lord [[Halys Hornwood]] goes with [[Roose Bolton]]'s army and his heir, [[Daryn Hornwood|Daryn]], accompanies Robb to free [[Riverrun]]. The banners of House Hornwood are spotted by [[Tyrion Lannister]] at the [[Battle of the Green Fork]], at which Halys is killed.{{ref|AGOT|62}} Daryn is one of [[Robb's personal guard]] at the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood]], where he is killed by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]].{{ref|AGOT|63}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Halys's widow, [[Donella Hornwood|Donella]], is now Lady of [[Hornwood]], but a matter of succession arises. House Hornwood is connected by the female line with [[House Karstark]], [[House Flint]] and [[House Tallhart]], while Halys's bastard, [[Larence Snow]], is fostered at [[Deepwood Motte]]. Donella arrives at Winterfell for the harvest feast and meets with Bran and Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]]. She warns them that [[Ramsay Snow]], Lord [[Roose Bolton]]'s bastard, is gathering soldiers at the [[Dreadfort]]. Maester [[Luwin]] advises her to increase her harvest storage from a fifth to a quarter. [[Mors Umber]] and [[Wyman Manderly]] advance themselves as possible suitors to Lady Donella.{{ref|ACOK|16}}

Lady Hornwood is captured by and forced to marry Ramsay Snow, the Bastard of Bolton. Her cousin, Lord [[Wyman Manderly]], has forces from [[House Manderly]] take the Hornwood castle from Ramsay.{{ref|ACOK|28}} Rodrik tries to rescue Donella, but discovers that Ramsay locked her in a tower and allowed her to starve to death. Rodrik tells Luwin that Ramsay and Donella's wedding appears to have been lawful and that she designated Ramsay as her heir before her death.{{ref|ACOK|35}}

When Rodrik aims to retake [[Winterfell]] from the [[ironborn]], [[Theon Greyjoy]] spies some Hornwood banners among his host. Ramsay kills Rodrik, abducts Theon, and [[Sack of Winterfell|sacks Winterfell]].{{ref|ACOK|66}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
After the [[Battle of the Ruby Ford]], Lord [[Roose Bolton]] leaves, among others, a hundred Hornwood bowmen to guard the [[Trident]].{{Ref|aSoS|49}} Larence Snow is held as a captive by [[Asha Greyjoy]] at [[Battle of Deepwood Motte|Deepwood Motte]].{{ref|ASOS|Appendix}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[Brienne of Tarth]] spots the badge of House Hornwood among those that had been collected from the dead after the [[Battle of Duskendale]].{{Ref|aFfC|9}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[Davos Seaworth]] learns that [[smallfolk]] from along the [[White Knife]] and Hornwood have been seeking protection at [[White Harbor]] with the Manderlys. Some Hornwood men are also reported to have joined [[Ramsay Bolton]]'s force marching on [[Moat Cailin]].{{ref|ADWD|15}} [[Theon Greyjoy]] sees the moose of the Hornwoods amongst the banners flying above [[Barrow Hall]].{{ref|ADWD|32}} [[Stannis Baratheon]] writes to [[Jon Snow]] that his growing army now contains some Hornwood men who survived Ramsay's betrayal of Rodrik at Winterfell.{{ref|ADWD|35}}

During the wedding of "[[Arya Stark]]", actually [[Jeyne Poole]], to Ramsay Bolton in [[Winterfell]], Ramsay is introduced as Lord of the Hornwood.{{ref|ADWD|37}} As the Manderlys are ostensibly supportive of House Bolton, [[Wyman Manderly]] has presumably relinquished Hornwood to Ramsay. Lady [[Barbrey Dustin]] tells Theon that the Hornwood men who are at Winterfell for Ramsay's wedding and its [[Siege of Winterfell|upcoming siege]] have not forgotten how Ramsay treated Lady [[Donella Hornwood]].{{ref|ADWD|41}}

[[Larence Snow]], the late Lord Halys Hornwood's bastard, is presumably freed from captivity when Stannis [[retaking of Deepwood Motte|recovers Deepwood Motte]] from Asha.{{ref|ADWD|42}}

==House Hornwood at the end of the third century==
The known Hornwoods during the timespan of the events described in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are:

* Lord [[Halys Hornwood|{Halys Hornwood}]], slain at the [[Battle of the Green Fork]].
** Lady [[Donella Hornwood|{Donella Hornwood}]], his wife, imprisoned and starved to death by [[Ramsay Bolton]].
*** [[Daryn Hornwood|{Daryn Hornwood}]], his son, slain at the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood]].
*** [[Larence Snow]], the Bastard of Hornwood. Nearly 12 years old; fostered at [[Deepwood Motte]].
* Lady [[Berena Hornwood]], his sister.

{{Hornwood tree}}

==References and Notes==
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House Flint of Widow's Watch

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{{Noble House
| House_name = House Flint of [[Widow's Watch]]
| image = [[File:Flint Widows Watch.png]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = A blue field strewn with whitecaps, on a yellow chief with crested line a pair of blue eyes
| Words = ''Ever Vigilant''
| Seat = [[Widow's Watch]]
| Current_Lord = Lady [[Lyessa Flint]]
| Region = [[The North]]
| Title =
| Heir =
| Overlord = [[House Bolton]]
| Ancestral_weapon =
| Cadet_branch = [[House Flint of Flint's Finger]] [[House Flint of the mountains]]
| Founded_in =
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'''House Flint of Widow's Watch''' is a noble house from [[the North]], and probably the most powerful branch of House Flint.<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Entry/House_Flint02/ Citadel:House Flint of Widow's Watch]</ref>

Neither their arms or their words appear in the text. A semi-canon source blazons their banner as a blue field strewn with whitecaps, on a yellow chief with crested line a pair of blue eyes and gives their motto as "Ever Vigilant".<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/2/#In the North]</ref><ref>The Citadel. [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Mottoes/ House Mottoes]</ref>

==House Flint of Widow's Watch at the end of the third century==
The known Flints of this branch during the timespan of the events described on [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] are:
* Lady [[Lyessa Flint]], Lady of Widow's Watch.
** {[[Robin Flint]]}, her grown son. He was slain at the [[Red Wedding]].

==References in the books==
===A Song of Ice and Fire===
* After [[Robb Stark]] calls his banners, Maester [[Luwin]] explains that while some (such as the [[House Karstark|Karstarks]], [[House Bolton|Boltons]], [[House Hornwood|Hornwoods]] or [[House Umber|Umbers]]) gather at the winter town, others such as the the Reeds, the Ryswells and Dustins and also Lords [[House Manderly|Manderly]] and Flint are waiting to join him along the [[Kingsroad]]. Since House Flint of Widow's Watch is ruled by a lady, the passage probably refers to the Lord of Flint Fingers.
* Robin Flint is one of the [[Robb's personal guard|thirty sons of nobles]] that ride besides the Young Wolf during the war. He and Ser [[Wendel Manderly]] are among the older men in the group.
* The Flints are reported to have ties to House Hornwood through the female line, though the text does not specify which branch.
* The Flints of Widow Watch excused themselves for not sending troops to secure the Hornwood lands because Lady Lyessa was heavy with child, and there was sickness at [[Widow's Watch]].
* Robin Flint accompanied Lady Catelyn on her voyage south to deal with kings [[Renly Baratheon|Renly I]] and [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis I]].
* When [[Theon Greyjoy]] studied the banners from the northern lords preparing to attack [[Winterfell]] through Maester Luwin's [[Myr]]ish lens tube, he saw some of House Flint, though not as many as from other houses.
* Robin Flint commanded the rearguard during Robb's walk to [[the Twins]] for the wedding of [[Edmure Tully]].
* Robin Flint is seen chatting with Robb, Ser Wendel Manderly, the [[Jon Umber (Greatjon)|Greatjon]] and his son during the trip.
* Robin Flint was one of Robb's bodyguards during the [[Red Wedding]], sitting near him with the Smalljon without drinking.
* Robin Flint was last seen ringed by [[House Frey|Freys]], their daggers rising and falling.
* Lord Commander [[Rodrik Flint]] is regarded as one of the worst commanders of the [[Night's Watch]], for trying to make himself [[King-Beyond-the-Wall]].
* [[Maester Aemon]] sent a raven to Widow's Watch in a plea for help to defend [[Castle Black]] from [[wildlings]].
* One of the dark legends surrounding the [[Nightfort]] is the rape and murder of brave young [[Danny Flint]].
* It is suggested that the [[Night's King]] was a Flint, among the many possibilites.

==References and Notes==
{{references}}

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House Flint of Flint's Finger

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{{Noble House
| House_name = House Flint of [[Flint's Finger]]
| image = [[File:House Flint of Flint's Finger.PNG|250px]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = A grey stone hand upon a white inverted pall on paly black and grey.
| Words =
| Seat = [[Flint's Finger]]
| Current_Lord =
| Region = [[The North]]
| Title =
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'''House Flint of Flint's Finger''' is a noble house from [[the North]], probably less powerful than the [[House Flint of Widow's Watch|Flints of Widow's Watch]].

Flint's Finger is located at the southwestern coast of the North.

Neither their arms or their words appear in the text. According to a semi-canon source they blazon their banner as a grey stone hand upon a white inverted pall on paly black and grey.<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/2/#In the North]</ref>

==House Flint of Flint's Finger at the end of the third century==

No member of this branch of the house has been directly mentioned on the text.

==References in the books==
===A Song of Ice and Fire===
* After [[Robb Stark]] calls his banners, Maester [[Luwin]] explains that while some (such as the [[House Karstark|Karstarks]], [[House Bolton|Boltons]], [[House Hornwood|Hornwoods]] or [[House Umber|Umbers]]) gather at the winter town, others such as the Lords [[House Manderly|Manderly]] and Flint are waiting to join him along the kingsroad. Since House Flint of Widow's Watch is ruled by a lady, the passage probably refers to the Lord of Flint's Fingers.
* The Flints are reported to have ties to House Hornwood through the female line, though the text does not specify which branch.
* When [[Theon Greyjoy]] studied the banners from the northern lords preparing to attack [[Winterfell]] through Maester Luwin's [[Myr]]ish lens tube, he saw some of House Flint, though not as many as from other houses.
* Lord Commander [[Rodrik Flint]] is regarded as one of the worst commanders of the [[Night's Watch]], for trying to make himself [[King-Beyond-the-Wall]].
* One of the dark legends surrounding the [[Nightfort]] is the rape and murder of brave young [[Danny Flint]].
* When only ten years old, [[Balon Greyjoy]] scaled the Flint Cliff's to the Blind Lord's haunted tower.
* It is suggested that the [[Night's King]] was a Flint, among the many possibilities.

==References and Notes==
{{references}}

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House Flint of Flint's Finger

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{{Noble House
| House_name = House Flint of [[Flint's Finger]]
| image = [[File:House Flint of Flint's Finger.PNG|250px]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = Paly sable and cendrée, a pairle argent charged with a stone hand proper
| Words =
| Seat = [[Flint's Finger]]
| Current_Lord =
| Region = [[The North]]
| Title =
| Heir =
| Overlord = [[House Bolton]]
| Ancestral_weapon =
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'''House Flint of Flint's Finger''' is a noble house from [[the North]], probably less powerful than the [[House Flint of Widow's Watch|Flints of Widow's Watch]].

Flint's Finger is located at the southwestern coast of the North.

Neither their arms or their words appear in the text. According to a semi-canon source they blazon their banner as a grey stone hand upon a white inverted pall on paly black and grey.<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/2/#In the North]</ref>

==House Flint of Flint's Finger at the end of the third century==

No member of this branch of the house has been directly mentioned on the text.

==References in the books==
===A Song of Ice and Fire===
* After [[Robb Stark]] calls his banners, Maester [[Luwin]] explains that while some (such as the [[House Karstark|Karstarks]], [[House Bolton|Boltons]], [[House Hornwood|Hornwoods]] or [[House Umber|Umbers]]) gather at the winter town, others such as the Lords [[House Manderly|Manderly]] and Flint are waiting to join him along the kingsroad. Since House Flint of Widow's Watch is ruled by a lady, the passage probably refers to the Lord of Flint's Fingers.
* The Flints are reported to have ties to House Hornwood through the female line, though the text does not specify which branch.
* When [[Theon Greyjoy]] studied the banners from the northern lords preparing to attack [[Winterfell]] through Maester Luwin's [[Myr]]ish lens tube, he saw some of House Flint, though not as many as from other houses.
* Lord Commander [[Rodrik Flint]] is regarded as one of the worst commanders of the [[Night's Watch]], for trying to make himself [[King-Beyond-the-Wall]].
* One of the dark legends surrounding the [[Nightfort]] is the rape and murder of brave young [[Danny Flint]].
* When only ten years old, [[Balon Greyjoy]] scaled the Flint Cliff's to the Blind Lord's haunted tower.
* It is suggested that the [[Night's King]] was a Flint, among the many possibilities.

==References and Notes==
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House Dustin

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{{Noble House
| House_name = House Dustin of [[Barrowton]]
| image = [[File:House_Dustin.PNG|300px]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = Or, two longaxes crossed, a crown between sable
| Words =
| Seat = [[Barrowton]]
| Current_Lord = Lady [[Barbrey Dustin]]
| Region = [[The North]]
| Title =
| Heir =
| Overlord = [[House Bolton]]
| Ancestral_weapon =
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| Founded_in =
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'''House Dustin of Barrowton''' is a noble house from the [[North]]. Their castle is [[Barrow Hall]] in [[Barrowton]].

Neither their arms or their words appear in the text. According to semi-canon sources they blazon their shield as two rusted longaxes with black shafts crossed, a black crown between their points, on yellow.<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/2/#In the North]</ref>

[[House Stout]] of [[Goldgrass]], a house of petty lords of Barrowton, are sworn to the Dustins.<ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Appendix|Appendix]]</ref>

==House Dustin at the end of the third century==
The known Dustins during the timespan of the events described on [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] are:

* {Lord [[Willam Dustin]]}, Lord of Barrowton. Slain at the end of [[Robert's Rebellion]] by the last members of [[Aerys II]]'s [[Kingsguard]] in the mountains of [[Dorne]].
** Lady [[Barbrey Dustin]], widow of the late Lord Dustin, the Lady of Barrowton.

It is unknown whether Lady Barbrey has designated an heir to Barrowton.

===Household===
* [[Beron]], a guard of Lady Dustin.

==References in the books==
===A Song of Ice and Fire===
* Lord Willam Dustin is one of the six companions that fought with [[Eddard Stark]] at the [[Tower of Joy]]. In his dreams, Eddard remembers him riding a great red stallion.
* [[Catelyn Tully]] remembers that during her bedding, Lord William Dustin told Ned that her breasts were enough to make him wish he’d never been weaned.
* [[Maester Aemon]] sent a raven to Barrowton in a plea for help to defend [[Castle Black]] from [[wildlings]].
* The [[House Ryswell|Ryswells]] and the Dustins surprised the ironborn on the [[Fever River]], putting their longships to torch. {{Ref|aDwD|15}} Both [[Ramsay Bolton]] and [[Hother Umber]] are riding south to join the Dustin-Ryswell forces, preparing an attack on [[Moat Cailin]].{{Ref|aDwD|15}}

==Houses sworn to Barrowton==
* '''[[House Stout]]''' of Goldgrass

==References and Notes==
{{references}}

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House Ryswell

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Marco:

{{Noble House
| House_name = House Ryswell of [[Rills|the Rills]]
| image = [[File:House_Ryswell.PNG|250px]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = Bronze, a horse's head sable orbed and maned gules within a bordure engrailed sable
| Words =
| Seat =
| Current_Lord = [[Rodrik Ryswell]]
| Region = [[the North]]
| Title = Lord of the Rills
| Heir =
| Overlord = [[House Bolton]]
| Ancestral_weapon =
| Cadet_branch =
| Founded_in =
| Founder =
| Died_out =
}}

'''House Ryswell of the Rills''' rules in the extensive area between the [[Barrowlands]] and the [[Stony Shore]] in [[the North]].

Their blazon is a black horse's head, eyes and mane red, on bronze within a black engrailed border.<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/2/#In the North]</ref> Their words are not mentioned in the books.

==House Ryswell at the end of the third century==

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

*Lord [[Rodrik Ryswell]], Lord of the Rills.<ref>The appendices of ''[[A Feast for Crows-Appendix|A Feast for Crows]]'' and ''[[A Dance with Dragons-Appendix|A Dance with Dragons]]'' list Roger, Rickard, and Roose as Rodrik's quarrelsome cousins, but the text of ''A Dance with Dragons'' specifies them as his sons in [[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 20|20. Reek II]] and [[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 32|32. Reek III]].</ref>
**Lady {[[Bethany Bolton|Bethany Ryswell]]}, his eldest daughter, deceased. The second wife of [[Roose Bolton]].{{Ref|aDwD|32}}
**[[Barbrey Dustin|Barbrey Ryswell]], his younger daughter. Lady of Barrowton. Widow to the late Lord [[Willam Dustin]].{{Ref|aDwD|32}}
**[[Roger Ryswell]], his son.{{Ref|aDwD|32}}
**[[Rickard Ryswell]], his son.{{Ref|aDwD|32}}
**[[Roose Ryswell]], his son. Namesake of Lord [[Roose Bolton]].{{Ref|aDwD|32}}
*Unspecified Ryswell cousins of Rodrik's children.{{Ref|aDwD|32}}

Without specified familiar relationship with the main branch, other Ryswells include:

*Ser {[[Mark Ryswell]]}, died at the [[Tower of Joy]] during [[Robert's Rebellion]].

{{Ryswell tree}}

===Historical Ryswells===
*[[Lord Ryswell (Night's Watch)|Lord Ryswell]], the father of one of the [[Seventy-nine sentinels]], a tragic story of the [[Night's Watch]].
**[[Lord Ryswell's youngest son|Lord Ryswell's son]], youngest son of Lord Ryswell and one of the [[Seventy-nine sentinels]] of the [[Night's Watch]].

==References in the books==
===A Song of Ice and Fire===

* An old story tells that when [[Seventy-nine Sentinels|seventy-nine deserters]] left the [[Wall]], one of them was Lord Ryswell's youngest son and decided to look for shelter at his father's keep. However, Lord Ryswell returned his son and his companions to the [[Nightfort]], where they were buried alive in the ice to stand the watch they had abandoned forever. Late in his life Lord Ryswell took the black to end his days watching behind his son.{{ref|ASOS|56}}
* Ser Mark Ryswell died fighting with [[Eddard Stark]] and his other companions at the [[Tower of Joy]].
* Spearmen from the Rills compose part of the force that Roose Bolton leaves under command of [[Ronnel Stout]] and Ser [[Kyle Condon]] in the aftermath of the [[Battle of the Ruby Ford]].{{ref|ASOS|49}}
* [[Maester Aemon]] sends a raven to the Rills in a plea for help to defend [[Castle Black]] from [[wildlings]].{{ref|ASOS|55}}
* The Ryswells and Dustins are the first to declare for [[House Bolton]] when Lord Roose is named [[Warden of the North]].
* Lord Rodrik and his sons all have the same arms but each in different colors as they constantly argue over their houses colors: one is grey, one is black, one is gold and one is brown.
* The Ryswells and [[House Dustin|Dustins]] surprise the remaining ironmen on the [[Fever River]] and managed to burn their longships.{{ref|ADWD|15}}
* The Ryswells are reported to have joined the army led by [[Ramsay Bolton]] meant to remove the [[ironborn]] from [[Moat Cailin]].
* Lord Rodrik, his sons, and his daughter Barbrey attend the wedding of [[Ramsay Bolton]] to the [[Jeyne Poole|"Arya Stark"]]. He is present along with his daughter, [[Roose Bolton]] and [[Aenys Frey]] when [[Theon Greyjoy]] is questioned about the deaths that are happening in [[Winterfell]]. He is hostile towards the [[House Frey|Freys]], as several of House Ryswell's men were slain at the [[Red Wedding]].

==References and Notes==
{{references}}

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House Reed

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Marco:

{{Noble House
| House_name = House Reed of [[Greywater Watch]]
| image = [[File:Reed coat of arms.png|250px]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = Grey-Green, a lizard-lion sable
| Words =
| Seat = [[Greywater Watch]]
| Current_Lord = [[Howland Reed]]
| Region = [[The Neck]]
| Title =
| Heir = [[Jojen Reed]]
| Overlord = [[House Stark]]
| Ancestral_weapon =
| Cadet_branch =
| Founded_in =
| Founder =
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}}

'''House Reed from Greywater Watch''' rules the [[crannogmen]], small men who live in swamps and marshes from [[the Neck]]. They are often called the swamp-dwellers, the frog-eaters, the mud men and to the [[ironborn]]; [[bog devils]].<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 20|Chapter 20]], Reek II</ref> They first swore their oaths of fealty to [[House Stark]] when the Starks were [[Kings in the North]], thousands of years ago.<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 21|Chapter 21]], Bran</ref>

According to semi-canon sources their arms are a black [[lizard-lion]] on grey-green.<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/2/#In the North]</ref> Their motto does not appear in the books.

==The Reed House at the end of the third century==
The known Reeds during the timespan of the events described on [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] are:

* Lord [[Howland Reed]], Lord of Greywater Watch.
** [[Jyana]], his wife, of the crannogmen.
*** [[Meera Reed]], his daughter. A capable hunter.
*** [[Jojen Reed]], his son. A young boy, gifted with the [[greensight]].

{{Reed tree}}

==Oath of House Reed==
House Reed swears it allegiance to [[House Stark]] of [[Winterfell]] in a different form than other houses. It is as follows:
{{quote|“To Winterfell we pledge the faith of Greywater. Hearth and heart and harvest we yield up to you, my lord. Our swords and spears and arrows are yours to command. Grant mercy to our weak, help to our helpless, and justice to all, and we shall never fail you.I swear it by earth and water. I swear it by bronze and iron. “We swear it by ice and fire.”{{ref|acok|21}}}}

==References in the books==

===A Song of Ice and Fire===
* Howland Reed was one of the six companions of [[Eddard Stark]] that went with him to the [[Tower of Joy]], and the only one that survived the fight against the three members of [[Aerys II]]'s [[Kingsguard]]. Eddard said that he would not have survived the battle if it were not for Howland Reed.
* Howland Reed is said to have remained at Greywater's Watch since the end of the war.
* Although the crannogmen did not join [[Robb Stark]]'s army, they were instructed to protect [[the Neck]] if the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] tried to come up to [[the North]].
* Howland Reed sent his children Meera and Jojen to [[Winterfell]] to represent the family in the harvest feast and renew the oath to the [[House Stark|Starks]].
* Meera and Jojen played a significant part in the Starks escape during the fall of Winterfell, and accompanied [[Bran Stark|Bran]] in his travel to meet the [[three-eyed crow]].
* Though House Reed has not openly aligned itself with either [[Roose Bolton]] or [[Stannis Baratheon]] in the conflicts in The North after the War of Five Kings, Roose Bolton does not seem to trust Howland Reed - he traveled in a wagon and with a decoy while in The Neck as a precaution.
* [[Galbart Glover]] and [[Maege Mormont]], as well as a number of Glover and Mormont soldiers, still seem to be at Greywater Watch as of the end of Dance With Dragons.

==Sworn Houses==
*'''[[House Fenn]]'''
*'''[[House Marsh]]'''
*'''[[House Peat]]'''
*'''[[House Boggs (The Neck)|House Boggs]]'''
*'''[[House Cray]]'''
*'''[[House Quagg]]'''
*'''[[House Greengood]]'''
*'''[[House Blackmyre]]'''<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 20|Chapter 20]], Reek II</ref>

==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}

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House Reed

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{{Noble House
| House_name = House Reed of [[Greywater Watch]]
| image = [[File:Reed coat of arms.png|300px]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = Grey-Green, a lizard-lion sable
| Words =
| Seat = [[Greywater Watch]]
| Current_Lord = [[Howland Reed]]
| Region = [[The Neck]]
| Title =
| Heir = [[Jojen Reed]]
| Overlord = [[House Stark]]
| Ancestral_weapon =
| Cadet_branch =
| Founded_in =
| Founder =
| Died_out =
}}

'''House Reed from Greywater Watch''' rules the [[crannogmen]], small men who live in swamps and marshes from [[the Neck]]. They are often called the swamp-dwellers, the frog-eaters, the mud men and to the [[ironborn]]; [[bog devils]].<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 20|Chapter 20]], Reek II</ref> They first swore their oaths of fealty to [[House Stark]] when the Starks were [[Kings in the North]], thousands of years ago.<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 21|Chapter 21]], Bran</ref>

According to semi-canon sources their arms are a black [[lizard-lion]] on grey-green.<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/2/#In the North]</ref> Their motto does not appear in the books.

==The Reed House at the end of the third century==
The known Reeds during the timespan of the events described on [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] are:

* Lord [[Howland Reed]], Lord of Greywater Watch.
** [[Jyana]], his wife, of the crannogmen.
*** [[Meera Reed]], his daughter. A capable hunter.
*** [[Jojen Reed]], his son. A young boy, gifted with the [[greensight]].

{{Reed tree}}

==Oath of House Reed==
House Reed swears it allegiance to [[House Stark]] of [[Winterfell]] in a different form than other houses. It is as follows:
{{quote|“To Winterfell we pledge the faith of Greywater. Hearth and heart and harvest we yield up to you, my lord. Our swords and spears and arrows are yours to command. Grant mercy to our weak, help to our helpless, and justice to all, and we shall never fail you.I swear it by earth and water. I swear it by bronze and iron. “We swear it by ice and fire.”{{ref|acok|21}}}}

==References in the books==

===A Song of Ice and Fire===
* Howland Reed was one of the six companions of [[Eddard Stark]] that went with him to the [[Tower of Joy]], and the only one that survived the fight against the three members of [[Aerys II]]'s [[Kingsguard]]. Eddard said that he would not have survived the battle if it were not for Howland Reed.
* Howland Reed is said to have remained at Greywater's Watch since the end of the war.
* Although the crannogmen did not join [[Robb Stark]]'s army, they were instructed to protect [[the Neck]] if the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] tried to come up to [[the North]].
* Howland Reed sent his children Meera and Jojen to [[Winterfell]] to represent the family in the harvest feast and renew the oath to the [[House Stark|Starks]].
* Meera and Jojen played a significant part in the Starks escape during the fall of Winterfell, and accompanied [[Bran Stark|Bran]] in his travel to meet the [[three-eyed crow]].
* Though House Reed has not openly aligned itself with either [[Roose Bolton]] or [[Stannis Baratheon]] in the conflicts in The North after the War of Five Kings, Roose Bolton does not seem to trust Howland Reed - he traveled in a wagon and with a decoy while in The Neck as a precaution.
* [[Galbart Glover]] and [[Maege Mormont]], as well as a number of Glover and Mormont soldiers, still seem to be at Greywater Watch as of the end of Dance With Dragons.

==Sworn Houses==
*'''[[House Fenn]]'''
*'''[[House Marsh]]'''
*'''[[House Peat]]'''
*'''[[House Boggs (The Neck)|House Boggs]]'''
*'''[[House Cray]]'''
*'''[[House Quagg]]'''
*'''[[House Greengood]]'''
*'''[[House Blackmyre]]'''<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 20|Chapter 20]], Reek II</ref>

==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}

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House Locke

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Marco:

{{Noble House
| House_name = House Locke of [[Oldcastle]]
| image = [[File:House_Locke.PNG|250px]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = Two bronze keys crossed on a white pale on purple.
| Words =
| Seat = [[Oldcastle]]
| Current_Lord = Lord [[Ondrew Locke]]
| Region = [[the North]]
| Title = Lord of Oldcastle
| Heir =
| Overlord = [[House Bolton]]
| Ancestral_weapon =
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| Founded_in =
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}}

'''House Locke of Oldcastle''' is a noble house from the North.

Their banner is two bronze keys crossed on a white pale on purple. Their words do not appear in the text.<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/2/#In the North]</ref>

==House Locke of Oldcastle at the end of the third century==
During the timespan of the events described on [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] the house is ruled by:

* Lord [[Ondrew Locke]], Lord of Oldcastle. An old man.

With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch of the house there are also:

* Ser {[[Donnel Locke]]}, a knight. Slain at the [[Red Wedding]].
* Ser {[[Mallador Locke]]}, a senior member of the [[Night's Watch]]. Died on the great ranging.
* [[Sybelle Locke]], [[Robett Glover]]'s wife. Mother to [[Gawen Glover|Gawen]] and [[Erena Glover]].

==References in the books==
===''A Song of Ice and Fire''===
* Ser Mallador Locke joins the [[Night's Watch]] [[The Great Ranging|expedition]] commanded by [[Jeor Mormont|Lord Mormont]]. He is in charge of the baggage train and the packhorses.
* Lord Ondrew Locke excuses himself for not being able to help to Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] against the ironborn because he is too old to dare the journey.
* At one point, the acting Hand of the King [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] planned to exchange Ser Donnel Locke and Lord [[Medger Cerwyn]] for [[Tion Frey]], but the negotiations failed. With all probability Ser Donnel had been captured at the [[Battle of the Green Fork]]. He was held at [[Harrenhal]] and was freed by [[Roose Bolton]].
* When the Watch received news of the approach of the [[wildlings]] to the [[Fist of the First Men]], Ser Mallador Locke supported retreating back to [[the Wall]].
* Ser Mallador was not among the survivors of the expedition to return to the Wall.
* The Lockes suffered heavy losses when caught on the wrong side of the Red Fork when [[Battle of the Ruby Ford|attacked]] by Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] while going to [[the Twins]] to attend [[Edmure Tully|Lord Edmure]]'s wedding.{{Ref|aSoS|49}}<ref>See [[Battle of the Ruby Ford]]</ref>
* Ser Donnel Locke was slain at the [[Red Wedding]]. [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]] saw him being taken by crossbow bolts.
* [[Maester Aemon]] sent a raven to Oldcastle in a plea for help to defend [[Castle Black]] from [[wildlings]].
* Sybelle Locke and her children were held captive at [[Deepwood Motte]] by [[Asha Greyjoy]].
* When [[Davos Seaworth]] is first presented to [[Wyman Manderly]] an unknown Locke (described as "A stocky man in white and purple, whose cloak was fastened with a pair of crossed bronze keys") is present. He speaks briefly to the detriment of [[Ramsay Bolton]].
* When [[Roose Bolton]] takes Theon/Reek to [[Barrow Hall]], amongst the banners be sees are "Old Lord Locke's crossed keys."

==References and Notes==
{{references}}

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House Cassel

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Marco:

{{Noble House
| House_name = House Cassel
| image = [[Image:House_Cassel.PNG|205px]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = Ten white wolf heads, 4-3-2-1, on grey with a black border.
| Words =
| Seat =
| Current_Lord = [[Beth Cassel]]
| Region = [[The North]]
| Title =
| Heir =
| Overlord = [[House Stark]]
| Ancestral_weapon =
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| Founded_in =
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'''House Cassel''' is a house in the service of the [[House Stark|Starks]] of [[Winterfell]]. According to a semi-canon source, they blazon their arms with ten white wolf heads, 4-3-2-1, on grey with a black border.<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Entry/House_Cassel/ House Cassel]</ref>

==The Cassel house at the end of the third century==
The known Cassels during the timespan of the events described on [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] are:
*Ser [[Rodrik Cassel|{Rodrik Cassel}]], master-at-arms of Winterfell. Slain by [[Ramsay Snow]].
**[[Beth Cassel]], daughter of Ser Rodrik.
*[[Martyn Cassel|{Martyn Cassel}]], father of Jory, brother of Rodrik. He died in the fight with three of the [[Kingsguard]] at the [[Tower of Joy]].
**[[Jory Cassel|{Jory Cassel}]], captain of the guards. Slain by [[House Lannister|Lannister]] guardsmen as retaliation for the kidnap of [[Tyrion Lannister]].

==Family==
{{Cassel tree}}

==References in the books==
===A Song of Ice and Fire===
* Ser Rodrik was married three times and had daughters only. The only one he has left is Beth.
* Jory Cassel is captain of the guards at [[Winterfell]].
* Martyn Cassel fathered four sons, yet only Jory lived to be a man.
* Jory Cassel took part in the [[Tourney of the Hand]].
* Jory Cassel was slain by [[House Lannister|Lannister]] men at arms in [[King's Landing]].
* Jory's body was sent north to be buried next to his grandfather at Winterfell. His father was buried in a cairn at the [[Tower of Joy]].
* Ser Rodrik Cassel accompanied [[Catelyn Tully]] south to [[King's Landing]].
* Ser Rodrik Cassel is the master-at-arms at Winterfell.
* Ser Rodrik departs to take care of the [[House Hornwood|Hornwood]] inheritance after Lady Hornwood was kidnapped.
* Ser Rodrik breaks [[Dagmer|Dagmer Cleftjaw]]'s shield wall at [[Torrhen's Square]] and breaks the siege.
* [[Theon Greyjoy]] uses Beth as a hostage to prevent her father from storming Winterfell.
* During the attempt to retake Winterfell, Ser Rodrik was slain by [[Ramsay Snow]].
* Jory was among those who attended the wedding of [[Eddard Stark]] and Catelyn Tully. In his attempt to remove the dress from Catelyn, he tore it.
* Beth Cassel is a captive at the [[Dreadfort]].

==References and Notes==
{{references}}

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House Tallhart

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Marco:

{{Noble House
| House_name = House Tallhart of [[Torrhen's Square]]
| image = [[File:House_Tallhart.PNG|250px]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = Three green sentinel trees, over a brown field.
| Words = ''Proud and Free''
| Seat = [[Torrhen's Square]]
| Current_Lord = [[Eddara Tallhart]]
| Region = [[the North]]
| Title = Master of Torrhen's Square
| Heir = [[Brandon Tallhart]]
| Overlord = [[House Bolton]]
| Ancestral_weapon =
| Cadet_branch =
| Founded_in =
| Founder =
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}}

'''House Tallhart of Torrhen's Square''' is a noble house from the [[North]], although they are of masterly rank rather than lordly. Their seat is [[Torrhen's Square]].

Their arms show three green [[sentinel]] trees, over a brown field.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 53|Chapter 53]], Bran</ref><ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/2/#In the North]</ref> The words of the house do not appear in the books, but according to a semi-canon source they are «Proud and Free».<ref>The Citadel. [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Mottoes/ House Mottoes]</ref>

==House Tallhart at the end of the third century==

The known Tallharts during the timespan of the events described in [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] are:
* Ser {[[Helman Tallhart]]}, Master of Torrhen's Square. He is slain in the [[Battle of Duskendale]].
** [[Benfred Tallhart|{Benfred Tallhart}]], his son. He is slain by the [[ironmen]] on the [[Battle of the Stony Shore|Stony Shore]].
** [[Eddara Tallhart]], his daughter, a young maid. The new Lady of Torrhen's Square.
* [[Leobald Tallhart|{Leobald Tallhart}]], his brother. Castellan of Torrhen's Square. Slain at [[Sack of Winterfell|Winterfell]].
** [[Brandon Tallhart]], Leobald's eldest son.
** [[Beren Tallhart]], Leobald's second son.

{{Template:Tallhart_tree}}

==References in the books==
===''A Song of Ice and Fire''===
* After getting indications that the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] were involved in the murder attempt on [[Bran Stark|Bran]], [[Eddard Stark]] tells [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]] to send word to Helman Tallhart and [[Galbart Glover]] to raise a hundred bowmen and fortify [[Moat Cailin]].
* The banners of House Tallhart were seen by Bran at [[Winterfell]] when [[Robb Stark]] called his banners.
* Ser Helman Tallhart was the first to pay his respects to Catelyn when she joined [[Robb Stark]]'s army.
* Ser Helman Tallhart was chosen by Robb Stark to captain a guard of 400 archers and swordsmen left at [[the Twins]] to reinforce its defenses and control [[Lord Walder Frey|Lord Walder]]
* Leobald Tallhart was one of the contenders for the Hornwood inheritance, being married to a sister of the late Lord [[Halys Hornwood]].
* Benfred Tallhart, who remained in the North during the war, raised a company of young men who call themselves the [[Wild hares]] and rode through the country with rabbit skins trying to emulate the [[Robb Stark|Young Wolf]].
* Leobald sent his nephew Benfred to deal with the raiders pillaging the [[Stony Shore]], who turned out to be the Ironborn.
* Benfred was captured by the Ironmen lead by [[Theon Greyjoy]], and was drowned at sea under the supervision of [[Aeron Damphair]].
* [[Edmure Tully]] ordered Ser Helman Tallhart to leave the Twins and join the army of Lord [[Roose Bolton|Bolton]] at [[Harrenhal]].
* After defeating the Ironborn besieging Torrhen's Square, Leobald joined Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] to take back [[Winterfell]].
* Lord Bolton received notice from Ser Helman that he had captured [[House Darry|Darry]]'s castle after the Lannister garrison surrendered. Bolton replied to him that by order of King Robb the prisoners were to be executed and the castle burned. He was then instructed to join [[Robett Glover]] and attack [[Duskendale]].
* Leobald Tallhart was slain by the Boltons after the betrayal at the battle of Winterfell, his body presented to Theon as a gift by [[Ramsay Bolton|Ramsay Snow]].
* During the [[Battle of Duskendale]] Ser Helman Tallhart was slain.
* [[Maester Aemon]] sent a raven to Torrhen's Square in a plea for help to defend [[Castle Black]] from [[wildlings]].
* [[Torrhen's Square]] was sacked by [[Dagmer|Dagmer Cleftjaw]].
* Tallhart men are seen with [[House Bolton]] in [[Winterfell]].

==References and Notes==
{{references}}

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House Glover

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Marco:

{{Noble House
| House_name = House Glover of [[Deepwood Motte]]
| image = [[File:House_Glover.PNG|250px]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = Silver mailed fist on scarlet.
| Words =
| Seat = [[Deepwood Motte]]
| Current_Lord = [[Galbart Glover]]
| Region = [[The North]]
| Title = Master of Deepwood Motte
| Heir = [[Robett Glover]]
| Overlord = [[House Stark]]
| Ancestral_weapon =
| Cadet_branch =
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'''House Glover of Deepwood Motte''' is a noble house from the [[North]], although they are of masterly rank rather than lordly. Their lands presumably consist of the majority of the [[Wolfswood]].

Their blazon is silver mailed fist on scarlet.{{ref|aGoT|53}}<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/2/#In the North]</ref> Their words are not mentioned in the books.

==The Glover House at the end of the third century==
The known Glovers during the timespan of the events described on [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] are:

* [[Galbart Glover]], Master of Deepwood Motte.
* [[Robett Glover]], his brother and heir.
** [[Gawen Glover]], Robett's son. A young boy.
** [[Erena Glover]], Robett's newborn daughter.

With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch there were also:

* {[[Ethan Glover]]}, a young man, who had been [[Brandon Stark]]'s squire. He died at the end of [[Robert's Rebellion|the war]] fighting with [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] at the [[Tower of Joy]].
* the first wife of [[Jorah Mormont]]; died after her third miscarriage.

{{Glover tree}}

===Household===
*[[Larence Snow]], the bastard of [[House Hornwood|Hornwood]], is fostered at Deepwood Motte.

==References in the books==
===A Song of Ice and Fire===
* [[Jorah Mormont]]'s first wife, chosen by his father [[Jeor Mormont|Jeor]], was a Glover of Deepwood Motte. They were married ten years, and she died after the third miscarriage.
* Ethan Glover, who was Brandon's squire and went to [[King's Landing]] with him to challenge [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], was the only one of the group to survive.
* After getting indications involving the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] in the murder attempt on [[Bran Stark|Bran]], [[Eddard Stark]] tells [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]] to send word to [[Helman Tallhart]] and Galbart Glover to raise a hundred bowmen and fortify [[Moat Cailin]].
* Bran recognizes the mailed fist of the Glovers, silver on scarlet, among the northern banners that answers Robb's call.
* At [[Winterfell]], Robett Glover demanded the honor of battle command with a smile and a jest.
* Galbart and Robett Glover greeted Catelyn when she joined Robb's army at Moat Cailin.
* When Robb split his forces at the Twins, Galbart stayed with him while Robett was assigned to the army commanded by Roose Bolton.
* [[Tyrion Lannister]] saw the mailed fist of the Glovers on the northern army he faced at the Green Fork.
* Catelyn notices Galbart Glover praying with Robb at the godswood of [[Riverrun]] after the victory at [[Battle of the Camps|the Camps]].
* The Glovers play a part of the succession of the [[House Hornwood|Hornwood]] lands, as they were fostering the bastard of Lord [[Halys Hornwood]].
* When Robett and Galbart left to go south with [[Robb Stark]], they left Robett's wife in charge of Deepwood Motte.
* The steward of Deepwood Motte came to Winterfell for the harvest party. Bran realized that it was the steward, not Lady Glover, who was making the decisions at Deepwood Motte.
* During Robb's campaign in the [[Westerlands]], Galbart Glover and Lord Rickard Karstark raided along the coast after the [[Battle of Oxcross]].
* Robett Glover is held prisoner at [[Harrenhal]], reportedly having been made prisoner of the [[Brave Companions]]. In fact, they were conspiring to take the castle.
* During the [[ironborn]] invasion of the North, [[Asha Greyjoy]] takes Deepwood Motte with her forces, and takes Sybelle and her children as hostages.
* Robett Glover was one of the northern commanders told to strike [[Duskendale]] by [[Roose Bolton]], reporting supposed orders from Robb.
* [[Theon Greyjoy]] noticed that no Glovers were part of the army commanded by [[Rodrik Cassel]] that gathered at Winterfell to expel the Ironborn, due to the fact that their castle was occupied by his sister Asha.
* Robett Glover survived the [[Battle of Duskendale]] and led the survivors in retreat, only to meet Ser Gregor Clegane, who was waiting for them on the [[Kingsroad]]. He was taken prisoner.
* Robb arranges an agreement with Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] to exchange young [[Martyn Lannister]] for Robett Glover, who is put on a ship at Duskendale.
* During Robb's trip to the Twins for [[Edmure Tully]]'s marriage, Galbart Glover takes the [[Blackfish]]'s place as the commander of scouts and outriders. He is regarded by Catelyn as a good man, loyal and steady, but without her uncle's brilliance.
* Asha treats Lady Glover well while she is held at Deepwood Motte. She promises that Galbart would talk with her, and believes that the northmen would agree to exchange Deepwood Motte, [[Torrhen's Square]] and Moat Cailin for the [[Sea Dragon Point]] and the [[Stony Shore]].{{Ref|aFfC|18}}
* Asha takes Lady Glover and her children with her to [[Harlaw]]. During the voyage, Lady Glover's milk dries up and they have to feed little Erena with milk from a goat found ashore. Erena is sick when they arrive at Harlaw.
* [[Brienne of Tarth]] spots the badge of House Glover among those that had been collected from the dead around Duskendale.{{Ref|aFfC|9}}
* Lady Glover declares for [[Stannis Baratheon]] and sends many men sworn to Deepwood Motte to march on Winterfell.
*At [[White Harbor]], Robbet tells [[Davos Seaworth]] he will join King Stannis after Davos uses his smuggler skills to return [[Rickon Stark]] to the North.

==Sworn Houses==
*'''[[House Forrester]]'''{{ref|aDwD|26}}
*'''[[House Woods]]'''{{ref|aDwD|26}}
*'''[[House Branch]]'''{{ref|aDwD|26}}
*'''[[House Bole]]'''{{ref|aDwD|26}}

==References and Notes==
{{references}}

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House Mormont

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Marco:

{{Noble House
| House_name = House Mormont of [[Bear Island]]
| image = [[File:House_Mormont.PNG|250px]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = A black bear over a green wood.
| Words = ''Here We Stand''
| Seat = [[Bear Island]]
| Current_Lord = [[Maege Mormont]]
| Region = [[The North]]
| Title = Lord of Bear Island
| Heir = [[Alysane Mormont]]
| Overlord = [[House Stark]] [[House Baratheon of Dragonstone]]
| Ancestral_weapon = [[Longclaw]] (formerly; now gifted to [[Jon Snow]])
| Cadet_branch =
| Founded_in =
| Founder =
| Died_out =
}}

'''House Mormont of Bear Island''' is an old, proud, and honorable house,{{Ref|aGoT|12}} sworn to [[House Stark]] of [[Winterfell]]. Their seat is at [[Bear Island]], located in the [[Bay of Ice]] far to the north-west of [[Winterfell]]. Their blazon is a a black bear over a green wood{{Ref|aGoT|53}}<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/2/#In the North]</ref> and motto "Here We Stand".<ref>The Citadel. [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Mottoes/ House Mottoes]</ref>

House Mormont is one of the few houses to have an ancestral weapon of [[Valyrian steel]]: a bastard sword called [[Longclaw]]. However, due to Bear Island's lack of valuable resources, the Mormonts are a rather poor house. Their hall is made of huge logs, surrounded by an earthen palisade. On the gate is a carving of a woman in a bearskin with a child in one arm suckling at her breast and a battleaxe in the other. Like the other women of Bear Island, the women of House Mormont learn how to defend themselves from [[ironmen]] and [[wildlings]].

==History==
Legend has it that King [[Rodrik Stark]] won Bear Island in a wrestling match (presumably from the ironborn [[House Hoare|king]] who controlled it at the time) and gave it to the Mormonts.{{Ref|aGoT|66}}

When [[Eddard Stark]] called his banners to fight in [[Robert's Rebellion]], Lord [[Jeor Mormont]] led the Bear Island men to war. Abdicating his lordship in the next few years to join the [[Night's Watch]], Jeor was succeeded by his son [[Jorah Mormont|Jorah]], who earned fame in the [[Greyjoy Rebellion]] and subsequent [[Tourney at Lannisport]]. Jorah, however, was driven from the North by Lord Stark after selling poachers to a [[Tyrosh|Tyroshi]] [[slavery|slaver]] in order to pay for the tastes of his [[Lynesse Hightower|wife]]. Jorah fled to the [[Free Cities]] and was succeeded by his aunt, Jeor's sister [[Maege Mormont]]. Jeor meanwhile became [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]]. Lady Mormont’s heir is [[Dacey Mormont]], a tall, lanky warrior-woman.

==Recent Events==

Lady Mormont answers [[Robb Stark]]'s call to arms and she, her heir Dacey and their bannermen follow him south against the [[Lannister]]s. Maege acted as part of Robb's war councils and Dacey rode with his [[Robb's personal guard|battle companions]] and guards, being the only woman of the group. Both Mormont women are present when Robb is named [[King in the North]].

Lady Maege and Dacey accompany Robb into the [[Westerlands]]. After the [[Battle of Oxcross]], Maege captures thousands of livestock and drives them back to the [[Riverlands]]. Later she is sent by King Robb on a [[House Mallister|Mallister]] longship to [[the Neck]] to contact the [[crannogmen]], while Dacey is killed during the [[Red Wedding]], making [[Alysane Mormont]] the heir.

When [[Stannis Baratheon]] demands the fealty of the northlords, young [[Lyanna Mormont]] sends Bear Island's denial. However, after Stannis [[Retaking of Deepwood Motte|takes Deepwood Motte]] and restores it to [[House Glover]], the Mormonts join his cause. Alysane joins his army when it marches on [[Winterfell]], becoming one of the guards of the captive [[Asha Greyjoy]].

==The Mormont House at the end of the third century==
The known Mormonts during the timespan of the events described on [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] are:

* Lady [[Maege Mormont]], Lady of the Bear Island. A short, stout and grey-haired woman who dresses in mail.
** [[Dacey Mormont|{Dacey Mormont}]], her eldest daughter. Slain at the [[Red Wedding]].
** [[Alysane Mormont]], her daughter and heir to Bear Island.
***A daughter of nine
***A son of two
** [[Lyra Mormont]], her daughter.
** [[Jorelle Mormont]], her daughter.
** [[Lyanna Mormont]], her daughter.
* Lord [[Jeor Mormont|{Jeor Mormont}]], her older brother. Called the Old Bear. Lord of Bear Island until he chose to take the black. Was [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]]. Slain at [[Craster's Keep]] by his own men.
** Ser [[Jorah Mormont]], an exiled [[knight]]. Lord of Bear Island until sentenced to death for selling poachers into slavery.
*** a lady of [[House Glover]], his first wife. Died after her third miscarriage in their tenth year of marriage.
*** [[Lynesse Hightower]], his second wife. She abandoned him after his disgrace, and now is a chief concubine of a [[Lys]]ene merchant.
* Some of Maege's daughters have children of their own.

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==References in the books==
===A Song of Ice and Fire===
* Jorah Mormont is invited at [[Magister Illyrio]]'s party, where he gets to know Prince [[Viserys Targaryen]] and [[Daenerys Targaryen]]. Since then, he plays a significant part in Dany's storyline.
* Jeor Mormont is Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, and is introduced when [[Tyrion Lannister]] and [[Jon Snow]] arrive at [[the Wall]]. Later he chooses Jon as his steward and acts as a mentor to young Jon.
* Ser Jorah Mormont was exiled by Daenerys Targaryen when she discovered that he had been spying on her for [[Varys]].
* [[Maester Aemon]] sent a raven to Bear Island in a plea for help to defend [[Castle Black]] from [[wildlings]].
* Lyanna Mormont wrote the response to [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s claim of kingship and demands of fealty, rejecting him.
* The Mormonts join Stannis after he [[Retaking of Deepwood Motte|takes Deepwood Motte]] from [[Asha Greyjoy]] and restores it to [[House Glover]].
* Lyra and Jorelle Mormont are with their mother while Alysane joins Stannis' march to take Winterfell from [[Roose Bolton]].

==References and Notes==
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House Greyjoy

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| Coat_of_arms = Sable, a golden Kraken
| Words = ''We Do Not Sow''
| Seat = [[Pyke]]
| Current_Lord = King [[Euron Greyjoy]]
| Region = [[Iron Islands]]
| Title = King of Salt and Rock, Son of the Sea Wind, Lord Reaper of Pyke
| Heir = [[Theon Greyjoy]]
| Overlord = None, [[w:sovereign|sovereign]] (disputed by [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]])
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[[File:Zippo514 Pyke.jpg|[[Pyke]], castle and seat of House Greyjoy- by Zippo514 ©|thumb|300px|right]]
'''House Greyjoy of Pyke''' is one of the Great Houses of [[Westeros]]. It rules over the [[Iron Islands]], a harsh and bleak collection of forbidding islands off the west coast of Westeros, from the castle and island of [[Pyke]]. Their sigil is a golden [[kraken]] on a black field, and their house motto is "We Do Not Sow."{{Ref|aGoT|7}}{{Ref|aCoK|11}} Members of the family tend to be attractive and well-built, with black hair.

==History==
The House descends from the [[Grey King]], a legendary figure from the [[Age of Heroes]]. The Greyjoys became the lords paramount of the Iron Isles during the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] [[War of Conquest|Conquest]]: after [[Aegon I]] extinguished [[House Hoare]], he allowed the [[ironborn]] to choose who would have primacy over them. They chose [[Vickon Greyjoy]] and his line.{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}} The Greyjoys have ruled ever since, from their formidable castle of Pyke. The ironborn, however, did lose the [[Riverlands]], which were granted to [[Edmyn Tully]] and [[House Tully|his descendents]].

Thus relegated to their dismal homeland and constrained by the king's peace, the Greyjoys have kept themselves distant from the other Great Houses, rarely taking part in events on the mainland (which they call the "green lands"). At various times they have tried to return to their ancient practices of raiding the western coastlines, such as under Lord [[Dagon Greyjoy|Dagon]]. Six years after holding aloof during [[Robert's Rebellion]], Lord [[Balon Greyjoy]] led [[Greyjoy Rebellion|his own rebellion]] against the [[Iron Throne]], declaring himself [[King of the Iron Islands]]. He was defeated, his fleet burned and his two eldest sons [[Rodrik Greyjoy|Rodrik]] and [[Maron Greyjoy|Maron]] were slain during the war. His last son [[Theon Greyjoy|Theon]] was given as a hostage and ward to Lord [[Eddard Stark]] and he again swore fealty to [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]].

Since their revolt, the Greyjoys have been as insular as ever. With Theon living in the green lands, Lord Balon raised his daughter [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]] as his heir. Balon exiled his brother [[Euron Greyjoy|Euron]] when he raped the rock wife of their brother [[Victarion Greyjoy|Victarion]], Lord Captain of the [[Iron Fleet]]. Victarion was forced to kill his wife to retain his honor. Since then Euron has sailed the world aboard the ''[[Silence]]'', reaving and pillaging, unwelcome in the Isles while Balon still lives. Another brother, [[Aeron Greyjoy|Aeron Damphair]], had been changed by his experience of washing overboard during the [[Battle of Fair Isle]], and became a priest of the [[Drowned God]].

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[Theon Greyjoy|Theon]] is still a ward of [[Winterfell]] nine years after the Greyjoy Rebellion. He remains there when Lord [[Eddard Stark]] rides south to become [[Hand of the King]]. He views the Stark boys as younger brothers, and helps [[Robb Stark|Robb]] save [[Bran Stark|Bran]]'s life when the boy is attacked in the [[Wolfswood]], but is rebuked for endangering Bran himself. When Eddard is arrested, Theon rides to war with Robb, fighting in the battles to [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|capture]] Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] and [[Battle of the Camps|break his siege]] of [[Riverrun]].

===''A Clash of Kings''===
After Lord Eddard is executed in [[King's Landing]], Robb is declared [[King in the North]] by his bannermen. Theon goes to [[Pyke]] with Robb's suggestion that [[Balon Greyjoy|Balon]] name himself [[King of the Iron Islands]] and join the war against [[House Lannister]]. Theon finds [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]] as heir and is met with scorn from his family, who consider him softened by the green lands. Balon spurns the offer and declares himself King of the Iron Islands and [[the North]]. He sends his kin to take the lightly-held North: [[Victarion Greyjoy|Victarion]] [[Battle of Moat Cailin|captures Moat Cailin]] in [[the Neck]] to prevent Robb's lords from returning to their seats, while Asha [[Battle of Deepwood Motte|takes Deepwood Motte]] and Theon [[Battle of the Stony Shore|ravages Stony Shore]] along with [[Aeron Greyjoy|Aeron Damphair]] and [[Dagmer|Dagmer Cleftjaw]].

Each attack goes as planned. Theon, however, desires to prove himself and goes on to [[Battle of Winterfell|seize Winterfell]] in a daring raid. There he begins a troublesome rule, at one point murdering two children that he tells the world are Bran and [[Rickon Stark]]. Asha tells him that the ironborn will never hold landlocked castles, and leaves only a token force to help his occupation. Stark forces are arrayed to root him out, but they are betrayed by [[Ramsay Snow]], who captures Theon and [[Sack of Winterfell|sacks Winterfell]].

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Due to the Greyjoy attacks, King Robb is forced to abandon his war in the south to liberate the Northern halls. While grieving for Bran and Rickon, he weds [[Jeyne Westerling]] and breaks his marriage contract with [[House Frey]], requiring a replacement match. Thus it is for Greyjoy-produced reasons that he marches north to free his home and to attend [[Edmure Tully|his uncle]]'s wedding. [[Roose Bolton]] reveals to Robb that Theon is being flayed by Ramsay Snow at the [[Dreadfort]]. Robb never makes it home, however, as he is [[Red Wedding|treacherously killed]] at [[the Twins]].

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Meanwhile King Balon has died from a fall at Pyke, just a day before [[Euron Greyjoy|Euron Crow's Eye]] returns from his long voyage. Aeron calls the first [[kingsmoot]] in millennia, hoping that Victarion will succeed Balon to the [[Seastone Chair]]. Euron is crowned, however, beating out Asha, Victarion, and several other claimants by promising to conquer all the green lands with the power of his [[Dragon Horn]]. Aeron disappears, vowing to rouse the people against the "godless" Euron.

Euron escalates ironborn commitment in the [[War of the Five Kings|continental war]] by launching a massive attack on [[the Reach]], [[Battle of the Shield Islands|conquering]] the [[Shield Islands]] and parts of the [[Arbor]], and threatening [[Oldtown]]. Victarion leads the attack on the Shields, but Euron steals away many of his trusted men by granting them lands on the Shield Islands. Euron goes on to ask Victarion to sail the Iron Fleet across the world to find [[Daenerys Targaryen]] to court her in his name. Victarion sets out, but secretly hopes to take Daenerys for himself.

===''A Dance with Dragons''===

During his arduous voyage Victarion rescues the red priest [[Moqorro]], who converts him to the faith of [[R'hllor]], supplementing his worship of the Drowned God. In the North, Theon is revealed to have been suffered horrific mind-shattering torture in the captivity of Ramsay Snow, now Ramsay Bolton, at the Dreadfort. Theon is released from the Dreadfort to perform a mission for Ramsay, who has warped the man's sense of identity and formed him into a broken creature. He is sent to Moat Cailin to treat with the ironborn garrison there, where he succeeds in getting them to surrender by promising safe passage. Ramsay reneges and flays the men alive.

Theon recognizes Ramsay's wife, "[[Arya Stark]]", as [[Jeyne Poole]] and develops a tenuous rapport with her during the tense Bolton occupation of Winterfell. He reluctantly teams with [[Mance Rayder]] to free her from the castle; they escape but are captured outside by [[Mors Umber]], who is now sworn to [[Stannis Baratheon]]. Meanwhile Asha has returned to hold Deepwood Motte, but is defeated and captured in a [[Retaking of Deepwood Motte|sudden attack]] by King Stannis and the [[Northern mountain clans]]. She is brought along with Stannis's army as he marches to the [[Siege of Winterfell]]. There she finds Theon alive.

===''The Winds of Winter''===
Asha tries to ransom Theon from Stannis, but is refused since the northmen want Theon dead. Asha suggests that he behead Theon himself before a [[weirwood|heart tree]], as Ned Stark would have done.

==Family==
* King [[Balon Greyjoy|{Balon IX Greyjoy}]], King of the Iron Islands. Died from a fall.
** [[Alannys Harlaw]], his wife
*** [[Rodrik Greyjoy|{Rodrik Greyjoy}]], his eldest son. Slain at [[Battle of Seagard|Seagard]] in the [[Greyjoy Rebellion]].
*** [[Maron Greyjoy|{Maron Greyjoy}]], his second son. Slain at [[Siege of Pyke|Pyke]] in the [[Greyjoy Rebellion]].
*** [[Asha Greyjoy]], his daughter. Sent to raid the North, now with the army of Stannis Baratheon.
*** [[Theon Greyjoy]], his third son. Fostered at [[Winterfell]], but betrayed [[Robb Stark]]'s cause and seized the castle. Self-styled "Prince of Winterfell;" called Theon Turncloak by northmen. Now held captive in the North.
* King [[Euron Greyjoy|Euron III Greyjoy]], his brother and King of the Iron Islands. Called the 'Crow's Eye.'
* [[Victarion Greyjoy]], his brother. Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet.
* [[Aeron Greyjoy]], his youngest surviving brother. A [[Drowned Men|priest]] of the [[Drowned God]]. Called the 'Damphair.'
* {[[Quenton Greyjoy (cousin)|Quenton Greyjoy]]}, a distant cousin to the main branch. Slain at [[Retaking of Deepwood Motte|Deepwood Motte]].
* {[[Dagon Greyjoy (Drunkard)|Dagon Greyjoy]]}, called Dagon the Drunkard, a more distant cousin to the main branch. Slain at [[Retaking of Deepwood Motte|Deepwood Motte]].

{{Greyjoy tree}}

===Household===
* [[Dagmer|Dagmer Cleftjaw]], captain of the ''[[Foamdrinker]]''. Currently occupying [[Torrhen's Square]].
* [[Bluetooth]], a longship captain.
* Maester [[Wendamyr]], healer and counselor.
* [[Helya]], steward of Pyke.

==References in the books==
===Dunk & Egg===
*Lord [[Dagon Greyjoy]] and the ironmen raided the coastal areas of [[Westeros]], sacking the town of [[Little Dosk]].
*Lord [[Beron Stark]] was gathering his forces and [[House Lannister]] was building ships in an effort to drive Lord Dagon and his ironmen back to the [[Iron Islands]].

===A Song of Ice and Fire===
* House Greyjoy is among the noble houses [[Viserys Targaryen]] believed would rise for him should he land in [[Westeros]].

==Sworn Houses==
* '''[[House Blacktyde]]''' of Blacktyde.
* '''[[House Botley]]''' resides on Pyke.
* '''[[House Codd]]'''. A house of very low standing. Their words are "Though All Men Do Despise Us."
* '''[[House Drumm]]''' of Old Wyk.
* '''[[House Farwynd]]'''. The Farwynds are considered strange by their fellow ironborn. Several branches of the house exist, including:
** ''[[House Farwynd|House Farwynd of Sealskin Point]]''. Located on the western shore of Great Wyk
** ''[[House Farwynd of the Lonely Light]]''. Located on one of the westernmost islets of Great Wyk. They are rumored to be skinchangers, taking the shape of various sea mammals.
* '''[[House Goodbrother]]''' of Great Wyk. There are three branches of this house:
** ''[[House Goodbrother|House Goodbrother of Hammerhorn]]'' are the senior branch its Lord is titled Lord of Great Wyk.
** ''[[House Goodbrother of Shatterstone]]'' they reside on Old Wyk, a cadet branch of the former.
** ''House Goodbrother'' they reside on Orkmont, a cadet branch of the former.
* [[House Harlaw|'''House Harlaw''']] of Harlaw. Several branches of the house exist, including:
** ''[[House Harlaw|House Harlaw of Ten Towers]]''. The senior house. Its Lord is titled the Lord of Harlaw. The wife of Lord Balon Greyjoy is a Harlaw.
** ''[[House Harlaw of Grey Garden]]''. A cadet branch.
** ''[[House Harlaw of Tower of Glimmering]]''. A cadet branch.
** ''[[House Harlaw of Harridan Hill]]''. A cadet branch.
* '''[[House Humble]]'''. A house of low standing, originating from the blood of thralls.
* '''[[House Merlyn]]''' of Pebbleton.
* '''[[House Orkwood]]''' of Orkmont.
* '''[[House Saltcliffe]]''' of Saltcliffe.
* '''[[House Sparr]]''' resides on Great Wyk.
* '''[[House Stonehouse]]''' resides on Old Wyk.
* '''[[House Stonetree]]''' of Harlaw.
* '''[[House Sunderly]]''' resides on Saltcliffe.
* '''[[House Wynch]]''' of Iron Holt.

==References and Notes==
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Harren Hoare

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'''Harren Hoare''', better known as '''Harren the Black''' or '''Black Harren''', was last of the [[Iron King]]s to rule over the [[Iron Islands]] and [[the Riverlands]], and the last member of [[House Hoare]] to rule. He completed the grand castle, [[Harrenhal]], which would serve to be his doom.

==History==
Harren was born to [[House Hoare]], the ruling house of [[Iron Islands]]. He was the grandson of [[Harwyn Hoare|Harwyn Hardhand]], the Iron King who extended the [[ironborn]] rule over the [[Riverlands]] from [[the Neck]] to the [[Blackwater Rush]].

During his reign, Harren was a vain, bloody tyrant. Hated by those he ruled, he continued the construction of the grand castle [[Harrenhal]], a project that took three generations to complete. The Riverlands were drained to finance the building, with thousands of captives from around dying in the quarries chained to sledges or laboring on the towering walls and five huge towers of Harrenhal. [[Weirwood]]s were cut to provide rafters and beams.

Harren had finally completed his grand castle of Harrenhal, when [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] landed in [[Westeros]]. Harren's tyrannical rule over the Riverlands earned him little love from his lords. When Aegon swept through the region, many of the river lords, led by [[Edmyn Tully]], revolted against Harren to support the Targaryen invader and joined the conqueror's host. Aegon's [[dragon]]s, who were not obstructed by the towering walls of Harrenhal, roasted Harren and his sons in the tallest tower of the castle,{{Ref|aCoK|7}} ending his rule and kingdom.{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}} Harren's brother, the [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]], remained at the [[Wall]] when his kin died at Harrenhal.{{Ref|aGoT|60}}

Harren was the last king of the Iron Islands. After his death Lord [[Vickon Greyjoy|Vickon]] of [[House Greyjoy]] was given dominion over the islands in the name of the [[Iron Throne]].

==Quotes==
{{Quote|"What are [[War of Conquest|eight thousand men]]? I have walls!" <ref>Chicon 7 Reading (September 02, 2012) [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C92/ So Spake Martin]</ref>}}
==References and Notes==
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House Targaryen

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{{Noble House
| House_name = House Targaryen of [[King's Landing]]
| image = [[File:House_Targaryen.PNG|250px]]
| Coat_of_arms = A three-headed dragon, red on black.
| Words = ''Fire and Blood''
| Seat = [[Red Keep]] (formerly) [[Dragonstone]] (formerly)
| Current_Lord = Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]]
| Region = [[King's Landing]] [[Dragonstone]] [[Valyria]]
| Title = [[Iron Throne|King]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] Lord of the [[Andals]], the [[Rhoynar]] and the [[First Men]] [[Prince of Dragonstone]] (heir apparent)
| Overlord = None
| Ancestral_weapon= [[Blackfyre]] [[Dark Sister]]
| Cadet_branch = [[House Blackfyre]] [[House Baratheon]]
| Founded_in = {{Date|0}} (~300 years ago)
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[[File:House_Targaryen_Family_tree.jpg|thumb|300px|House Targaryen Family tree]]

'''House Targaryen''' is a noble family of [[Valyrian Freehold|Valyrian]] descent that escaped the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]]. They lived for centuries on the island of [[Dragonstone]] until [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]] and his sisters rode their dragons to the [[War of Conquest|conquest]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. House Targaryen ruled as the Kings of [[Westeros]] for nearly 300 years, until their ouster in the [[War of the Usurper]]. Their seats were the capital city of [[King's Landing]] and the island castle of Dragonstone.{{Ref|aGoT|23}}

==Culture==

===Customs===
House Targaryen's sigil is a three-headed [[dragon]] breathing flames, red on black. The three-headed dragon represents [[Aegon the Conqueror]] and his two sisters, [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] and [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]].{{Ref|aGoT|3}}{{Ref|aGoT|62}} Their house words are "Fire and Blood."{{Ref|aSoS|23}} Although the Targaryen [[Iron Throne|kings]] took their seat at [[King's Landing]], the place where Aegon and his army first landed in Westeros and made their first fort, [[Dragonstone]] remained the traditional seat of the heir-apparent to the throne.

House Targaryen historically followed the gods of [[Valyrian Freehold|Valyria]]. Sometime before the conquest of the Seven Kingdoms, the Targaryens abandoned the Valyrian gods and converted to the [[Faith of the Seven]], the predominant religion in Westeros. However, they continued to follow the Valyrian practice of incestuous marriage, wedding brother to sister, cousin to cousin, uncle to niece and aunt to nephew, holding themselves apart from and above the noble Westerosi families.

Deceased Targaryens are traditionally cremated.<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Asshai.com_Forum_Chat So Spake Martin, July 27, 2008]</ref>

===Traits===

The phrase "blood of the dragon" refers to what are considered typical Targaryen features: silvery-gold (or platinum) hair and [[violet eyes]]. The Targaryens can tolerate a bit more heat than most ordinary people, though they are by no means immune to fire.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20051103091500/nrctc.edu/fhq/vol1iss3/00103009.htm/ "Interview with the Dragon" Copyright © 2003 Robert Shaw.]</ref>

Another trait typical to Targaryens, and one that was passed on to the cadet branch, [[House Blackfyre]], was the ability to have [[dragon dreams|premonition-like dreams]].{{Ref|TMK}} Before the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]], a noble in Valyria called [[Aenar Targaryen]] had a [[Daenys Targaryen|maiden daughter]] whose visions moved him to relocate his family to [[Dragonstone]], twelve years before the Doom. Her visions were written down and published in a book called ''[[Signs and Portents]]'', which is now lost.

Probably due to their incestuous practices, the Targaryens are [[Targaryen madness|prone to madness]]; King Jaehaerys II said that with the birth of a new Targaryen, the gods tossed a coin to decide whether the child would be a genius or a lunatic.

===Dragons===
:{{See also|Dragons}}

The Targaryens are known as [[dragonlords]], and seem to be closer to dragons than other men are. Aegon I introduced dragons to Westeros when he conquered it, and dragons were kept and ridden by the Targaryens until the [[last dragon|last one]] perished in the reign of Aegon III Dragonbane.

The Targaryens kept [[dragon]]s for much of their reign in Seven Kingdoms. To house them they built an immense domed structure in King's Landing called the [[Dragonpit]]. New dragons were bred from Aegon's original three: [[Vhagar]], [[Meraxes]], and the dreaded [[Balerion]]. However, violent deaths in battle and a growing infirmity in each following generation caused the family's stable to dwindle. The [[last Targaryen dragon]] was a deformed and sterile creature that died very young. It is not clearly understood what caused the last dragons to die out. A legend holds that [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]] poisoned them, but Archmaester [[Marwyn]] suggested that the [[maesters]] were somehow responsible. Others have also claimed that raising dragons in enclosed spaces, even the Dragonpit, was unnatural and stunted their growth.

==History==

===Origins and Conquests===
House Targaryen was one of the forty ancient noble houses known as [[dragonlords]] who ruled the [[Valyrian Freehold]], a great empire spanning most of the [[Essos|eastern continent]]. They were traditionally not one of the most important of these families, however. [[Daenys Targaryen|Daenys the Dreamer]], the daughter of the head of House Targaryen, [[Aenar Targaryen|Aenar]], had visions of a cataclysm that would come over Valyria. Aenar led House Targaryen and their five dragons, including [[Balerion]], to the westernmost outpost of Valyrian influence, the island of [[Dragonstone]], off the east coast of [[Westeros]]. Twelve years later the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]] descended on the city of [[Valyria]], leading to the collapse of the Freehold. The Targaryens were one of the few families to survive the destruction of their home and were the only dragonriders of Valyria to survive. Thereafter four of the dragons died under unknown circumstances, possibly due to infighting among the family, but two more were born from eggs, [[Vhagar]] and [[Meraxes]].

Following the Doom, there was pressure for the Targaryens to go east and ally themselves with [[Volantis]], who attempted to restore the Freehold by conquering the rest of the Valyrian colonies to survive the Doom, now known as the [[Free Cities]]. However, the Targaryens remained on Dragonstone for another century. After flying to the [[Disputed Lands]] and joining an alliance to crush Volantene aspirations, the young [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] developed ambitions toward Westeros.

Aegon aspired to unite the seven Westerosi kingdoms under one ruler, himself. A hundred years after the Doom, Aegon set forth from Dragonstone with his sister/wives [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] and [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]], their dragons, and a small force, landing at the mouth of the [[Blackwater Rush]] and beginning the [[Wars of Conquest]]. During his campaigns, Aegon was anointed king by the [[High Septon]] in [[Oldtown]], leading to the unification of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] under Targaryen rule from the [[Iron Throne]], starting a dynasty that lasted nearly 300 years. The area where the Targaryens began their conquest became the site of their new capital, [[King's Landing]]. Dragonstone was used as the seat of the heir to the throne. The region around these strongholds became known as the [[Crownlands]], and several houses of the area, such as the [[House Velaryon|Velaryons]], [[House Darklyn|Darklyns]], and the lords of [[Crackclaw Point]], were among the staunchest Targaryen loyalists. Another close ally was [[House Baratheon]]; Aegon had installed his bastard brother [[Orys Baratheon]] to rule the [[Stormlands]].

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===Early Dynasty and the Faith Militant Uprising===
Despite converting to the [[Faith of the Seven]], the Targaryens held themselves apart from the laws of gods and men, and continued to follow the Valyrian practice of incestuous marriage, which was a sin in the eyes of the Seven. Indeed, Aegon married both of his sisters. When Aegon died 37 years after his landing and was succeeded by his incest-born son and heir, [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys I]], local populations revolted in what is know as the [[Faith Militant uprising]]. Early Targaryen kings often appointed those of the blood royal to act as their [[Hand of the King|Hand]]. Such was the case with with Aenys, who was served by his brutal half-brother and cousin, Prince [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]]. Maegor conducted the suppression of these revolts, and seized the throne for himself after Aenys's death, going on to earn the moniker "the Cruel" in his attempts to crush the rebellion. Construction of the [[Red Keep]] in King's Landing was finished during Maegor's reign. After his mysterious death in 48 AL he was succeeded by Aenys's son [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys the Conciliator]], who disbanded the Faith Militant. His rule was long and wise.

===Death of the Dragons===
:{{See also|The Dance of the Dragons}}

After his death in 103 AL, Jaehaerys was succeeded by his grandson [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys I]], who ruled well except in marriage. Viserys raised his daughter [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]] as his heir, but his wishes were defied by the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]] of his [[Kingsguard]], Ser [[Criston Cole|Criston the Kingmaker]], who earned his epithet by crowning [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon II]], a son of a second marriage. In the resulting war of succession, called [[the Dance of the Dragons]] (129-131 AL), both of the monarchs perished, as did many lesser branches of House Targaryen, and most of their dragons. During the reign of [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]], the son of Rhaenyra who held the Iron Throne at the war's conclusion, the last dragon died, earning him the nickname "Dragonbane." The loss of their signature war mounts and the deaths of so many family members severely weakened the Targaryens' grip on the Seven Kingdoms.

{{Template:Targaryen tree Viserys‎|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree, during the Dance of Dragons (click show to Expand)}}

Since the Dance, House Targaryen has practiced a highly modified version of agnatic primogeniture, placing female claimants in the line of succession behind all possible male ones, even collateral relations.

===Incorporating Dorne===
Since resisting the conquest of Aegon I, the [[House Martell|Martell]] princes of [[Dorne]] had ruled their land as a sovereign realm. Upon assuming the throne in 157 AL, Aegon III's fourteen-year old son [[Daeron I Targaryen|Daeron I]], the Young Dragon, decided to end that. Despite his youth and lack of dragons, Daeron [[Conquest of Dorne|defeated the Dornishmen]] in a successful invasion. His rule of Dorne did not last, however, and he and 40,000 men died trying to defeat an uprising. Dead at eighteen without issue, the Young Dragon was succeeded by his brother [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor the Blessed]], who was in training to become a [[septon]]. One of Baelor's first acts was to make peace with Dorne by marrying his cousin, Prince [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron]], to [[Myriah Martell]]. Baelor is well-remembered by the smallfolk, but maesters and others learned in history recall his piety as his undoing. As his Hand, Baelor retained his uncle [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]], who had also served Daeron. Viserys held the realm together while Daeron warred and Baelor prayed. During his reign, Baelor locked his three sisters in the "Maidenvault" of the Red Keep to avoid carnal thoughts. One, [[Daena Targaryen|Daena the Defiant]], carried on an affair with their cousin [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon]]. When Baelor died childless as well in 171, his uncle took the throne as Viserys II. After a brief reign, Viserys was succeeded by his son Aegon, who reigned as Aegon IV and was called "the Unworthy". It was during the reign of Aegon's son Daeron II that Dorne finally joined the Targaryen empire, after Daeron's sister [[Daenerys, daughter of Aegon IV]], wed Prince [[Maron Martell]].

===The Blackfyre Pretenders===
:{{See also|House Blackfyre|Blackfyre Pretenders|Blackfyre Rebellion|Second Blackfyre Rebellion|War of the Ninepenny Kings}}

[[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon IV]] kept many mistresses and sired several bastards by them. The oldest of them, by Princess Daena, had strong Targaryen features; he grew up to be a promising young knight and was granted [[Blackfyre]], the [[Valyrian steel]] blade of Aegon the Conqueror. He became known as [[Daemon Blackfyre]]. Before his death in 184, Aegon IV legitimized all of his natural children, placing them in the succession, albeit behind his trueborn son, [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron II]]. Nobles such as [[Aegor Rivers|Aegor "Bittersteel" Rivers]], one of Aegon IV's [[Great Bastards]], did not care for Daeron's bookish nature or the Dornish flavor of his court, and whispered that Daeron was not the son of Aegon IV, but of his brother, Prince [[Aemon the Dragonknight]], casting doubts over Daeron's right to rule. Finally, Daemon Blackfyre was bitter over the loss of Princess [[Daenerys, daughter of Aegon IV|Daenerys]], Daeron's sister, whom he had promised to Prince [[Maron Martell]]. For these reasons, Daemon and his supporters launched the First [[Blackfyre Rebellion]] against Daeron's rule. This was crushed by Daeron's sons, [[Baelor Targaryen|Baelor Breakspear]] and [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar]], and his bastard brother [[Brynden Rivers|Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers]], Bittersteel's rival for the affections of their half-sister [[Shiera Seastar]]. Daemon was killed by Bloodraven in the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]], and Bittersteel was driven into exile across the [[narrow sea]], where he founded the [[Golden Company]], a sellsword army bent on naming a Blackfyre son as King of Westeros. Prince Baelor was named his father's Hand as well as heir, but died in 209 in a Trial of Seven at the [[Ashford Tourney]] fighting opposite his brother Maekar for the honor of a hedge knight called [[Dunk]]. Maekar's son, [[Aerion Brightflame]], was sent into exile after the trial, and Maekar allowed another son, nicknamed "[[Aegon V|Egg]]", to continue squiring for Dunk in order to teach him humility and honor. During Daeron's reign, the third major Targaryen palace was built at [[Summerhall]], in the [[Dornish Marches]].

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===Mounting Problems===

[[The Great Spring Sickness]] of 209 AL killed King [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron II]] and several of his grandchildren. His equally bookish son [[Aerys I Targaryen|Aerys I]] took the throne, appointing his uncle [[Brynden Rivers|Bloodraven]] as Hand. Aerys ignored the realm's problems (including plague, drought, dwindling trade, rising banditry, and the reaving of [[Dagon Greyjoy]]) as Bloodraven focused on dealing with minor Blackfyre rebellions instigated by [[Aegor Rivers|Bittersteel]]. Prince [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar]], who had expected to be named Aerys's Hand, succeeded his brother on the throne in 221 and had Bloodraven thrown into the Red Keep's dungeons. Across the Narrow Sea, House Blackfyre continued to be a distant threat to the main Targaryen line. In 233 King Maekar fell in battle against a rebel lord, presumably a Blackfyre supporter.

A series of misfortunes and deaths over the years culminated in a [[Great Council]] being held upon Maekar's demise in 233 AL. The council bypassed the mad Prince [[Daeron Targaryen|Daeron's]] lackwit daughter and the infant son of the dead and mad [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion Brightflame]], leading to the crowning of Maekar's son "Egg" as [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]], called “The Unlikely” for being the fourth son of a fourth son. Aegon's elder brother, [[Aemon]], had been quietly offered the throne before him, but Aemon refused the crown since he had taken a [[maester]]'s vows, forswearing his inheritance and going on to join the [[Night's Watch]] lest he be used in plots against Aegon. The new king emptied the dungeons to accompany Aemon to the [[Wall]], including their great-uncle Bloodraven, who went on to become [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]]. As Lord Commander of his Kingsguard, Aegon V appointed Ser [[Dunk|Duncan the Tall]], the hedge knight Dunk for whom he had squired in his youth.

{{Template:Targaryen_tree_Daeron_II|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree, during the Great Council (click show to Expand)}}

In the latter part of Aegon's reign, he sent a host to the [[Stepstones]] to defeat [[Maelys Blackfyre|Maelys the Monstrous]], the last Blackfyre. The Blackfyre pretender and his supporters were defeated in the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]], and Maelys slain. Hearing a prophecy from a [[Ghost of High Heart|woods witch]] that their line would bear the [[Azor Ahai|Prince That Was Promised]] to defeat the [[Others]], Egg arranged the marriage of his grandchildren [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]] and [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]]. Since he had done so, Aegon allowed his children to marry for love, earning him bitter enemies instead of friends. His daughter [[Rhaelle Targaryen|Rhaelle]] married into [[House Baratheon]]. His son [[Duncan Targaryen|Duncan the Small]], Prince of Dragonflies, "cast aside a crown" for [[Jenny of Oldstones]], leading in some way to the [[Tragedy of Summerhall]], where Aegon V and both Duncans lost their lives in 259. Aegon's sickly son [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II]] reigned for a few years before dying in 262. Amiable, clever, and able, he nonetheless was seen as weak by those martial lords prejudiced against his frail constitution. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Aerys II.

===Downfall===
:{{See also|Robert's Rebellion}}

Aided by his able [[Hand of the King|Hand]], Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]] began his reign with promise, but became paranoid and increasingly mad after being abducted during a [[Defiance of Duskendale|failed revolt]] of the longtime Targaryen loyalists of [[House Darklyn]] and Tywin's cautious response. His heir, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], resolved to be a better monarch and set forth to prove himself, and to fulfill the prophecy of the [[Azor Ahai|Prince That Was Promised]]. Aerys chose Tywin's heir, Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], for his Kingsguard, robbing Tywin of his heir and provoking him to resignation because the King had also rejected Tywin's proposal of a marriage between Rhaegar and Jaim's twin sister, [[Cersei Lannister]]. Also during the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]], Rhaegar offended [[Robert Baratheon]] by naming his betrothed, [[Lyanna Stark]], as Queen of Love and Beauty rather than his own wife, Princess [[Elia Martell]].

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Shortly after the tourney, Prince Rhaegar ran off with Lyanna. When Lyanna's [[Brandon Stark|brother]] and [[Rickard Stark|father]] protested, Aerys had them killed, starting a [[Robert's Rebellion|civil war]]. Rhaegar took command of the royal troops, leading them to defeat in the [[Battle of the Trident]], where he was killed by Robert Baratheon. Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] and the pregnant Queen [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]] fled to Dragonstone. Perfidious Lannisters killed Aerys, Elia, [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]], and the infant [[Aegon Targaryen|Aegon]] in King's Landing. On Dragonstone, Rhaella died giving birth to Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]], who was spirited to the [[Free Cities]] along with Viserys by the loyal Ser [[Willem Darry]]. Robert Baratheon was crowned king, partially due to his having a Targaryen [[Rhaelle Targaryen|grandmother]].

King Aerys II Targaryen was the last king in a dynasty which had held for nearly 300 years of unbroken rule. Where the Targaryens had begun as untouchable demigods atop fire-breathing dragons, their power had fallen noticeably since the time of those beasts, with many more large-scale civil wars featuring pitched battles. In the short term, Aerys's madness had provoked the nobles to action, but such open defiance would not have occurred if his family's prestige had not been in decline for some time. This loss of influence is perhaps shown by the fact that Aegon V was invited to rule by a council rather than claiming a divine right. The [[Defiance of Duskendale]] by [[House Darklyn]], one of the staunchest traditional royal allies, is another sign of the house's loss of influence.

==Recent Events==
[[File: John_Picacio_Daenerys_Targaryen.jpg‎ |[[Daenerys]] and her three fledgling [[dragons]]‎ - © 2012 John Picacio|thumb|300px|right]]

===''A Game of Thrones''===
Across the [[Narrow Sea]], the [[Aerys II Targaryen|Mad King]]'s surviving son claims legitimacy as "[[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys III]]." He and his sister [[Daenerys Targaryen]] wander the [[Free Cities]], seeking aid from various merchant princes to restore House Targaryen. Few take his claim seriously, calling him the Beggar King.

In 288 AL, Viserys betroths his sister to [[Drogo]], a mighty ''[[khal]]'' of the [[Dothraki]], hoping to use his horde to retake the Seven Kingdoms. Viserys alienates the horselord with his arrogance and is eventually killed. After the death of Khal Drogo, Daenerys takes command of the ''[[khalasar]]'''s ragged remnants, and is able to hatch three [[dragon]] eggs, the first in a century and a half.

At the [[Wall]], the century-old Maester [[Aemon]], brother to King [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]], imparts wisdom to a new recruit of the [[Night's Watch]], [[Jon Snow]], regarding the conflict of loyalty between family and duty.

===''A Clash of Kings''===

Daenerys nurtures her young dragons, [[Drogon]], [[Rhaegal]], and [[Viserion]], and her people, bringing them through the [[Red Waste]] to the strange city of [[Qarth]].

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Traveling to [[Slaver's Bay]], Daenerys conquers the cities of [[Astapor]], [[Yunkai]], and [[Meereen]]. However, her campaign of liberation seems to cause more conflict than it solves, so she decides to remain in Meereen to bring order and to learn to rule. One of her officers, [[Ben Plumm]], claims to have Targaryen ancestry.

Maester Aemon pushes Jon Snow to take command of [[Castle Black]] when the Wall is [[Battle of Castle Black|besieged by wildlings]]. Jon is subsequently elected [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]].

===''A Feast for Crows''===

Lord Commander Snow orders Maester Aemon to [[Oldtown]] to avoid the red sorceress [[Melisandre]], who might wish to sacrifice him to [[R'hllor]] for his kingsblood. Unfortunately, Aemon does not survive the voyage, leaving the lore of the Night's Watch in the hands of [[Samwell Tarly]].

===''A Dance with Dragons''===

As she hones her skills of leadership in Meereen, Daenerys tries to tell good counsel from bad and how to make decisions of dubious morality. She refuses a marriage proposal from [[Quentyn Martell]], whose father, [[Doran Martell]], is attempting to honor a secret pact made to wed Viserys to [[Arianne Martell]]. Daenerys's control of Meereen is threatened by a coalition led by Yunkai. She flees from [[Daznak's Pit]] on the back of her dragon [[Drogon]] and ends up in the [[Dothraki Sea]], where she encounters the ''khalasar'' of Khal [[Jhaqo]]. Meanwhile, her other dragons, [[Rhaegal]] and [[Viserion]], are released and wreak havoc upon Meereen.

It is claimed that, unbeknownst to the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]], Crown Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar's]] infant son [[Aegon Targaryen]], Daenerys's nephew, survived the [[Sack of King's Landing]] thanks to [[Varys]], who had a peasant baby killed in his place. The purported Aegon was raised in secret across the narrow sea by Rhaegar's friend [[Jon Connington]], who nicknamed the youth Young Griff. He lands in the [[Stormlands]] with the [[Golden Company]] at his back, calling himself Aegon VI.

[[Beyond the Wall]], the [[three-eyed crow]] who has been appearing to [[Bran Stark]] in his dreams is strongly implied to be none other than Bloodraven, [[Brynden Rivers]], kept alive by sorcery and living in a [[cave of the three-eyed crow|cave]].

==Timeline==
{{See also|Timeline of major events}}
{| class="wikitable" ALIGN="right"
|+Targaryen kings
|-
| [[Aegon I]] || [[1 AL]] – [[37 AL]]
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| [[Aenys I]] || [[37 AL]] – [[42 AL]]
|-
| [[Maegor I]] || [[42 AL]] – [[48 AL]]
|-
| [[Jaehaerys I]] || [[48 AL]] – [[103 AL]]
|-
| [[Viserys I]] || [[103 AL]] – [[129 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon II]] || [[129 AL]] – [[131 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon III]] || [[131 AL]] - [[157 AL]]
|-
| [[Daeron I]] || [[157 AL]] -[[161 AL]]
|-
| [[Baelor I]] || [[161 AL]] - [[171 AL]]
|-
| [[Viserys II]] || [[171 AL]] - [[172 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon IV]] || [[172 AL]] - [[184 AL]]
|-
| [[Daeron II]] || [[184 AL]] - [[209 AL]]
|-
| [[Aerys I]] || [[209 AL]] - [[221 AL]]
|-
| [[Maekar I]] || [[221 AL]] - [[233 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon V]] || [[233 AL]] - [[259 AL]]
|-
| [[Jaehaerys II]] || [[259 AL]] - [[262 AL]]
|-
| [[Aerys II]] || [[262 AL]] - [[283 AL]]
|}
All dates are given relative to Aegon's Landing (AL).

;before ca. -200 AL: House Targaryen relocates to the island of [[Dragonstone]], off the coast of [[Westeros]].
;The [[Doom of Valyria]] (ca. -100 AL): The Doom destroys the freehold of Valyria.
;[[War of Conquest|The Wars of Conquest]] (ca. 1 AL): Aided by his two sisters and their dragons Vhagar, Meraxes, and Balerion, the armies of Aegon the Conqueror invade the seven kingdoms of Westeros, sparking the Wars of Conquest. In the battle known as the "[[Field of Fire]]," Aegon's army conquers the combined forces of the [[Kingdom of the Rock|Rock]] and of the [[Reach]]; the three dragons kill nearly four thousand men. Many other kings bend the knee to Aegon, and in the end, only Dorne remains unconquered.
; [[Faith Militant uprising]] (37-48 AL)
: The two armed wings of the church rise against Aegon's incest-born son [[Aenys I]]. Aenys's half-brother and Hand, [[Maegor I]] seizes the throne after his death and fails to crush the rebels. Aenys's son [[Jaehaerys I]] succeeds and outlaws both military orders.
;[[The Dance of the Dragons]] (129-131 AL), the Targaryen civil war.
: [[Aegon II]]'s claim to the throne is disputed by his elder sister [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]]; both perish in the resulting war. Several dragons and lesser branches of the house are extinguished.
;[[Conquest of Dorne]] (ca. 157 AL)
:Aged 14, [[Daeron I]] conquers [[Dorne]], but is unable to hold it. He dies along with tens of thousands.
;The [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]] (196 AL): The first Blackfyre Rebellion ends when the rebel Daemon Blackfyre's forces are defeated in the Battle of the Redgrass Field. These events are recounted in ''[[The Sworn Sword]]''.
;[[Ashford Tourney|Tourney at Ashford]] (208 AL)
: [[Baelor Breakspear]] dies from wounds sustained in trial by combat. These events are recounted in ''[[The Hedge Knight]]''.
;[[The Great Spring Sickness]] (209 AL)
:A plague engulfs large parts of Westeros, killing King [[Daeron II]] and his grandsons [[Valarr Targaryen|Valarr]] and [[Matarys Targaryen|Matarys]].
;[[Great Council]] (233 AL)
:A great council passes over the infant bastard son of [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion Brightflame]] and the idiot daughter of Prince [[Daeron Targaryen|Daeron]], crowning [[Aegon V]], the Unlikely.
;[[War of the Usurper]] (282-283 AL)
:The Targaryen reign ends when Lord [[Robert Baratheon]] takes the [[Iron Throne]] and King [[Aerys II]] is killed by his sworn knight Ser [[Jaime Lannister]].

==House Targaryen at the end of the third century==

The known Targaryens during the timespan of the events described on [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] are:
*{[[Viserys Targaryen|King Viserys III]]}, called the Beggar King and Khal Raggat (Sorefoot King) and self-proclaimed King of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men and Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, in exile. Fatally crowned in [[Vaes Dothrak]].
*[[Daenerys Targaryen|Queen Daenerys I Stormborn]], called Mother of Dragons, sister of Viserys and last known Targaryen heir, Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Shackles, Queen of Meereen.
**her dragons, [[Drogon|Drogon]], [[Viserion|Viserion]], [[Rhaegal|Rhaegal]],
**{[[Drogo|Khal Drogo]]}, her first husband. Euthanized after disabling wounds.
***{[[Rhaego]]}, her son by Drogo. Died at birth.
**[[Hizdahr zo Loraq|King Hizdahr zo Loraq XIV]], her second husband, King of Meereen, Scion of Ghis, Octarch of the Old Empire, Master of the Skahazadhan, Consort to Dragons, Blood of the Harpy. A Ghiscari noble of Meereen.
*{[[Maester Aemon|Maester Aemon]]}, sworn to the Night's Watch. Great-granduncle to the Mad King. Died of a chill at sea, at the age of one hundred and two.

*[[Aegon Targaryen|Prince Aegon]], Rhaegar's son. Believed to have died at Gregor Clegane's hand in the Sack of King's Landing, but is purported by some to be alive under the identity of Young Griff and with the [[Golden Company]]. If true his claim supersedes his aunt Daenerys', and he is Aegon VI.

{{Targaryen tree|state=hidden|title=Complete Targaryen Family Tree (click show to Expand)}}

===Household===

====The Queen's protectors:====
*Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], called Barristan the Bold, Lord Commander of the [[Queensguard]].
**his two known knights:
***Ser [[Tumco Lho]], of the [[Basilisk Isles]], a newly-made knight.
***"[[The Red Lamb]]", a [[Lhazar]]ene freedman and newly-made knight.
**his lads, squires training for knighthood:
***[[Larraq]], called 'The Lash', of Meereen.
***the Boys, three Ghiscari brothers and freedmen.
*[[Belwas]], called Strong Belwas, eunuch and former pit fighter.
*her [[Dothraki]] bloodriders:
**[[Jhogo]], the whip, blood of her blood and ''ko''.
**[[Aggo]], the bow, blood of her blood and ''ko''.
**[[Rakharo]], the arakh, blood of her blood and ''ko''.
* Ser [[Jorah Mormont]], called 'Jorah the Andal', former Lord Commander. Banished.

====The Queen's captains and commanders:====
*[[Grey Worm]], a eunuch, commander of the [[Unsullied]], a company of eunuch infantry.
**[[Hero]], an Unsullied captain, second-in-command.
**{[[Stalwart Shield]]}, an Unsullied spearman, murdered by the [[Sons of the Harpy]].
*{[[Mollono Yos Dob]]}, commander of the [[Stalwart Shields]], a company of freedmen named for the martyred Unsullied. Died of the Pale Mare.
**[[Tal Toraq]], new commander of the Stalwart Shields.
*[[Symon Stripeback]], commander of [[Free Brothers]], a company of freedmen.
*[[Marselen]], commander of the [[Mother's Men]], a company of freedman, a eunuch, brother to Missandei.
*{[[Groleo]]} of Pentos, formerly captain of the great cog ''Saduleon'', made an admiral without a fleet. Executed by the Yunkai'i.
*[[Rommo]], a ''jaqqa rhan'' of the Dothraki, he represents Daenerys' khalasar at council.
*[[Daario Naharis]], a [[Tyrosh]]i sellsword, captain of the [[Stormcrows]], a free company.
**[[Widower|The Widower]], second in command and acting joint-commander of the Stormcrows.
**[[Jokin]], commander of the archers and acting joint-commander of the Stormcrows.
*[[Ben Plumm]], called 'Brown Ben', a mongrel sellsword, captain of the [[Second Sons]], a free company. Defected to Yunkai.

====The Queen's Meereenese court:====
*[[Reznak mo Reznak|Reznak mo Reznak]], her seneschal, bald and unctuous.
*[[Skahaz mo Kandaq|Shahaz mo Kandaq]], called 'The Shavepate', shaven-headed commander of the [[Brazen Beasts]], Meereen's city watch.

====The Queen's handmaids and servants:====
*[[Irri|Irri]] and [[Jhiqui|Jhiqui]], young women of the Dothraki, handmaidens.
*[[Missandei|Missandei]], a [[Naath]]i scribe and translator.
*[[Grazdar|Grazdar]], [[Qezza|Qezza]], [[Mezzara|Mezzara]], [[Kezmya|Kezmya]], [[Azzak|Azzak]], [[Bhakaz|Bhakaz]], [[Miklaz|Miklaz]], [[Dhazzar|Dhazzar]], [[Draqaz|Draqaz]], [[Jhezane|Jhezane]], children of the pyramids of Meereen, her cupbearers and pages.
*{[[Doreah]]}, a Lysene handmaiden and former bedslave. Perished to sickness in the [[Red Waste]].

===Young Griff/Prince Aegon's followers===
* '[[Jon Connington|Griff]]', a sellsword late of the [[Golden Company]]. Actually [[Jon Connington]], exiled Lord of [[Griffin's Roost]] and [[Hand of the King]] to [[Aerys II]].
* Ser [[Rolly Duckfield]], called 'Duck', a [[knight]]. Pronounced the first of Aegon's [[Kingsguard]].
* Septa [[Lemore]], called 'Lady Lemore', a woman of the [[Faith of the Seven]].
* [[Haldon]], called 'the Halfmaester', Aegon's tutor.
* [[Yandry]], master and captain of the ''[[Shy Maid]]''
** [[Ysilla]], his wife.
* The [[Golden Company]], a famous sellsword company founded by the [[Blackfyre Pretenders]] to the [[Iron Throne]].
==Quotes==
{{Quote|Like their [[dragon]]s the Targaryens answered to neither gods nor men.{{Ref|aCoK|33}}}}
- [[Catelyn Tully]]'s thoughts

{{Quote|Every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness.{{Ref|ASOS|71}}}}
- Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]

{{Quote|I will kill every [[Targaryen]] I can get my hands on, until they are as dead as their dragons, and then I will piss on their graves. {{Ref|aGoT|12}}}}
- [[Robert Baratheon]]

{{Quote|What did any Targaryen ever know of honor? Go down into your crypt and ask [[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]] about the dragon’s honor! {{Ref|AGOT|12}}}}
- [[Robert Baratheon]] to [[Eddard Stark]]

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==References and Notes==
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House Targaryen

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{{Noble House
| House_name = House Targaryen of [[King's Landing]]
| image = [[File:House_Targaryen.PNG|250px]]
| Coat_of_arms = A three-headed dragon, red on black.
| Words = ''Fire and Blood''
| Seat = [[Red Keep]] [[Dragonstone]]
| Current_Lord = Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]]
| Region = [[King's Landing]](formerly) [[Dragonstone]](formerly) [[Valyria]](formerly)
| Title = [[Iron Throne|King]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] Lord of the [[Andals]], the [[Rhoynar]] and the [[First Men]] [[Prince of Dragonstone]] (heir apparent)
| Overlord = None
| Ancestral_weapon= [[Blackfyre]] [[Dark Sister]]
| Cadet_branch = [[House Blackfyre]] [[House Baratheon]]
| Founded_in = {{Date|0}} (~300 years ago)
}}
[[File:House_Targaryen_Family_tree.jpg|thumb|300px|House Targaryen Family tree]]

'''House Targaryen''' is a noble family of [[Valyrian Freehold|Valyrian]] descent that escaped the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]]. They lived for centuries on the island of [[Dragonstone]] until [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]] and his sisters rode their dragons to the [[War of Conquest|conquest]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. House Targaryen ruled as the Kings of [[Westeros]] for nearly 300 years, until their ouster in the [[War of the Usurper]]. Their seats were the capital city of [[King's Landing]] and the island castle of Dragonstone.{{Ref|aGoT|23}}

==Culture==

===Customs===
House Targaryen's sigil is a three-headed [[dragon]] breathing flames, red on black. The three-headed dragon represents [[Aegon the Conqueror]] and his two sisters, [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] and [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]].{{Ref|aGoT|3}}{{Ref|aGoT|62}} Their house words are "Fire and Blood."{{Ref|aSoS|23}} Although the Targaryen [[Iron Throne|kings]] took their seat at [[King's Landing]], the place where Aegon and his army first landed in Westeros and made their first fort, [[Dragonstone]] remained the traditional seat of the heir-apparent to the throne.

House Targaryen historically followed the gods of [[Valyrian Freehold|Valyria]]. Sometime before the conquest of the Seven Kingdoms, the Targaryens abandoned the Valyrian gods and converted to the [[Faith of the Seven]], the predominant religion in Westeros. However, they continued to follow the Valyrian practice of incestuous marriage, wedding brother to sister, cousin to cousin, uncle to niece and aunt to nephew, holding themselves apart from and above the noble Westerosi families.

Deceased Targaryens are traditionally cremated.<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Asshai.com_Forum_Chat So Spake Martin, July 27, 2008]</ref>

===Traits===

The phrase "blood of the dragon" refers to what are considered typical Targaryen features: silvery-gold (or platinum) hair and [[violet eyes]]. The Targaryens can tolerate a bit more heat than most ordinary people, though they are by no means immune to fire.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20051103091500/nrctc.edu/fhq/vol1iss3/00103009.htm/ "Interview with the Dragon" Copyright © 2003 Robert Shaw.]</ref>

Another trait typical to Targaryens, and one that was passed on to the cadet branch, [[House Blackfyre]], was the ability to have [[dragon dreams|premonition-like dreams]].{{Ref|TMK}} Before the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]], a noble in Valyria called [[Aenar Targaryen]] had a [[Daenys Targaryen|maiden daughter]] whose visions moved him to relocate his family to [[Dragonstone]], twelve years before the Doom. Her visions were written down and published in a book called ''[[Signs and Portents]]'', which is now lost.

Probably due to their incestuous practices, the Targaryens are [[Targaryen madness|prone to madness]]; King Jaehaerys II said that with the birth of a new Targaryen, the gods tossed a coin to decide whether the child would be a genius or a lunatic.

===Dragons===
:{{See also|Dragons}}

The Targaryens are known as [[dragonlords]], and seem to be closer to dragons than other men are. Aegon I introduced dragons to Westeros when he conquered it, and dragons were kept and ridden by the Targaryens until the [[last dragon|last one]] perished in the reign of Aegon III Dragonbane.

The Targaryens kept [[dragon]]s for much of their reign in Seven Kingdoms. To house them they built an immense domed structure in King's Landing called the [[Dragonpit]]. New dragons were bred from Aegon's original three: [[Vhagar]], [[Meraxes]], and the dreaded [[Balerion]]. However, violent deaths in battle and a growing infirmity in each following generation caused the family's stable to dwindle. The [[last Targaryen dragon]] was a deformed and sterile creature that died very young. It is not clearly understood what caused the last dragons to die out. A legend holds that [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]] poisoned them, but Archmaester [[Marwyn]] suggested that the [[maesters]] were somehow responsible. Others have also claimed that raising dragons in enclosed spaces, even the Dragonpit, was unnatural and stunted their growth.

==History==

===Origins and Conquests===
House Targaryen was one of the forty ancient noble houses known as [[dragonlords]] who ruled the [[Valyrian Freehold]], a great empire spanning most of the [[Essos|eastern continent]]. They were traditionally not one of the most important of these families, however. [[Daenys Targaryen|Daenys the Dreamer]], the daughter of the head of House Targaryen, [[Aenar Targaryen|Aenar]], had visions of a cataclysm that would come over Valyria. Aenar led House Targaryen and their five dragons, including [[Balerion]], to the westernmost outpost of Valyrian influence, the island of [[Dragonstone]], off the east coast of [[Westeros]]. Twelve years later the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]] descended on the city of [[Valyria]], leading to the collapse of the Freehold. The Targaryens were one of the few families to survive the destruction of their home and were the only dragonriders of Valyria to survive. Thereafter four of the dragons died under unknown circumstances, possibly due to infighting among the family, but two more were born from eggs, [[Vhagar]] and [[Meraxes]].

Following the Doom, there was pressure for the Targaryens to go east and ally themselves with [[Volantis]], who attempted to restore the Freehold by conquering the rest of the Valyrian colonies to survive the Doom, now known as the [[Free Cities]]. However, the Targaryens remained on Dragonstone for another century. After flying to the [[Disputed Lands]] and joining an alliance to crush Volantene aspirations, the young [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] developed ambitions toward Westeros.

Aegon aspired to unite the seven Westerosi kingdoms under one ruler, himself. A hundred years after the Doom, Aegon set forth from Dragonstone with his sister/wives [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] and [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]], their dragons, and a small force, landing at the mouth of the [[Blackwater Rush]] and beginning the [[Wars of Conquest]]. During his campaigns, Aegon was anointed king by the [[High Septon]] in [[Oldtown]], leading to the unification of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] under Targaryen rule from the [[Iron Throne]], starting a dynasty that lasted nearly 300 years. The area where the Targaryens began their conquest became the site of their new capital, [[King's Landing]]. Dragonstone was used as the seat of the heir to the throne. The region around these strongholds became known as the [[Crownlands]], and several houses of the area, such as the [[House Velaryon|Velaryons]], [[House Darklyn|Darklyns]], and the lords of [[Crackclaw Point]], were among the staunchest Targaryen loyalists. Another close ally was [[House Baratheon]]; Aegon had installed his bastard brother [[Orys Baratheon]] to rule the [[Stormlands]].

{{Template:Targaryen tree Aegon|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree (click show to Expand)}}

===Early Dynasty and the Faith Militant Uprising===
Despite converting to the [[Faith of the Seven]], the Targaryens held themselves apart from the laws of gods and men, and continued to follow the Valyrian practice of incestuous marriage, which was a sin in the eyes of the Seven. Indeed, Aegon married both of his sisters. When Aegon died 37 years after his landing and was succeeded by his incest-born son and heir, [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys I]], local populations revolted in what is know as the [[Faith Militant uprising]]. Early Targaryen kings often appointed those of the blood royal to act as their [[Hand of the King|Hand]]. Such was the case with with Aenys, who was served by his brutal half-brother and cousin, Prince [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]]. Maegor conducted the suppression of these revolts, and seized the throne for himself after Aenys's death, going on to earn the moniker "the Cruel" in his attempts to crush the rebellion. Construction of the [[Red Keep]] in King's Landing was finished during Maegor's reign. After his mysterious death in 48 AL he was succeeded by Aenys's son [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys the Conciliator]], who disbanded the Faith Militant. His rule was long and wise.

===Death of the Dragons===
:{{See also|The Dance of the Dragons}}

After his death in 103 AL, Jaehaerys was succeeded by his grandson [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys I]], who ruled well except in marriage. Viserys raised his daughter [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]] as his heir, but his wishes were defied by the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]] of his [[Kingsguard]], Ser [[Criston Cole|Criston the Kingmaker]], who earned his epithet by crowning [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon II]], a son of a second marriage. In the resulting war of succession, called [[the Dance of the Dragons]] (129-131 AL), both of the monarchs perished, as did many lesser branches of House Targaryen, and most of their dragons. During the reign of [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]], the son of Rhaenyra who held the Iron Throne at the war's conclusion, the last dragon died, earning him the nickname "Dragonbane." The loss of their signature war mounts and the deaths of so many family members severely weakened the Targaryens' grip on the Seven Kingdoms.

{{Template:Targaryen tree Viserys‎|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree, during the Dance of Dragons (click show to Expand)}}

Since the Dance, House Targaryen has practiced a highly modified version of agnatic primogeniture, placing female claimants in the line of succession behind all possible male ones, even collateral relations.

===Incorporating Dorne===
Since resisting the conquest of Aegon I, the [[House Martell|Martell]] princes of [[Dorne]] had ruled their land as a sovereign realm. Upon assuming the throne in 157 AL, Aegon III's fourteen-year old son [[Daeron I Targaryen|Daeron I]], the Young Dragon, decided to end that. Despite his youth and lack of dragons, Daeron [[Conquest of Dorne|defeated the Dornishmen]] in a successful invasion. His rule of Dorne did not last, however, and he and 40,000 men died trying to defeat an uprising. Dead at eighteen without issue, the Young Dragon was succeeded by his brother [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor the Blessed]], who was in training to become a [[septon]]. One of Baelor's first acts was to make peace with Dorne by marrying his cousin, Prince [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron]], to [[Myriah Martell]]. Baelor is well-remembered by the smallfolk, but maesters and others learned in history recall his piety as his undoing. As his Hand, Baelor retained his uncle [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]], who had also served Daeron. Viserys held the realm together while Daeron warred and Baelor prayed. During his reign, Baelor locked his three sisters in the "Maidenvault" of the Red Keep to avoid carnal thoughts. One, [[Daena Targaryen|Daena the Defiant]], carried on an affair with their cousin [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon]]. When Baelor died childless as well in 171, his uncle took the throne as Viserys II. After a brief reign, Viserys was succeeded by his son Aegon, who reigned as Aegon IV and was called "the Unworthy". It was during the reign of Aegon's son Daeron II that Dorne finally joined the Targaryen empire, after Daeron's sister [[Daenerys, daughter of Aegon IV]], wed Prince [[Maron Martell]].

===The Blackfyre Pretenders===
:{{See also|House Blackfyre|Blackfyre Pretenders|Blackfyre Rebellion|Second Blackfyre Rebellion|War of the Ninepenny Kings}}

[[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon IV]] kept many mistresses and sired several bastards by them. The oldest of them, by Princess Daena, had strong Targaryen features; he grew up to be a promising young knight and was granted [[Blackfyre]], the [[Valyrian steel]] blade of Aegon the Conqueror. He became known as [[Daemon Blackfyre]]. Before his death in 184, Aegon IV legitimized all of his natural children, placing them in the succession, albeit behind his trueborn son, [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron II]]. Nobles such as [[Aegor Rivers|Aegor "Bittersteel" Rivers]], one of Aegon IV's [[Great Bastards]], did not care for Daeron's bookish nature or the Dornish flavor of his court, and whispered that Daeron was not the son of Aegon IV, but of his brother, Prince [[Aemon the Dragonknight]], casting doubts over Daeron's right to rule. Finally, Daemon Blackfyre was bitter over the loss of Princess [[Daenerys, daughter of Aegon IV|Daenerys]], Daeron's sister, whom he had promised to Prince [[Maron Martell]]. For these reasons, Daemon and his supporters launched the First [[Blackfyre Rebellion]] against Daeron's rule. This was crushed by Daeron's sons, [[Baelor Targaryen|Baelor Breakspear]] and [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar]], and his bastard brother [[Brynden Rivers|Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers]], Bittersteel's rival for the affections of their half-sister [[Shiera Seastar]]. Daemon was killed by Bloodraven in the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]], and Bittersteel was driven into exile across the [[narrow sea]], where he founded the [[Golden Company]], a sellsword army bent on naming a Blackfyre son as King of Westeros. Prince Baelor was named his father's Hand as well as heir, but died in 209 in a Trial of Seven at the [[Ashford Tourney]] fighting opposite his brother Maekar for the honor of a hedge knight called [[Dunk]]. Maekar's son, [[Aerion Brightflame]], was sent into exile after the trial, and Maekar allowed another son, nicknamed "[[Aegon V|Egg]]", to continue squiring for Dunk in order to teach him humility and honor. During Daeron's reign, the third major Targaryen palace was built at [[Summerhall]], in the [[Dornish Marches]].

{{Template:Blackfyre_tree|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree and the Blackfyre Pretenders (click show to Expand)}}

===Mounting Problems===

[[The Great Spring Sickness]] of 209 AL killed King [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron II]] and several of his grandchildren. His equally bookish son [[Aerys I Targaryen|Aerys I]] took the throne, appointing his uncle [[Brynden Rivers|Bloodraven]] as Hand. Aerys ignored the realm's problems (including plague, drought, dwindling trade, rising banditry, and the reaving of [[Dagon Greyjoy]]) as Bloodraven focused on dealing with minor Blackfyre rebellions instigated by [[Aegor Rivers|Bittersteel]]. Prince [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar]], who had expected to be named Aerys's Hand, succeeded his brother on the throne in 221 and had Bloodraven thrown into the Red Keep's dungeons. Across the Narrow Sea, House Blackfyre continued to be a distant threat to the main Targaryen line. In 233 King Maekar fell in battle against a rebel lord, presumably a Blackfyre supporter.

A series of misfortunes and deaths over the years culminated in a [[Great Council]] being held upon Maekar's demise in 233 AL. The council bypassed the mad Prince [[Daeron Targaryen|Daeron's]] lackwit daughter and the infant son of the dead and mad [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion Brightflame]], leading to the crowning of Maekar's son "Egg" as [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]], called “The Unlikely” for being the fourth son of a fourth son. Aegon's elder brother, [[Aemon]], had been quietly offered the throne before him, but Aemon refused the crown since he had taken a [[maester]]'s vows, forswearing his inheritance and going on to join the [[Night's Watch]] lest he be used in plots against Aegon. The new king emptied the dungeons to accompany Aemon to the [[Wall]], including their great-uncle Bloodraven, who went on to become [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]]. As Lord Commander of his Kingsguard, Aegon V appointed Ser [[Dunk|Duncan the Tall]], the hedge knight Dunk for whom he had squired in his youth.

{{Template:Targaryen_tree_Daeron_II|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree, during the Great Council (click show to Expand)}}

In the latter part of Aegon's reign, he sent a host to the [[Stepstones]] to defeat [[Maelys Blackfyre|Maelys the Monstrous]], the last Blackfyre. The Blackfyre pretender and his supporters were defeated in the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]], and Maelys slain. Hearing a prophecy from a [[Ghost of High Heart|woods witch]] that their line would bear the [[Azor Ahai|Prince That Was Promised]] to defeat the [[Others]], Egg arranged the marriage of his grandchildren [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]] and [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]]. Since he had done so, Aegon allowed his children to marry for love, earning him bitter enemies instead of friends. His daughter [[Rhaelle Targaryen|Rhaelle]] married into [[House Baratheon]]. His son [[Duncan Targaryen|Duncan the Small]], Prince of Dragonflies, "cast aside a crown" for [[Jenny of Oldstones]], leading in some way to the [[Tragedy of Summerhall]], where Aegon V and both Duncans lost their lives in 259. Aegon's sickly son [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II]] reigned for a few years before dying in 262. Amiable, clever, and able, he nonetheless was seen as weak by those martial lords prejudiced against his frail constitution. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Aerys II.

===Downfall===
:{{See also|Robert's Rebellion}}

Aided by his able [[Hand of the King|Hand]], Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]] began his reign with promise, but became paranoid and increasingly mad after being abducted during a [[Defiance of Duskendale|failed revolt]] of the longtime Targaryen loyalists of [[House Darklyn]] and Tywin's cautious response. His heir, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], resolved to be a better monarch and set forth to prove himself, and to fulfill the prophecy of the [[Azor Ahai|Prince That Was Promised]]. Aerys chose Tywin's heir, Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], for his Kingsguard, robbing Tywin of his heir and provoking him to resignation because the King had also rejected Tywin's proposal of a marriage between Rhaegar and Jaim's twin sister, [[Cersei Lannister]]. Also during the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]], Rhaegar offended [[Robert Baratheon]] by naming his betrothed, [[Lyanna Stark]], as Queen of Love and Beauty rather than his own wife, Princess [[Elia Martell]].

{{Targaryen tree now|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree, during the Downfall (click show to Expand)}}

Shortly after the tourney, Prince Rhaegar ran off with Lyanna. When Lyanna's [[Brandon Stark|brother]] and [[Rickard Stark|father]] protested, Aerys had them killed, starting a [[Robert's Rebellion|civil war]]. Rhaegar took command of the royal troops, leading them to defeat in the [[Battle of the Trident]], where he was killed by Robert Baratheon. Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] and the pregnant Queen [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]] fled to Dragonstone. Perfidious Lannisters killed Aerys, Elia, [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]], and the infant [[Aegon Targaryen|Aegon]] in King's Landing. On Dragonstone, Rhaella died giving birth to Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]], who was spirited to the [[Free Cities]] along with Viserys by the loyal Ser [[Willem Darry]]. Robert Baratheon was crowned king, partially due to his having a Targaryen [[Rhaelle Targaryen|grandmother]].

King Aerys II Targaryen was the last king in a dynasty which had held for nearly 300 years of unbroken rule. Where the Targaryens had begun as untouchable demigods atop fire-breathing dragons, their power had fallen noticeably since the time of those beasts, with many more large-scale civil wars featuring pitched battles. In the short term, Aerys's madness had provoked the nobles to action, but such open defiance would not have occurred if his family's prestige had not been in decline for some time. This loss of influence is perhaps shown by the fact that Aegon V was invited to rule by a council rather than claiming a divine right. The [[Defiance of Duskendale]] by [[House Darklyn]], one of the staunchest traditional royal allies, is another sign of the house's loss of influence.

==Recent Events==
[[File: John_Picacio_Daenerys_Targaryen.jpg‎ |[[Daenerys]] and her three fledgling [[dragons]]‎ - © 2012 John Picacio|thumb|300px|right]]

===''A Game of Thrones''===
Across the [[Narrow Sea]], the [[Aerys II Targaryen|Mad King]]'s surviving son claims legitimacy as "[[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys III]]." He and his sister [[Daenerys Targaryen]] wander the [[Free Cities]], seeking aid from various merchant princes to restore House Targaryen. Few take his claim seriously, calling him the Beggar King.

In 288 AL, Viserys betroths his sister to [[Drogo]], a mighty ''[[khal]]'' of the [[Dothraki]], hoping to use his horde to retake the Seven Kingdoms. Viserys alienates the horselord with his arrogance and is eventually killed. After the death of Khal Drogo, Daenerys takes command of the ''[[khalasar]]'''s ragged remnants, and is able to hatch three [[dragon]] eggs, the first in a century and a half.

At the [[Wall]], the century-old Maester [[Aemon]], brother to King [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]], imparts wisdom to a new recruit of the [[Night's Watch]], [[Jon Snow]], regarding the conflict of loyalty between family and duty.

===''A Clash of Kings''===

Daenerys nurtures her young dragons, [[Drogon]], [[Rhaegal]], and [[Viserion]], and her people, bringing them through the [[Red Waste]] to the strange city of [[Qarth]].

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Traveling to [[Slaver's Bay]], Daenerys conquers the cities of [[Astapor]], [[Yunkai]], and [[Meereen]]. However, her campaign of liberation seems to cause more conflict than it solves, so she decides to remain in Meereen to bring order and to learn to rule. One of her officers, [[Ben Plumm]], claims to have Targaryen ancestry.

Maester Aemon pushes Jon Snow to take command of [[Castle Black]] when the Wall is [[Battle of Castle Black|besieged by wildlings]]. Jon is subsequently elected [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]].

===''A Feast for Crows''===

Lord Commander Snow orders Maester Aemon to [[Oldtown]] to avoid the red sorceress [[Melisandre]], who might wish to sacrifice him to [[R'hllor]] for his kingsblood. Unfortunately, Aemon does not survive the voyage, leaving the lore of the Night's Watch in the hands of [[Samwell Tarly]].

===''A Dance with Dragons''===

As she hones her skills of leadership in Meereen, Daenerys tries to tell good counsel from bad and how to make decisions of dubious morality. She refuses a marriage proposal from [[Quentyn Martell]], whose father, [[Doran Martell]], is attempting to honor a secret pact made to wed Viserys to [[Arianne Martell]]. Daenerys's control of Meereen is threatened by a coalition led by Yunkai. She flees from [[Daznak's Pit]] on the back of her dragon [[Drogon]] and ends up in the [[Dothraki Sea]], where she encounters the ''khalasar'' of Khal [[Jhaqo]]. Meanwhile, her other dragons, [[Rhaegal]] and [[Viserion]], are released and wreak havoc upon Meereen.

It is claimed that, unbeknownst to the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]], Crown Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar's]] infant son [[Aegon Targaryen]], Daenerys's nephew, survived the [[Sack of King's Landing]] thanks to [[Varys]], who had a peasant baby killed in his place. The purported Aegon was raised in secret across the narrow sea by Rhaegar's friend [[Jon Connington]], who nicknamed the youth Young Griff. He lands in the [[Stormlands]] with the [[Golden Company]] at his back, calling himself Aegon VI.

[[Beyond the Wall]], the [[three-eyed crow]] who has been appearing to [[Bran Stark]] in his dreams is strongly implied to be none other than Bloodraven, [[Brynden Rivers]], kept alive by sorcery and living in a [[cave of the three-eyed crow|cave]].

==Timeline==
{{See also|Timeline of major events}}
{| class="wikitable" ALIGN="right"
|+Targaryen kings
|-
| [[Aegon I]] || [[1 AL]] – [[37 AL]]
|-
| [[Aenys I]] || [[37 AL]] – [[42 AL]]
|-
| [[Maegor I]] || [[42 AL]] – [[48 AL]]
|-
| [[Jaehaerys I]] || [[48 AL]] – [[103 AL]]
|-
| [[Viserys I]] || [[103 AL]] – [[129 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon II]] || [[129 AL]] – [[131 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon III]] || [[131 AL]] - [[157 AL]]
|-
| [[Daeron I]] || [[157 AL]] -[[161 AL]]
|-
| [[Baelor I]] || [[161 AL]] - [[171 AL]]
|-
| [[Viserys II]] || [[171 AL]] - [[172 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon IV]] || [[172 AL]] - [[184 AL]]
|-
| [[Daeron II]] || [[184 AL]] - [[209 AL]]
|-
| [[Aerys I]] || [[209 AL]] - [[221 AL]]
|-
| [[Maekar I]] || [[221 AL]] - [[233 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon V]] || [[233 AL]] - [[259 AL]]
|-
| [[Jaehaerys II]] || [[259 AL]] - [[262 AL]]
|-
| [[Aerys II]] || [[262 AL]] - [[283 AL]]
|}
All dates are given relative to Aegon's Landing (AL).

;before ca. -200 AL: House Targaryen relocates to the island of [[Dragonstone]], off the coast of [[Westeros]].
;The [[Doom of Valyria]] (ca. -100 AL): The Doom destroys the freehold of Valyria.
;[[War of Conquest|The Wars of Conquest]] (ca. 1 AL): Aided by his two sisters and their dragons Vhagar, Meraxes, and Balerion, the armies of Aegon the Conqueror invade the seven kingdoms of Westeros, sparking the Wars of Conquest. In the battle known as the "[[Field of Fire]]," Aegon's army conquers the combined forces of the [[Kingdom of the Rock|Rock]] and of the [[Reach]]; the three dragons kill nearly four thousand men. Many other kings bend the knee to Aegon, and in the end, only Dorne remains unconquered.
; [[Faith Militant uprising]] (37-48 AL)
: The two armed wings of the church rise against Aegon's incest-born son [[Aenys I]]. Aenys's half-brother and Hand, [[Maegor I]] seizes the throne after his death and fails to crush the rebels. Aenys's son [[Jaehaerys I]] succeeds and outlaws both military orders.
;[[The Dance of the Dragons]] (129-131 AL), the Targaryen civil war.
: [[Aegon II]]'s claim to the throne is disputed by his elder sister [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]]; both perish in the resulting war. Several dragons and lesser branches of the house are extinguished.
;[[Conquest of Dorne]] (ca. 157 AL)
:Aged 14, [[Daeron I]] conquers [[Dorne]], but is unable to hold it. He dies along with tens of thousands.
;The [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]] (196 AL): The first Blackfyre Rebellion ends when the rebel Daemon Blackfyre's forces are defeated in the Battle of the Redgrass Field. These events are recounted in ''[[The Sworn Sword]]''.
;[[Ashford Tourney|Tourney at Ashford]] (208 AL)
: [[Baelor Breakspear]] dies from wounds sustained in trial by combat. These events are recounted in ''[[The Hedge Knight]]''.
;[[The Great Spring Sickness]] (209 AL)
:A plague engulfs large parts of Westeros, killing King [[Daeron II]] and his grandsons [[Valarr Targaryen|Valarr]] and [[Matarys Targaryen|Matarys]].
;[[Great Council]] (233 AL)
:A great council passes over the infant bastard son of [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion Brightflame]] and the idiot daughter of Prince [[Daeron Targaryen|Daeron]], crowning [[Aegon V]], the Unlikely.
;[[War of the Usurper]] (282-283 AL)
:The Targaryen reign ends when Lord [[Robert Baratheon]] takes the [[Iron Throne]] and King [[Aerys II]] is killed by his sworn knight Ser [[Jaime Lannister]].

==House Targaryen at the end of the third century==

The known Targaryens during the timespan of the events described on [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] are:
*{[[Viserys Targaryen|King Viserys III]]}, called the Beggar King and Khal Raggat (Sorefoot King) and self-proclaimed King of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men and Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, in exile. Fatally crowned in [[Vaes Dothrak]].
*[[Daenerys Targaryen|Queen Daenerys I Stormborn]], called Mother of Dragons, sister of Viserys and last known Targaryen heir, Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Shackles, Queen of Meereen.
**her dragons, [[Drogon|Drogon]], [[Viserion|Viserion]], [[Rhaegal|Rhaegal]],
**{[[Drogo|Khal Drogo]]}, her first husband. Euthanized after disabling wounds.
***{[[Rhaego]]}, her son by Drogo. Died at birth.
**[[Hizdahr zo Loraq|King Hizdahr zo Loraq XIV]], her second husband, King of Meereen, Scion of Ghis, Octarch of the Old Empire, Master of the Skahazadhan, Consort to Dragons, Blood of the Harpy. A Ghiscari noble of Meereen.
*{[[Maester Aemon|Maester Aemon]]}, sworn to the Night's Watch. Great-granduncle to the Mad King. Died of a chill at sea, at the age of one hundred and two.

*[[Aegon Targaryen|Prince Aegon]], Rhaegar's son. Believed to have died at Gregor Clegane's hand in the Sack of King's Landing, but is purported by some to be alive under the identity of Young Griff and with the [[Golden Company]]. If true his claim supersedes his aunt Daenerys', and he is Aegon VI.

{{Targaryen tree|state=hidden|title=Complete Targaryen Family Tree (click show to Expand)}}

===Household===

====The Queen's protectors:====
*Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], called Barristan the Bold, Lord Commander of the [[Queensguard]].
**his two known knights:
***Ser [[Tumco Lho]], of the [[Basilisk Isles]], a newly-made knight.
***"[[The Red Lamb]]", a [[Lhazar]]ene freedman and newly-made knight.
**his lads, squires training for knighthood:
***[[Larraq]], called 'The Lash', of Meereen.
***the Boys, three Ghiscari brothers and freedmen.
*[[Belwas]], called Strong Belwas, eunuch and former pit fighter.
*her [[Dothraki]] bloodriders:
**[[Jhogo]], the whip, blood of her blood and ''ko''.
**[[Aggo]], the bow, blood of her blood and ''ko''.
**[[Rakharo]], the arakh, blood of her blood and ''ko''.
* Ser [[Jorah Mormont]], called 'Jorah the Andal', former Lord Commander. Banished.

====The Queen's captains and commanders:====
*[[Grey Worm]], a eunuch, commander of the [[Unsullied]], a company of eunuch infantry.
**[[Hero]], an Unsullied captain, second-in-command.
**{[[Stalwart Shield]]}, an Unsullied spearman, murdered by the [[Sons of the Harpy]].
*{[[Mollono Yos Dob]]}, commander of the [[Stalwart Shields]], a company of freedmen named for the martyred Unsullied. Died of the Pale Mare.
**[[Tal Toraq]], new commander of the Stalwart Shields.
*[[Symon Stripeback]], commander of [[Free Brothers]], a company of freedmen.
*[[Marselen]], commander of the [[Mother's Men]], a company of freedman, a eunuch, brother to Missandei.
*{[[Groleo]]} of Pentos, formerly captain of the great cog ''Saduleon'', made an admiral without a fleet. Executed by the Yunkai'i.
*[[Rommo]], a ''jaqqa rhan'' of the Dothraki, he represents Daenerys' khalasar at council.
*[[Daario Naharis]], a [[Tyrosh]]i sellsword, captain of the [[Stormcrows]], a free company.
**[[Widower|The Widower]], second in command and acting joint-commander of the Stormcrows.
**[[Jokin]], commander of the archers and acting joint-commander of the Stormcrows.
*[[Ben Plumm]], called 'Brown Ben', a mongrel sellsword, captain of the [[Second Sons]], a free company. Defected to Yunkai.

====The Queen's Meereenese court:====
*[[Reznak mo Reznak|Reznak mo Reznak]], her seneschal, bald and unctuous.
*[[Skahaz mo Kandaq|Shahaz mo Kandaq]], called 'The Shavepate', shaven-headed commander of the [[Brazen Beasts]], Meereen's city watch.

====The Queen's handmaids and servants:====
*[[Irri|Irri]] and [[Jhiqui|Jhiqui]], young women of the Dothraki, handmaidens.
*[[Missandei|Missandei]], a [[Naath]]i scribe and translator.
*[[Grazdar|Grazdar]], [[Qezza|Qezza]], [[Mezzara|Mezzara]], [[Kezmya|Kezmya]], [[Azzak|Azzak]], [[Bhakaz|Bhakaz]], [[Miklaz|Miklaz]], [[Dhazzar|Dhazzar]], [[Draqaz|Draqaz]], [[Jhezane|Jhezane]], children of the pyramids of Meereen, her cupbearers and pages.
*{[[Doreah]]}, a Lysene handmaiden and former bedslave. Perished to sickness in the [[Red Waste]].

===Young Griff/Prince Aegon's followers===
* '[[Jon Connington|Griff]]', a sellsword late of the [[Golden Company]]. Actually [[Jon Connington]], exiled Lord of [[Griffin's Roost]] and [[Hand of the King]] to [[Aerys II]].
* Ser [[Rolly Duckfield]], called 'Duck', a [[knight]]. Pronounced the first of Aegon's [[Kingsguard]].
* Septa [[Lemore]], called 'Lady Lemore', a woman of the [[Faith of the Seven]].
* [[Haldon]], called 'the Halfmaester', Aegon's tutor.
* [[Yandry]], master and captain of the ''[[Shy Maid]]''
** [[Ysilla]], his wife.
* The [[Golden Company]], a famous sellsword company founded by the [[Blackfyre Pretenders]] to the [[Iron Throne]].
==Quotes==
{{Quote|Like their [[dragon]]s the Targaryens answered to neither gods nor men.{{Ref|aCoK|33}}}}
- [[Catelyn Tully]]'s thoughts

{{Quote|Every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness.{{Ref|ASOS|71}}}}
- Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]

{{Quote|I will kill every [[Targaryen]] I can get my hands on, until they are as dead as their dragons, and then I will piss on their graves. {{Ref|aGoT|12}}}}
- [[Robert Baratheon]]

{{Quote|What did any Targaryen ever know of honor? Go down into your crypt and ask [[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]] about the dragon’s honor! {{Ref|AGOT|12}}}}
- [[Robert Baratheon]] to [[Eddard Stark]]

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{{Noble House
| House_name = House Targaryen of [[King's Landing]]
| image = [[File:House_Targaryen.PNG|250px]]
| Coat_of_arms = A three-headed dragon, red on black.
| Words = ''Fire and Blood''
| Seat = [[Red Keep]] [[Dragonstone]]
| Current_Lord = Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]]
| Region = [[King's Landing]] [[Dragonstone]] [[Valyria]]
| Title = [[Iron Throne|King]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] Lord of the [[Andals]], the [[Rhoynar]] and the [[First Men]] [[Prince of Dragonstone]] (heir apparent)
| Overlord = None
| Ancestral_weapon= [[Blackfyre]] [[Dark Sister]]
| Cadet_branch = [[House Blackfyre]] [[House Baratheon]]
| Founded_in = {{Date|0}} (~300 years ago)
}}
[[File:House_Targaryen_Family_tree.jpg|thumb|300px|House Targaryen Family tree]]

'''House Targaryen''' is a noble family of [[Valyrian Freehold|Valyrian]] descent that escaped the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]]. They lived for centuries on the island of [[Dragonstone]] until [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]] and his sisters rode their dragons to the [[War of Conquest|conquest]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. House Targaryen ruled as the Kings of [[Westeros]] for nearly 300 years, until their ouster in the [[War of the Usurper]]. Their seats were the capital city of [[King's Landing]] and the island castle of Dragonstone.{{Ref|aGoT|23}}

==Culture==

===Customs===
House Targaryen's sigil is a three-headed [[dragon]] breathing flames, red on black. The three-headed dragon represents [[Aegon the Conqueror]] and his two sisters, [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] and [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]].{{Ref|aGoT|3}}{{Ref|aGoT|62}} Their house words are "Fire and Blood."{{Ref|aSoS|23}} Although the Targaryen [[Iron Throne|kings]] took their seat at [[King's Landing]], the place where Aegon and his army first landed in Westeros and made their first fort, [[Dragonstone]] remained the traditional seat of the heir-apparent to the throne.

House Targaryen historically followed the gods of [[Valyrian Freehold|Valyria]]. Sometime before the conquest of the Seven Kingdoms, the Targaryens abandoned the Valyrian gods and converted to the [[Faith of the Seven]], the predominant religion in Westeros. However, they continued to follow the Valyrian practice of incestuous marriage, wedding brother to sister, cousin to cousin, uncle to niece and aunt to nephew, holding themselves apart from and above the noble Westerosi families.

Deceased Targaryens are traditionally cremated.<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Asshai.com_Forum_Chat So Spake Martin, July 27, 2008]</ref>

===Traits===

The phrase "blood of the dragon" refers to what are considered typical Targaryen features: silvery-gold (or platinum) hair and [[violet eyes]]. The Targaryens can tolerate a bit more heat than most ordinary people, though they are by no means immune to fire.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20051103091500/nrctc.edu/fhq/vol1iss3/00103009.htm/ "Interview with the Dragon" Copyright © 2003 Robert Shaw.]</ref>

Another trait typical to Targaryens, and one that was passed on to the cadet branch, [[House Blackfyre]], was the ability to have [[dragon dreams|premonition-like dreams]].{{Ref|TMK}} Before the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]], a noble in Valyria called [[Aenar Targaryen]] had a [[Daenys Targaryen|maiden daughter]] whose visions moved him to relocate his family to [[Dragonstone]], twelve years before the Doom. Her visions were written down and published in a book called ''[[Signs and Portents]]'', which is now lost.

Probably due to their incestuous practices, the Targaryens are [[Targaryen madness|prone to madness]]; King Jaehaerys II said that with the birth of a new Targaryen, the gods tossed a coin to decide whether the child would be a genius or a lunatic.

===Dragons===
:{{See also|Dragons}}

The Targaryens are known as [[dragonlords]], and seem to be closer to dragons than other men are. Aegon I introduced dragons to Westeros when he conquered it, and dragons were kept and ridden by the Targaryens until the [[last dragon|last one]] perished in the reign of Aegon III Dragonbane.

The Targaryens kept [[dragon]]s for much of their reign in Seven Kingdoms. To house them they built an immense domed structure in King's Landing called the [[Dragonpit]]. New dragons were bred from Aegon's original three: [[Vhagar]], [[Meraxes]], and the dreaded [[Balerion]]. However, violent deaths in battle and a growing infirmity in each following generation caused the family's stable to dwindle. The [[last Targaryen dragon]] was a deformed and sterile creature that died very young. It is not clearly understood what caused the last dragons to die out. A legend holds that [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]] poisoned them, but Archmaester [[Marwyn]] suggested that the [[maesters]] were somehow responsible. Others have also claimed that raising dragons in enclosed spaces, even the Dragonpit, was unnatural and stunted their growth.

==History==

===Origins and Conquests===
House Targaryen was one of the forty ancient noble houses known as [[dragonlords]] who ruled the [[Valyrian Freehold]], a great empire spanning most of the [[Essos|eastern continent]]. They were traditionally not one of the most important of these families, however. [[Daenys Targaryen|Daenys the Dreamer]], the daughter of the head of House Targaryen, [[Aenar Targaryen|Aenar]], had visions of a cataclysm that would come over Valyria. Aenar led House Targaryen and their five dragons, including [[Balerion]], to the westernmost outpost of Valyrian influence, the island of [[Dragonstone]], off the east coast of [[Westeros]]. Twelve years later the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]] descended on the city of [[Valyria]], leading to the collapse of the Freehold. The Targaryens were one of the few families to survive the destruction of their home and were the only dragonriders of Valyria to survive. Thereafter four of the dragons died under unknown circumstances, possibly due to infighting among the family, but two more were born from eggs, [[Vhagar]] and [[Meraxes]].

Following the Doom, there was pressure for the Targaryens to go east and ally themselves with [[Volantis]], who attempted to restore the Freehold by conquering the rest of the Valyrian colonies to survive the Doom, now known as the [[Free Cities]]. However, the Targaryens remained on Dragonstone for another century. After flying to the [[Disputed Lands]] and joining an alliance to crush Volantene aspirations, the young [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] developed ambitions toward Westeros.

Aegon aspired to unite the seven Westerosi kingdoms under one ruler, himself. A hundred years after the Doom, Aegon set forth from Dragonstone with his sister/wives [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] and [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]], their dragons, and a small force, landing at the mouth of the [[Blackwater Rush]] and beginning the [[Wars of Conquest]]. During his campaigns, Aegon was anointed king by the [[High Septon]] in [[Oldtown]], leading to the unification of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] under Targaryen rule from the [[Iron Throne]], starting a dynasty that lasted nearly 300 years. The area where the Targaryens began their conquest became the site of their new capital, [[King's Landing]]. Dragonstone was used as the seat of the heir to the throne. The region around these strongholds became known as the [[Crownlands]], and several houses of the area, such as the [[House Velaryon|Velaryons]], [[House Darklyn|Darklyns]], and the lords of [[Crackclaw Point]], were among the staunchest Targaryen loyalists. Another close ally was [[House Baratheon]]; Aegon had installed his bastard brother [[Orys Baratheon]] to rule the [[Stormlands]].

{{Template:Targaryen tree Aegon|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree (click show to Expand)}}

===Early Dynasty and the Faith Militant Uprising===
Despite converting to the [[Faith of the Seven]], the Targaryens held themselves apart from the laws of gods and men, and continued to follow the Valyrian practice of incestuous marriage, which was a sin in the eyes of the Seven. Indeed, Aegon married both of his sisters. When Aegon died 37 years after his landing and was succeeded by his incest-born son and heir, [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys I]], local populations revolted in what is know as the [[Faith Militant uprising]]. Early Targaryen kings often appointed those of the blood royal to act as their [[Hand of the King|Hand]]. Such was the case with with Aenys, who was served by his brutal half-brother and cousin, Prince [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]]. Maegor conducted the suppression of these revolts, and seized the throne for himself after Aenys's death, going on to earn the moniker "the Cruel" in his attempts to crush the rebellion. Construction of the [[Red Keep]] in King's Landing was finished during Maegor's reign. After his mysterious death in 48 AL he was succeeded by Aenys's son [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys the Conciliator]], who disbanded the Faith Militant. His rule was long and wise.

===Death of the Dragons===
:{{See also|The Dance of the Dragons}}

After his death in 103 AL, Jaehaerys was succeeded by his grandson [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys I]], who ruled well except in marriage. Viserys raised his daughter [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]] as his heir, but his wishes were defied by the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]] of his [[Kingsguard]], Ser [[Criston Cole|Criston the Kingmaker]], who earned his epithet by crowning [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon II]], a son of a second marriage. In the resulting war of succession, called [[the Dance of the Dragons]] (129-131 AL), both of the monarchs perished, as did many lesser branches of House Targaryen, and most of their dragons. During the reign of [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]], the son of Rhaenyra who held the Iron Throne at the war's conclusion, the last dragon died, earning him the nickname "Dragonbane." The loss of their signature war mounts and the deaths of so many family members severely weakened the Targaryens' grip on the Seven Kingdoms.

{{Template:Targaryen tree Viserys‎|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree, during the Dance of Dragons (click show to Expand)}}

Since the Dance, House Targaryen has practiced a highly modified version of agnatic primogeniture, placing female claimants in the line of succession behind all possible male ones, even collateral relations.

===Incorporating Dorne===
Since resisting the conquest of Aegon I, the [[House Martell|Martell]] princes of [[Dorne]] had ruled their land as a sovereign realm. Upon assuming the throne in 157 AL, Aegon III's fourteen-year old son [[Daeron I Targaryen|Daeron I]], the Young Dragon, decided to end that. Despite his youth and lack of dragons, Daeron [[Conquest of Dorne|defeated the Dornishmen]] in a successful invasion. His rule of Dorne did not last, however, and he and 40,000 men died trying to defeat an uprising. Dead at eighteen without issue, the Young Dragon was succeeded by his brother [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor the Blessed]], who was in training to become a [[septon]]. One of Baelor's first acts was to make peace with Dorne by marrying his cousin, Prince [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron]], to [[Myriah Martell]]. Baelor is well-remembered by the smallfolk, but maesters and others learned in history recall his piety as his undoing. As his Hand, Baelor retained his uncle [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]], who had also served Daeron. Viserys held the realm together while Daeron warred and Baelor prayed. During his reign, Baelor locked his three sisters in the "Maidenvault" of the Red Keep to avoid carnal thoughts. One, [[Daena Targaryen|Daena the Defiant]], carried on an affair with their cousin [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon]]. When Baelor died childless as well in 171, his uncle took the throne as Viserys II. After a brief reign, Viserys was succeeded by his son Aegon, who reigned as Aegon IV and was called "the Unworthy". It was during the reign of Aegon's son Daeron II that Dorne finally joined the Targaryen empire, after Daeron's sister [[Daenerys, daughter of Aegon IV]], wed Prince [[Maron Martell]].

===The Blackfyre Pretenders===
:{{See also|House Blackfyre|Blackfyre Pretenders|Blackfyre Rebellion|Second Blackfyre Rebellion|War of the Ninepenny Kings}}

[[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon IV]] kept many mistresses and sired several bastards by them. The oldest of them, by Princess Daena, had strong Targaryen features; he grew up to be a promising young knight and was granted [[Blackfyre]], the [[Valyrian steel]] blade of Aegon the Conqueror. He became known as [[Daemon Blackfyre]]. Before his death in 184, Aegon IV legitimized all of his natural children, placing them in the succession, albeit behind his trueborn son, [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron II]]. Nobles such as [[Aegor Rivers|Aegor "Bittersteel" Rivers]], one of Aegon IV's [[Great Bastards]], did not care for Daeron's bookish nature or the Dornish flavor of his court, and whispered that Daeron was not the son of Aegon IV, but of his brother, Prince [[Aemon the Dragonknight]], casting doubts over Daeron's right to rule. Finally, Daemon Blackfyre was bitter over the loss of Princess [[Daenerys, daughter of Aegon IV|Daenerys]], Daeron's sister, whom he had promised to Prince [[Maron Martell]]. For these reasons, Daemon and his supporters launched the First [[Blackfyre Rebellion]] against Daeron's rule. This was crushed by Daeron's sons, [[Baelor Targaryen|Baelor Breakspear]] and [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar]], and his bastard brother [[Brynden Rivers|Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers]], Bittersteel's rival for the affections of their half-sister [[Shiera Seastar]]. Daemon was killed by Bloodraven in the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]], and Bittersteel was driven into exile across the [[narrow sea]], where he founded the [[Golden Company]], a sellsword army bent on naming a Blackfyre son as King of Westeros. Prince Baelor was named his father's Hand as well as heir, but died in 209 in a Trial of Seven at the [[Ashford Tourney]] fighting opposite his brother Maekar for the honor of a hedge knight called [[Dunk]]. Maekar's son, [[Aerion Brightflame]], was sent into exile after the trial, and Maekar allowed another son, nicknamed "[[Aegon V|Egg]]", to continue squiring for Dunk in order to teach him humility and honor. During Daeron's reign, the third major Targaryen palace was built at [[Summerhall]], in the [[Dornish Marches]].

{{Template:Blackfyre_tree|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree and the Blackfyre Pretenders (click show to Expand)}}

===Mounting Problems===

[[The Great Spring Sickness]] of 209 AL killed King [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron II]] and several of his grandchildren. His equally bookish son [[Aerys I Targaryen|Aerys I]] took the throne, appointing his uncle [[Brynden Rivers|Bloodraven]] as Hand. Aerys ignored the realm's problems (including plague, drought, dwindling trade, rising banditry, and the reaving of [[Dagon Greyjoy]]) as Bloodraven focused on dealing with minor Blackfyre rebellions instigated by [[Aegor Rivers|Bittersteel]]. Prince [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar]], who had expected to be named Aerys's Hand, succeeded his brother on the throne in 221 and had Bloodraven thrown into the Red Keep's dungeons. Across the Narrow Sea, House Blackfyre continued to be a distant threat to the main Targaryen line. In 233 King Maekar fell in battle against a rebel lord, presumably a Blackfyre supporter.

A series of misfortunes and deaths over the years culminated in a [[Great Council]] being held upon Maekar's demise in 233 AL. The council bypassed the mad Prince [[Daeron Targaryen|Daeron's]] lackwit daughter and the infant son of the dead and mad [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion Brightflame]], leading to the crowning of Maekar's son "Egg" as [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]], called “The Unlikely” for being the fourth son of a fourth son. Aegon's elder brother, [[Aemon]], had been quietly offered the throne before him, but Aemon refused the crown since he had taken a [[maester]]'s vows, forswearing his inheritance and going on to join the [[Night's Watch]] lest he be used in plots against Aegon. The new king emptied the dungeons to accompany Aemon to the [[Wall]], including their great-uncle Bloodraven, who went on to become [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]]. As Lord Commander of his Kingsguard, Aegon V appointed Ser [[Dunk|Duncan the Tall]], the hedge knight Dunk for whom he had squired in his youth.

{{Template:Targaryen_tree_Daeron_II|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree, during the Great Council (click show to Expand)}}

In the latter part of Aegon's reign, he sent a host to the [[Stepstones]] to defeat [[Maelys Blackfyre|Maelys the Monstrous]], the last Blackfyre. The Blackfyre pretender and his supporters were defeated in the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]], and Maelys slain. Hearing a prophecy from a [[Ghost of High Heart|woods witch]] that their line would bear the [[Azor Ahai|Prince That Was Promised]] to defeat the [[Others]], Egg arranged the marriage of his grandchildren [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]] and [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]]. Since he had done so, Aegon allowed his children to marry for love, earning him bitter enemies instead of friends. His daughter [[Rhaelle Targaryen|Rhaelle]] married into [[House Baratheon]]. His son [[Duncan Targaryen|Duncan the Small]], Prince of Dragonflies, "cast aside a crown" for [[Jenny of Oldstones]], leading in some way to the [[Tragedy of Summerhall]], where Aegon V and both Duncans lost their lives in 259. Aegon's sickly son [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II]] reigned for a few years before dying in 262. Amiable, clever, and able, he nonetheless was seen as weak by those martial lords prejudiced against his frail constitution. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Aerys II.

===Downfall===
:{{See also|Robert's Rebellion}}

Aided by his able [[Hand of the King|Hand]], Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]] began his reign with promise, but became paranoid and increasingly mad after being abducted during a [[Defiance of Duskendale|failed revolt]] of the longtime Targaryen loyalists of [[House Darklyn]] and Tywin's cautious response. His heir, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], resolved to be a better monarch and set forth to prove himself, and to fulfill the prophecy of the [[Azor Ahai|Prince That Was Promised]]. Aerys chose Tywin's heir, Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], for his Kingsguard, robbing Tywin of his heir and provoking him to resignation because the King had also rejected Tywin's proposal of a marriage between Rhaegar and Jaim's twin sister, [[Cersei Lannister]]. Also during the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]], Rhaegar offended [[Robert Baratheon]] by naming his betrothed, [[Lyanna Stark]], as Queen of Love and Beauty rather than his own wife, Princess [[Elia Martell]].

{{Targaryen tree now|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree, during the Downfall (click show to Expand)}}

Shortly after the tourney, Prince Rhaegar ran off with Lyanna. When Lyanna's [[Brandon Stark|brother]] and [[Rickard Stark|father]] protested, Aerys had them killed, starting a [[Robert's Rebellion|civil war]]. Rhaegar took command of the royal troops, leading them to defeat in the [[Battle of the Trident]], where he was killed by Robert Baratheon. Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] and the pregnant Queen [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]] fled to Dragonstone. Perfidious Lannisters killed Aerys, Elia, [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]], and the infant [[Aegon Targaryen|Aegon]] in King's Landing. On Dragonstone, Rhaella died giving birth to Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]], who was spirited to the [[Free Cities]] along with Viserys by the loyal Ser [[Willem Darry]]. Robert Baratheon was crowned king, partially due to his having a Targaryen [[Rhaelle Targaryen|grandmother]].

King Aerys II Targaryen was the last king in a dynasty which had held for nearly 300 years of unbroken rule. Where the Targaryens had begun as untouchable demigods atop fire-breathing dragons, their power had fallen noticeably since the time of those beasts, with many more large-scale civil wars featuring pitched battles. In the short term, Aerys's madness had provoked the nobles to action, but such open defiance would not have occurred if his family's prestige had not been in decline for some time. This loss of influence is perhaps shown by the fact that Aegon V was invited to rule by a council rather than claiming a divine right. The [[Defiance of Duskendale]] by [[House Darklyn]], one of the staunchest traditional royal allies, is another sign of the house's loss of influence.

==Recent Events==
[[File: John_Picacio_Daenerys_Targaryen.jpg‎ |[[Daenerys]] and her three fledgling [[dragons]]‎ - © 2012 John Picacio|thumb|300px|right]]

===''A Game of Thrones''===
Across the [[Narrow Sea]], the [[Aerys II Targaryen|Mad King]]'s surviving son claims legitimacy as "[[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys III]]." He and his sister [[Daenerys Targaryen]] wander the [[Free Cities]], seeking aid from various merchant princes to restore House Targaryen. Few take his claim seriously, calling him the Beggar King.

In 288 AL, Viserys betroths his sister to [[Drogo]], a mighty ''[[khal]]'' of the [[Dothraki]], hoping to use his horde to retake the Seven Kingdoms. Viserys alienates the horselord with his arrogance and is eventually killed. After the death of Khal Drogo, Daenerys takes command of the ''[[khalasar]]'''s ragged remnants, and is able to hatch three [[dragon]] eggs, the first in a century and a half.

At the [[Wall]], the century-old Maester [[Aemon]], brother to King [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]], imparts wisdom to a new recruit of the [[Night's Watch]], [[Jon Snow]], regarding the conflict of loyalty between family and duty.

===''A Clash of Kings''===

Daenerys nurtures her young dragons, [[Drogon]], [[Rhaegal]], and [[Viserion]], and her people, bringing them through the [[Red Waste]] to the strange city of [[Qarth]].

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Traveling to [[Slaver's Bay]], Daenerys conquers the cities of [[Astapor]], [[Yunkai]], and [[Meereen]]. However, her campaign of liberation seems to cause more conflict than it solves, so she decides to remain in Meereen to bring order and to learn to rule. One of her officers, [[Ben Plumm]], claims to have Targaryen ancestry.

Maester Aemon pushes Jon Snow to take command of [[Castle Black]] when the Wall is [[Battle of Castle Black|besieged by wildlings]]. Jon is subsequently elected [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]].

===''A Feast for Crows''===

Lord Commander Snow orders Maester Aemon to [[Oldtown]] to avoid the red sorceress [[Melisandre]], who might wish to sacrifice him to [[R'hllor]] for his kingsblood. Unfortunately, Aemon does not survive the voyage, leaving the lore of the Night's Watch in the hands of [[Samwell Tarly]].

===''A Dance with Dragons''===

As she hones her skills of leadership in Meereen, Daenerys tries to tell good counsel from bad and how to make decisions of dubious morality. She refuses a marriage proposal from [[Quentyn Martell]], whose father, [[Doran Martell]], is attempting to honor a secret pact made to wed Viserys to [[Arianne Martell]]. Daenerys's control of Meereen is threatened by a coalition led by Yunkai. She flees from [[Daznak's Pit]] on the back of her dragon [[Drogon]] and ends up in the [[Dothraki Sea]], where she encounters the ''khalasar'' of Khal [[Jhaqo]]. Meanwhile, her other dragons, [[Rhaegal]] and [[Viserion]], are released and wreak havoc upon Meereen.

It is claimed that, unbeknownst to the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]], Crown Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar's]] infant son [[Aegon Targaryen]], Daenerys's nephew, survived the [[Sack of King's Landing]] thanks to [[Varys]], who had a peasant baby killed in his place. The purported Aegon was raised in secret across the narrow sea by Rhaegar's friend [[Jon Connington]], who nicknamed the youth Young Griff. He lands in the [[Stormlands]] with the [[Golden Company]] at his back, calling himself Aegon VI.

[[Beyond the Wall]], the [[three-eyed crow]] who has been appearing to [[Bran Stark]] in his dreams is strongly implied to be none other than Bloodraven, [[Brynden Rivers]], kept alive by sorcery and living in a [[cave of the three-eyed crow|cave]].

==Timeline==
{{See also|Timeline of major events}}
{| class="wikitable" ALIGN="right"
|+Targaryen kings
|-
| [[Aegon I]] || [[1 AL]] – [[37 AL]]
|-
| [[Aenys I]] || [[37 AL]] – [[42 AL]]
|-
| [[Maegor I]] || [[42 AL]] – [[48 AL]]
|-
| [[Jaehaerys I]] || [[48 AL]] – [[103 AL]]
|-
| [[Viserys I]] || [[103 AL]] – [[129 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon II]] || [[129 AL]] – [[131 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon III]] || [[131 AL]] - [[157 AL]]
|-
| [[Daeron I]] || [[157 AL]] -[[161 AL]]
|-
| [[Baelor I]] || [[161 AL]] - [[171 AL]]
|-
| [[Viserys II]] || [[171 AL]] - [[172 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon IV]] || [[172 AL]] - [[184 AL]]
|-
| [[Daeron II]] || [[184 AL]] - [[209 AL]]
|-
| [[Aerys I]] || [[209 AL]] - [[221 AL]]
|-
| [[Maekar I]] || [[221 AL]] - [[233 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon V]] || [[233 AL]] - [[259 AL]]
|-
| [[Jaehaerys II]] || [[259 AL]] - [[262 AL]]
|-
| [[Aerys II]] || [[262 AL]] - [[283 AL]]
|}
All dates are given relative to Aegon's Landing (AL).

;before ca. -200 AL: House Targaryen relocates to the island of [[Dragonstone]], off the coast of [[Westeros]].
;The [[Doom of Valyria]] (ca. -100 AL): The Doom destroys the freehold of Valyria.
;[[War of Conquest|The Wars of Conquest]] (ca. 1 AL): Aided by his two sisters and their dragons Vhagar, Meraxes, and Balerion, the armies of Aegon the Conqueror invade the seven kingdoms of Westeros, sparking the Wars of Conquest. In the battle known as the "[[Field of Fire]]," Aegon's army conquers the combined forces of the [[Kingdom of the Rock|Rock]] and of the [[Reach]]; the three dragons kill nearly four thousand men. Many other kings bend the knee to Aegon, and in the end, only Dorne remains unconquered.
; [[Faith Militant uprising]] (37-48 AL)
: The two armed wings of the church rise against Aegon's incest-born son [[Aenys I]]. Aenys's half-brother and Hand, [[Maegor I]] seizes the throne after his death and fails to crush the rebels. Aenys's son [[Jaehaerys I]] succeeds and outlaws both military orders.
;[[The Dance of the Dragons]] (129-131 AL), the Targaryen civil war.
: [[Aegon II]]'s claim to the throne is disputed by his elder sister [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]]; both perish in the resulting war. Several dragons and lesser branches of the house are extinguished.
;[[Conquest of Dorne]] (ca. 157 AL)
:Aged 14, [[Daeron I]] conquers [[Dorne]], but is unable to hold it. He dies along with tens of thousands.
;The [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]] (196 AL): The first Blackfyre Rebellion ends when the rebel Daemon Blackfyre's forces are defeated in the Battle of the Redgrass Field. These events are recounted in ''[[The Sworn Sword]]''.
;[[Ashford Tourney|Tourney at Ashford]] (208 AL)
: [[Baelor Breakspear]] dies from wounds sustained in trial by combat. These events are recounted in ''[[The Hedge Knight]]''.
;[[The Great Spring Sickness]] (209 AL)
:A plague engulfs large parts of Westeros, killing King [[Daeron II]] and his grandsons [[Valarr Targaryen|Valarr]] and [[Matarys Targaryen|Matarys]].
;[[Great Council]] (233 AL)
:A great council passes over the infant bastard son of [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion Brightflame]] and the idiot daughter of Prince [[Daeron Targaryen|Daeron]], crowning [[Aegon V]], the Unlikely.
;[[War of the Usurper]] (282-283 AL)
:The Targaryen reign ends when Lord [[Robert Baratheon]] takes the [[Iron Throne]] and King [[Aerys II]] is killed by his sworn knight Ser [[Jaime Lannister]].

==House Targaryen at the end of the third century==

The known Targaryens during the timespan of the events described on [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] are:
*{[[Viserys Targaryen|King Viserys III]]}, called the Beggar King and Khal Raggat (Sorefoot King) and self-proclaimed King of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men and Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, in exile. Fatally crowned in [[Vaes Dothrak]].
*[[Daenerys Targaryen|Queen Daenerys I Stormborn]], called Mother of Dragons, sister of Viserys and last known Targaryen heir, Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Shackles, Queen of Meereen.
**her dragons, [[Drogon|Drogon]], [[Viserion|Viserion]], [[Rhaegal|Rhaegal]],
**{[[Drogo|Khal Drogo]]}, her first husband. Euthanized after disabling wounds.
***{[[Rhaego]]}, her son by Drogo. Died at birth.
**[[Hizdahr zo Loraq|King Hizdahr zo Loraq XIV]], her second husband, King of Meereen, Scion of Ghis, Octarch of the Old Empire, Master of the Skahazadhan, Consort to Dragons, Blood of the Harpy. A Ghiscari noble of Meereen.
*{[[Maester Aemon|Maester Aemon]]}, sworn to the Night's Watch. Great-granduncle to the Mad King. Died of a chill at sea, at the age of one hundred and two.

*[[Aegon Targaryen|Prince Aegon]], Rhaegar's son. Believed to have died at Gregor Clegane's hand in the Sack of King's Landing, but is purported by some to be alive under the identity of Young Griff and with the [[Golden Company]]. If true his claim supersedes his aunt Daenerys', and he is Aegon VI.

{{Targaryen tree|state=hidden|title=Complete Targaryen Family Tree (click show to Expand)}}

===Household===

====The Queen's protectors:====
*Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], called Barristan the Bold, Lord Commander of the [[Queensguard]].
**his two known knights:
***Ser [[Tumco Lho]], of the [[Basilisk Isles]], a newly-made knight.
***"[[The Red Lamb]]", a [[Lhazar]]ene freedman and newly-made knight.
**his lads, squires training for knighthood:
***[[Larraq]], called 'The Lash', of Meereen.
***the Boys, three Ghiscari brothers and freedmen.
*[[Belwas]], called Strong Belwas, eunuch and former pit fighter.
*her [[Dothraki]] bloodriders:
**[[Jhogo]], the whip, blood of her blood and ''ko''.
**[[Aggo]], the bow, blood of her blood and ''ko''.
**[[Rakharo]], the arakh, blood of her blood and ''ko''.
* Ser [[Jorah Mormont]], called 'Jorah the Andal', former Lord Commander. Banished.

====The Queen's captains and commanders:====
*[[Grey Worm]], a eunuch, commander of the [[Unsullied]], a company of eunuch infantry.
**[[Hero]], an Unsullied captain, second-in-command.
**{[[Stalwart Shield]]}, an Unsullied spearman, murdered by the [[Sons of the Harpy]].
*{[[Mollono Yos Dob]]}, commander of the [[Stalwart Shields]], a company of freedmen named for the martyred Unsullied. Died of the Pale Mare.
**[[Tal Toraq]], new commander of the Stalwart Shields.
*[[Symon Stripeback]], commander of [[Free Brothers]], a company of freedmen.
*[[Marselen]], commander of the [[Mother's Men]], a company of freedman, a eunuch, brother to Missandei.
*{[[Groleo]]} of Pentos, formerly captain of the great cog ''Saduleon'', made an admiral without a fleet. Executed by the Yunkai'i.
*[[Rommo]], a ''jaqqa rhan'' of the Dothraki, he represents Daenerys' khalasar at council.
*[[Daario Naharis]], a [[Tyrosh]]i sellsword, captain of the [[Stormcrows]], a free company.
**[[Widower|The Widower]], second in command and acting joint-commander of the Stormcrows.
**[[Jokin]], commander of the archers and acting joint-commander of the Stormcrows.
*[[Ben Plumm]], called 'Brown Ben', a mongrel sellsword, captain of the [[Second Sons]], a free company. Defected to Yunkai.

====The Queen's Meereenese court:====
*[[Reznak mo Reznak|Reznak mo Reznak]], her seneschal, bald and unctuous.
*[[Skahaz mo Kandaq|Shahaz mo Kandaq]], called 'The Shavepate', shaven-headed commander of the [[Brazen Beasts]], Meereen's city watch.

====The Queen's handmaids and servants:====
*[[Irri|Irri]] and [[Jhiqui|Jhiqui]], young women of the Dothraki, handmaidens.
*[[Missandei|Missandei]], a [[Naath]]i scribe and translator.
*[[Grazdar|Grazdar]], [[Qezza|Qezza]], [[Mezzara|Mezzara]], [[Kezmya|Kezmya]], [[Azzak|Azzak]], [[Bhakaz|Bhakaz]], [[Miklaz|Miklaz]], [[Dhazzar|Dhazzar]], [[Draqaz|Draqaz]], [[Jhezane|Jhezane]], children of the pyramids of Meereen, her cupbearers and pages.
*{[[Doreah]]}, a Lysene handmaiden and former bedslave. Perished to sickness in the [[Red Waste]].

===Young Griff/Prince Aegon's followers===
* '[[Jon Connington|Griff]]', a sellsword late of the [[Golden Company]]. Actually [[Jon Connington]], exiled Lord of [[Griffin's Roost]] and [[Hand of the King]] to [[Aerys II]].
* Ser [[Rolly Duckfield]], called 'Duck', a [[knight]]. Pronounced the first of Aegon's [[Kingsguard]].
* Septa [[Lemore]], called 'Lady Lemore', a woman of the [[Faith of the Seven]].
* [[Haldon]], called 'the Halfmaester', Aegon's tutor.
* [[Yandry]], master and captain of the ''[[Shy Maid]]''
** [[Ysilla]], his wife.
* The [[Golden Company]], a famous sellsword company founded by the [[Blackfyre Pretenders]] to the [[Iron Throne]].
==Quotes==
{{Quote|Like their [[dragon]]s the Targaryens answered to neither gods nor men.{{Ref|aCoK|33}}}}
- [[Catelyn Tully]]'s thoughts

{{Quote|Every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness.{{Ref|ASOS|71}}}}
- Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]

{{Quote|I will kill every [[Targaryen]] I can get my hands on, until they are as dead as their dragons, and then I will piss on their graves. {{Ref|aGoT|12}}}}
- [[Robert Baratheon]]

{{Quote|What did any Targaryen ever know of honor? Go down into your crypt and ask [[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]] about the dragon’s honor! {{Ref|AGOT|12}}}}
- [[Robert Baratheon]] to [[Eddard Stark]]

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House Reyne

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{{Noble House
| House_name = House Reyne of [[Castamere]]
| image = [[File:House_Reyne.PNG|250px]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = Argent, a lion rampant regardant queue fourché gules, armed and langued or
| Words =
| Seat = [[Castamere]]
| Current_Lord =
| Region = [[The Westerlands]]
| Title =
| Heir =
| Overlord = [[House Lannister]]
| Ancestral_weapon =
| Cadet_branch = [[House Vikary]] possibly<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Entry/House_Vikary/ House Vikary] on the [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/ Heraldry section on Westeros]</ref>
| Founded_in =
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'''House Reyne of Castamere''' was a noble house from the [[Westerlands]]. It was once the richest and most powerful Westerland house after the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]]. According to semi-canon sources they blazoned their arms with a red lion rampant regardant with a forked tail, armed and langued gold, on silver.<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/6/ Houses in the Westerlands]</ref>

==History==
During the reign of [[Tytos Lannister]] the Lord of House Reyne [[Reyne-Tarbeck Rebellion|rebelled]] against his overlord along with the [[House Tarbeck|Tarbecks]] of [[Tarbeck Hall]].
The Lord of House Reyne was an experienced warrior while Lord Tytos was rather weak so it appeared that their rebellion could be successful.
In the end Tytos's young son and heir [[Tywin Lannister]] held the command of the Lannister army. Tywin besieged the castles and destroyed the rebels. After the rebellion the seats of the rebels were brought down and both houses were completely exterminated.

It is not known if the rebels died in acts of war or that they were executed.

==The Rains of Castamere==
After the end of the rebellion the song '''[[The Rains of Castamere]]''' was made about the rebellion. The refrain goes: 
 
:::''And who are you, the proud lord said,
:::''that I must bow so low?
:::''Only a cat of a different coat,
:::''that's all the truth I know.
:::''In a coat of gold or a coat of red,
:::''a lion still has claws,
:::''And mine are long and sharp, my lord,
:::''as long and sharp as yours.
:::''And so he spoke, and so he spoke,
:::''that lord of Castamere,
:::''But now the rains weep o'er his hall,
:::''with no one there to hear.
:::''Yes now the rains weep o'er his hall,
:::''and not a soul to hear.''<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 39|Chapter 39]], Arya</ref>

==References in the books==
===Dunk and Egg===
* [[Robb Reyne]] was a famous knight and partisan of [[Daemon Blackfyre]].

===A Song of Ice and Fire===
* The rebel lord of House Reyne was dubbed the ''[[Red Lion of Castamere]].''
* Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] destroyed every trace of the house when he was still fairly young.
* The song [[The Rains of Castamere]] describes the destruction of the house.
* When the match of [[Genna Lannister]] and [[Emmon Frey]] was announced, the Red Lion, presumably the head of House Reyne, left the hall angry.
==References in real life==
* The Sigil of House Reyne is a reversed color scheme of the Coat of Arms of [[w:Simon_de_Montfort,_6th_Earl_of_Leicester|Simon de Montfort]].<ref>See the article [[w:Simon_de_Montfort,_6th_Earl_of_Leicester|Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester]] on [[w:Main Page|wikipedia]].</ref> De Montfort rebelled against the ineffectual English King [[w:Henry III of England|Henry III]]. He held power for a short time until he was killed in battle by Henry's heir Prince [[w:Edward I of England|Edward I "Longshanks"]]. The latter may be a possible inspiration for [[Tywin Lannister]].

==References and Notes==
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House Frey

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Marco:

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| House_name = House Frey of [[Twins|the Crossing]]
| image = [[File:House_Frey.png|250px]]
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| Coat_of_arms = Two blue towers united by a bridge on silver-grey.
| Words =
| Seat = The [[Twins]]
| Current_Lord = [[Lord Walder Frey|Walder Frey]]
| Region = [[the Riverlands]]
| Title = Lord of [[Twins|the Crossing]] Lord of [[Riverrun]]
| Heir = [[Edwyn Frey]]
| Overlord = [[House Baelish of Harrenhal]]
| Ancestral_weapon =
| Cadet_branch = [[House Frey of Riverrun]]
| Founded_in = 600 years ago
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'''House Frey of the Crossing''' is a noble house of the [[Riverlands]]. Their main seat is the [[Twins]], a pair of castles on each bank of the Green Fork of the [[Trident]] that serves as a vital bridge across the river. The lord of the house is called the Lord of the Crossing. The strategic location of the Twins has allowed the house to become quite wealthy. Under their current lord, [[Lord Walder Frey|Walder Frey]], they have grown greatly in both size and power. One of the most powerful bannermen of the [[House Tully|Tullys]], the House can field a thousand knights and three thousand foot.

Their sigil is two blue towers united by a bridge on silver-grey, representing the Twins.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 59|Chapter 59]], Catelyn</ref> Their house words are not mentioned in the books. Most Freys tend to share the weaselly appearance of their common ancestor, Lord Walder.

==History==
House Frey is one of the younger houses in Westeros, dating back some six centuries when its founder was awarded lands and nobility. The founding Frey had a vision of building a great bridge spanning the Green Fork of the Trident and began its construction. His grandson ultimately finished the bridge's construction and built wooden keeps on both sides as well. Later generations replaced the timber keeps with identical stone keeps that were named the Twins. A large tower was constructed in the middle of the bridge and called the Water Tower.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 59|Chapter 59]], Catelyn</ref> The Twins' defensible construction and strategic location allowed the Freys to prosper by exacting tolls for passage across the river. The Freys grew into one of the richest and most powerful houses of the Trident. Their quick rise to prominence has caused other powerful houses to look down on them as upstarts. The Freys also became bitter rivals with their neighbors to the north, the [[crannogmen]] ruled by [[House Reed]]. After the [[War of Conquest]], House Frey joined the other Riverlords in swearing fealty to [[House Tully]].

During the long reign of Lord Walder, the house exploded in size as he and his descendants sired many offspring. Under Walder's leadership, the Freys exploited their advantages to the fullest. Despite their influence, the Freys continue to be looked down upon. When [[Tytos Lannister]] acquiesced to Lord Walder's proposal to marry his second son, Emmon, to Tytos' daughter [[Genna Lannister|Genna]] the ten-year old [[Tywin Lannister]] spoke out against the match. Later, [[Hoster Tully]] refused a Frey bride for his son [[Edmure Tully|Edmure]], and [[Jon Arryn]] refused to foster Lord Walder's grandsons at the [[Eyrie]]. Lord Walder, however, continues to exploit his leverage, delaying his answer to House Tully's call during [[Robert's Rebellion]], only arriving to the [[Battle of the Trident]] once the outcome was already decided.

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
A score of Frey men are at the [[Crossroads Inn]] when [[Catelyn Tully]] seizes [[Tyrion Lannister]]. Rather than joining her to bring him to justice, the men report the event to Lord Walder.

As he had done in Robert's Rebellion, Lord Walder delays his response to Lord [[Hoster Tully]]'s calling of banners. Although the House defend their own lands from [[Lannister]] men, they delay declaring for one side of the other in the [[War of the Five Kings]] until it served their purpose. When [[Robb Stark]] arrives at the Twins on his march south to fight the Lannisters, he is received by Lord Walder's heir Ser Stevron. Lord Walder negotiates with Robb's mother Lady Catelyn, securing a marriage contract with Robb Stark, linking the House to the [[King in the North]]. Furthermore, [[Arya Stark]] would wed a Frey when the fighting was done, Catelyn would take two more (Big and Little Walder) as wards and Robb would take yet another (Olyvar) as his squire. In exchange the Freys lent their swords to his cause and granted the Northern army safe passage.

Robb's army split at the Twins, each force heading to deal with a different Lannister army; Freys rode with both forces. Robb acknowledged that the Freys under Ser Stevron's command fought bravely at the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood]]; Ser Perwyn fights there as part of [[Robb's personal guard|Robb's bodyguard]]. Cleos and Tion had fought on the other side of that battle under their cousin the [[Jaime Lannister|Kingslayer]], and were captured along with him. Their father Emmon Frey also fought on the Lannister side of the war. Other Freys, including Ser Aenys, Ser Jared, Ser Hosteen, Ser Danwell, Elmar and Ronel Rivers were part of [[Roose Bolton]]'s army. Jared, Hosteen, Danwell and Ronel are captured by [[Tywin Lannister|Lord Tywin]]'s forces during the [[Battle of the Green Fork]].

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Catelyn's wards Big Walder and Little Walder are welcomed to [[Winterfell]], although they are not much to the liking of [[Bran Stark]]. They are [[Battle of Winterfell|spared]] by [[Theon Greyjoy]] and [[Sack of Winterfell|later]] by [[Ramsay Snow]] when Winterfell is taken.

Jared, Hosteen, Danwell and Ronel are briefly in captivity at [[Harrenhal]] before being ransomed by two other Freys (presumably Aenys and Elmar) soon after Arya's arrival, rejoining Lord Bolton's army. Many other Freys including Ser Stevron, Ser Ryman, Black Walder, Ser Perwyn, Olyvar and Martyn Rivers, join Robb in his campaign through the [[Westerlands]]. Stevron dies after receiving a minor wound in the [[Battle of Oxcross]], making his son Ryman the heir to the Twins. In the [[Battle of the Crag]], Black Walder scales the walls of the castle along with [[Smalljon Umber]]. To solidify wartime alliances, Roose Bolton marries one of Walder's granddaughters, Fat Walda. After the fall of Winterfell and the Lannister [[Battle of the Blackwater|victory]] over Stannis, the Freys in Lord Bolton's army believe that Robb should bend the knee.

Ser Perwyn accompanies Lady Catelyn on her voyage south to treat with kings [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] and [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]]. Martyn Rivers commands King Robb's outriders in the Riverlands while [[Brynden Tully]] is campaigning in the West. He meets Catelyn's party when she nears [[Riverrun]] on her return trip. After returning to the Riverlands, Perwyn fights in the [[Battle of the Fords]].

Cleos Frey, still a captive of Robb's, is sent to King's Landing to offer King Robb's terms to his cousin [[Tyrion Lannister]]; they are rebuffed. Tyrion plants men in Cleos's guard to try and free Jaime from Riverrun; they fail and Cleos is imprisoned again.

===''A Storm of Swords''===
At Riverrun, Catelyn frees Jaime from captivity in an effort to exchange him for her daughters, allowing his cousin Cleos Frey to accompany him along with her sworn sword [[Brienne of Tarth]]. On the journey to King's Landing, Cleos proves to be a useless fighter, and when he is killed by outlaws he is mourned by none.

Word eventually reaches the [[Twins]] of Robb Stark's marriage to [[Jeyne Westerling]] instead of a Frey as promised. Ryman Frey, Lord Walder's new heir, withdraws House Frey's support from the King of the North in outrage, with all of the Twins men leaving his army. Later, Lame Lothar and Bastard Walder arrive at Riverrun with 40 Twins men. There they make the offer that their liege lord, King Robb's uncle [[Edmure Tully]], stand in his place for the marriage alliance.

Walder secretly negotiates with [[Tywin Lannister]] and [[Roose Bolton]], betraying the Starks and Tullys at the [[Red Wedding]], breaking guest right and slaughtering their former allies. Jinglebell, Benfrey, and Tytos are killed in the process. Ser Perwyn, Olyvar, and Alesander had been sent away beforehand, they being too friendly with the Starks. As a reward for eliminating the King in the North, Walder Frey's second son, [[Emmon Frey|Emmon]], is given the lordship of a cadet branch, [[House Frey of Riverrun]], when House Tully is divested of their seat. To solidify the alliance with the Lannisters, Gatehouse Ami is paired with [[Lancel Lannister]], and [[Daven Lannister]] is to wed another Frey.

Black Walder secures the surrender of [[Seagard]] by threatening to kill [[Patrek Mallister]], while Ryman and his son Edwyn lead a 2,000-strong Frey force to join Daven Lannister in the [[Siege of Riverrun]], which was promised as the seat of Emmon Frey.

Other nobles and the smallfolk scorn House Frey for breaking the sacred [[guest right]]. Petyr and Merrett are seized and hanged by the revived Lady Catelyn and her incarnation of the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]].

===''A Feast for Crows''===
House Frey's influence in the Riverlands increases further by way of the newly-created [[House Lannister of Darry]], the household of which is provided by Lord Lancel's wife, Gatehouse Ami Frey. A score of Freys, including Danwell, Arwood, and Marissa, accompany her to [[Darry|Castle Darry]].

After arriving at Riverrun, [[Jaime Lannister]] removes Ryman from command of the siege, and informs Emmon that although he is granted Riverrun, Emmon has not received overlordship over the Trident, which is held instead by [[Petyr Baelish|Lord Petyr]], head of [[House Baelish of Harrenhal]]. When informing the [[Brynden Tully|Blackfish]] of what will happen if he does not surrender, Jaime says he will send the Freys as a second wave, after the other rivermen but before the westermen. On his journey back to the Twins, Ryman too is executed by the revived Catelyn Stark. Ryman's death leaves his son Edwyn as heir to the Crossing.

According to Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]], Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] is on the verge of agreeing to ally himself with the Boltons after he agreed to marry both of his granddaughters to members of House Frey and open his port of [[White Harbor]] to Lannister shipping.

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[Rhaegar Frey|Rhaegar]], [[Jared Frey|Jared]], and [[Symond Frey|Symond]] arrive in White Harbor to solidify the alliance. The Manderlys only pretend to accept the king's peace, however; after they leave White Harbor, Lord Wyman [[Frey Pies/Theories|arranges for the deaths]] of the Frey envoys.

Big Walder and Little Walder remain squires of Ramsay Bolton at Winterfell. Soon they are joined by 2,000 Frey soldiers under Ser [[Aenys Frey|Aenys]] and Ser [[Hosteen Frey|Hosteen]] who march with Roose Bolton to pacify the North. While quartered at Winterfell, tensions rise in Bolton's army between the Freys and the Manderlys; there is a brief clash between their men-at-arms. During the occupation, Little Walder is found dead. To relieve the pressure, Roose sends Aenys and Hosteen as a vanguard against Stannis.

===''The Winds of Winter''===
The Frey force at Winterfell falls prey to a trap set by [[Mors Umber]] outside the walls, killing Aenys.

==House Frey at the end of the third century==

The known Freys during the timespan of the events described on [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] are:
*[[Lord Walder Frey]] (b. [[208 AL]]), is the current Lord of the Crossing. An ancient, prideful, and greedy man, he has ruled his house for decades and sired over a hundred descendants. Though he stresses family loyalty, his family jockeys ruthlessly for his favor, naming their sons Walder and daughters Walda in an attempt to please him. Walder has survived many wives:
**{[[Perra Royce]]}, his first wife, was married to Walder approximately between [[230 AL]] and [[235 AL]] and gave him three sons and one daughter.
**{[[Cyrenna Swann]]}, his second wife, was married to him approximately between [[240 AL]] and [[250 AL]] and gave him two sons.
**{[[Amarei Crakehall]]}, his third wife, was married to him approximately between [[255 AL]] and [[266 AL]] and gave him six sons and a daughter.
**{[[Alyssa Blackwood]]}, his fourth wife, was married to him approximately between [[266 AL]] and [[270 AL]] and gave him three sons and two daughters.
**{[[Sarya Whent]]}, his fifth wife, gave him no progeny.
**{[[Bethany Rosby]]}, his sixth wife, was married to him approximately between [[277 AL]] and [[284 AL]] and gave him four sons and a daughter.
**{[[Annara Farring]]}, his seventh wive, married to him approximately between [[285 AL]] and [[293 AL]] and gave him four sons and two daughters.
**[[Joyeuse Erenford]], his young wife. Currently with child.

===Descendants of Walder Frey by Perra Royce===
====Descendants of Stevron Frey====
*Ser {[[Stevron Frey]]}, Lord Walder's eldest son. Died of his wounds after the [[Battle of Oxcross]].
**Ser {[[Ryman Frey]]}: Ser Stevron's eldest son. Slain in the Riverlands by the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]].
***[[Edwyn Frey]], Ryman's eldest son, and heir to [[the Twins]]. A cold man.
****[[Walda Frey (daughter of Edwyn)|Walda Frey]], Edwyn's daughter. A young girl.
***[[Black Walder Frey|Walder Frey]], Ryman's second son. Called Black Walder.
***{[[Petyr Frey]]}, Ryman's third son. Called Petyr Pimple. Slain in the Riverlands by the Brotherhood Without Banners.
****[[Perra Frey]], Petyr's daughter. A young girl.
**{[[Aegon Frey]]}, Ser Stevron's second son. A lackwit fool called Jinglebells. Slain at the Twins during the Red Wedding by Catelyn Stark.
**{[[Maegelle Frey]]}: Ser Stevron's daughter. Married to Ser [[Dafyn Vance]]. Died in childbirth.
***[[Marianne Vance]], Maegelle's daughter. A maiden.
***[[Walder Vance]], Maegelle's eldest son. A squire.
***[[Patrek Vance]], Maegelle's second son. A young boy.
**[[Walton Frey]]: Ser Stevron's third son.
***[[Steffon Frey]], Walton's eldest son, called the Sweet
***[[Walda Frey]], Walton's daughter. Called Fair Walda. A beautiful maid of eighteen.
***[[Bryan Frey]], Walton's second son. A squire.

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====Descendants of Emmon Frey====
*Lord [[Emmon Frey|Emmon Frey]], Lord of Riverrun. Lord Walder's second son
**Lady [[Genna Lannister]], his wife. Younger sister of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]].
***Ser {[[Cleos Frey]]}: His eldest son. Slain in the Riverlands by the [[Brave Companions]].
****[[Tywin Frey]]: Cleos's eldest son. A young squire.
****[[Willem Frey]]: Cleos's second son. A page at [[Ashemark]].
***[[Lyonel Frey]]: His second son.
***{[[Tion Frey]]}: His third son. Slain at Riverrun by order of [[Rickard Karstark]].
***[[Red Walder Frey|Walder Frey]]: His fourth son. Called Red Walder. A squire at Casterly Rock.

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====Descendants of Aenys and Perriane Frey====
*Ser {[[Aenys Frey]]}, a big man, but grey and stooped, with watery eyes and large, gnarled hands. Died after falling into a pit trap planted near [[Winterfell]] by [[Mors Umber]]. Lord Walder's third son
**[[Aegon Frey (Bloodborn)|Aegon Frey]], his eldest son. An outlaw called Aegon Bloodborn.
**{[[Rhaegar Frey]]}, his second son. One of the three Freys "lost" en route from White Harbor.
***[[Robert Frey]], Rhaegar's eldest son. A young boy.
***[[White Walda Frey|Walda Frey]], Rhaegar's daughter. A young girl called White Walda
***[[Jonos Frey]], Rhaegar's second son. A young boy.

*[[Perriane Frey]], Lord Walder's first daughter. Married to Ser [[Leslyn Haigh]].
**Ser [[Harys Haigh]], her eldest son.
***[[Walder Haigh]], Ser Harys' son. A baby.
**Ser [[Donnel Haigh]], her second son.
**[[Alyn Haigh]], her third son.

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===Descendants of Walder Frey by Cyrenna Swann===
*Ser {[[Jared Frey]]}: Fourth son of Walder Frey. Lean, balding, and pockmarked. One of the three Freys "lost" en route from White Harbor.
**Ser {[[Tytos Frey]]}, his son. Slain during the Red Wedding.
***[[Zia Frey]], Tytos's daughter.
***[[Zachery Frey]], Tytos's son. A boy training at the Sept of Oldtown.
**[[Kyra Frey]], his daughter, married to Ser {[[Garse Goodbrook]]}.
***[[Walder Goodbrook]]: her son.
***[[Jeyne Goodbrook]]: her daughter.
*[[Luceon Frey|Septon Luceon]]: Fifth son of Walder Frey. A Septon in service at the [[Great Sept of Baelor]], in [[King's Landing]].

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===Descendants of Walder Frey by Amarei Crakehall===
*Ser [[Hosteen Frey]], the sixth son of [[Lord Walder Frey|Walder Frey]]. Mocked as Ser Stupid by Stannis Baratheon
**[[Arwood Frey]], his only son.
***[[Ryella Frey]]: Arwood's eldest daughter. A young girl.
***[[Androw Frey|Androw]] and [[Alyn Frey]], Arwood's twin sons. Two young boys.
***[[Hostella Frey]], his youngest daughter. An infant.
*[[Lythene Frey]], the second daughter of Walder Frey. Married to Ser [[Lucias Vypren]].
**[[Elyana Vypren]], her daughter. Married to [[Jon Wylde]].
***[[Rickard Wylde]], Elayna's son.
**[[Damon Vypren]], her son.
*{[[Symond Frey]]}, the seventh son of Walder Frey. Married to [[Betharios of Braavos]]. One of the three Freys "lost" en route from White Harbor.
**[[Alesander Frey]], his eldest son.
**[[Alyx Frey]], his daughter.
**[[Bradamar Frey]], his second son.
*[[Danwell Frey]], the eighth son of Walder Frey. Married to [[Wynafrei Whent]], without progeny.
*{[[Merrett Frey]]}, the ninth son of Walder Frey. Slain in the Riverlands.
**[[Amerei Frey]], his first daughter, nicknamed "Gatehouse Ami". A very young widow of Ser [[Pate]] of the Blue Fork. Later married to Ser [[Lancel Lannister]], the new Lord of [[Darry]].
**[[Fat Walda Frey|Walda Frey]], his second daughter. Sometimes called Fat Walda. Married to [[Roose Bolton]].
**[[Marissa Frey]], his third daughter. A young maid.
**{[[Walder Frey (Little)|Walder Frey]]}, his only son. Called Little Walder. Squire to Ramsay Bolton. Murdered at Winterfell.
*Ser {[[Geremy Frey]]}, tenth son of Walder Frey. Drowned.
**[[Sandor Frey]], his son. Squire of Ser [[Donnel Waynwood]] at the [[Gates of the Moon]].
**[[Cynthea Frey]], his daughter. A young girl, ward of Lady [[Anya Waynwood]].
*[[Raymund Frey]], the eleventh son of Walder Frey.
**[[Robert Frey (son of Raymund)|Robert Frey]], his son, training at the Citadel of [[Oldtown]].
**[[Malwyn Frey]], his son, apprenticed to an alchemist in [[Lys]].
**[[Serra Frey|Serra]] and [[Sarra Frey]], his twin daughters.
**[[Cersei Frey]], His daughter, called Little Bee.
**[[Jaime Frey|Jaime]] and [[Tywin Frey (son of Raymund)|Tywin Frey]], His twin sons, newborn.

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===Descendants of Walder Frey by Alyssa Blackwood===
*[[Lothar Frey]], the twelfth son of [[Lord Walder Frey]]. Named Lame Lothar due to a twisted leg. Steward of The Twins.
**[[Tysane Frey]], Lothar's eldest daughter.
**[[Walda Frey (daughter of Lothar)|Walda Frey]], Lothar's second daughter.
**[[Emberlei Frey]], Lothar's third daughter.
**[[Leana Frey]], Lothar's fourth daughter. A newborn baby.
*Ser [[Jammos Frey]], the thirteenth son of Walder Frey.
**[[Walder Frey (Big)|Walder Frey]], Jammos's eldest son. Called Big Walder. Squire to Ramsay Bolton.
**[[Dickon Frey|Dickon]] and [[Mathis Frey]], Jammos's twin sons.
*Ser [[Whalen Frey]], the fourteenth son of Walder Frey.
**[[Hoster Frey]], Whalen's son. Squire to Ser [[Damon Paege]].
**[[Merianne Frey]], Whalen's daughter. A girl called Merry.
*[[Morya Frey]], the third daughter of Walder Frey. Married to Ser [[Flement Brax]].
**[[Robert Brax (son of Flement)|Robert Brax]], her eldest son. A page at [[Casterly Rock]].
**[[Walder Brax]], her second son.
**[[Jon Brax]], her third son. A babe.
*[[Tyta Frey]], Lord Walder's fourth daughter. A maid close to thirty, called "Tyta the Maid".

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===Descendants of Walder Frey by Bethany Rosby===
*Ser [[Perwyn Frey]], the fifteenth son of [[Lord Walder Frey]].
*{[[Benfrey Frey]]}, the sixteenth son of Walder Frey. Died of a wound received during the Red Wedding.
**[[Della Frey]], Benfrey's daughter. Called Deaf Della.
**[[Osmund Frey]], Benfrey's son. A newborn babe.
*Maester [[Willamen Frey|Willamen]], the seventeenth son of Walder Frey. A maester in service at [[Longbow Hall]]
*[[Olyvar Frey]], the eighteenth son of Walder Frey.
*[[Roslin Frey]], the fifth daughter of Walder Frey. Married to Lord [[Edmure Tully]]. Currently with child.

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===Descendants of Walder Frey by Annara Farring===
*[[Arwyn Frey]], the sixth daughter of [[Lord Walder Frey]].
*[[Wendel Frey]], the nineteenth son of Walder Frey. A page at [[Seagard]].
*[[Colmar Frey]], the twentieth son of Walder Frey. Promised to the Faith.
*[[Waltyr Frey]], the twenty-first son of Walder Frey.
*[[Elmar Frey]], the twenty-second son of Walder Frey. A page to [[Roose Bolton]]; formerly betrothed to [[Arya Stark]].
*[[Shirei Frey]], the seventh daughter of Walder Frey.

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===Descendants of Walder Frey by unknown women===
*[[Walder Rivers]]: The eldest of Lord Walder's bastard brood, called Bastard Walder.
**[[Walda Rivers]] his daughter.
**Ser [[Aemon Rivers]]: His son.
***[[Walda Rivers (daughter of Aemon)|Walda Rivers]]: his daughter.
*Maester [[Melwys Rivers|Melwys]]: In service at [[Rosby]]
*Other bastard children: [[Jeyne Rivers]], [[Martyn Rivers]], [[Ryger Rivers]], [[Ronel Rivers]], [[Mellara Rivers]], and others.

With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch there are also:
* Ser [[Theo Frey]], a knight.
* [[Alys Frey]], the wife of Ser [[Jared Frey]].
* [[Jyanna Frey]], the wife of Ser [[Benfrey Frey]].

===Historical Freys===
*Ser [[Franklyn Frey]], a participant in the [[Whitewalls Tourney]], also listed as in attendance at the [[Ashford Tourney]] in the roll of arms given in the graphic novel adaptation of [[The Hedge Knight]].
*Ser [[Addam Frey]], a participant in the [[Whitewalls Tourney]].
* Lord Frey, father of the present-day Lord Walder Frey.
*Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]]'s [[Ambrose Butterwell's second wife|second wife]], daughter to Lord Frey and cousin to Ser Addam Frey.

==References in the books==
===Dunk and Egg===
* [[Dunk]] saw and recognized the Frey banner among the arms displayed at the [[Ashford Tourney]].
* Ser [[Franklyn Frey]] is listed as participating in the [[Ashford Tourney]].
* Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]] held the [[Whitewalls Tourney]] to celebrate his marriage to his new lady wife who was a member of House Frey. The tourney was used as an excuse by its attendees to plot the [[Second Blackfyre Rebellion]].
* Lord Frey attended the Whitewalls Tourney, accompanied by his daughters, his four year old son (the current Lord Walder), his brother, Ser [[Franklyn Frey]] and his nephew.
* Ser Franklyn defeated Ser [[Harbert Paege]] in the lists after five tilts.
* Ser [[Addam Frey]], the cousin of Lord Ambrose's bride, was defeated by Ser [[Uthor Underleaf]] at the Whitewalls Tourney.

===A Song of Ice and Fire===
* Lord Walder claims to have hosted three kings at the Twins during his rule; this increases to four when King Robb stays there the night before the Red Wedding.
* During the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]], a squire of a member of this house accosted [[Howland Reed]]. The knight of House Frey was later defeated by the [[Knight of the Laughing Tree]] and told to teach his squire honor.
* When dismissing the idea of turning to her father's bannermen to deal with the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]], [[Catelyn Tully]] thinks of "irascible Lord Frey, who had outlived seven wives and filled his twin castles with children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, and bastards and grand bastards as well."
* Six Freys enter the lists at the [[Tourney of the Hand]]: Ser Jared, Ser Hosteen, Ser Danwell, Ser Emmon, Ser Theo and Ser Perwyn, as well as some of his bastards including Walder Rivers. They fared poorly, with Hosteen falling to Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] and Danwell to a [[hedge knight]].
* After the Red Wedding, the Freys are generally considered accursed throughout Westeros. They also become the target of attacks by outlaws and people seeking revenge.
* Dead soldiers bearing the colors of House Frey have washed up on the [[Quiet Isle]]. According to the [[Elder Brother]], they are buried next to their enemies of [[House Darry]] It is hinted that the enmity between Frey and Darry is not new, but has significant history.{{Ref|AFFC|31}}
* After "[[Rorge|the Hound]]"'s attack on [[Saltpans]], Arwood Frey and his kinsmen Harys and Donnel Haigh ride from Darry to investigate, finding [[Quincy Cox]] hiding behind his walls.

==Sworn houses==
===Sworn to the Twins===
* '''[[House Charlton]]'''
* '''[[House Erenford]]'''
* '''[[House Haigh]]'''

==Quotes==
{{Quote|These Freys are cursed.{{Ref|asos|54|p 597}}}} - [[Davos Seaworth]] after hearing of the [[Red Wedding]]

{{Quote|What would a Frey know of honor? {{Ref|adwd|19}}}}
- [[Davos]] to [[Jared Frey]]

{{Quote|Though mayhaps this was a blessing. Had [[Walder Frey (Little)|he]] lived he would have grown up to be a Frey. {{Ref|adwd|29}}}}
- [[Wyman Manderly]]

==References and Notes==
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House Martell

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| House_name = House Martell of [[Sunspear]]
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| Coat_of_arms = Orange, a sun in splendour gules pierced bendwise by a spear.
| Words = ''Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken''
| Seat = [[Sunspear]]
| Current_Lord = Prince [[Doran Martell]]
| Region = [[Dorne]]
| Title = Lord of Sunspear Prince of Dorne
| Heir = [[Arianne Martell]]
| Overlord = [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]]
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| Founded_in = 1000 years ago
| Founder = [[Mors Martell]] & [[Nymeria]] of the [[Rhoynar]]
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'''House Nymeros Martell of Sunspear''' is one of the Great Houses of Westeros and the ruling house of [[Dorne]]. 'Nymeros' indicates "of the line of [[Nymeria]]," but generally it is simply called House Martell. The Martells of old used a spear as their emblem, while Nymeria and the [[Rhoynar]] used the sun as theirs. These were combined when [[Nymeria]] wed King [[Mors Martell]] into a gold spear piercing a red sun on an orange field. Their words are, "''Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken''."{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}} In appearance they are classic [[Dornishmen|salty Dornishmen]], with dark eyes, dark hair in ringlets, and olive skin.

==History==
===Background ===
House Martell's founding is unknown, except that they were one of the ruling families of Dorne which, since the [[Andal Invasion]] had been a collection of feuding petty kingdoms even as the other regions of Westeros began to consolidate into larger realms. When the warrior queen of the [[Rhoynar]] of the [[Essos|eastern continent]], [[Nymeria]], came with her people to Westeros, she took one of the strongest of the Dornishmen as her husband: King [[Mors Martell]]. Combining their strength, the two managed to unite all of Dorne under their rule; House Nymeros Martell has reigned since.

The union of their peoples saw the Martells abandon many of their older [[Andal]] customs in favor of those of the Rhoynar. Specifically, they began to call their rulers "princes" instead of kings, and their lands and title passed down to the eldest child regardless of gender.

As [[Aegon I|Aegon the Conqueror]] waged his [[Wars of Conquest]], he eventually came to Dorne. Here his army was bled dry by guerrilla warfare in the desert, a situation in which his [[dragons]] were of little use. Deciding that conquering Dorne would be too costly, the Conqueror opted to leave the Martells as sovereign princes. House Martell kept Dorne independent from the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] for two centuries, the only one of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] to manage such a feat. After repeated failed attempts at conquest ([[Conquest of Dorne|most notably]] under [[Daeron I]]), Dorne eventually joined the fold through marriage between the two houses. The alliance was a dual one, with the future King [[Daeron II]] marrying Princess [[Myriah Martell]] and Prince [[Maron Martell]] later marrying Daeron's sister [[Daenerys, daughter of Aegon IV|Daenerys]].{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}} <ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Month/2008/04/ So Spake Martin:]Targaryen History (April 20, 2008)</ref>

During Daeron II's reign, the [[Red Keep]] assumed a decidedly Dornish flavor due to the influence of his Martell wife. This was one reason that many nobles opted to [[Blackfyre Rebellion|rise against his rule]]. The Martells thus defended his claim against [[Daemon Blackfyre]]. After their victory, Maron and Daenerys fulfilled their betrothal, formally bringing Dorne into the Seven Kingdoms. Since then, the Martells have ruled Dorne in the name of the King on the [[Iron Throne]], while keeping the title of Prince of Dorne.

===Prior to A Song of Ice and Fire===
Prince Doran is the ruler of Dorne, a thoughtful man who has terrible gout. He was nine years older than Elia and ten years older than Oberyn. Two other younger brothers died in infancy, Mors and Olyvar.

Oberyn is feisty, a father of many bastard daughters nicknamed the [[Sand Snakes]]. He has nurtured a deep hatred of the Lannisters since they were young, though Oberyn tells Tyrion that their mothers had been friends at court as girls. When Oberyn and Elia were 15 and 16, they travelled together from Dorne to Casterly Rock, meeting potential suitors and marriage alliances, culminating in a visit to [[Joanna Lannister]] to fulfill their mother's wishes that their children would marry. When they arrived, Joanna had just died giving birth to Tyrion and Lord Tywin slights them shamefully, ignoring them for a few weeks before offering Elia the dwarf baby Tyrion, a further slight. It is unclear whether they are told Cersei is meant for Rhaegar or if they happen onto the one thing that would make Tywin the most angry, but in another Martell-Targaryen marriage alliance, Princess [[Elia Martell]] was wed to [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], [[Prince of Dragonstone]], a slight to Tywin who had hoped to marry Cersei to Rhaegar.

Childbirth is hard on Elia, their first two children leave her very weak. When Rhaegar won the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]], he named [[Lyanna Stark]] the queen of love and beauty, not Elia. A year later he runs off with Lyanna, sparking [[Robert's Rebellion]]. The Martells were unhappy with Rhaegar's betrayal of Elia, still, they supported [[Aerys II]]'s bid to retain the throne since the Mad King held Elia and her children hostage in the Red Keep, providing a quarter of the royal troops at the [[Battle of the Trident]]. The Martells lost many soldiers there, including Prince [[Lewyn Martell]] of the [[Kingsguard]]. When King's Landing fell, Princess Elia and her children were brutally murdered during the [[Sack of King's Landing]] by two [[House Lannister|Lannister]] knights, [[Gregor Clegane]] and [[Amory Lorch]]. Prince [[Oberyn Martell]] made motions to continue the war in [[Viserys Targaryen|"King Viserys III's"]] name, but [[Doran Martell|Prince Doran]] and [[Jon Arryn]]'s diplomacy prevented further conflict. Though House Martell swore fealty to King [[Robert Baratheon]] after the war, they have harbored anger and resentment towards the Lannisters ever since (now even higher in power due to [[Cersei]]'s queenhood) and have adopted a mostly isolationist policy ever since, not mixing with the other great houses unless totally necessary, preferring to deal with the [[Free Cities]].

===More Recent Events===
On the outset of the [[War of the Five Kings]], House Martell stayed neutral in the conflict. They grudgingly allied with the Lannisters when [[Tyrion]], acting as [[Hand of the King]] in [[Tywin Lannister|his father's]] stead, promised the betrothal of Prince [[Trystane Martell]] to Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]], a Dornish seat on the [[small council]], some castles in [[Dornish Marches|the marches]], and the head of Ser Gregor Clegane, the one who raped and killed Prince Doran's sister Princess Elia. Prince Oberyn came to [[King's Landing]] to claim Doran's seat on the council and to press for Ser Gregor’s head, when it became clear that Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], now Hand in his own right, meant to forego Tyrion's promise. When Cersei accuses Tyrion of poisioning Joffery, Oberyn sees a chance to kill Clegane, by championing Tyrion's cause when Cersei names Ser Gregor her champion. In the trial by combat against Clegane, Oberyn taunts Gregor, repeating the names of his family who died at his hands. he wounds Clegane with his poisoned speartip, but is killed himself in the process.

Meanwhile, Princess [[Arianne Martell]], convinced that her father Prince Doran was a man of inaction, who wished to elevate her younger brother to rule Dorne, enacted a plot to crown Princess Myrcella as Queen of Westeros. This failed due to a traitor in her conspiracy. Myrcella is disfigured in the process. Doran confides that he hoped Quentyn would rule Dorne whilst Arianne would become Queen, she had secretly been promised to the now-dead Viserys Targaryen in an effort to undermine those who lead to Elia's death. His new plan is to have her brother [[Quentyn Martell|Prince Quentyn]] travel across the [[Narrow Sea]] to meet Viserys's sister [[Daenerys]] and wed her instead. Doran reveals that Cersei was plotting with Balon to have Doran murdered and to frame the Imp, whilst en route to King's Landing with Trystane and Myrcella.

Meanwhile the Martells must deal with issues at home and in the capitol. Doran convinces Arianne to work with him, they enlist Oberyn's [[Sand Snakes|bastard daughters]] to help: [[Obara Sand]] guides the investigating Kingsguard Ser [[Balon Swann]] to hunt [[Gerold Dayne]] who was part of Arianne's party to crown Myrcella. [[Nymeria Sand]] takes up the Dornish seat on the small council, while [[Tyene Sand]] follows her to King's Landing disguised as a septa, with the hopes of befriending the [[High Sparrow]]. It seems likely that Sarella is in Oldtown, disguised as a boy training to become a maester of the citadel.

==Members==
===House genealogy===
{{Martell tree}}

===The Martell House at the end of the third century===
*Prince [[Doran Martell|Doran Nymeros Martell]], Prince of Dorne, Lord of Sunspear.
** Lady [[Mellario of Norvos]], his estranged wife
***Princess [[Arianne Martell]], his eldest daughter and heir.
***Prince {[[Quentyn Martell]]}, his eldest son, known among the [[Windblown]] as "Frog". Succumbed in [[Meereen]] to massive burn injuries inflicted by the dragon [[Rhaegal]].
***Prince [[Trystane Martell]], his second son.
*Princess {[[Elia Martell]]}, his sister. Killed during the [[Sack of King's Landing]] by Ser [[Gregor Clegane]].
*Prince {[[Oberyn Martell|Oberyn Nymeros Martell]]}, his brother. Known as "the Red Viper". Killed in a trial by combat by Ser Gregor Clegane.
::*[[Obara Sand]], Oberyn's bastard daughter with an Oldtown whore.
::*[[Nymeria Sand]], Oberyn's bastard daughter with a Volantene noblewoman, known as "Lady Nym".
::*[[Tyene Sand]], Oberyn's bastard daughter with a [[septa]].
::*[[Sarella Sand]], Oberyn's bastard daughter with a trader captain of the [[Summer Islands]].
:* [[Ellaria Sand]], Oberyn's paramour. Bastard daughter of Lord [[Harmen Uller]].
::*[[Elia Sand]], their bastard daughter, known as "Lady Lance".
::*[[Obella Sand]], their bastard daughter.
::*[[Dorea Sand]], their bastard daughter.
::*[[Loreza Sand]], their bastard daughter.
* Prince {[[Lewyn Martell]]}, uncle of Prince Doran. A knight of [[Aerys II]]'s [[Kingsguard]]; slain at the [[Battle of the Trident|Trident]] by Ser [[Lyn Corbray]].

With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch there is also:
*Ser [[Manfrey Martell]], castellan of Sunspear. He is a cousin of Doran Martell.{{Ref|aFfC|13}}; it is not stated of which degree.

===Historic members===
* [[Nymeria]] and [[Mors Martell]]. Founders of the House.
* [[Mariya Martell]], called the "Yellow Toad of Dorne", Princess of Dorne during the War of Conquest.
* [[Myriah Martell]]. Wife of [[King Daeron II]]. Their marriage brought [[Dorne]] into the Seven Kingdoms.
* [[Maron Martell]]. He was Prince of Dorne. Daeron II gave him [[Daenerys, daughter of Aegon IV|his sister]] in marriage although she was in love with [[Daemon Blackfyre]].

===Household===

* Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon]], Prince Doran's ward, bethroted to Prince Trystane and heir to the Iron Throne.
** Ser {[[Arys Oakheart]]}, of the Kingsguard, her sworn shield. Slain by [[Areo Hotah]].
** [[Rosamund Lannister]], of [[House Lannister of Lannisport]], Princess Myrcella's bedmaid and companion.
** Septa [[Eglantine]], Myrcella's tutor and confessor.
* [[Areo Hotah]], of Norvos, captain of guards. With Obara Sand hunting down [[Gerold Dayne]].
* Maester [[Caleotte]], healer, counselor and tutor. With Prince Doran at the Water Gardens.
* Maester [[Myles]], healer, counselor and tutor. At Sunspear.
* Ser [[Gascoyne]] of the Greenblood, Prince Trystane's sworn shield.
* Ser [[Manfrey Martell]], castellan at Sunspear.
** His wife.
* [[Ricasso]], a seneschal, old and blind.
* [[Alyse Ladybright]], of [[House Ladybright]], Lord Treasurer of Sunspear.
* [[Bors]] and [[Timoth]], servingmen at Sunspear
* [[Belandra]], [[Cedra]], the sisters [[Morra]] and [[Mellei]], servingwomen at Sunspear.

====Princess Arianne's retinue====

* Ser [[Daemon Sand]], the Bastard of Godsgrace, Princess Arianne's sworn shield.
* [[Jayne Ladybright]], accompanying Princess Arianne.
* Ser [[Joss Hood]] and Ser [[Garibald Shells]], two young knights of Sunspear. Accompanying Princess Arianne.

====Prince Quentyn's retinue====

* Ser {[[Cletus Yronwood]]}. Slain by corsairs aboard the ship ''[[Meadowlark]]''.
* Ser [[Archibald Yronwood]], his cousin. Called "the Big Man" and known among the [[Windblown]] as "Greenguts".
* Ser [[Gerris Drinkwater]]. Called "Drink" and known among the [[Windblown]] as "Dornish Gerrold".
* Ser {[[Willam Wells]]}. Slain by corsairs aboard the ship ''[[Meadowlark]]''.
* Maester {[[Kedry]]}. Slain by corsairs aboard the ship ''[[Meadowlark]]''.

==Houses sworn to House Martell==
House Yronwood is accounted the most powerful of the bannerhouses sworn to House Martell. The Lord is titled [[Warden of Stone Way]] and The Bloodroyal.

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*[[House Allyrion|'''Allyrion''']] of [[Godsgrace]].
*[[House Blackmont|'''Blackmont''']] of [[Blackmont]].
*[[House Dalt|'''Dalt''']] of [[Lemonwood]].
*[[House Dayne|'''Dayne''']] of [[Starfall]] and it's cadet branch [[House Dayne of High Hermitage]].
*[[House Fowler|'''Fowler''']] of [[Skyreach]].
*[[House Gargalen|'''Gargalen''']] of [[Salt Shore]].
*[[House Jordayne|'''Jordayne''']] of the [[Tor]].
*[[House Manwoody|'''Manwoody''']] of [[Kingsgrave]].
*[[House Qorgyle|'''Qorgyle''']] of [[Sandstone]].
*[[House Santagar|'''Santagar''']] of [[Spottswood]].
*[[House Toland|'''Toland''']] of [[Ghost Hill]].
*[[House Uller|'''Uller''']] of the [[Hellholt]].
*[[House Vaith|'''Vaith''']] of the [[Red Dunes]].
*[[House Wyl| '''Wyl''']] of [[Wyl]].
*[[House Yronwood|'''Yronwood''']] of [[Yronwood]].
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==References and Notes==
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House Greyjoy

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| House_name = House Greyjoy of [[Pyke]]
| image = [[file:Greyjoy coat sigil.png |250px|center]]
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| Coat_of_arms = Sable, a golden Kraken
| Words = ''We Do Not Sow''
| Seat = [[Pyke]]
| Current_Lord = King [[Euron Greyjoy]]
| Region = [[Iron Islands]]
| Title = King of Salt and Rock, Son of the Sea Wind, Lord Reaper of Pyke
| Heir = [[Theon Greyjoy]]
| Overlord = None, [[w:sovereign|sovereign]] (disputed by [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]])
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| Founded_in = [[Age of Heroes]]
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[[File:Zippo514 Pyke.jpg|[[Pyke]], castle and seat of House Greyjoy- by Zippo514 ©|thumb|300px|right]]
'''House Greyjoy of Pyke''' is one of the Great Houses of [[Westeros]]. It rules over the [[Iron Islands]], a harsh and bleak collection of forbidding islands off the west coast of Westeros, from the castle and island of [[Pyke]]. Their sigil is a golden [[kraken]] on a black field, and their house motto is "We Do Not Sow."{{Ref|aGoT|7}}{{Ref|aCoK|11}} Members of the family tend to be attractive and well-built, with black hair.

==History==
The House descends from the [[Grey King]], a legendary figure from the [[Age of Heroes]]. The Greyjoys became the lords paramount of the Iron Isles during the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] [[War of Conquest|Conquest]]: after [[Aegon I]] extinguished [[House Hoare]], he allowed the [[ironborn]] to choose who would have primacy over them. They chose [[Vickon Greyjoy]] and his line.{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}} The Greyjoys have ruled ever since, from their formidable castle of Pyke. The ironborn, however, did lose the [[Riverlands]], which were granted to [[Edmyn Tully]] and [[House Tully|his descendents]].

Thus relegated to their dismal homeland and constrained by the king's peace, the Greyjoys have kept themselves distant from the other Great Houses, rarely taking part in events on the mainland (which they call the "green lands"). At various times they have tried to return to their ancient practices of raiding the western coastlines, such as under Lord [[Dagon Greyjoy|Dagon]]. Six years after holding aloof during [[Robert's Rebellion]], Lord [[Balon Greyjoy]] led [[Greyjoy Rebellion|his own rebellion]] against the [[Iron Throne]], declaring himself [[King of the Iron Islands]]. He was defeated, his fleet burned and his two eldest sons [[Rodrik Greyjoy|Rodrik]] and [[Maron Greyjoy|Maron]] were slain during the war. His last son [[Theon Greyjoy|Theon]] was given as a hostage and ward to Lord [[Eddard Stark]] and he again swore fealty to [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]].

Since their revolt, the Greyjoys have been as insular as ever. With Theon living in the green lands, Lord Balon raised his daughter [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]] as his heir. Balon exiled his brother [[Euron Greyjoy|Euron]] when he raped the rock wife of their brother [[Victarion Greyjoy|Victarion]], Lord Captain of the [[Iron Fleet]]. Victarion was forced to kill his wife to retain his honor. Since then Euron has sailed the world aboard the ''[[Silence]]'', reaving and pillaging, unwelcome in the Isles while Balon still lives. Another brother, [[Aeron Greyjoy|Aeron Damphair]], had been changed by his experience of washing overboard during the [[Battle of Fair Isle]], and became a priest of the [[Drowned God]].

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[Theon Greyjoy|Theon]] is still a ward of [[Winterfell]] nine years after the Greyjoy Rebellion. He remains there when Lord [[Eddard Stark]] rides south to become [[Hand of the King]]. He views the Stark boys as younger brothers, and helps [[Robb Stark|Robb]] save [[Bran Stark|Bran]]'s life when the boy is attacked in the [[Wolfswood]], but is rebuked for endangering Bran himself. When Eddard is arrested, Theon rides to war with Robb, fighting in the battles to [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|capture]] Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] and [[Battle of the Camps|break his siege]] of [[Riverrun]].

===''A Clash of Kings''===
After Lord Eddard is executed in [[King's Landing]], Robb is declared [[King in the North]] by his bannermen. Theon goes to [[Pyke]] with Robb's suggestion that [[Balon Greyjoy|Balon]] name himself [[King of the Iron Islands]] and join the war against [[House Lannister]]. Theon finds [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]] as heir and is met with scorn from his family, who consider him softened by the green lands. Balon spurns the offer and declares himself King of the Iron Islands and [[the North]]. He sends his kin to take the lightly-held North: [[Victarion Greyjoy|Victarion]] [[Battle of Moat Cailin|captures Moat Cailin]] in [[the Neck]] to prevent Robb's lords from returning to their seats, while Asha [[Battle of Deepwood Motte|takes Deepwood Motte]] and Theon [[Battle of the Stony Shore|ravages Stony Shore]] along with [[Aeron Greyjoy|Aeron Damphair]] and [[Dagmer|Dagmer Cleftjaw]].

Each attack goes as planned. Theon, however, desires to prove himself and goes on to [[Battle of Winterfell|seize Winterfell]] in a daring raid. There he begins a troublesome rule, at one point murdering two children that he tells the world are Bran and [[Rickon Stark]]. Asha tells him that the ironborn will never hold landlocked castles, and leaves only a token force to help his occupation. Stark forces are arrayed to root him out, but they are betrayed by [[Ramsay Snow]], who captures Theon and [[Sack of Winterfell|sacks Winterfell]].

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Due to the Greyjoy attacks, King Robb is forced to abandon his war in the south to liberate the Northern halls. While grieving for Bran and Rickon, he weds [[Jeyne Westerling]] and breaks his marriage contract with [[House Frey]], requiring a replacement match. Thus it is for Greyjoy-produced reasons that he marches north to free his home and to attend [[Edmure Tully|his uncle]]'s wedding. [[Roose Bolton]] reveals to Robb that Theon is being flayed by Ramsay Snow at the [[Dreadfort]]. Robb never makes it home, however, as he is [[Red Wedding|treacherously killed]] at [[the Twins]].

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Meanwhile King Balon has died from a fall at Pyke, just a day before [[Euron Greyjoy|Euron Crow's Eye]] returns from his long voyage. Aeron calls the first [[kingsmoot]] in millennia, hoping that Victarion will succeed Balon to the [[Seastone Chair]]. Euron is crowned, however, beating out Asha, Victarion, and several other claimants by promising to conquer all the green lands with the power of his [[Dragon Horn]]. Aeron disappears, vowing to rouse the people against the "godless" Euron.

Euron escalates ironborn commitment in the [[War of the Five Kings|continental war]] by launching a massive attack on [[the Reach]], [[Battle of the Shield Islands|conquering]] the [[Shield Islands]] and parts of the [[Arbor]], and threatening [[Oldtown]]. Victarion leads the attack on the Shields, but Euron steals away many of his trusted men by granting them lands on the Shield Islands. Euron goes on to ask Victarion to sail the Iron Fleet across the world to find [[Daenerys Targaryen]] to court her in his name. Victarion sets out, but secretly hopes to take Daenerys for himself.

===''A Dance with Dragons''===

During his arduous voyage Victarion rescues the red priest [[Moqorro]], who converts him to the faith of [[R'hllor]], supplementing his worship of the Drowned God. In the North, Theon is revealed to have been suffered horrific mind-shattering torture in the captivity of Ramsay Snow, now Ramsay Bolton, at the Dreadfort. Theon is released from the Dreadfort to perform a mission for Ramsay, who has warped the man's sense of identity and formed him into a broken creature. He is sent to Moat Cailin to treat with the ironborn garrison there, where he succeeds in getting them to surrender by promising safe passage. Ramsay reneges and flays the men alive.

Theon recognizes Ramsay's wife, "[[Arya Stark]]", as [[Jeyne Poole]] and develops a tenuous rapport with her during the tense Bolton occupation of Winterfell. He reluctantly teams with [[Mance Rayder]] to free her from the castle; they escape but are captured outside by [[Mors Umber]], who is now sworn to [[Stannis Baratheon]]. Meanwhile Asha has returned to hold Deepwood Motte, but is defeated and captured in a [[Retaking of Deepwood Motte|sudden attack]] by King Stannis and the [[Northern mountain clans]]. She is brought along with Stannis's army as he marches to the [[Siege of Winterfell]]. There she finds Theon alive.

===''The Winds of Winter''===
Asha tries to ransom Theon from Stannis, but is refused since the northmen want Theon dead. Asha suggests that he behead Theon himself before a [[weirwood|heart tree]], as Ned Stark would have done.

==Family==
* King [[Balon Greyjoy|{Balon IX Greyjoy}]], King of the Iron Islands. Died from a fall.
** [[Alannys Harlaw]], his wife
*** [[Rodrik Greyjoy|{Rodrik Greyjoy}]], his eldest son. Slain at [[Battle of Seagard|Seagard]] in the [[Greyjoy Rebellion]].
*** [[Maron Greyjoy|{Maron Greyjoy}]], his second son. Slain at [[Siege of Pyke|Pyke]] in the [[Greyjoy Rebellion]].
*** [[Asha Greyjoy]], his daughter. Sent to raid the North, now with the army of Stannis Baratheon.
*** [[Theon Greyjoy]], his third son. Fostered at [[Winterfell]], but betrayed [[Robb Stark]]'s cause and seized the castle. Self-styled "Prince of Winterfell;" called Theon Turncloak by northmen. Now held captive in the North.
* King [[Euron Greyjoy|Euron III Greyjoy]], his brother and King of the Iron Islands. Called the 'Crow's Eye.'
* [[Victarion Greyjoy]], his brother. Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet.
* [[Aeron Greyjoy]], his youngest surviving brother. A [[Drowned Men|priest]] of the [[Drowned God]]. Called the 'Damphair.'
* {[[Quenton Greyjoy (cousin)|Quenton Greyjoy]]}, a distant cousin to the main branch. Slain at [[Retaking of Deepwood Motte|Deepwood Motte]].
* {[[Dagon Greyjoy (Drunkard)|Dagon Greyjoy]]}, called Dagon the Drunkard, a more distant cousin to the main branch. Slain at [[Retaking of Deepwood Motte|Deepwood Motte]].

{{Greyjoy tree}}

===Household===
* [[Dagmer|Dagmer Cleftjaw]], captain of the ''[[Foamdrinker]]''. Currently occupying [[Torrhen's Square]].
* [[Bluetooth]], a longship captain.
* Maester [[Wendamyr]], healer and counselor.
* [[Helya]], steward of Pyke.

==References in the books==
===Dunk & Egg===
*Lord [[Dagon Greyjoy]] and the ironmen raided the coastal areas of [[Westeros]], sacking the town of [[Little Dosk]].
*Lord [[Beron Stark]] was gathering his forces and [[House Lannister]] was building ships in an effort to drive Lord Dagon and his ironmen back to the [[Iron Islands]].

===A Song of Ice and Fire===
* House Greyjoy is among the noble houses [[Viserys Targaryen]] believed would rise for him should he land in [[Westeros]].

==Sworn Houses==
* '''[[House Blacktyde]]''' of Blacktyde.
* '''[[House Botley]]''' resides on Pyke.
* '''[[House Codd]]'''. A house of very low standing. Their words are "Though All Men Do Despise Us."
* '''[[House Drumm]]''' of Old Wyk.
* '''[[House Farwynd]]'''. The Farwynds are considered strange by their fellow ironborn. Several branches of the house exist, including:
** ''[[House Farwynd|House Farwynd of Sealskin Point]]''. Located on the western shore of Great Wyk
** ''[[House Farwynd of the Lonely Light]]''. Located on one of the westernmost islets of Great Wyk. They are rumored to be skinchangers, taking the shape of various sea mammals.
* '''[[House Goodbrother]]''' of Great Wyk. There are three branches of this house:
** ''[[House Goodbrother|House Goodbrother of Hammerhorn]]'' are the senior branch its Lord is titled Lord of Great Wyk.
** ''[[House Goodbrother of Shatterstone]]'' they reside on Old Wyk, a cadet branch of the former.
** ''House Goodbrother'' they reside on Orkmont, a cadet branch of the former.
* [[House Harlaw|'''House Harlaw''']] of Harlaw. Several branches of the house exist, including:
** ''[[House Harlaw|House Harlaw of Ten Towers]]''. The senior house. Its Lord is titled the Lord of Harlaw. The wife of Lord Balon Greyjoy is a Harlaw.
** ''[[House Harlaw of Grey Garden]]''. A cadet branch.
** ''[[House Harlaw of Tower of Glimmering]]''. A cadet branch.
** ''[[House Harlaw of Harridan Hill]]''. A cadet branch.
* '''[[House Humble]]'''. A house of low standing, originating from the blood of thralls.
* '''[[House Merlyn]]''' of Pebbleton.
* '''[[House Orkwood]]''' of Orkmont.
* '''[[House Saltcliffe]]''' of Saltcliffe.
* '''[[House Sparr]]''' resides on Great Wyk.
* '''[[House Stonehouse]]''' resides on Old Wyk.
* '''[[House Stonetree]]''' of Harlaw.
* '''[[House Sunderly]]''' resides on Saltcliffe.
* '''[[House Wynch]]''' of Iron Holt.

==References and Notes==
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House Tyrell

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{{Noble House
| House_name = House Tyrell of [[Highgarden]]
| image = [[File:House_Tyrell.PNG|250px|center]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = Vert, a rose or
| Words = ''Growing Strong''
| Seat = [[Highgarden]]
| Current_Lord = [[Mace Tyrell]]
| Region = [[the Reach]]
| Title = Lord of Highgarden [[Warden of the South]] Defender of the Marches High Marshal of the Reach
| Heir = [[Willas Tyrell]]
| Overlord = [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]]
| Ancestral_weapon =
| Cadet_branch = [[House Tyrell of Brightwater Keep]]
| Founded_in =
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'''House Tyrell of Highgarden''' is one of the Great Houses of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], overlords over [[the Reach]]. A large, wealthy house, its wealth is only surpassed among the Great Houses by [[House Lannister]], and the Tyrells can field the greatest armies. Additionally, if they call the fleets of their bannermen the [[House Redwyne|Redwynes]], the lords of the [[Shield Islands]], and the coastal lords, they can command a navy that equals if not surpasses the [[House Baratheon of King's Landing|royal]] fleet.

Highgarden is an ancient seat of rule and the heart of chivalry in the Seven Kingdoms; the Tyrells style themselves 'Defenders of the Marches' and 'High Marshals of the Reach', and traditionally, they have been [[Warden of the South|Wardens of the South]]. Their sigil is a golden rose on a green field, and their words are "Growing Strong."{{Ref|aCoK|22}} Members of the family tend to have curly brown hair and brown or golden eyes.

==History==
The Tyrells trace their line of descent, through the female line, to the legendary [[Garth Gardener (Greenhand)|Garth Greenhand]], the first [[King of the Reach]], in the [[Age of Heroes]](indicating their origin among the [[Andal]] [[Andal Invasion|invaders]] thousands of years before). The Tyrells were stewards to [[House Gardener]], the ancient ruling line of Kings of the Reach, who periodically intermarried with lower ranking houses of the Reach such as House Tyrell or [[House Florent]]. Following the defeat and death of King [[Mern Gardener|Mern IX]], at the [[Field of Fire]], Lord [[Harlen Tyrell]], hereditary high steward of the Reach, surrendered [[Highgarden]] and was granted the castle along with dominion of the Reach by [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]]. As Wardens of the South they frequently warred with the [[Dornishmen]], who remained independent.

When [[Daeron I]], the Young Dragon, attempted the [[conquest of Dorne]], the Lord of Highgarden commanded the army that invaded via [[Prince's Pass]]. After the initial victory, Daeron appointed Lord Tyrell as governor of Dorne. Lord Tyrell liked Dornish women and one night he pulled the rope that would signal for a wench to come to his bed, and a hundred scorpions fell from the canopy instead. His death sparked new revolts, and the conquest was undone in a fortnight.

During the [[War of the Usurper]], House Tyrell stayed loyal to King [[Aerys II Targaryen]]. Lord [[Mace Tyrell]]'s forces achieved victory against [[Robert Baratheon]] at the [[Battle of Ashford]], dealing the future king his only defeat of the war at the cost of Ser [[Quentin Tyrell]]'s life. Mace likes to take credit for the success, but it was the van under command of Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] that put Robert to flight. Mace went on to [[Siege of Storm's End|besiege]] Robert's brother [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] at [[Storm's End]], but bent the knee after the Targaryens were all but wiped out in the [[Sack of King's Landing]]. Robert Baratheon, king by conquest, forgave them and accepted them as sworn vassals.

==Recent Events==
[[File:Zippo514 Highgarden.jpg|[[Highgarden]] - by Zippo514 ©|thumb|350px|right]]
On the outset of the novels, [[Loras Tyrell]], the Knight of the Flowers, is the only member of the House outside the Reach. He rides in the [[Tourney of the Hand]], defeating Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] but yielding the final tilt to [[Sandor Clegane]] after the Hound rescues him from the Mountain. He is upset when the Hand, [[Eddard Stark]], does not send him to bring Gregor to justice for pillaging the [[Riverlands]]. As [[Robert Baratheon|King Robert]] lays dying, Loras supports [[Renly Baratheon]]'s desire to take the crown before either Prince [[Joffrey]] or Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]] can claim it, and flees the city with him when Lord Stark rebuffs Renly's request for his aid.

House Tyrell declares for King Renly. [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]] is to be his queen, his ex-squire and secret lover Ser Loras the Lord Commander of his [[Rainbow Guard]], and Lord Mace his [[Hand of the King|Hand]]. With the backing of the Tyrells (and almost all of their bannermen), Renly has the strongest army in the [[War of the Five Kings]]. After a failed parley with his brother [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]], Renly's host seems sure to win the coming battle. When he is murdered that night, an enraged Loras kills the two knights who were guarding him.

Renly's assassination saw many of the Reachmen defect to Stannis's cause. The Tyrells and their leal bannermen (including [[Paxter Redwyne]], [[Randyll Tarly]] and [[Mathis Rowan]]) plot their next move at [[Bitterbridge]], where they receive a visit from [[Petyr Baelish]]. He extends an offer of alliance with King [[Joffrey]] [[House Baratheon of King's Landing|"Baratheon"]] and [[House Lannister]]. The Tyrells join with [[Tywin Lannister]], marching on [[King's Landing]] in time to save the city and rout Stannis's forces in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]]. Mace's second son [[Garlan Tyrell|Ser Garlan the Gallant]] fights in Renly's armor, frightening the smallfolk into believing the king had risen from the grave.

After the battle, Mace is rewarded with the [[small council]] post of [[Master of Ships]], while lords Redwyne and Rowan are given advisory seats. Garlan is made [[House Tyrell of Brightwater Keep|lord of Brightwater Keep]], since [[House Florent|the Florents]] now served Stannis's cause. Loras joins the [[Kingsguard]], and Margaery is betrothed to King Joffrey. Prior to Margaery's arrival in King's Landing, Tyrell men with food carts succor the starving residents, creating wild popularity for her and her house despite the fact that it was the Tyrell embargo that created the shortage in the first place. Mace's mother [[Olenna Redwyne|Lady Olenna]] arranges to meet with [[Sansa Stark]]. Talking to Sansa about Joffrey, Olenna decides she does not care for the match between he and Margaery and conspires with Petyr Baelish to poison Joffrey at his own wedding feast. [[Tyrion Lannister]] is falsely accused of the murder, and Mace is one of the judges at his trial. He wants the Imp dead because Margaery was drinking from the same cup, unaware that it was his mother who perpetrated the poisoning, but Tyrion eventually escapes the city.
[[File:Tomasz Jedruszek HouseTyrell Bannermen.jpg|350px|thumb|right|House Tyrell Bannermen – by Tomasz Jedruszek]. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Since then House Tyrell has indeed "grown strong", coming to dominate their tenuous alliance with the Lannisters despite the paranoid meddling of [[Cersei Lannister|Queen Cersei]]. After her father the Hand's death, Cersei resumes her regency and removes Mace and his favored bannermen from the small council. Meanwhile Margaery is wed to the new king, Joffrey's brother [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]], releasing Mace from his vow not to leave the city until Margaery was wed. Margaery makes a point to win the love of the people and to try and prepare Tommen for kingship; she is baffled by Cersei's refusal of all her suggestions and apparent lack of understanding regarding dire military threats. She resists the attempted seductions of Cersei's agent [[Osney Kettleblack]].

Cersei sends Loras to [[Siege of Dragonstone|besiege Dragonstone]] and Mace to besiege [[Storm's End]] to remove them from the capitol and place them in danger. Loras is badly wounded while seizing the island, and Mace quickly returns when he hears that Margaery has been imprisoned by the [[High Sparrow]], she and Cersei exchanging mutual accusations of immorality. By the time he arrives, however, he finds Randyll Tarly has already secured her release; Tarly is to hold them until their trial. He again vows to remain in the city, this time until Margaery is acquitted in her upcoming trial. With Cersei imprisoned, Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] is named Lord Regent over Tommen, and he takes several steps to smooth over Cersei's actions. Mace Tyrell is finally made Hand, and his bannermen Randyll Tarly and Paxter Redwyne are made masters of [[Master of Laws|laws]] and [[Master of Ships|ships]], respectively. Ser Kevan is now dead by crossbow thanks to [[Varys]], which The Spider hopes will lead to continued fracturing of the Lannister-Tyrell alliance.

==The Tyrell House at the end of the third century==
[[File:House tyrell by cabepfir.jpg|thumb|350px|Back row, left to right: [[Willas Tyrell|Willas]], [[Garlan Tyrell|Garlan]], [[Loras Tyrell|Loras]], [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]]. Front: [[Olenna Tyrell|Olenna]], [[Mace Tyrell|Mace]], [[Alerie Hightower]].Art by Cabepfir©]]

The known Tyrells during the timespan of the events described on [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] are:
* Lord [[Mace Tyrell]], Lord of Highgarden, Defender of the Marches, High Marshal of the Reach, Warden of the South and Hand of the King.
** Lady [[Alerie Hightower]], his wife.
*** [[Willas Tyrell]], his eldest son and heir. A cripple.
*** Lord [[Garlan Tyrell]], his second son. Called Garlan the Gallant. Married to [[Leonette Fossoway]]. Titular Lord of [[Brightwater Keep]].
*** Ser [[Loras Tyrell]], his third son. Called the Knight of Flowers. A brother of the [[Kingsguard]].
*** Queen [[Margaery Tyrell]], his daughter, Queen of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. Widow of [[Renly Baratheon|Renly I]] and [[Joffrey I]], now married to King [[Tommen I]].
* Lady [[Olenna Redwyne]], his mother. She is known as the 'Queen of Thorns.'
* Lady [[Mina Tyrell]], his sister. Married to Lord [[Paxter Redwyne]].
* Lady [[Janna Tyrell]], his sister. Married to Ser [[Jon Fossoway]].
* [[Garth Tyrell]], his uncle. Called 'Garth the Gross'. Lord Seneschal of Highgarden.
** [[Garse Flowers]], Garth's bastard son.
** [[Garrett Flowers]], Garth's bastard son.
* Ser [[Moryn Tyrell]], his uncle. Lord Commander of the [[City Watch of Oldtown]].
** Ser {[[Luthor Tyrell (son of Moryn)|Luthor Tyrell]]}, Moryn's eldest son. Married to [[Elyn Norridge]].
*** Ser [[Theodore Tyrell]], Luthor's eldest son. Married to [[Lia Serry]].
**** [[Elinor Tyrell]], Theodore's daughter. Handmaiden to Queen Margaery.
**** [[Luthor Tyrell (son of Theodore)|Luthor Tyrell]], Theodore's son. A squire.
*** Maester [[Medwick Tyrell|Medwick]], Luthor's second son. A [[Maester]].
*** [[Olene Tyrell]], Luthor's daughter. Married to Ser [[Leo Blackbar]].
** [[Leo Tyrell]], Moryn's second son. Called 'Leo the Lazy'. Studying at the [[Citadel]].
* Maester [[Gormon Tyrell|Gormon]], his uncle. A Maester.

Distant relations of the main branch are:
* Ser {[[Quentin Tyrell]]}, a cousin of Lord Mace. Slain at the [[Battle of Ashford]].
** Ser [[Olymer Tyrell]], Quentin's son. Married to [[Lysa Meadows]].
*** [[Raymund Tyrell]], Olymer's eldest son.
*** [[Rickard Tyrell]], Olymer's second son.
*** [[Megga Tyrell]], Olymer's daughter. Handmaiden to Queen Margaery.
* Maester [[Normund Tyrell|Normund]], a cousin of Lord Mace. He is in service at [[Blackcrown]].
* Ser {[[Victor Tyrell]]}, a cousin of Lord Mace. Slain by the [[Smiling Knight]] of the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]].
** [[Victaria Tyrell]], Victor's daughter. Widow of Lord [[Jon Bulwer]].
*** [[Alysanne Bulwer]], Victaria's daughter. The Lady of [[Blackcrown]].
** Ser [[Leo Tyrell (son of Victor)|Leo Tyrell]], Victor's son. Married to [[Alys Beesbury]].
*** [[Alla Tyrell]], Leo's eldest daughter. Handmaiden to Queen Margaery.
*** [[Leona Tyrell]], Leo's second daughter.
*** [[Lyonel Tyrell]], Leo's eldest son.
*** [[Lucas Tyrell]], Leo's second son.
*** [[Lorent Tyrell]], Leo's third son.

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===Household===
====Margaery's companions and ladies-in-waiting:====
* [[Megga Tyrell|Megga]], [[Alla Tyrell|Alla]], and [[Elinor Tyrell]], Margaery's cousins.
** Elinor’s betrothed, [[Alyn Ambrose]], a squire.
* Lady [[Alysanne Bulwer]], a girl, [[Meredyth Crane]], called 'Merry', Lady [[Alyce Graceford]], Lady [[Taena Merryweather]], late of [[Myr]] and wife of Lord [[Orton Merryweather]].
* Septa [[Nysterica]], a sister of the Faith.

====At Highgarden:====

* Maester [[Lomys]], counselor, healer, and tutor.
* [[Igon Vyrwel]], captain of the guard.
* Ser [[Vortimer Crane]], master-at-arms.
* [[Butterbumps]], fool and jester, hugely fat.
* [[Arryk]] and [[Erryk]], called 'Left' and 'Right', twin guardsmen to Lady Olenna.

====Knights and sworn swords:====
* Ser [[Mark Mullendore]], a knight. Crippled during the [[Battle of the Blackwater]].
* Ser [[Willam Wythers]], captain of Queen Margaery's guard in King's Landing.
* Ser [[Bayard Norcross]] and Ser [[Hugh Clifton]], household knights in King's Landing.

==Historical Members==
* Lord [[Leo Tyrell (Longthorn)|Leo Tyrell]], known as "Leo Longthorn", a renowned jouster and participant in the Ashford Tourney; head of house during the reigns of Daeron II and Aerys I.

==References in the books==
===Dunk & Egg===
* Lord [[Leo Tyrell (Longthorn)|Leo "Longthorn" Tyrell]] participated in the [[Ashford Tourney]], beginning the tourney as one of the champions. Both Egg and Dunk recognized him as a formidable opponent, one that Dunk would better avoid.<ref>[[The Hedge Knight]]</ref>

===A Song of Ice and Fire===
* House Tyrell is among the houses that [[Viserys Targaryen]] believed would rise for him if he landed in [[Westeros]].
* A Tyrell man at arms was killed and a [[House Gargalen|Gargalen]] man-at-arms was scalded in a fight in [[King's Landing]].
* While the Kingsguard met in the [[Red Keep#White Sword Tower|White Sword Tower]], Ser Garlan guarded [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I]].

==Sworn Houses==
*'''[[House Ashford|Ashford]]''' of Ashford.
* [[House Bulwer|'''Bulwer''']] of Blackcrown. The Bulwers are cousins of the Tyrell family, with a member, Victaria Tyrell, marrying into the family at some point in the recent past. The Lady of House Bulwer, Alysanne, is Victaria's daughter. She is a little girl and one of Margaery's [[w::lady-in-waiting|ladies-in-waiting]].
* [[House Chester|'''Chester''']] The head of House Chester is given the title of Lord of Greenshield.
* [[House Crane|'''Crane''']] of Red Lake.
* '''[[House Florent|Florent]]''' of Brightwater Keep.
* [[House Fossoway|'''Fossoway''']]. Two branches exist—
** The "red apple" '''[[House Fossoway of Cider Hall|Fossoways of Cider Hall]]'''
** The "green apple" '''[[House Fossoway of New Barrel|Fossoways of New Barrel]]''', a cadet branch descending from [[Raymun Fossoway]]. The house's creation is described in ''[[The Hedge Knight]]''.
* [[House Grimm|'''Grimm''']] of Grimstone. The head of House Grimm is given the title of Lord of Greyshield.
* [[House Hewett|'''Hewett''']] of Hewett Castle. The head of House Hewett is given the title of Lord of Oakenshield.
* '''[[House Hightower|Hightower]]''' of the Hightower. They reside in [[Oldtown]], and are very rich and influential.
* '''[[House Merryweather|Merryweather]]''' of Longtable.
* [[House Mullendore|'''Mullendore''']] of Uplands.
* '''[[House Oakheart|Oakheart]]''' of Old Oak.
* '''[[House Redwyne|Redwyne]]''' of the Arbor, a large island off of Westeros proper.
* '''[[House Rowan|Rowan]]''' of Goldengrove
* '''[[House Serry|Serry]]''' The head of House Serry is given the title of Lord of Southshield.
* '''[[House Tarly|Tarly]]''' of Horn Hill.
* '''[[House Tyrell of Brightwater Keep|Tyrell of Brightwater Keep]]''' of Brightwater Keep, a newly made cadet branch of House Tyrell.
* [[House Vyrwel|'''Vyrwel''']] of Darkdell
==Quotes==
{{Quote|The more we give these Tyrells, the more they demand of us. {{Ref|affc|12}}}} - [[Cersei]]

{{Quote|[[Kevan Lannister]] was beginning to understand why Cersei had grown so resentful of the Tyrells. {{Ref|adwd|Epilogue}}}}
==References and Notes==
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House Greyjoy

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{{Noble House
| House_name = House Greyjoy of Pyke
| image = [[file:Greyjoy coat sigil.png |250px|center]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = Sable, a golden Kraken
| Words = ''We Do Not Sow''
| Seat = [[Pyke]]
| Current_Lord = King [[Euron Greyjoy]]
| Region = [[Iron Islands]]
| Title = King of Salt and Rock, Son of the Sea Wind, Lord Reaper of Pyke
| Heir = [[Theon Greyjoy]]
| Overlord = None, [[w:sovereign|sovereign]] (disputed by [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]])
| Ancestral_weapon =
| Cadet_branch =
| Founded_in = [[Age of Heroes]]
| Founder =
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[[File:Zippo514 Pyke.jpg|[[Pyke]], castle and seat of House Greyjoy- by Zippo514 ©|thumb|300px|right]]
'''House Greyjoy of Pyke''' is one of the Great Houses of [[Westeros]]. It rules over the [[Iron Islands]], a harsh and bleak collection of forbidding islands off the west coast of Westeros, from the castle and island of [[Pyke]]. Their sigil is a golden [[kraken]] on a black field, and their house motto is "We Do Not Sow."{{Ref|aGoT|7}}{{Ref|aCoK|11}} Members of the family tend to be attractive and well-built, with black hair.

==History==
The House descends from the [[Grey King]], a legendary figure from the [[Age of Heroes]]. The Greyjoys became the lords paramount of the Iron Isles during the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] [[War of Conquest|Conquest]]: after [[Aegon I]] extinguished [[House Hoare]], he allowed the [[ironborn]] to choose who would have primacy over them. They chose [[Vickon Greyjoy]] and his line.{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}} The Greyjoys have ruled ever since, from their formidable castle of Pyke. The ironborn, however, did lose the [[Riverlands]], which were granted to [[Edmyn Tully]] and [[House Tully|his descendents]].

Thus relegated to their dismal homeland and constrained by the king's peace, the Greyjoys have kept themselves distant from the other Great Houses, rarely taking part in events on the mainland (which they call the "green lands"). At various times they have tried to return to their ancient practices of raiding the western coastlines, such as under Lord [[Dagon Greyjoy|Dagon]]. Six years after holding aloof during [[Robert's Rebellion]], Lord [[Balon Greyjoy]] led [[Greyjoy Rebellion|his own rebellion]] against the [[Iron Throne]], declaring himself [[King of the Iron Islands]]. He was defeated, his fleet burned and his two eldest sons [[Rodrik Greyjoy|Rodrik]] and [[Maron Greyjoy|Maron]] were slain during the war. His last son [[Theon Greyjoy|Theon]] was given as a hostage and ward to Lord [[Eddard Stark]] and he again swore fealty to [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]].

Since their revolt, the Greyjoys have been as insular as ever. With Theon living in the green lands, Lord Balon raised his daughter [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]] as his heir. Balon exiled his brother [[Euron Greyjoy|Euron]] when he raped the rock wife of their brother [[Victarion Greyjoy|Victarion]], Lord Captain of the [[Iron Fleet]]. Victarion was forced to kill his wife to retain his honor. Since then Euron has sailed the world aboard the ''[[Silence]]'', reaving and pillaging, unwelcome in the Isles while Balon still lives. Another brother, [[Aeron Greyjoy|Aeron Damphair]], had been changed by his experience of washing overboard during the [[Battle of Fair Isle]], and became a priest of the [[Drowned God]].

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[Theon Greyjoy|Theon]] is still a ward of [[Winterfell]] nine years after the Greyjoy Rebellion. He remains there when Lord [[Eddard Stark]] rides south to become [[Hand of the King]]. He views the Stark boys as younger brothers, and helps [[Robb Stark|Robb]] save [[Bran Stark|Bran]]'s life when the boy is attacked in the [[Wolfswood]], but is rebuked for endangering Bran himself. When Eddard is arrested, Theon rides to war with Robb, fighting in the battles to [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|capture]] Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] and [[Battle of the Camps|break his siege]] of [[Riverrun]].

===''A Clash of Kings''===
After Lord Eddard is executed in [[King's Landing]], Robb is declared [[King in the North]] by his bannermen. Theon goes to [[Pyke]] with Robb's suggestion that [[Balon Greyjoy|Balon]] name himself [[King of the Iron Islands]] and join the war against [[House Lannister]]. Theon finds [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]] as heir and is met with scorn from his family, who consider him softened by the green lands. Balon spurns the offer and declares himself King of the Iron Islands and [[the North]]. He sends his kin to take the lightly-held North: [[Victarion Greyjoy|Victarion]] [[Battle of Moat Cailin|captures Moat Cailin]] in [[the Neck]] to prevent Robb's lords from returning to their seats, while Asha [[Battle of Deepwood Motte|takes Deepwood Motte]] and Theon [[Battle of the Stony Shore|ravages Stony Shore]] along with [[Aeron Greyjoy|Aeron Damphair]] and [[Dagmer|Dagmer Cleftjaw]].

Each attack goes as planned. Theon, however, desires to prove himself and goes on to [[Battle of Winterfell|seize Winterfell]] in a daring raid. There he begins a troublesome rule, at one point murdering two children that he tells the world are Bran and [[Rickon Stark]]. Asha tells him that the ironborn will never hold landlocked castles, and leaves only a token force to help his occupation. Stark forces are arrayed to root him out, but they are betrayed by [[Ramsay Snow]], who captures Theon and [[Sack of Winterfell|sacks Winterfell]].

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Due to the Greyjoy attacks, King Robb is forced to abandon his war in the south to liberate the Northern halls. While grieving for Bran and Rickon, he weds [[Jeyne Westerling]] and breaks his marriage contract with [[House Frey]], requiring a replacement match. Thus it is for Greyjoy-produced reasons that he marches north to free his home and to attend [[Edmure Tully|his uncle]]'s wedding. [[Roose Bolton]] reveals to Robb that Theon is being flayed by Ramsay Snow at the [[Dreadfort]]. Robb never makes it home, however, as he is [[Red Wedding|treacherously killed]] at [[the Twins]].

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Meanwhile King Balon has died from a fall at Pyke, just a day before [[Euron Greyjoy|Euron Crow's Eye]] returns from his long voyage. Aeron calls the first [[kingsmoot]] in millennia, hoping that Victarion will succeed Balon to the [[Seastone Chair]]. Euron is crowned, however, beating out Asha, Victarion, and several other claimants by promising to conquer all the green lands with the power of his [[Dragon Horn]]. Aeron disappears, vowing to rouse the people against the "godless" Euron.

Euron escalates ironborn commitment in the [[War of the Five Kings|continental war]] by launching a massive attack on [[the Reach]], [[Battle of the Shield Islands|conquering]] the [[Shield Islands]] and parts of the [[Arbor]], and threatening [[Oldtown]]. Victarion leads the attack on the Shields, but Euron steals away many of his trusted men by granting them lands on the Shield Islands. Euron goes on to ask Victarion to sail the Iron Fleet across the world to find [[Daenerys Targaryen]] to court her in his name. Victarion sets out, but secretly hopes to take Daenerys for himself.

===''A Dance with Dragons''===

During his arduous voyage Victarion rescues the red priest [[Moqorro]], who converts him to the faith of [[R'hllor]], supplementing his worship of the Drowned God. In the North, Theon is revealed to have been suffered horrific mind-shattering torture in the captivity of Ramsay Snow, now Ramsay Bolton, at the Dreadfort. Theon is released from the Dreadfort to perform a mission for Ramsay, who has warped the man's sense of identity and formed him into a broken creature. He is sent to Moat Cailin to treat with the ironborn garrison there, where he succeeds in getting them to surrender by promising safe passage. Ramsay reneges and flays the men alive.

Theon recognizes Ramsay's wife, "[[Arya Stark]]", as [[Jeyne Poole]] and develops a tenuous rapport with her during the tense Bolton occupation of Winterfell. He reluctantly teams with [[Mance Rayder]] to free her from the castle; they escape but are captured outside by [[Mors Umber]], who is now sworn to [[Stannis Baratheon]]. Meanwhile Asha has returned to hold Deepwood Motte, but is defeated and captured in a [[Retaking of Deepwood Motte|sudden attack]] by King Stannis and the [[Northern mountain clans]]. She is brought along with Stannis's army as he marches to the [[Siege of Winterfell]]. There she finds Theon alive.

===''The Winds of Winter''===
Asha tries to ransom Theon from Stannis, but is refused since the northmen want Theon dead. Asha suggests that he behead Theon himself before a [[weirwood|heart tree]], as Ned Stark would have done.

==Family==
* King [[Balon Greyjoy|{Balon IX Greyjoy}]], King of the Iron Islands. Died from a fall.
** [[Alannys Harlaw]], his wife
*** [[Rodrik Greyjoy|{Rodrik Greyjoy}]], his eldest son. Slain at [[Battle of Seagard|Seagard]] in the [[Greyjoy Rebellion]].
*** [[Maron Greyjoy|{Maron Greyjoy}]], his second son. Slain at [[Siege of Pyke|Pyke]] in the [[Greyjoy Rebellion]].
*** [[Asha Greyjoy]], his daughter. Sent to raid the North, now with the army of Stannis Baratheon.
*** [[Theon Greyjoy]], his third son. Fostered at [[Winterfell]], but betrayed [[Robb Stark]]'s cause and seized the castle. Self-styled "Prince of Winterfell;" called Theon Turncloak by northmen. Now held captive in the North.
* King [[Euron Greyjoy|Euron III Greyjoy]], his brother and King of the Iron Islands. Called the 'Crow's Eye.'
* [[Victarion Greyjoy]], his brother. Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet.
* [[Aeron Greyjoy]], his youngest surviving brother. A [[Drowned Men|priest]] of the [[Drowned God]]. Called the 'Damphair.'
* {[[Quenton Greyjoy (cousin)|Quenton Greyjoy]]}, a distant cousin to the main branch. Slain at [[Retaking of Deepwood Motte|Deepwood Motte]].
* {[[Dagon Greyjoy (Drunkard)|Dagon Greyjoy]]}, called Dagon the Drunkard, a more distant cousin to the main branch. Slain at [[Retaking of Deepwood Motte|Deepwood Motte]].

{{Greyjoy tree}}

===Household===
* [[Dagmer|Dagmer Cleftjaw]], captain of the ''[[Foamdrinker]]''. Currently occupying [[Torrhen's Square]].
* [[Bluetooth]], a longship captain.
* Maester [[Wendamyr]], healer and counselor.
* [[Helya]], steward of Pyke.

==References in the books==
===Dunk & Egg===
*Lord [[Dagon Greyjoy]] and the ironmen raided the coastal areas of [[Westeros]], sacking the town of [[Little Dosk]].
*Lord [[Beron Stark]] was gathering his forces and [[House Lannister]] was building ships in an effort to drive Lord Dagon and his ironmen back to the [[Iron Islands]].

===A Song of Ice and Fire===
* House Greyjoy is among the noble houses [[Viserys Targaryen]] believed would rise for him should he land in [[Westeros]].

==Sworn Houses==
* '''[[House Blacktyde]]''' of Blacktyde.
* '''[[House Botley]]''' resides on Pyke.
* '''[[House Codd]]'''. A house of very low standing. Their words are "Though All Men Do Despise Us."
* '''[[House Drumm]]''' of Old Wyk.
* '''[[House Farwynd]]'''. The Farwynds are considered strange by their fellow ironborn. Several branches of the house exist, including:
** ''[[House Farwynd|House Farwynd of Sealskin Point]]''. Located on the western shore of Great Wyk
** ''[[House Farwynd of the Lonely Light]]''. Located on one of the westernmost islets of Great Wyk. They are rumored to be skinchangers, taking the shape of various sea mammals.
* '''[[House Goodbrother]]''' of Great Wyk. There are three branches of this house:
** ''[[House Goodbrother|House Goodbrother of Hammerhorn]]'' are the senior branch its Lord is titled Lord of Great Wyk.
** ''[[House Goodbrother of Shatterstone]]'' they reside on Old Wyk, a cadet branch of the former.
** ''House Goodbrother'' they reside on Orkmont, a cadet branch of the former.
* [[House Harlaw|'''House Harlaw''']] of Harlaw. Several branches of the house exist, including:
** ''[[House Harlaw|House Harlaw of Ten Towers]]''. The senior house. Its Lord is titled the Lord of Harlaw. The wife of Lord Balon Greyjoy is a Harlaw.
** ''[[House Harlaw of Grey Garden]]''. A cadet branch.
** ''[[House Harlaw of Tower of Glimmering]]''. A cadet branch.
** ''[[House Harlaw of Harridan Hill]]''. A cadet branch.
* '''[[House Humble]]'''. A house of low standing, originating from the blood of thralls.
* '''[[House Merlyn]]''' of Pebbleton.
* '''[[House Orkwood]]''' of Orkmont.
* '''[[House Saltcliffe]]''' of Saltcliffe.
* '''[[House Sparr]]''' resides on Great Wyk.
* '''[[House Stonehouse]]''' resides on Old Wyk.
* '''[[House Stonetree]]''' of Harlaw.
* '''[[House Sunderly]]''' resides on Saltcliffe.
* '''[[House Wynch]]''' of Iron Holt.

==References and Notes==
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House Manderly

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{{Noble House
| House_name = House Manderly of [[White Harbor]]
| image = [[File:House_Manderly.PNG|250px]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = White merman on a blue-green field.
| Words =
| Seat = [[White Harbor]]
| Current_Lord = [[Wyman Manderly]]
| Region = [[the North]]
| Title = Lord of White Harbor 
Warden of the White Knife 
Shield of the Faith 
Defender of the Dispossessed 
Lord Marshal of the Mander 
Knight of the Order of the [[House Gardener|Green Hand]]
| Heir = Ser [[Wylis Manderly]]
| Overlord = [[House Bolton]]
| Ancestral_weapon =
| Cadet_branch =
| Founded_in =
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'''House Manderly of White Harbor''' one of the most prominent noble houses from [[the North]] but their origin was [[the Reach]]. Their seat is the city of [[White Harbor]]. Unlike most other northern houses,{{ref|AGOT|53}} the Manderlys follow the [[Faith of the Seven]] instead of the [[old gods]].

The Manderlys' blazon is a white merman with dark green hair, beard and tail, carrying a black trident, over a blue-green field.{{ref|AGOT|55}}<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/2/#In the North]</ref> Their motto has not yet appeared in the books.

The Lord of White Harbor, [[Wyman Manderly]], influences all lands and houses east of the mouth of the [[White Knife]], from [[Widow's Watch]] and [[Ramsgate]] to the [[Sheepshead Hills]] and the headwaters of the [[Broken Branch]]. This includes Houses [[House Locke|Locke]], [[House Woolfield|Woolfield]], and [[House Flint of Widow's Watch|Flint of Widow's Watch]].{{ref|ADWD|29}}

==History==
According to Lady [[Rohanne Webber]], a thousand years before the [[Wars of Conquest|Conquest]] the Manderlys lived along the banks of the mighty river [[Mander]], but they were driven away by [[House Gardener]].<ref>[[The Sworn Sword]]</ref> They fled north and were welcomed by the [[House Stark|Starks]] of [[Winterfell]] as their own bannermen. They are the only northern noble house of [[Andal]] origins and customs.{{fact}} The Manderlys are one of the few{{ref|AGOT|53}} northern houses to follow the [[Faith of the Seven]] instead of the [[old gods]] and thus have a strong tradition of [[knight]]hood.

The Manderlys eventually became the lords of [[White Harbor]] after King [[Jon Stark]] drove out pirates inhabiting the city. White Harbor is one of the five cities of [[Westeros]], and the main northern port for commerce and naval transport.

When Lord [[Eddard Stark]] called the northern banners to join [[Robert's Rebellion]], Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] led the Manderlys south. Lord Wyman fought at the [[Battle of the Trident]], rewarding his retainer Ser [[Bartimus]] for saving his life by making him castellan of the [[Wolf's Den]], White Harbor's prison.

==Recent Events==

===''A Game of Thrones''===
After [[Eddard Stark]]'s arrest in [[King's Landing]], a Manderly army, led by Ser [[Wylis Manderly|Wylis]] and Ser [[Wendel Manderly|Wendel]], joins [[Robb Stark]] at [[Moat Cailin]] when marching south against the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]]. Their force consists of about 20 knights with their squires, 200 mounted lances, swordsmen and freeriders, and an undetermined number of foot armed with spears, pikes and tridents. When the northern army splits at [[the Twins]], Wendel accompanies Robb to free [[Riverrun]], and although he is already a mature man, he is counted among the thirty young sons of lords that form [[Robb's personal guard]]. Meanwhile, Wylis leads the White Harbor infantry with Lord [[Roose Bolton]] on his march south, and is captured at the [[Battle of the Green Fork]].

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Lord [[Halys Hornwood]]'s death on the Green Fork reaches back North. His widow, Lady [[Donella Hornwood|Donella]], was born a Manderly. While at [[Winterfell]] for the harvest feast, Lord Wyman uses this argument to advance his claim for the [[House Hornwood]] lands, going on to offer to wed his cousin. Ultimately this does not occur, as Donella is forcefully wed when she returns to her lands and then allowed to die by [[Ramsay Snow]], the Bastard of [[House Bolton|Bolton]]. In response, Lord Wyman seizes [[Hornwood]] to prevent Ramsay from occupying it. Manderly forces subsequently attack Bolton forces in the Hornswood forest and news reaches Winterfell via Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]], but he does not have the manpower to stop them.{{ref|ACOK|35}}

In the south, Wendel accompanies Lady [[Catelyn Tully]] to negotiate with Kings [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] and [[Stannis Baratheon]], bearing the Stark banner at the parley before [[Storm's End]]. After [[Theon Greyjoy]] [[Battle of Winterfell|seizes Winterfell]], he receives reports that Lord Wyman sent a dozen barges up the [[White Knife]] packed with knights and siege engines to help recapture the Starks' seat. Meanwhile, Wylis has been held prisoner at [[Harrenhal]], where he frequented the kitchens. Wylis is one of the northmen [[Tyrion Lannister]] is willing to trade for his cousins captured at the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood]].{{ref|ACOK|25}} Wylis is ultimately freed when Roose Bolton [[Sack of Harrenhal|captures Harrenhal]]. Back in White Harbor, Lord Wyman follows [[Bran Stark]]'s command to work with [[Hother Umber]] in building a northern fleet to combat [[wildlings]].

===''A Storm of Swords''===
As Robb marches to [[the Twins]] to attend the wedding of [[Edmure Tully]], Ser Wendel Manderly is placed in charge of protecting his baggage train. Ser Wylis commands Lord [[Roose Bolton]]'s rearguard as they march to the same destination. Wylis is captured for a second time when [[Gregor Clegane]]'s men [[Battle of the Ruby Ford|attack]] the army as they cross the [[Ruby Ford]] of the [[Trident]], with Lord Bolton allowing the Mountain to destroy his rearguard. Wylis is returned to captivity at Harrenhal. At the Twins, Wendel dies at the [[Red Wedding]], with an arrow going into his open mouth. Maester [[Aemon]] sends a raven to White Harbor in a plea for help from the Manderlys to defend [[Castle Black]] from a [[Battle of Castle Black|wildling siege]].

===''A Feast for Crows''===
According to Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]], the Manderlys are on the verge of allying themselves with the [[House Bolton|Boltons]], with Lord Wyman agreeing to marry both of his granddaughters to members of [[House Frey]] and open his port to Lannister ships. The [[Iron Throne]] receives reports that Lord Wyman executed Davos when he attempted to negotiate an alliance with Stannis; Cersei responds by allowing the release of Wyman's surviving son, Wylis Manderly. At Harrenhal, [[Jaime Lannister]] informs a grateful Wylis he will have an escort to [[Maidenpool]] and be put on a ship home to [[White Harbor]].

===''A Dance with Dragons''===

When [[Davos Seaworth]] arrives in White Harbor hoping to ally Lord Wyman to King [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]], he learns that the Manderly fleet has been built up without the Lannisters' knowledge. White Harbor is awash with refugees, including those from the Hornwood lands. Wyman fakes Davos's death, killing a criminal in his place and altering the body so it resembles the Onion Knight. After Wylis returns safely to White Harbor, Wyman sends Davos on a mission to find [[Rickon Stark]], known to be alive thanks to [[Wex Pyke]], in a secret bid to unite the northern lords in resistance to Houses Bolton and Frey.

Keeping up his ruse of loyalty, Lord Wyman arrives at Winterfell with near a thousand men to answer Roose Bolton's call to arms, and to attend [[Ramsay Bolton]]'s wedding. At the wedding, he provides some of the food, including [[Frey Pies/Theories|three pies]] that are implied to be made from three missing Freys who had recently been in White Harbor. While quartered in Winterfell, there is tension within the garrison between the Manderlys and Freys. When Wyman japes about the death of [[Walder Frey (Little)|Little Walder Frey]], it boils over into bloodshed, with Lord Wyman wounded and several men-at-arms dead on both sides. Lord Bolton, hoping to reduce tensions and hungry mouths within the castle, sends the White Harbor men to engage Stannis's army, which is slowly [[Siege of Winterfell|approaching Winterfell]].

==House Manderly at the end of the third century==
===Manderlys===
The known Manderlys during the timespan of the events described on [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] are:

* Lord [[Wyman Manderly]], Lord of White Harbor.
** Ser [[Wylis Manderly]], his firstborn son and heir to White Harbor.
*** [[Wynafryd Manderly]], Wylis' young daughter.
*** [[Wylla Manderly]], Wylis' young daughter.
** Ser [[Wendel Manderly|{Wendel Manderly}]], his second son. He is slain at the [[Red Wedding]].
** Ser [[Marlon Manderly]], his cousin and commander of the garrison at White Harbor
** Lady [[Donella Hornwood|{Donella Manderly}]], his cousin. She is starved to death by [[Ramsay Snow]].

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===Household===
* Maester [[Theomore Lannister|Theomore]], counselor, tutor, healer. Born a [[House Lannister of Lannisport|Lannister of Lannisport]].
* Ser [[Bartimus]] , an old knight, one-legged, one-eyed, and oft drunk, [[castellan]] of the [[Wolf's Den]].
* [[Garth (Wolf's Den)|Garth]], a gaoler and headsman.
* [[Therry]], a young turnkey.
* [[Wex Pyke]], once squire to [[Theon Greyjoy]], mute. Lord Wyman's captive/guest.

==References and Notes==
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House Targaryen

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{{Noble House
| House_name = House Targaryen of King's Landing
| image = [[File:House_Targaryen.PNG|250px]]
| Coat_of_arms = A three-headed dragon, red on black.
| Words = ''Fire and Blood''
| Seat = [[Red Keep]] [[Dragonstone]]
| Current_Lord = Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]]
| Region = [[King's Landing]] [[Dragonstone]] [[Valyria]]
| Title = [[Iron Throne|King]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] Lord of the [[Andals]], the [[Rhoynar]] and the [[First Men]] [[Prince of Dragonstone]] (heir apparent)
| Overlord = None
| Ancestral_weapon= [[Blackfyre]] [[Dark Sister]]
| Cadet_branch = [[House Blackfyre]] [[House Baratheon]]
| Founded_in = {{Date|0}} (~300 years ago)
}}
[[File:House_Targaryen_Family_tree.jpg|thumb|300px|House Targaryen Family tree]]

'''House Targaryen''' is a noble family of [[Valyrian Freehold|Valyrian]] descent that escaped the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]]. They lived for centuries on the island of [[Dragonstone]] until [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]] and his sisters rode their dragons to the [[War of Conquest|conquest]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. House Targaryen ruled as the Kings of [[Westeros]] for nearly 300 years, until their ouster in the [[War of the Usurper]]. Their seats were the capital city of [[King's Landing]] and the island castle of Dragonstone.{{Ref|aGoT|23}}

==Culture==

===Customs===
House Targaryen's sigil is a three-headed [[dragon]] breathing flames, red on black. The three-headed dragon represents [[Aegon the Conqueror]] and his two sisters, [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] and [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]].{{Ref|aGoT|3}}{{Ref|aGoT|62}} Their house words are "Fire and Blood."{{Ref|aSoS|23}} Although the Targaryen [[Iron Throne|kings]] took their seat at [[King's Landing]], the place where Aegon and his army first landed in Westeros and made their first fort, [[Dragonstone]] remained the traditional seat of the heir-apparent to the throne.

House Targaryen historically followed the gods of [[Valyrian Freehold|Valyria]]. Sometime before the conquest of the Seven Kingdoms, the Targaryens abandoned the Valyrian gods and converted to the [[Faith of the Seven]], the predominant religion in Westeros. However, they continued to follow the Valyrian practice of incestuous marriage, wedding brother to sister, cousin to cousin, uncle to niece and aunt to nephew, holding themselves apart from and above the noble Westerosi families.

Deceased Targaryens are traditionally cremated.<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Asshai.com_Forum_Chat So Spake Martin, July 27, 2008]</ref>

===Traits===

The phrase "blood of the dragon" refers to what are considered typical Targaryen features: silvery-gold (or platinum) hair and [[violet eyes]]. The Targaryens can tolerate a bit more heat than most ordinary people, though they are by no means immune to fire.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20051103091500/nrctc.edu/fhq/vol1iss3/00103009.htm/ "Interview with the Dragon" Copyright © 2003 Robert Shaw.]</ref>

Another trait typical to Targaryens, and one that was passed on to the cadet branch, [[House Blackfyre]], was the ability to have [[dragon dreams|premonition-like dreams]].{{Ref|TMK}} Before the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]], a noble in Valyria called [[Aenar Targaryen]] had a [[Daenys Targaryen|maiden daughter]] whose visions moved him to relocate his family to [[Dragonstone]], twelve years before the Doom. Her visions were written down and published in a book called ''[[Signs and Portents]]'', which is now lost.

Probably due to their incestuous practices, the Targaryens are [[Targaryen madness|prone to madness]]; King Jaehaerys II said that with the birth of a new Targaryen, the gods tossed a coin to decide whether the child would be a genius or a lunatic.

===Dragons===
:{{See also|Dragons}}

The Targaryens are known as [[dragonlords]], and seem to be closer to dragons than other men are. Aegon I introduced dragons to Westeros when he conquered it, and dragons were kept and ridden by the Targaryens until the [[last dragon|last one]] perished in the reign of Aegon III Dragonbane.

The Targaryens kept [[dragon]]s for much of their reign in Seven Kingdoms. To house them they built an immense domed structure in King's Landing called the [[Dragonpit]]. New dragons were bred from Aegon's original three: [[Vhagar]], [[Meraxes]], and the dreaded [[Balerion]]. However, violent deaths in battle and a growing infirmity in each following generation caused the family's stable to dwindle. The [[last Targaryen dragon]] was a deformed and sterile creature that died very young. It is not clearly understood what caused the last dragons to die out. A legend holds that [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]] poisoned them, but Archmaester [[Marwyn]] suggested that the [[maesters]] were somehow responsible. Others have also claimed that raising dragons in enclosed spaces, even the Dragonpit, was unnatural and stunted their growth.

==History==

===Origins and Conquests===
House Targaryen was one of the forty ancient noble houses known as [[dragonlords]] who ruled the [[Valyrian Freehold]], a great empire spanning most of the [[Essos|eastern continent]]. They were traditionally not one of the most important of these families, however. [[Daenys Targaryen|Daenys the Dreamer]], the daughter of the head of House Targaryen, [[Aenar Targaryen|Aenar]], had visions of a cataclysm that would come over Valyria. Aenar led House Targaryen and their five dragons, including [[Balerion]], to the westernmost outpost of Valyrian influence, the island of [[Dragonstone]], off the east coast of [[Westeros]]. Twelve years later the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]] descended on the city of [[Valyria]], leading to the collapse of the Freehold. The Targaryens were one of the few families to survive the destruction of their home and were the only dragonriders of Valyria to survive. Thereafter four of the dragons died under unknown circumstances, possibly due to infighting among the family, but two more were born from eggs, [[Vhagar]] and [[Meraxes]].

Following the Doom, there was pressure for the Targaryens to go east and ally themselves with [[Volantis]], who attempted to restore the Freehold by conquering the rest of the Valyrian colonies to survive the Doom, now known as the [[Free Cities]]. However, the Targaryens remained on Dragonstone for another century. After flying to the [[Disputed Lands]] and joining an alliance to crush Volantene aspirations, the young [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] developed ambitions toward Westeros.

Aegon aspired to unite the seven Westerosi kingdoms under one ruler, himself. A hundred years after the Doom, Aegon set forth from Dragonstone with his sister/wives [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] and [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]], their dragons, and a small force, landing at the mouth of the [[Blackwater Rush]] and beginning the [[Wars of Conquest]]. During his campaigns, Aegon was anointed king by the [[High Septon]] in [[Oldtown]], leading to the unification of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] under Targaryen rule from the [[Iron Throne]], starting a dynasty that lasted nearly 300 years. The area where the Targaryens began their conquest became the site of their new capital, [[King's Landing]]. Dragonstone was used as the seat of the heir to the throne. The region around these strongholds became known as the [[Crownlands]], and several houses of the area, such as the [[House Velaryon|Velaryons]], [[House Darklyn|Darklyns]], and the lords of [[Crackclaw Point]], were among the staunchest Targaryen loyalists. Another close ally was [[House Baratheon]]; Aegon had installed his bastard brother [[Orys Baratheon]] to rule the [[Stormlands]].

{{Template:Targaryen tree Aegon|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree (click show to Expand)}}

===Early Dynasty and the Faith Militant Uprising===
Despite converting to the [[Faith of the Seven]], the Targaryens held themselves apart from the laws of gods and men, and continued to follow the Valyrian practice of incestuous marriage, which was a sin in the eyes of the Seven. Indeed, Aegon married both of his sisters. When Aegon died 37 years after his landing and was succeeded by his incest-born son and heir, [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys I]], local populations revolted in what is know as the [[Faith Militant uprising]]. Early Targaryen kings often appointed those of the blood royal to act as their [[Hand of the King|Hand]]. Such was the case with with Aenys, who was served by his brutal half-brother and cousin, Prince [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]]. Maegor conducted the suppression of these revolts, and seized the throne for himself after Aenys's death, going on to earn the moniker "the Cruel" in his attempts to crush the rebellion. Construction of the [[Red Keep]] in King's Landing was finished during Maegor's reign. After his mysterious death in 48 AL he was succeeded by Aenys's son [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys the Conciliator]], who disbanded the Faith Militant. His rule was long and wise.

===Death of the Dragons===
:{{See also|The Dance of the Dragons}}

After his death in 103 AL, Jaehaerys was succeeded by his grandson [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys I]], who ruled well except in marriage. Viserys raised his daughter [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]] as his heir, but his wishes were defied by the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]] of his [[Kingsguard]], Ser [[Criston Cole|Criston the Kingmaker]], who earned his epithet by crowning [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon II]], a son of a second marriage. In the resulting war of succession, called [[the Dance of the Dragons]] (129-131 AL), both of the monarchs perished, as did many lesser branches of House Targaryen, and most of their dragons. During the reign of [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]], the son of Rhaenyra who held the Iron Throne at the war's conclusion, the last dragon died, earning him the nickname "Dragonbane." The loss of their signature war mounts and the deaths of so many family members severely weakened the Targaryens' grip on the Seven Kingdoms.

{{Template:Targaryen tree Viserys‎|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree, during the Dance of Dragons (click show to Expand)}}

Since the Dance, House Targaryen has practiced a highly modified version of agnatic primogeniture, placing female claimants in the line of succession behind all possible male ones, even collateral relations.

===Incorporating Dorne===
Since resisting the conquest of Aegon I, the [[House Martell|Martell]] princes of [[Dorne]] had ruled their land as a sovereign realm. Upon assuming the throne in 157 AL, Aegon III's fourteen-year old son [[Daeron I Targaryen|Daeron I]], the Young Dragon, decided to end that. Despite his youth and lack of dragons, Daeron [[Conquest of Dorne|defeated the Dornishmen]] in a successful invasion. His rule of Dorne did not last, however, and he and 40,000 men died trying to defeat an uprising. Dead at eighteen without issue, the Young Dragon was succeeded by his brother [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor the Blessed]], who was in training to become a [[septon]]. One of Baelor's first acts was to make peace with Dorne by marrying his cousin, Prince [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron]], to [[Myriah Martell]]. Baelor is well-remembered by the smallfolk, but maesters and others learned in history recall his piety as his undoing. As his Hand, Baelor retained his uncle [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]], who had also served Daeron. Viserys held the realm together while Daeron warred and Baelor prayed. During his reign, Baelor locked his three sisters in the "Maidenvault" of the Red Keep to avoid carnal thoughts. One, [[Daena Targaryen|Daena the Defiant]], carried on an affair with their cousin [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon]]. When Baelor died childless as well in 171, his uncle took the throne as Viserys II. After a brief reign, Viserys was succeeded by his son Aegon, who reigned as Aegon IV and was called "the Unworthy". It was during the reign of Aegon's son Daeron II that Dorne finally joined the Targaryen empire, after Daeron's sister [[Daenerys, daughter of Aegon IV]], wed Prince [[Maron Martell]].

===The Blackfyre Pretenders===
:{{See also|House Blackfyre|Blackfyre Pretenders|Blackfyre Rebellion|Second Blackfyre Rebellion|War of the Ninepenny Kings}}

[[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon IV]] kept many mistresses and sired several bastards by them. The oldest of them, by Princess Daena, had strong Targaryen features; he grew up to be a promising young knight and was granted [[Blackfyre]], the [[Valyrian steel]] blade of Aegon the Conqueror. He became known as [[Daemon Blackfyre]]. Before his death in 184, Aegon IV legitimized all of his natural children, placing them in the succession, albeit behind his trueborn son, [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron II]]. Nobles such as [[Aegor Rivers|Aegor "Bittersteel" Rivers]], one of Aegon IV's [[Great Bastards]], did not care for Daeron's bookish nature or the Dornish flavor of his court, and whispered that Daeron was not the son of Aegon IV, but of his brother, Prince [[Aemon the Dragonknight]], casting doubts over Daeron's right to rule. Finally, Daemon Blackfyre was bitter over the loss of Princess [[Daenerys, daughter of Aegon IV|Daenerys]], Daeron's sister, whom he had promised to Prince [[Maron Martell]]. For these reasons, Daemon and his supporters launched the First [[Blackfyre Rebellion]] against Daeron's rule. This was crushed by Daeron's sons, [[Baelor Targaryen|Baelor Breakspear]] and [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar]], and his bastard brother [[Brynden Rivers|Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers]], Bittersteel's rival for the affections of their half-sister [[Shiera Seastar]]. Daemon was killed by Bloodraven in the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]], and Bittersteel was driven into exile across the [[narrow sea]], where he founded the [[Golden Company]], a sellsword army bent on naming a Blackfyre son as King of Westeros. Prince Baelor was named his father's Hand as well as heir, but died in 209 in a Trial of Seven at the [[Ashford Tourney]] fighting opposite his brother Maekar for the honor of a hedge knight called [[Dunk]]. Maekar's son, [[Aerion Brightflame]], was sent into exile after the trial, and Maekar allowed another son, nicknamed "[[Aegon V|Egg]]", to continue squiring for Dunk in order to teach him humility and honor. During Daeron's reign, the third major Targaryen palace was built at [[Summerhall]], in the [[Dornish Marches]].

{{Template:Blackfyre_tree|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree and the Blackfyre Pretenders (click show to Expand)}}

===Mounting Problems===

[[The Great Spring Sickness]] of 209 AL killed King [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron II]] and several of his grandchildren. His equally bookish son [[Aerys I Targaryen|Aerys I]] took the throne, appointing his uncle [[Brynden Rivers|Bloodraven]] as Hand. Aerys ignored the realm's problems (including plague, drought, dwindling trade, rising banditry, and the reaving of [[Dagon Greyjoy]]) as Bloodraven focused on dealing with minor Blackfyre rebellions instigated by [[Aegor Rivers|Bittersteel]]. Prince [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar]], who had expected to be named Aerys's Hand, succeeded his brother on the throne in 221 and had Bloodraven thrown into the Red Keep's dungeons. Across the Narrow Sea, House Blackfyre continued to be a distant threat to the main Targaryen line. In 233 King Maekar fell in battle against a rebel lord, presumably a Blackfyre supporter.

A series of misfortunes and deaths over the years culminated in a [[Great Council]] being held upon Maekar's demise in 233 AL. The council bypassed the mad Prince [[Daeron Targaryen|Daeron's]] lackwit daughter and the infant son of the dead and mad [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion Brightflame]], leading to the crowning of Maekar's son "Egg" as [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]], called “The Unlikely” for being the fourth son of a fourth son. Aegon's elder brother, [[Aemon]], had been quietly offered the throne before him, but Aemon refused the crown since he had taken a [[maester]]'s vows, forswearing his inheritance and going on to join the [[Night's Watch]] lest he be used in plots against Aegon. The new king emptied the dungeons to accompany Aemon to the [[Wall]], including their great-uncle Bloodraven, who went on to become [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]]. As Lord Commander of his Kingsguard, Aegon V appointed Ser [[Dunk|Duncan the Tall]], the hedge knight Dunk for whom he had squired in his youth.

{{Template:Targaryen_tree_Daeron_II|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree, during the Great Council (click show to Expand)}}

In the latter part of Aegon's reign, he sent a host to the [[Stepstones]] to defeat [[Maelys Blackfyre|Maelys the Monstrous]], the last Blackfyre. The Blackfyre pretender and his supporters were defeated in the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]], and Maelys slain. Hearing a prophecy from a [[Ghost of High Heart|woods witch]] that their line would bear the [[Azor Ahai|Prince That Was Promised]] to defeat the [[Others]], Egg arranged the marriage of his grandchildren [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]] and [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]]. Since he had done so, Aegon allowed his children to marry for love, earning him bitter enemies instead of friends. His daughter [[Rhaelle Targaryen|Rhaelle]] married into [[House Baratheon]]. His son [[Duncan Targaryen|Duncan the Small]], Prince of Dragonflies, "cast aside a crown" for [[Jenny of Oldstones]], leading in some way to the [[Tragedy of Summerhall]], where Aegon V and both Duncans lost their lives in 259. Aegon's sickly son [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II]] reigned for a few years before dying in 262. Amiable, clever, and able, he nonetheless was seen as weak by those martial lords prejudiced against his frail constitution. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Aerys II.

===Downfall===
:{{See also|Robert's Rebellion}}

Aided by his able [[Hand of the King|Hand]], Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]] began his reign with promise, but became paranoid and increasingly mad after being abducted during a [[Defiance of Duskendale|failed revolt]] of the longtime Targaryen loyalists of [[House Darklyn]] and Tywin's cautious response. His heir, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], resolved to be a better monarch and set forth to prove himself, and to fulfill the prophecy of the [[Azor Ahai|Prince That Was Promised]]. Aerys chose Tywin's heir, Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], for his Kingsguard, robbing Tywin of his heir and provoking him to resignation because the King had also rejected Tywin's proposal of a marriage between Rhaegar and Jaim's twin sister, [[Cersei Lannister]]. Also during the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]], Rhaegar offended [[Robert Baratheon]] by naming his betrothed, [[Lyanna Stark]], as Queen of Love and Beauty rather than his own wife, Princess [[Elia Martell]].

{{Targaryen tree now|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree, during the Downfall (click show to Expand)}}

Shortly after the tourney, Prince Rhaegar ran off with Lyanna. When Lyanna's [[Brandon Stark|brother]] and [[Rickard Stark|father]] protested, Aerys had them killed, starting a [[Robert's Rebellion|civil war]]. Rhaegar took command of the royal troops, leading them to defeat in the [[Battle of the Trident]], where he was killed by Robert Baratheon. Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] and the pregnant Queen [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]] fled to Dragonstone. Perfidious Lannisters killed Aerys, Elia, [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]], and the infant [[Aegon Targaryen|Aegon]] in King's Landing. On Dragonstone, Rhaella died giving birth to Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]], who was spirited to the [[Free Cities]] along with Viserys by the loyal Ser [[Willem Darry]]. Robert Baratheon was crowned king, partially due to his having a Targaryen [[Rhaelle Targaryen|grandmother]].

King Aerys II Targaryen was the last king in a dynasty which had held for nearly 300 years of unbroken rule. Where the Targaryens had begun as untouchable demigods atop fire-breathing dragons, their power had fallen noticeably since the time of those beasts, with many more large-scale civil wars featuring pitched battles. In the short term, Aerys's madness had provoked the nobles to action, but such open defiance would not have occurred if his family's prestige had not been in decline for some time. This loss of influence is perhaps shown by the fact that Aegon V was invited to rule by a council rather than claiming a divine right. The [[Defiance of Duskendale]] by [[House Darklyn]], one of the staunchest traditional royal allies, is another sign of the house's loss of influence.

==Recent Events==
[[File: John_Picacio_Daenerys_Targaryen.jpg‎ |[[Daenerys]] and her three fledgling [[dragons]]‎ - © 2012 John Picacio|thumb|300px|right]]

===''A Game of Thrones''===
Across the [[Narrow Sea]], the [[Aerys II Targaryen|Mad King]]'s surviving son claims legitimacy as "[[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys III]]." He and his sister [[Daenerys Targaryen]] wander the [[Free Cities]], seeking aid from various merchant princes to restore House Targaryen. Few take his claim seriously, calling him the Beggar King.

In 288 AL, Viserys betroths his sister to [[Drogo]], a mighty ''[[khal]]'' of the [[Dothraki]], hoping to use his horde to retake the Seven Kingdoms. Viserys alienates the horselord with his arrogance and is eventually killed. After the death of Khal Drogo, Daenerys takes command of the ''[[khalasar]]'''s ragged remnants, and is able to hatch three [[dragon]] eggs, the first in a century and a half.

At the [[Wall]], the century-old Maester [[Aemon]], brother to King [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]], imparts wisdom to a new recruit of the [[Night's Watch]], [[Jon Snow]], regarding the conflict of loyalty between family and duty.

===''A Clash of Kings''===

Daenerys nurtures her young dragons, [[Drogon]], [[Rhaegal]], and [[Viserion]], and her people, bringing them through the [[Red Waste]] to the strange city of [[Qarth]].

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Traveling to [[Slaver's Bay]], Daenerys conquers the cities of [[Astapor]], [[Yunkai]], and [[Meereen]]. However, her campaign of liberation seems to cause more conflict than it solves, so she decides to remain in Meereen to bring order and to learn to rule. One of her officers, [[Ben Plumm]], claims to have Targaryen ancestry.

Maester Aemon pushes Jon Snow to take command of [[Castle Black]] when the Wall is [[Battle of Castle Black|besieged by wildlings]]. Jon is subsequently elected [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]].

===''A Feast for Crows''===

Lord Commander Snow orders Maester Aemon to [[Oldtown]] to avoid the red sorceress [[Melisandre]], who might wish to sacrifice him to [[R'hllor]] for his kingsblood. Unfortunately, Aemon does not survive the voyage, leaving the lore of the Night's Watch in the hands of [[Samwell Tarly]].

===''A Dance with Dragons''===

As she hones her skills of leadership in Meereen, Daenerys tries to tell good counsel from bad and how to make decisions of dubious morality. She refuses a marriage proposal from [[Quentyn Martell]], whose father, [[Doran Martell]], is attempting to honor a secret pact made to wed Viserys to [[Arianne Martell]]. Daenerys's control of Meereen is threatened by a coalition led by Yunkai. She flees from [[Daznak's Pit]] on the back of her dragon [[Drogon]] and ends up in the [[Dothraki Sea]], where she encounters the ''khalasar'' of Khal [[Jhaqo]]. Meanwhile, her other dragons, [[Rhaegal]] and [[Viserion]], are released and wreak havoc upon Meereen.

It is claimed that, unbeknownst to the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]], Crown Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar's]] infant son [[Aegon Targaryen]], Daenerys's nephew, survived the [[Sack of King's Landing]] thanks to [[Varys]], who had a peasant baby killed in his place. The purported Aegon was raised in secret across the narrow sea by Rhaegar's friend [[Jon Connington]], who nicknamed the youth Young Griff. He lands in the [[Stormlands]] with the [[Golden Company]] at his back, calling himself Aegon VI.

[[Beyond the Wall]], the [[three-eyed crow]] who has been appearing to [[Bran Stark]] in his dreams is strongly implied to be none other than Bloodraven, [[Brynden Rivers]], kept alive by sorcery and living in a [[cave of the three-eyed crow|cave]].

==Timeline==
{{See also|Timeline of major events}}
{| class="wikitable" ALIGN="right"
|+Targaryen kings
|-
| [[Aegon I]] || [[1 AL]] – [[37 AL]]
|-
| [[Aenys I]] || [[37 AL]] – [[42 AL]]
|-
| [[Maegor I]] || [[42 AL]] – [[48 AL]]
|-
| [[Jaehaerys I]] || [[48 AL]] – [[103 AL]]
|-
| [[Viserys I]] || [[103 AL]] – [[129 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon II]] || [[129 AL]] – [[131 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon III]] || [[131 AL]] - [[157 AL]]
|-
| [[Daeron I]] || [[157 AL]] -[[161 AL]]
|-
| [[Baelor I]] || [[161 AL]] - [[171 AL]]
|-
| [[Viserys II]] || [[171 AL]] - [[172 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon IV]] || [[172 AL]] - [[184 AL]]
|-
| [[Daeron II]] || [[184 AL]] - [[209 AL]]
|-
| [[Aerys I]] || [[209 AL]] - [[221 AL]]
|-
| [[Maekar I]] || [[221 AL]] - [[233 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon V]] || [[233 AL]] - [[259 AL]]
|-
| [[Jaehaerys II]] || [[259 AL]] - [[262 AL]]
|-
| [[Aerys II]] || [[262 AL]] - [[283 AL]]
|}
All dates are given relative to Aegon's Landing (AL).

;before ca. -200 AL: House Targaryen relocates to the island of [[Dragonstone]], off the coast of [[Westeros]].
;The [[Doom of Valyria]] (ca. -100 AL): The Doom destroys the freehold of Valyria.
;[[War of Conquest|The Wars of Conquest]] (ca. 1 AL): Aided by his two sisters and their dragons Vhagar, Meraxes, and Balerion, the armies of Aegon the Conqueror invade the seven kingdoms of Westeros, sparking the Wars of Conquest. In the battle known as the "[[Field of Fire]]," Aegon's army conquers the combined forces of the [[Kingdom of the Rock|Rock]] and of the [[Reach]]; the three dragons kill nearly four thousand men. Many other kings bend the knee to Aegon, and in the end, only Dorne remains unconquered.
; [[Faith Militant uprising]] (37-48 AL)
: The two armed wings of the church rise against Aegon's incest-born son [[Aenys I]]. Aenys's half-brother and Hand, [[Maegor I]] seizes the throne after his death and fails to crush the rebels. Aenys's son [[Jaehaerys I]] succeeds and outlaws both military orders.
;[[The Dance of the Dragons]] (129-131 AL), the Targaryen civil war.
: [[Aegon II]]'s claim to the throne is disputed by his elder sister [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]]; both perish in the resulting war. Several dragons and lesser branches of the house are extinguished.
;[[Conquest of Dorne]] (ca. 157 AL)
:Aged 14, [[Daeron I]] conquers [[Dorne]], but is unable to hold it. He dies along with tens of thousands.
;The [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]] (196 AL): The first Blackfyre Rebellion ends when the rebel Daemon Blackfyre's forces are defeated in the Battle of the Redgrass Field. These events are recounted in ''[[The Sworn Sword]]''.
;[[Ashford Tourney|Tourney at Ashford]] (208 AL)
: [[Baelor Breakspear]] dies from wounds sustained in trial by combat. These events are recounted in ''[[The Hedge Knight]]''.
;[[The Great Spring Sickness]] (209 AL)
:A plague engulfs large parts of Westeros, killing King [[Daeron II]] and his grandsons [[Valarr Targaryen|Valarr]] and [[Matarys Targaryen|Matarys]].
;[[Great Council]] (233 AL)
:A great council passes over the infant bastard son of [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion Brightflame]] and the idiot daughter of Prince [[Daeron Targaryen|Daeron]], crowning [[Aegon V]], the Unlikely.
;[[War of the Usurper]] (282-283 AL)
:The Targaryen reign ends when Lord [[Robert Baratheon]] takes the [[Iron Throne]] and King [[Aerys II]] is killed by his sworn knight Ser [[Jaime Lannister]].

==House Targaryen at the end of the third century==

The known Targaryens during the timespan of the events described on [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] are:
*{[[Viserys Targaryen|King Viserys III]]}, called the Beggar King and Khal Raggat (Sorefoot King) and self-proclaimed King of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men and Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, in exile. Fatally crowned in [[Vaes Dothrak]].
*[[Daenerys Targaryen|Queen Daenerys I Stormborn]], called Mother of Dragons, sister of Viserys and last known Targaryen heir, Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Shackles, Queen of Meereen.
**her dragons, [[Drogon|Drogon]], [[Viserion|Viserion]], [[Rhaegal|Rhaegal]],
**{[[Drogo|Khal Drogo]]}, her first husband. Euthanized after disabling wounds.
***{[[Rhaego]]}, her son by Drogo. Died at birth.
**[[Hizdahr zo Loraq|King Hizdahr zo Loraq XIV]], her second husband, King of Meereen, Scion of Ghis, Octarch of the Old Empire, Master of the Skahazadhan, Consort to Dragons, Blood of the Harpy. A Ghiscari noble of Meereen.
*{[[Maester Aemon|Maester Aemon]]}, sworn to the Night's Watch. Great-granduncle to the Mad King. Died of a chill at sea, at the age of one hundred and two.

*[[Aegon Targaryen|Prince Aegon]], Rhaegar's son. Believed to have died at Gregor Clegane's hand in the Sack of King's Landing, but is purported by some to be alive under the identity of Young Griff and with the [[Golden Company]]. If true his claim supersedes his aunt Daenerys', and he is Aegon VI.

{{Targaryen tree|state=hidden|title=Complete Targaryen Family Tree (click show to Expand)}}

===Household===

====The Queen's protectors:====
*Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], called Barristan the Bold, Lord Commander of the [[Queensguard]].
**his two known knights:
***Ser [[Tumco Lho]], of the [[Basilisk Isles]], a newly-made knight.
***"[[The Red Lamb]]", a [[Lhazar]]ene freedman and newly-made knight.
**his lads, squires training for knighthood:
***[[Larraq]], called 'The Lash', of Meereen.
***the Boys, three Ghiscari brothers and freedmen.
*[[Belwas]], called Strong Belwas, eunuch and former pit fighter.
*her [[Dothraki]] bloodriders:
**[[Jhogo]], the whip, blood of her blood and ''ko''.
**[[Aggo]], the bow, blood of her blood and ''ko''.
**[[Rakharo]], the arakh, blood of her blood and ''ko''.
* Ser [[Jorah Mormont]], called 'Jorah the Andal', former Lord Commander. Banished.

====The Queen's captains and commanders:====
*[[Grey Worm]], a eunuch, commander of the [[Unsullied]], a company of eunuch infantry.
**[[Hero]], an Unsullied captain, second-in-command.
**{[[Stalwart Shield]]}, an Unsullied spearman, murdered by the [[Sons of the Harpy]].
*{[[Mollono Yos Dob]]}, commander of the [[Stalwart Shields]], a company of freedmen named for the martyred Unsullied. Died of the Pale Mare.
**[[Tal Toraq]], new commander of the Stalwart Shields.
*[[Symon Stripeback]], commander of [[Free Brothers]], a company of freedmen.
*[[Marselen]], commander of the [[Mother's Men]], a company of freedman, a eunuch, brother to Missandei.
*{[[Groleo]]} of Pentos, formerly captain of the great cog ''Saduleon'', made an admiral without a fleet. Executed by the Yunkai'i.
*[[Rommo]], a ''jaqqa rhan'' of the Dothraki, he represents Daenerys' khalasar at council.
*[[Daario Naharis]], a [[Tyrosh]]i sellsword, captain of the [[Stormcrows]], a free company.
**[[Widower|The Widower]], second in command and acting joint-commander of the Stormcrows.
**[[Jokin]], commander of the archers and acting joint-commander of the Stormcrows.
*[[Ben Plumm]], called 'Brown Ben', a mongrel sellsword, captain of the [[Second Sons]], a free company. Defected to Yunkai.

====The Queen's Meereenese court:====
*[[Reznak mo Reznak|Reznak mo Reznak]], her seneschal, bald and unctuous.
*[[Skahaz mo Kandaq|Shahaz mo Kandaq]], called 'The Shavepate', shaven-headed commander of the [[Brazen Beasts]], Meereen's city watch.

====The Queen's handmaids and servants:====
*[[Irri|Irri]] and [[Jhiqui|Jhiqui]], young women of the Dothraki, handmaidens.
*[[Missandei|Missandei]], a [[Naath]]i scribe and translator.
*[[Grazdar|Grazdar]], [[Qezza|Qezza]], [[Mezzara|Mezzara]], [[Kezmya|Kezmya]], [[Azzak|Azzak]], [[Bhakaz|Bhakaz]], [[Miklaz|Miklaz]], [[Dhazzar|Dhazzar]], [[Draqaz|Draqaz]], [[Jhezane|Jhezane]], children of the pyramids of Meereen, her cupbearers and pages.
*{[[Doreah]]}, a Lysene handmaiden and former bedslave. Perished to sickness in the [[Red Waste]].

===Young Griff/Prince Aegon's followers===
* '[[Jon Connington|Griff]]', a sellsword late of the [[Golden Company]]. Actually [[Jon Connington]], exiled Lord of [[Griffin's Roost]] and [[Hand of the King]] to [[Aerys II]].
* Ser [[Rolly Duckfield]], called 'Duck', a [[knight]]. Pronounced the first of Aegon's [[Kingsguard]].
* Septa [[Lemore]], called 'Lady Lemore', a woman of the [[Faith of the Seven]].
* [[Haldon]], called 'the Halfmaester', Aegon's tutor.
* [[Yandry]], master and captain of the ''[[Shy Maid]]''
** [[Ysilla]], his wife.
* The [[Golden Company]], a famous sellsword company founded by the [[Blackfyre Pretenders]] to the [[Iron Throne]].
==Quotes==
{{Quote|Like their [[dragon]]s the Targaryens answered to neither gods nor men.{{Ref|aCoK|33}}}}
- [[Catelyn Tully]]'s thoughts

{{Quote|Every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness.{{Ref|ASOS|71}}}}
- Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]

{{Quote|I will kill every [[Targaryen]] I can get my hands on, until they are as dead as their dragons, and then I will piss on their graves. {{Ref|aGoT|12}}}}
- [[Robert Baratheon]]

{{Quote|What did any Targaryen ever know of honor? Go down into your crypt and ask [[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]] about the dragon’s honor! {{Ref|AGOT|12}}}}
- [[Robert Baratheon]] to [[Eddard Stark]]

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House Stark

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Marco:

{{Noble House
| House_name = House Stark of [[Winterfell]]
| image = [[File:House_Stark77.png|250px|center]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = Grey direwolf of the running across an ice-white field.
| Words = ''Winter is Coming''
| Seat = Scattered (formerly [[Winterfell]])
| Current_Lord = [[Rickon Stark]] (lost)
| Region = [[The North]]
| Title = [[King in the North]] [[Warden of the North]] Lord of [[Winterfell]] Lord Paramount of [[the North]] [[King of the Trident]]
| Overlord = None (formerly [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]])
| Ancestral_weapon = [[Ice]] (destroyed)
| Cadet_branch = [[House Greystark]] [[House Karstark]]
| Founded_in = [[Age of Heroes]]
| Founder = [[Bran the Builder]]
}}

'''House Stark of Winterfell''' is one of the great houses of [[Westeros]] and the principal noble house of [[the North]]; many lesser houses are sworn to them. In days of old they ruled as [[King in the North|Kings of Winter]]; since the [[Wars of Conquest|Targaryen Conquest]] they have been [[Warden of the North|Wardens of the North]]. Their seat, [[Winterfell]], is an ancient castle renowned for its strength. Their sigil is a grey [[direwolf]] racing across a field of white, and their words are "Winter Is Coming", one of only a few house mottoes to be a warning rather than a boast.{{Ref|aGoT|1}} Members of the family tend to be lean of build and long of face, with dark brown hair and grey eyes. Several of the main point of view characters of the series are members of this house.

==History==
The Starks are an ancient house, descended from [[Bran the Builder]], a legendary figure from the [[Age of Heroes]], who raised their ancestral home at [[Winterfell]] thousands of years in the past, as well as [[the Wall]]. They are descendants of the [[First Men]]{{Ref|aGoT|1}} and still follow some of their ancient traditions and the [[old gods]] of the forest. The Starks were [[King In The North|Kings of Winter]] in the North for many thousands of years from the Age of Heroes, possibly beginning with Bran the Builder. Ever since Bran constructed the Wall, the Starks have been friends of the [[Night's Watch]], and have manned the Wall for thousands of years. The [[Night's King]], the attainted 13th [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]], is said to have been a Stark, among his many possible origins. The Starks also helped repel several major [[wildling]] invasions, such as when they and their [[House Umber|Umber]] bannermen defeated the [[King-Beyond-the-Wall|Kings-Beyond-the-Wall]] like the brothers [[Gendel]] and [[Gorne]], as well as [[Bael|Bael the Bard]], who both sired and fought a Stark.

For several millennia, the Starks were not the uncontested Kings in the North, but their primary antagonists, the [[House Bolton|Boltons]] of the [[Dreadfort]], swore fealty some 1,000 years ago, ending their flesh-flaying ways. Meanwhile, King [[Jon Stark]] drove pirates from the [[White Knife]], and the [[Wolf's Den]] was built at its mouth. This stronghold and the city which grew up around it, [[White Harbor]], was often granted to sons and grandsons of the King in the North or other bannermen before finally being granted to the [[House Manderly|Manderlys]], a house exiled from [[the Reach]] and taken in by the Starks. King Jon's son, [[Rickard Stark (King)|Rickard]], defeated the [[Marsh King]] and married his daughter, bringing [[the Neck]] into Winterfell's realm under the lordship of [[House Reed]]. The [[House Karstark|Karstarks]] were founded when [[Karlon Stark]], brother to the reigning king, helped crush a rebel lord and was granted [[Karhold|a keep]] for his service. Finally, the [[House Mormont|Mormonts]] were granted [[Bear Island]] when King [[Rodrik Stark]] won it from the [[ironborn]] in a wrestling match. The Starks fought the [[House Arryn|Arryns]] of the [[Vale]] for the [[Three Sisters]], eventually ceding control of the islands.

Aside from the Karstarks, the Starks of Winterfell may have distant relatives elsewhere in the North, possibly in [[White Harbor]] and [[Barrowton]].<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1239/ So Spake Martin:] The Stark Family, June 10, 2003</ref>

The last Stark King in the North was [[Torrhen Stark|Torrhen]], who submitted to [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] at the end of the [[War of Conquest]]. Since that time the Starks have held the North for the kings of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] as [[Warden of the North|Wardens of the North]].{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}}

Around {{date|213}}, House Stark faced a difficult succession. Several Lords of Winterfell had perished fighting wars in the North against rebellious [[Skagos|Skagosi]], the wildling king [[Raymun Redbeard]] and other threats, leaving [[Beron Stark]] as the lord of the house. As he too lay slowly succumbing to wounds he received fighting [[Dagon Greyjoy]] and his [[ironborn]], his wife and four other recent Stark widows struggled over who would succeed him. There were a number of potential heirs, with some ten Stark children about.<ref>So Spake Martin [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1408/ 1] and [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1409/ 2] February 17, 2006</ref> <ref>George R. R. Martin [http://grrm.livejournal.com/225206.html?thread=14021558 Not A Blog] July 2, 2012</ref>

===Recent Background===
Lord [[Rickard Stark]] and his maester, [[Walys Flowers]], sought to further southron alliances by betrothing Rickard's heir, [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]], to [[Catelyn Tully]] of [[Riverrun]]. [[Petyr Baelish]], a ward of [[Hoster Tully|Catelyn's father]] nicknamed Littlefinger, loved Catelyn and challenged Brandon to a duel for her hand. Brandon won their duel, but did not kill Petyr in concession to Catelyn's pleas. Meanwhile, [[Lyanna Stark]] was betrothed to Lord [[Robert Baratheon]], who was infatuated with her from a distance. Lyanna, however, was not as ardent in her love for Robert, and was fully aware of his philandering ways. Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], after winning the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]], crowned her Queen of Love and Beauty, passing over his wife, the [[Dorne|Dornish]] princess [[Elia Martell|Elia]], in her favor. The exact nature of her relationship with Rhaegar is not presently clear, but shortly thereafter she disappeared in Rhaegar's company and Robert and her brother Brandon Stark believed that Lyanna had been taken against her will. Brandon was on his way to Riverrun to wed Catelyn Tully when he heard this news. He and four companions rode to [[King's Landing]] to seek her return, but both he and Lord Rickard were executed on the order of the Mad King, [[Aerys II Targaryen]]. Lord [[Jon Arryn]] refused to hand his wards, [[Eddard Stark]] and Robert Baratheon, over when Aerys demanded their heads, and [[Robert's Rebellion|civil war]] broke out.

During its course, Lord [[Eddard Stark|Eddard "Ned" Stark]] honored his late brother Brandon's betrothal to Catelyn Tully as part of an alliance to bring [[House Tully]] into the rebel fold. He was one of the principal commanders in the war, but had a falling out with Robert after he accepted the treacherous aid of [[House Lannister]] and condoned the brutal murders of Rhaegar's [[Elia Martell|wife]], [[Aegon Targaryen|son]] and [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|daughter]] out of his hatred for the Targaryen prince. After the [[Sack of King's Landing]], Eddard and six companions went to retrieve Lyanna at the fortress Rhaegar had named the [[Tower of Joy]]. They fought three [[Kingsguard]] knights stationed there, who killed all but Eddard and [[Howland Reed]]. Eddard found Lyanna dying in a bed of blood and clutching a withered wreath of blue roses. She forced him to make a promise to her, the contents of which are unknown, but which haunted Eddard for the rest of his life. She was sixteen years old at the time of her death and was buried in the Stark family crypt in Winterfell beside her father, Rickard, and brother, Brandon.

Ned and Robert were reconciled in their shared grief, but Ned still disdained the court since Robert, the new king, married [[Cersei Lannister]] and allowed her brother, [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], to remain a Kingsguard even after slaying his liege, Aerys. Ned returned from the war to be presented with his trueborn son, [[Robb Stark|Robb]], but he carried the infant [[Jon Snow]], whom he presented as his bastard son. Six years later, Ned helped his foster brother, Robert, crush [[Balon Greyjoy]]'s [[Greyjoy Rebellion|rebellion]], taking [[Theon Greyjoy]] as a ward of Winterfell. Lord Rickard's youngest child, [[Benjen Stark|Benjen]], joined the [[Night's Watch]], eventually becoming First Ranger. Eddard ruled the North in Robert's name, keeping distant from the intrigue-ridden, Lannister-infested politics of King's Landing.

==Recent Events==
[[File: John_Picacio_Ned_Stark.jpg‎|Eddard Stark ‎- © 2012 John Picacio|thumb|300px|right]]

===''A Game of Thrones''===
King [[Robert Baratheon]] visits [[Winterfell]] to offer Lord [[Eddard Stark|Eddard "Ned" Stark]] the position of [[Hand of the King]], recently empty due to the death of their foster father, Lord [[Jon Arryn]]. A letter arrives from [[Lysa Arryn]], Jon's widow and Ned's wife [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]]'s sister, who claims the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] were behind Lord Arryn's sudden death. At Catelyn's urging, Ned grudgingly accepts the Handship and a betrothal of their daughter [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] to Prince [[Joffrey]]. During the royal party's stay, Ned's second son, [[Bran Stark|Bran]], spies Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] having sex with her twin brother, Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]]; he is thrown from a tower in hopes the fall would kill him, but survives, crippled and comatose. Ned rides to [[King's Landing]] along with his daughters, Sansa and [[Arya Stark|Arya]], while Catelyn remains at Winterfell with their sons. Meanwhile, Ned's bastard son, [[Jon Snow]], rides north with his uncle, [[Benjen Stark|Benjen]], to join the [[Night's Watch]]. Catelyn is inconsolable in her worry for Bran, ignoring her duties as steward, but is jolted back to reality by an attempt on his life thwarted only by [[Summer (direwolf)|his direwolf]]. As Bran lies comatose, he begins to have visions of a [[three-eyed crow]].

On the [[Kingsroad]], Arya defends her friend [[Mycah]] from the aggressions of Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon]], upsetting Sansa. This is exacerbated when Sansa's direwolf, [[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]], is ordered dead in place of Arya's, [[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]], which has escaped. In [[King's Landing]], Eddard is outraged to find that the crown is heavily in debt (largely to Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]) and that Robert intends to throw a [[Tourney of the Hand|lavish tourney]] in his honor.

Ned investigates the death of Jon Arryn, determining that he was looking into the king's bastard brood. When Robert holds a [[small council]] meeting to arrange the death of the exiled [[Daenerys Targaryen]], who has wed [[Drogo|a mighty Dothraki khal]], Ned refuses to condone the assassination and resigns the Handship. In the streets of the capital, he is waylaid by Lannister men in retaliation for Catelyn's abduction of [[Tyrion Lannister]], whom her foster-brother, [[Petyr Baelish]], had told her was responsible for the attempt on Bran's life. Ned's leg is broken and his best men slain, but Ned survives and Robert re-confirms his appointment as Hand before going on a hunt and leaving Ned to sit the [[Iron Throne]]. In this capacity he sends men to stop [[Gregor Clegane]] from raiding the [[Riverlands]]. Gregor's attacks were ordered by Lord Lannister; since Lord Stark was wounded he was not lured into the field and thus could not be captured and traded for Tyrion. The men sent after Ser Gregor are [[Battle at the Mummer's Ford|ambushed]] and many are slain; the survivors go on to found the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]]. On the [[Wall]], Jon Snow deals with the cruel tutelage of Ser [[Alliser Thorne]] while making friends such as [[Samwell Tarly]] and learning lessons from his elders. He also encounters a hint of the evil that supposedly lies [[beyond the Wall]] when the corpses of two of his uncle's men [[Wight|rise from the dead]] and go on the rampage at [[Castle Black]]; Jon saves the Watch's commander, [[Jeor Mormont]], from being killed by [[Othor|one of the wights]].

Eventually, Ned arrives at the same conclusion at which Jon Arryn did: that Queen Cersei's children are not Robert's, but bastards born of incest between the Lannister twins, and determines that it is this secret for which Jon was murdered. He approaches Cersei with this truth, warning her to flee the city. Enlisting Lord Baelish to recruit the [[Gold Cloaks]], Ned confronts Cersei after Robert's death from a hunting accident, insisting that [[Stannis Baratheon]] is now king by rights. Baelish betrays Ned - his men are slaughtered by [[Janos Slynt]]'s Gold Cloaks and he is thrown into a black cell. Sansa is held hostage in the [[Red Keep]], but Arya manages to escape thanks to [[Syrio Forel]], the fencing master Ned had hired to train her in swordplay.

[[Robb Stark]], upon hearing this news, calls the banners of Winterfell and marches south. Catelyn arranges a marriage alliance with [[House Frey]] to negotiate a crossing of the [[Trident]], and Robb [[War of the Five Kings#The North Joins the War|breaks Lannister hegemony]] in the [[Riverlands]] and captures [[Jaime Lannister|the Kingslayer]]. Ned initially refuses to name Joffrey as the true king, but in the end agrees in order to ensure the safety of Sansa. When he publicly announces this support, however, the capricious boy king orders Ned's execution rather than allow him to join the Night's Watch. The lords at Robb's war council in [[Riverrun]] proclaim him [[King in the North]] and of the Trident, seceding from the realm of the [[Iron Throne]]. Meanwhile, Benjen has gone missing [[beyond the Wall]], and Jon Snow, after briefly contemplating deserting the Watch to join his half-brother's army, rides as part of [[the Great Ranging]] meant to determine his fate and the threats of the [[Others]] and [[wildlings]].

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Tomasz Jedruszek Battle for Westeros.jpg|400px|thumb|King Robb launched a wildly successful invasion of the [[Westerlands]] – by Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Leaving Lord [[Roose Bolton]] in command of the northmen around the Trident, King Robb launches a wildly successful invasion of the [[Westerlands]], winning a string of victories against Lannister bannermen. In an effort to gain allies, he sends his father's ward, [[Theon Greyjoy]], and his mother, [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]], as envoys to [[Balon Greyjoy]] and [[Renly Baratheon]], respectively. However, Theon joins [[House Greyjoy|his family]] in [[War of the Five Kings#Rise of the Kraken|attacking the North]], while Catelyn's diplomatic progress is shattered when Renly is assassinated by the red sorceress, [[Melisandre]]. Renly's sworn shield, [[Brienne of Tarth]], takes up service with Catelyn.

Arya journeys north with [[Yoren]] and his new recruits for the Night's Watch, including King Robert's bastard [[Gendry]], but their band is ambushed by westermen and she is taken into captivity. At [[Harrenhal]], she is witness to myriad atrocities, but remains strong, orchestrating several deaths of her tormentors via the assassin [[Jaqen H'ghar]] and freeing a band of northmen prisoners. When the castle is taken by Roose Bolton, the incognito Arya is named his cupbearer, but does not trust her father's bannerman and flees the castle. Meanwhile, Sansa remains in custody at the Red Keep, betrothed to King Joffrey. She suffers abuse at his hands, but makes tenuous relationships with [[Sandor Clegane]] and [[Dontos Hollard]].

At Winterfell, Bran enjoys titular reign while Maester [[Luwin]] and Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] deal with such issues as the harvest feast, [[House Hornwood|Hornwood]] inheritance, and the atrocities of [[Ramsay Snow]], the Bastard of Bolton. With the guidance of the [[House Reed|Reed]] children, [[Jojen Reed|Jojen]] and [[Meera Reed|Meera]], Bran hones his gift for [[greensight]] and [[skinchanger|skinchanging]]. Theon [[Battle of Winterfell|seizes Winterfell]], but is [[Sack of Winterfell|thrown out]] by a treacherous Ramsay Snow; Luwin and Rodrik are slain by Ramsay's men. Bran and Rickon are thought dead, but split up and flee towards remote northern havens. Ramsay blames the slaughter on the [[ironborn]].

Benjen remains lost beyond the Wall. Jon Snow joins [[Qhorin Halfhand]] on a scouting mission in the [[Skirling Pass]], during which he refuses an order to execute a [[spearwife]] named [[Ygritte]]. On their return to Lord Commander [[Jeor Mormont]], the pair encounter a wildling band led by [[Rattleshirt]]. Jon, on orders from Qhorin, joins the wildlings as a double agent, and is forced to kill the Halfhand to prove his earnestness. Ygritte, now with Rattleshirt, vouches for Jon.

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Zippo514 youngwolf.jpg|The Freys murdered [[Robb Stark]] and sewed [[Grey Wind|his wolf]]'s head on his body (by Zippo514 ©)|thumb|250px|right]]
With [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s power broken by the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] and the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] and [[House Martell|Martells]] allied with the Lannisters, the Stark-Tully forces stand alone against their foes in the south, and the Greyjoys threaten the North.

News of Bran's and Rickon's alleged deaths drive two fateful decisions. Catelyn is confined to [[Riverrun]] for freeing Jaime Lannister in a desperate attempt to trade him for her daughters, sending Brienne to accompany him to King's Landing. Robb returns from his Westerlands campaign having wed the daughter of a minor Lannister bannerman, [[Jeyne Westerling]], who had comforted him in his grief. This brings House Stark's alliance with the Freys into question.

Meanwhile, Lord [[Rickard Karstark]] kills two Lannister prisoners in place of Jaime, and is in turn executed by Robb, alienating a loyal bannerhouse. [[Lord Walder Frey]] offers to forgive Robb's breach of marriage contract by having his uncle, Lord [[Edmure Tully]], stand in his place. Robb and Catelyn ride with 3,500 veteran northmen to attend the wedding.

Bran journeys north with [[Hodor]], [[Jojen Reed|Jojen]] and [[Meera Reed]], and his direwolf [[Summer (direwolf)|Summer]]. They pass through the Wall at the [[Nightfort]] with the aid of Sam Tarly and [[Coldhands]].

Further north, Jon Snow ingratiates himself with the [[free folk]], beginning a romance with [[Ygritte]] and befriending [[Mance Rayder]], the [[King-beyond-the-Wall]], and other wildling leaders. He scales the Wall with [[Styr]], the Magnar of [[Thenn (region)|Thenn]], and escapes to [[Castle Black]] in time to help prepare for the assault. When it comes, command falls to Jon after the death of [[Donal Noye]]. Ygritte is killed during the fighting. Jon does well until his rivals, [[Alliser Thorne]] and [[Janos Slynt]], arrive and imprison him for allegedly betraying his vows. They send him to assassinate Mance Rayder under a flag of parley, but [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s arrival breaks the wildling host before the deed is carried out. After [[Battle of Castle Black|the battle]], Jon is elected [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]] thanks to the maneuverings of his friend, Sam Tarly.

Sansa's engagement to King Joffrey is ended by his betrothal to [[Margaery Tyrell]]. She begins to mingle with the Tyrell women in King's Landing and is nearly betrothed to [[Willas Tyrell]], but is wed to [[Tyrion Lannister]] instead; they never consummate their match. The pair are blamed for [[Purple Wedding|Joffrey's murder]] at his wedding feast; in truth it was orchestrated by Petyr Baelish and [[Olenna Tyrell]]. Petyr smuggles Sansa out of the capitol, murdering his pawn and her friend, Dontos Hollard. He brings Sansa to the [[Eyrie]], where he marries her aunt, [[Lysa Tully]]. Littlefinger keeps her hidden by presenting her as his natural daughter, Alayne; when Lysa drunkenly accuses Sansa of trying to steal Petyr, and reveals that she and Baelish had in fact killed Jon Arryn, Petyr throws her from the [[Moon Door]].

Arya traverses the Riverlands, unknowingly entering the mind of her lost direwolf, Nymeria, and killing several sellswords of the [[Brave Companions]] chasing her. She joins with the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]], but is abducted by the Hound, [[Sandor Clegane]], who hopes to ransom her at Edmure's wedding. Robb designates his heir (believed to be Jon Snow, in spite of the Night's Watch vows) and resolves to march north to reclaim his homeland from the Greyjoys and attend Edmure's wedding at [[the Twins]] along the way. Lord Frey, however, has been conspiring with [[Tywin Lannister]] and the traitorous Roose Bolton - Robb, Catelyn, and many of their bannermen are [[Red Wedding|murdered under guest right]] at the Twins.

With Bran and Rickon thought dead and Sansa and Arya missing, House Stark is all but extinguished in the eyes of the world. They are supplanted as [[Warden of the North|Wardens of the North]] by [[House Bolton]]. The rivermen return to the king's peace, and the northern lords grudgingly accept Dreadfort authority. The Hound brings Arya toward the [[Eyrie]] in an attempt to ransom her to Lady Lysa, but they are attacked by Ser [[Gregor Clegane]]'s men and he is stabbed. Arya leaves the Hound to die and uses the iron coin given to her by [[Jaqen H'ghar]], and books passage across the [[narrow sea]] on the galleas ''[[Titan's Daughter]]''.

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Sansa remains in the [[Vale]], where she takes on a maternal role for her cousin, [[Robert Arryn]]. Littlefinger plots to reveal her identity, wed her to Robert's heir, [[Harrold Hardyng]], and use the knights of the Vale to retake the North in her name.

Arya arrives in [[Braavos]], where she takes up training at the [[House of Black and White]] to become a [[Faceless Man]].

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Lord Commander Jon Snow begins an uneasy alliance with the free folk, executes the recalcitrant [[Janos Slynt]], and tactfully deals with the imperious [[Stannis Baratheon]]. While refusing the king's offer to be legitimized as Jon Stark, Lord of Winterfell, and wed the "wildling princess", [[Val]], Jon offers Stannis advice that helps him in his campaign against the Boltons and Greyjoys.

At [[Winterfell]], Sansa's friend [[Jeyne Poole]] is wed to [[Ramsay Bolton]] in the guise of "Arya Stark" in an effort to legitimize Bolton overlordship. A disguised [[Mance Rayder]], sent by Jon Snow, recruits a broken-willed Theon Greyjoy to rescue the girl and deliver her to Stannis. When Jon gives orders to retake Winterfell from Ramsay after receiving an [[Bastard Letter|inflammatory letter]], the senior officers of the Watch turn on Jon for allying with wildlings and meddling in the affairs of the realm; it is not clear if he has survived their assassination attempt.

Bran arrives at the [[cave of the three-eyed crow]], where he meets the last [[three-eyed crow|greenseer]] and [[children of the forest]] and begins perfecting the advanced arts of greensight. Rickon, [[Osha]], and [[Shaggydog]] are said to be on [[Skagos]], where Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] has requested that [[Davos Seaworth]] search for Rickon, so that Stannis can rally the northmen to fight in his name.

==House genealogy==
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===House Stark at the end of the third century===
*{[[Brandon Stark]]}, eldest son and heir of Lord {[[Rickard Stark]]}. He was slain along with his father by order of the Mad King, [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]].
*{[[Eddard Stark|Eddard "Ned" Stark]]}, middle son of Lord Rickard Stark. Ned served as Lord of Winterfell and [[Warden of the North]] until his execution in [[King's Landing]], several months after taking office as [[Hand of the King]].
**{[[Catelyn Tully]]}, Lord Eddard's wife. She is the mother of [[Robb Stark|Robb]], [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]], [[Arya Stark|Arya]], [[Bran Stark|Bran]], and [[Rickon Stark]]. She is killed during the [[Red Wedding]], but is later resurrected by [[Beric Dondarrion]] and is known as "Lady Stoneheart".
***{[[Robb Stark]]}, Lord Eddard's eldest trueborn son and heir, also known as "the Young Wolf". He takes his father's position as Lord Stark and is later crowned [[King in the North]] and [[King of the Trident|of the Trident]] by his bannermen, prior to his death in the [[Red Wedding]]. His direwolf is named [[Grey Wind]] and is killed along with him at [[the Twins]].
****[[Jeyne Westerling]], Robb's widow.
***[[Sansa Stark]], Eddard and Catelyn's elder daughter. Her direwolf is named [[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]] and is killed under Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei's]] orders in retribution for Arya's direwolf savaging her son [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]. She is currently hiding in the [[Vale of Arryn]] as "Alayne Stone".
****[[Tyrion Lannister]], Sansa's estranged husband.
***[[Arya Stark]], Eddard and Catelyn's younger daughter. She is publicly known to have married [[Ramsay Bolton]], but Ramsay has instead married [[Jeyne Poole]], who was forced to pose as the Stark girl. Arya is instead in [[Braavos]] among the [[Faceless Men]]. Her direwolf, [[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]], leads a wolfpack roaming the Riverlands.
***[[Bran Stark]], Eddard and Catelyn's second son. Bran becomes crippled and learns how to become a [[skinchanger|warg]]. he is believed to have been killed by [[Theon Greyjoy]], but is actually [[beyond the Wall]] at the [[cave of the three-eyed crow]]. His direwolf is named [[Summer (direwolf)|Summer]].
***[[Rickon Stark]], Eddard and Catelyn's youngest child, only three years old when the series begins. He is also believed dead at the hands of Theon, though actually Rickon is in [[Skagos]] with [[Osha]]. His direwolf is [[Shaggydog]].
***[[Jon Snow]], Eddard's bastard son by an unspecified mother. Jon was raised at Winterfell alongside his Stark half-siblings. Having joined the [[Night's Watch]], he has risen to the rank of [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch|Lord Commander]]. His direwolf is [[Ghost]].
*{[[Lyanna Stark]]}, only daughter of Lord Rickard. Once betrothed to [[Robert Baratheon]], Lyanna died after being spirited away by [[Rhaegar Targaryen]].
*[[Benjen Stark]], the youngest son of Lord Rickard and the last surviving sibling of Ned. He is First Ranger of the [[Night's Watch]] and brings Jon Snow to the [[Wall]] when he wants to join the order. Benjen is missing in the lands [[beyond the Wall]].

===Historical Starks===
No precise lineage of House Stark is known, but the individuals listed below are supposed to be in rough chronological order.

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* [[Bran the Builder]], founder of House Stark and the first [[King in the North]], builder of Winterfell and the Wall.
* King [[Theon Stark|Theon]], the Hungry Wolf
* King [[Brandon Stark (Shipwright)|Brandon the Shipwright]], who loved sailing and built up a mighty northern fleet.
* King [[Brandon Stark (Burner)|Brandon the Burner]], who burned the entire northern fleet after the disappearance of his father on the [[Sunset Sea]].
* King [[Jonnel Stark|Jonnel]]
* King [[Dorren Stark|Dorren]]
* King [[Jon Stark|Jon]], who built the [[Wolf's Den]] at [[White Harbor]] after driving away sea raiders.
* King [[Rickard Stark (King)|Rickard]], who defeated the Marsh King, extending their kingdom to include [[the Neck]].
* King [[Rodrik Stark|Rodrik]], who won [[Bear Island]] from the [[ironborn]] in a wrestling match and granted it to [[House Mormont]].
* King [[Edrick Stark|Edrick]]
* King [[Benjen Stark (Bitter)|Benjen the Bitter]]
* King [[Benjen Stark (Sweet)|Benjen the Sweet]]
* King [[Eyron Stark|Eyron]]
* King [[Edderion Stark|Edderion]], the Bridegroom
* King [[Walton Stark|Walton]], the Moonking
* King [[Brandon Stark (Bad)|Brandon the Bad]]
* [[Karlon Stark|Karlon]], a younger brother of the king and founder of the [[House Karstark|Karstarks]].
* King [[Jorah Stark|Jorah]]
* King [[Jonos Stark|Jonos]]
* King [[Edwyn Stark|Edwyn]], the Spring King
* King [[Brandon Stark (the daughterless)|Bran the Daughterless]]
* [[Osric Stark|Osric]], son or brother of the King in the North, the youngest Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, who served for 60 years.
* King [[Harlon Stark|Harlon]], who defeated rebellious [[House Bolton]] centuries ago
* King [[Torrhen Stark|Torrhen]], the King Who Knelt, the last [[King in the North]], who bent the knee to [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]], making the North owe allegiance to [[House Targaryen]].
* [[Brandon Snow]], King Torrhen's bastard brother.
* [[Cregan Stark|Cregan]], who fought Aemon the Dragonknight
* [[Brandon Stark (Lord)|Brandon]]
* [[Barth Stark|Barth]]
* [[Jonnel Stark|Jonnel]]
* [[Rodwell Stark|Rodwell]]
* [[Donnor Stark|Donnor]]
* [[Artos Stark|Artos the Implacable]]
* [[Willam Stark|Willam]]
* [[Beron Stark|Beron]]
* [[Edwyle Stark|Edwyle]]
* Unnamed sister of Edwyle who married a younger son of Lord [[Raymar Royce]] of the cadet branch. [[Catelyn Tully]] considers making one of their descendants heir apparent for Robb.{{ref|ASOS|45}}
*[[Rickard Stark|Rickard]], killed by order of King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]] shortly before [[Robert's Rebellion]].
}}

===Household===

* [[Theon Greyjoy]], known as "Theon Turncloak" and "Reek", Lord Eddard's ward and hostage. Fought for Robb Stark in the [[War of the Five Kings]], betrayed him to [[House Greyjoy]], seized Winterfell until betrayed by [[Ramsay Bolton]]. Imprisoned and tortured. Fled with Jeyne Poole. Now a prisoner of [[Stannis Baratheon]].
* [[Brienne of Tarth|Brienne, the Maid of Tarth]], sworn sword to Lady Catelyn. Sent to rescue Sansa and Arya, and keeping to that quest even after Catelyn's death and the seeming destruction of House Stark.
* [[Walder Frey (Big)|Walder Frey]], called "Big Walder", a ward of Lady Catelyn, eight years of age. Now a squire of [[Ramsay Bolton]].
* {[[Walder Frey (Little)|Walder Frey]]}, called "Little Walder", a ward of Lady Catelyn, eight years of age. Made a squire of Ramsay Bolton. Killed by the 'Ghost of Winterfell', presumably Theon Greyjoy, or Mance Rayder and his spearwives.
* Maester {[[Luwin]]}, counselor, healer and tutor. Perished to wounds sustained during the [[Sack of Winterfell]].
* {[[Vayon Poole]]}, steward of Winterfell. Killed during the purge of the Stark household in the [[Red Keep]].
** [[Jeyne Poole]], his daughter. Forced to impersonate [[Arya Stark]] and marry [[Ramsay Bolton]]. Escaped Winterfell with [[Theon Greyjoy]]. Now in custody of Stannis Baratheon.
* Ser {[[Rodrik Cassel]]}, master-at-arms and castellan of Winterfell. Killed by Ramsay Snow prior to the [[Sack of Winterfell]].
** [[Beth Cassel]], his daughter. Imprisoned at the [[Dreadfort]].
* {[[Jory Cassel]]}, Captain of Lord Eddard's guards. Killed by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]'s men.
** {[[Alyn]]}, guardsman, founding member of the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]]. Now dead.
** {[[Tomard]]}, guardsman. Called "Fat Tom". Killed by [[City Watch of King's Landing|goldcloaks]] during the arrest of Ned Stark.
*** [[TomToo]], his son. Fate unknown.
** {[[Wyl]]} and {[[Heward]]}, guardsmen. Killed by Jaime Lannister's men.
** {[[Desmond]]}, guardsman. Killed during the arrest of Ned Stark.
** {[[Cayn]]}, guardsman. Killed by Sandor Clegane during the arrest of Ned Stark.
*** [[Calon]], his son. Fate unknown.
** {[[Porther]]}, guardsman. Killed during the purge of the Stark household in the [[Red Keep]].
** {[[Varly]]}, guardsman. Killed by [[Janos Slynt]] during the arrest of Ned Stark.
* [[Hallis Mollen]], Jory's successor as captain of guards. Fate unknown since being sent escorting Lord Eddard's bones to Winterfell.
** [[Quent]], [[Jacks]] and [[Shadd]], guardsmen. Fate unknown since being sent escorting Lord Eddard's bones to Winterfell.
** {[[Alebelly]]}, a guardsman. Killed during the [[Battle of Winterfell]].
** {[[Hayhead]]}, {[[Skittrick]]}, {[[Wayn]]}, guardsmen. Fate unknown. Likely killed during [[Sack of Winterfell]].
** {[[Poxy Tym]]}, a guardsman. Killed during the [[Sack of Winterfell]]
* {[[Hullen]]}, master of horse. Killed during the purge of the Stark household in the Red Keep.
** [[Harwin]], his son, a guardsman. Founding member of the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]]. Currently with Lady Stoneheart's band.
** {[[Joseth]]}, Hullen's successor as master of horse. Fate unknown. Likely killed during [[Sack of Winterfell]].
*** [[Bandy]] and [[Shyra]], his twin daughters, now imprisoned at [[the Dreadfort]].
* Septa {[[Mordane]]}, tutor to Lord Eddard's daughters. Killed during the purge of the Stark household in the Red Keep.
* Septon {[[Chayle]]}, keeper of Winterfell's sept and library. Drowned as a sacrifice to the [[Drowned God]] after the Fall of Winterfell
* {[[Mikken]]}, blacksmith and armorer. Killed by [[Stygg]] after the [[Battle of Winterfell|Fall of Winterfell]].
* {[[Farlen]]}, kennelmaster of Winterfell. Killed by Theon Greyjoy.
** [[Palla]], his daughter, a kennelgirl. Imprisoned at the Dreadfort.
* [[Nan]], known as "Old Nan", storyteller and once a wet-nurse. Imprisoned at the Dreadfort, possibly dead.
** [[Hodor|Walder]], known as "Hodor", a simpleminded stableboy. Now with Bran Stark [[beyond the Wall]].
* {[[Gage]]}, the cook. Fate unknown. Likely killed during [[Sack of Winterfell]].
** [[Turnip]], his child. Imprisoned at the Dreadfort.
** [[Osha]], of the [[Free Folk]], imprisoned and serving as kitchen drudge. Now with [[Rickon Stark]] at [[Skagos]].
* {[[Syrio Forel]]}, Arya's fencing instructor and former [[First Sword of Braavos]]. Presumed killed in [[King's Landing]] by Ser [[Meryn Trant]] during the purge of the Stark household in the [[Red Keep]].

==References in the books==
===''A Song of Ice and Fire''===
* After taking up his duties as Hand, Lord [[Eddard Stark]] assigns twenty of Winterfell's household guard to assist the Gold Cloaks in keeping order in King's Landing.
* Twenty more greycloaks ride with [[Beric Dondarrion]] to hunt down [[Gregor Clegane]]; most of them are killed in the [[Battle at the Mummer's Ford]]. [[Alyn]], [[Harwin]], and others help found the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]].
* Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] leads six hundred Winterfell men, among others, to [[Battle of Torrhen's Square|battle]] the ironborn under [[Dagmer|Dagmer Cleftjaw]].
* On his return to Winterfell, Rodrik and his men mean to liberate the castle from Theon Greyjoy, but are [[Sack of Winterfell|betrayed and routed]] by [[Ramsay Snow]].
* Soldiers bearing the colors of House Stark have washed up on the shores of the [[Quiet Isle]]. According to the [[Elder Brother]], they are buried alongside their enemies.

==Sworn Houses==
*'''[[House Reed]]''' of [[Greywater Watch]]. [[Meera Reed|Meera]] and [[Jojen Reed]] are with [[Bran Stark|Bran]], [[Summer]] and [[Hodor]] [[beyond the Wall]].
*'''[[House Glover]]''' of [[Deepwood Motte]]. Allied with [[Stannis Baratheon]] against [[House Bolton]].
*'''[[House Mormont]]''' of [[Bear Island]]. Allied with Stannis Baratheon against House Bolton.
*'''[[House Umber]]''' of [[Last Hearth]]. Allied with Stannis Baratheon against House Bolton.
*'''[[House Manderly]]''' of [[White Harbor]]. [[Wyman Manderly]] has sent [[Davos Seaworth]] to find his [[Rickon Stark|liege lord]] in [[Skagos]].
*'''[[House Flint of the mountains|House Flint]]''' of the [[northern mountain clans]]. Allied with Stannis Baratheon against House Bolton.
*'''[[House Wull]]''' of the northern mountain clans. Allied with Stannis Baratheon against House Bolton.
*'''[[House Norrey]]''' of the northern mountain clans. Allied with Stannis Baratheon against House Bolton.
*'''[[House Liddle]]''' of the northern mountain clans. Allied with Stannis Baratheon against House Bolton.
*'''[[House Tully]]''' of [[Riverrun]]. Swears allegiance when Robb is named King in the North and [[King of the Trident|of the Trident]]. Now stripped of lands and titles by the Iron Throne.
*'''[[House Westerling]]''' of [[the Crag]]. Joins Robb's cause after he marries [[Jeyne Westerling]]. Now accepted back into the king's peace.

==Quotes==

{{Quote|'''Tyrion:''' You Starks are hard to kill.

'''Robb:''' You [[Lannister|Lannisters]] had best remember that.{{Ref|agot|24}}}}
- [[Robb Stark]] to [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]]

{{Quote|The Starks look for courage and loyalty and honor in the men they choose to serve them. {{ref|agot|42}}}} - [[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Bronn]]

{{Quote|The winters are hard, but the Starks will endure. We always have.{{Ref|aGoT|4}}}}
- [[Eddard Stark]] to [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]]

{{Quote|[[Bear Island]] knows no king but the [[King in the North]], whose name is STARK.{{Ref|adwd|1}}}}
- [[Lyanna Mormont]] to [[Stannis]]

{{Quote|Maester [[Theomore]], tell them! A thousand years before [[War of Conquest|the Conquest]], a promise was made, and oaths were sworn in the [[Wolf's Den]] before the [[old gods]] and the [[Faith of the Seven|new]]. When we were sore beset and friendless, hounded from our homes and in peril of our lives, the wolves took us in and nourished us and protected us against our enemies. [[White Harbor|The city]] is built upon the land they gave us. In return we swore that we should always be their men. STARK men!{{Ref|adwd|19}}}}
- [[Wylla Manderly]]

==References and Notes==
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House Tully

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| House_name = House Tully of [[Riverrun]]
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| Coat_of_arms = A leaping trout, silver, on a field of rippling blue and red.
| Words = ''Family, Duty, Honor''
| Seat = Scattered (formerly [[Riverrun]])
| Current_Lord = [[Edmure Tully]] (captive)
| Region = [[the Riverlands]]
| Title = Lord of [[Riverrun]] Lord Paramount of [[the Trident]]
| Heir = [[Robert Arryn]]
| Overlord = [[House Stark]] (formerly [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]])
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'''House Tully of Riverrun''', is one of the Great Houses of [[Seven Kingdoms]]. The Tullys rule over the [[Riverlands]] from their seat at [[Riverrun]]. Its current head is Lord [[Edmure Tully]]. Their sigil is a silver trout leaping on a blue and red striped field, and their words are "Family, Duty, Honor."{{Ref|aGoT|18}} Members of the family tend to have auburn hair, high cheekbones, and bright blue eyes.

==History==
House Tully is an old noble house, dating back to the [[Age of Heroes]]. Unlike many Great Houses they never ruled as kings, but held [[Riverrun]] for a thousand years as vassals of those who did. House Tully rose to prominence during the [[Wars of Conquest]], when [[Edmyn Tully|Lord Edmyn]] led the rebel riverlords who deserted King [[Harren the Black]] and joined [[Aegon the Conqueror]], and were so established as Lords Paramount of the Trident.{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}}

Given the Riverlands' geographic vulnerability, House Tully has ever sought alliances in case of invasion. Lord [[Hoster Tully]] sought to wed his brother [[Brynden Tully|Ser Brynden]], hero of the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]] to [[Bethany Redwyne]], but Brynden would have none of it. This began a years-long quarrel between the two, for which Brynden earned the moniker "''Blackfish''." Hoster also took a ward, [[Petyr Baelish]], then an obscure lordling from the [[Fingers]]. Petyr fell in love with Lord Tully's eldest daughter [[Catelyn]], but was rebuffed. As consolation he took the virginity of [[Lysa Tully|Lysa]], Hoster's other daughter. Hoster forbade Petyr from marrying either of his daughters due to his low standing, and ordered Lysa to drink [[moon tea]] to prevent her from bearing Petyr's child. Hoster accepted an offer from [[Tywin Lannister]] to wed [[Jaime Lannister]] to Lysa, but Jaime unexpectedly joined the [[Kingsguard]] before this could occur. Hoster rebuffed Tywin's offer of [[Tyrion]] as a replacement. Other prospects existed from [[House Brax]] and others, but Hoster finally accepted an offer from Lord [[Rickard Stark]] that Catelyn be betrothed to [[Brandon Stark]], heir to [[Winterfell]]. Petyr Baelish dueled Brandon for Catelyn's favor, resulting in his exile from Riverrun. Brandon and Rickard's executions by the [[Mad King]] complicated matters, but Lord Hoster threw in with the [[Robert's Rebellion|ensuing rebellion]], arranging for Catelyn to wed Brandon's brother [[Eddard Stark|Lord Eddard]] and for Lysa to marry Lord [[Jon Arryn]]. The Riverlands was a major theater of the war, and Lord Hoster fought in the [[Battle of the Bells]] and crushed the royalist houses of [[House Goodbrook|Goodbrook]], [[House Darry|Darry]], [[House Mooton|Mooton]], and [[House Ryger|Ryger]]. His control over his bannermen was not complete; aside from these recalcitrant houses, [[House Frey]] delayed their contribution until after the decisive [[Battle of the Trident]], itself fought in the Riverlands. After the war, the Tully girls rode off to their husbands' seats, with Ser Brynden accompanying Lysa to the [[Vale]] to serve as [[Knight of the Gate]].

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Lord [[Hoster Tully]] is an old man, afflicted with an illness which has left him a bed-ridden invalid. His responsibilities fall on his son and heir, Ser [[Edmure Tully]]. After the death of her husband, [[Lysa Tully|Lysa]] sends a coded message to [[Catelyn]] warning her of the [[Lannister]]s. When Catelyn later sails to [[King's Landing]] to speak with her husband [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] about an attempt on their son [[Bran]]'s life, [[Petyr Baelish]] (now [[Master of Coin]]) says that the dagger used was [[Tyrion Lannister]]'s. On her return to [[Winterfell]], Catelyn captures Tyrion and brings him to her sister at the [[Eyrie]] for trial. Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] sends raiders to the Riverlands in retaliation and calls his banners to [[Lannisport]]. The Tullys send survivors of the raids along with a highborn delegation to beseech the [[Iron Throne]] for justice. Meanwhile, Edmure sends a defensive force to the border of the [[Westerlands]], but they [[Battle of the Golden Tooth|are crushed]] beneath the [[Golden Tooth]] by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], who goes on to capture Edmure, [[Battle of Riverrun|scattering his forces]] and besieging the Tully seat. Meanwhile Lysa's [[Vardis Egen|champion]] loses a trial by combat and Tyrion goes free. Lysa refuses to commit the Vale's forces to the [[War of the Five Kings|war]] against the Lannisters. Ser [[Brynden Tully|Brynden the Blackfish]], disgusted by her behavior, rides off to join Catelyn's son [[Robb Stark]] in defending Riverrun. Robb, through a brilliant maneuver, [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|captures the Kingslayer]] and [[Battle of the Camps|breaks the siege]] with an ambitious surprise attack led by Ser Brynden. Lord [[Tytos Blackwood]], commanding the garrison in Riverrun, leads a sortie against the Lannister rear and rescues Edmure. After the battle, in the great hall of Riverrun, the riverlords and northmen proclaim him [[King in the North]] and of the Trident.

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Ser Brynden reconciles with his dying brother before riding off with King Robb in his Westerlands campaign. He commands the outriders, and leads the van in [[Battle of Oxcross|smashing a third Lannister host]]. Catelyn rides south to treat with [[Renly Baratheon]], but Renly is killed just after they secure an alliance. Ser Edmure stays behind in the Riverlands. Meaning well, he takes in smallfolk from across the Riverlands in an effort to guard them from Lannister raiders, but this reduces Riverrun's stores considerably. He unwittingly foils Robb's strategy by [[Battle of the Fords|denying Lord Tywin's crossing]] of the Trident. After she hears of the supposed deaths of two of her sons, Catelyn creates another complication by releasing Jaime Lannister from captivity in Riverrun in an effort to free her daughters.

===''A Storm of Swords''===
In his last weeks, Lord Hoster slips into delirium, and recalls with regret his order for Lysa to abort Petyr Baelish's child. Edmure and Catelyn (now on house arrest) are with him as his life ends, but their calls for Lysa to attend go unanswered. She remains in the Vale, where she marries Petyr Baelish. On Hoster's death, Edmure becomes Lord of Riverrun in title as well as fact. In accordance with traditional Tully funeral rites, Hoster's body is sent in a boat down the river by seven pallbearing bannermen, and the boat is set alight by a flaming arrow shot by his heir, although the Blackfish has to step in for Edmure. Robb, having returned, has wed [[Jeyne Westerling]], a lesser Lannister vassal, thereby breaking his marriage contract with House Frey. To make up for his frustrating Robb's strategy, Edmure agrees to marry a Frey in his stead. The Blackfish is named [[Warden of the Southern Marches]] and holds Riverrun while the others attend the wedding. While at [[the Twins]] for Edmure's marriage to [[Roslin Frey]], the Tullys and Starks [[Red Wedding|are betrayed]]. Catelyn, Robb, and many others are murdered under [[guest right]]. In mockery of the Tully funeral customs, Catelyn is thrown naked from the castle walls into the river. Lord Edmure is captured and House Tully is stripped of its lands, titles, and incomes. The lordship of Riverrun and its associated lands and incomes are given to the newly established [[House Frey of Riverrun]], though House Tully's status as overlords of the Riverlands passes to their former ward, Petyr Baelish, now [[House Baelish of Harrenhal|Lord of Harrenhal]].{{Ref|aSoS|72}} Ser Brynden is [[Siege of Riverrun|besieged by Freys]] at Riverrun, one of the last anti-Lannister strongholds in the south. Meanwhile Lysa is thrown to her death by her new husband Petyr Baelish. Catelyn's corpse is found by the outlaw lord [[Beric Dondarrion]], gives his own life to breathe life into her - of a sort. The new Catelyn, who is known as Lady Stoneheart, takes leadership of Beric's [[Brotherhood Without Banners]] and goes on a campaign of vengeance, killing anyone she finds remotely associated with the Red Wedding.

===''A Feast for Crows''===
At Riverrun, Brynden withstands daily threats that Edmure will be hanged. Finally Jaime Lannister arrives and negotiates an end to the siege - but not before Brynden is able to escape to parts unknown. Edmure is being held in genteel captivity at [[Casterly Rock]], with his wife Roslin slated to join him after she gives birth.

==The Tully House at the end of the third century==

The known Tullys during the timespan of the events described on [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] are:

* Lord [[Hoster Tully|{Hoster Tully}]], Lord of Riverrun. Died of old age, in {{Date|299}}.
** [[Minisa Whent|{Minisa Whent}]], his wife. Died in childbirth.
*** [[Catelyn Tully|{Catelyn Tully}]], his eldest child and first daughter. Slain at the [[Red Wedding]].
*** [[Lysa Tully|{Lysa Tully}]], his second daughter. Defenestrated at the [[Eyrie]], in {{Date|299}}.
*** Lord [[Edmure Tully]], his son and former Lord of Riverrun.
**** [[Roslin Frey]], Edmure's wife, currently with child.
* [[Brynden Tully]], brother of Lord Hoster, known as the Blackfish

==Family==

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===Household===
* Maester [[Vyman]], counselor, healer and tutor.
* Ser [[Desmond Grell]], master-at-arms at Riverrun. Joined the Night's Watch after the yielding of Riverrun.
* Ser [[Robin Ryger]], captain of the guard at Riverrun. Joined the Night's Watch after the yielding of Riverrun.
** [[Lew (Long)|Long Lew]], guardsman.
** {[[Elwood]]}, {[[Delp]]}, guardsmen. Killed during [[Rickard Karstark]]'s murder of [[Willem Lannister]] and [[Tion Frey]].
* [[Utherydes Wayn]], steward of Riverrun.
* [[Rymund]] the Rhymer, a singer.

==Historical Members==
* [[Edmyn Tully]], first Lord Paramount of the Riverlands after Aegon's Conquest.
* Lord [[Medgar Tully]], head of House Tully during the reign of Daeron II; a participant at the [[Ashford Tourney]].
* Lord Tully, a young boy and successor to Lord Medgar during the reign of Aerys I.

==References in the books==
===Dunk & Egg===
* Lord [[Medgar Tully]] participated in the [[Tourney of Ashford]]. He challenged Ser [[Humfrey Hardyng]] in his first tilt and was defeated.
* During the reign of [[Aerys I]], there was a new Lord Tully, a boy of eight. He was surrounded by women.

===A Song of Ice and Fire===
* Catelyn Tully had two brothers who both died in infancy.<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 45|Chapter 45]], Catelyn</ref>
* Ser Brynden commands the party of men that drew Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] out of his encampment and into the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood]], and then leads the van at the [[Battle of the Camps]].
* When discussing the possibility of ransoming [[Arya Stark]] to the Blackfish, the singer [[Tom of Sevenstreams]] says that the Tullys are a sour, suspicious lot.

==Formerly Sworn Houses==
* '''[[House Blackwood]]''' of [[Raventree Hall]]. 
* '''[[House Bracken]]''' of the [[Stone Hedge]]. 
* '''[[House Darry]]''' of [[Darry]]. Now Extinct. 
* '''[[House Frey]]''' of the Crossing or [[The Twins]]
* '''[[House Mallister]]''' of [[Seagard]]. 
* '''[[House Mooton]]''' of [[Maidenpool]]. 
* '''[[House Piper]]''' of [[Pinkmaiden]]. 
* '''[[House Ryger]]''' of [[Willow Wood]]. 
* '''[[House_Vance_of_Atranta|House Vance]]''' of [[Atranta]]. 
* '''[[House_Vance_of_Wayfarer's_Rest|House Vance]]''' of [[Wayfarer's Rest]]. 
* '''[[House Whent]]''' of [[Harrenhal]]. Now Extinct. 

==References and Notes==
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House Stark

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{{Noble House
| House_name = House Stark of [[Winterfell]]
| image = [[File:House_Stark77.png|250px|center]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = Grey direwolf of the running across an ice-white field.
| Words = ''Winter is Coming''
| Seat = Scattered (formerly [[Winterfell]])
| Current_Lord = [[Rickon Stark]] (lost)
| Region = [[The North]]
| Title = [[King in the North]] [[Warden of the North]] Lord of [[Winterfell]] Lord Paramount of [[the North]] Lord of [[Riverrun]] [[King of the Trident]]
| Overlord = None (formerly [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]])
| Ancestral_weapon = [[Ice]] (destroyed)
| Cadet_branch = [[House Greystark]] [[House Karstark]]
| Founded_in = [[Age of Heroes]]
| Founder = [[Bran the Builder]]
}}

'''House Stark of Winterfell''' is one of the great houses of [[Westeros]] and the principal noble house of [[the North]]; many lesser houses are sworn to them. In days of old they ruled as [[King in the North|Kings of Winter]]; since the [[Wars of Conquest|Targaryen Conquest]] they have been [[Warden of the North|Wardens of the North]]. Their seat, [[Winterfell]], is an ancient castle renowned for its strength. Their sigil is a grey [[direwolf]] racing across a field of white, and their words are "Winter Is Coming", one of only a few house mottoes to be a warning rather than a boast.{{Ref|aGoT|1}} Members of the family tend to be lean of build and long of face, with dark brown hair and grey eyes. Several of the main point of view characters of the series are members of this house.

==History==
The Starks are an ancient house, descended from [[Bran the Builder]], a legendary figure from the [[Age of Heroes]], who raised their ancestral home at [[Winterfell]] thousands of years in the past, as well as [[the Wall]]. They are descendants of the [[First Men]]{{Ref|aGoT|1}} and still follow some of their ancient traditions and the [[old gods]] of the forest. The Starks were [[King In The North|Kings of Winter]] in the North for many thousands of years from the Age of Heroes, possibly beginning with Bran the Builder. Ever since Bran constructed the Wall, the Starks have been friends of the [[Night's Watch]], and have manned the Wall for thousands of years. The [[Night's King]], the attainted 13th [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]], is said to have been a Stark, among his many possible origins. The Starks also helped repel several major [[wildling]] invasions, such as when they and their [[House Umber|Umber]] bannermen defeated the [[King-Beyond-the-Wall|Kings-Beyond-the-Wall]] like the brothers [[Gendel]] and [[Gorne]], as well as [[Bael|Bael the Bard]], who both sired and fought a Stark.

For several millennia, the Starks were not the uncontested Kings in the North, but their primary antagonists, the [[House Bolton|Boltons]] of the [[Dreadfort]], swore fealty some 1,000 years ago, ending their flesh-flaying ways. Meanwhile, King [[Jon Stark]] drove pirates from the [[White Knife]], and the [[Wolf's Den]] was built at its mouth. This stronghold and the city which grew up around it, [[White Harbor]], was often granted to sons and grandsons of the King in the North or other bannermen before finally being granted to the [[House Manderly|Manderlys]], a house exiled from [[the Reach]] and taken in by the Starks. King Jon's son, [[Rickard Stark (King)|Rickard]], defeated the [[Marsh King]] and married his daughter, bringing [[the Neck]] into Winterfell's realm under the lordship of [[House Reed]]. The [[House Karstark|Karstarks]] were founded when [[Karlon Stark]], brother to the reigning king, helped crush a rebel lord and was granted [[Karhold|a keep]] for his service. Finally, the [[House Mormont|Mormonts]] were granted [[Bear Island]] when King [[Rodrik Stark]] won it from the [[ironborn]] in a wrestling match. The Starks fought the [[House Arryn|Arryns]] of the [[Vale]] for the [[Three Sisters]], eventually ceding control of the islands.

Aside from the Karstarks, the Starks of Winterfell may have distant relatives elsewhere in the North, possibly in [[White Harbor]] and [[Barrowton]].<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1239/ So Spake Martin:] The Stark Family, June 10, 2003</ref>

The last Stark King in the North was [[Torrhen Stark|Torrhen]], who submitted to [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] at the end of the [[War of Conquest]]. Since that time the Starks have held the North for the kings of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] as [[Warden of the North|Wardens of the North]].{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}}

Around {{date|213}}, House Stark faced a difficult succession. Several Lords of Winterfell had perished fighting wars in the North against rebellious [[Skagos|Skagosi]], the wildling king [[Raymun Redbeard]] and other threats, leaving [[Beron Stark]] as the lord of the house. As he too lay slowly succumbing to wounds he received fighting [[Dagon Greyjoy]] and his [[ironborn]], his wife and four other recent Stark widows struggled over who would succeed him. There were a number of potential heirs, with some ten Stark children about.<ref>So Spake Martin [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1408/ 1] and [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1409/ 2] February 17, 2006</ref> <ref>George R. R. Martin [http://grrm.livejournal.com/225206.html?thread=14021558 Not A Blog] July 2, 2012</ref>

===Recent Background===
Lord [[Rickard Stark]] and his maester, [[Walys Flowers]], sought to further southron alliances by betrothing Rickard's heir, [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]], to [[Catelyn Tully]] of [[Riverrun]]. [[Petyr Baelish]], a ward of [[Hoster Tully|Catelyn's father]] nicknamed Littlefinger, loved Catelyn and challenged Brandon to a duel for her hand. Brandon won their duel, but did not kill Petyr in concession to Catelyn's pleas. Meanwhile, [[Lyanna Stark]] was betrothed to Lord [[Robert Baratheon]], who was infatuated with her from a distance. Lyanna, however, was not as ardent in her love for Robert, and was fully aware of his philandering ways. Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], after winning the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]], crowned her Queen of Love and Beauty, passing over his wife, the [[Dorne|Dornish]] princess [[Elia Martell|Elia]], in her favor. The exact nature of her relationship with Rhaegar is not presently clear, but shortly thereafter she disappeared in Rhaegar's company and Robert and her brother Brandon Stark believed that Lyanna had been taken against her will. Brandon was on his way to Riverrun to wed Catelyn Tully when he heard this news. He and four companions rode to [[King's Landing]] to seek her return, but both he and Lord Rickard were executed on the order of the Mad King, [[Aerys II Targaryen]]. Lord [[Jon Arryn]] refused to hand his wards, [[Eddard Stark]] and Robert Baratheon, over when Aerys demanded their heads, and [[Robert's Rebellion|civil war]] broke out.

During its course, Lord [[Eddard Stark|Eddard "Ned" Stark]] honored his late brother Brandon's betrothal to Catelyn Tully as part of an alliance to bring [[House Tully]] into the rebel fold. He was one of the principal commanders in the war, but had a falling out with Robert after he accepted the treacherous aid of [[House Lannister]] and condoned the brutal murders of Rhaegar's [[Elia Martell|wife]], [[Aegon Targaryen|son]] and [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|daughter]] out of his hatred for the Targaryen prince. After the [[Sack of King's Landing]], Eddard and six companions went to retrieve Lyanna at the fortress Rhaegar had named the [[Tower of Joy]]. They fought three [[Kingsguard]] knights stationed there, who killed all but Eddard and [[Howland Reed]]. Eddard found Lyanna dying in a bed of blood and clutching a withered wreath of blue roses. She forced him to make a promise to her, the contents of which are unknown, but which haunted Eddard for the rest of his life. She was sixteen years old at the time of her death and was buried in the Stark family crypt in Winterfell beside her father, Rickard, and brother, Brandon.

Ned and Robert were reconciled in their shared grief, but Ned still disdained the court since Robert, the new king, married [[Cersei Lannister]] and allowed her brother, [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], to remain a Kingsguard even after slaying his liege, Aerys. Ned returned from the war to be presented with his trueborn son, [[Robb Stark|Robb]], but he carried the infant [[Jon Snow]], whom he presented as his bastard son. Six years later, Ned helped his foster brother, Robert, crush [[Balon Greyjoy]]'s [[Greyjoy Rebellion|rebellion]], taking [[Theon Greyjoy]] as a ward of Winterfell. Lord Rickard's youngest child, [[Benjen Stark|Benjen]], joined the [[Night's Watch]], eventually becoming First Ranger. Eddard ruled the North in Robert's name, keeping distant from the intrigue-ridden, Lannister-infested politics of King's Landing.

==Recent Events==
[[File: John_Picacio_Ned_Stark.jpg‎|Eddard Stark ‎- © 2012 John Picacio|thumb|300px|right]]

===''A Game of Thrones''===
King [[Robert Baratheon]] visits [[Winterfell]] to offer Lord [[Eddard Stark|Eddard "Ned" Stark]] the position of [[Hand of the King]], recently empty due to the death of their foster father, Lord [[Jon Arryn]]. A letter arrives from [[Lysa Arryn]], Jon's widow and Ned's wife [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]]'s sister, who claims the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] were behind Lord Arryn's sudden death. At Catelyn's urging, Ned grudgingly accepts the Handship and a betrothal of their daughter [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] to Prince [[Joffrey]]. During the royal party's stay, Ned's second son, [[Bran Stark|Bran]], spies Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] having sex with her twin brother, Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]]; he is thrown from a tower in hopes the fall would kill him, but survives, crippled and comatose. Ned rides to [[King's Landing]] along with his daughters, Sansa and [[Arya Stark|Arya]], while Catelyn remains at Winterfell with their sons. Meanwhile, Ned's bastard son, [[Jon Snow]], rides north with his uncle, [[Benjen Stark|Benjen]], to join the [[Night's Watch]]. Catelyn is inconsolable in her worry for Bran, ignoring her duties as steward, but is jolted back to reality by an attempt on his life thwarted only by [[Summer (direwolf)|his direwolf]]. As Bran lies comatose, he begins to have visions of a [[three-eyed crow]].

On the [[Kingsroad]], Arya defends her friend [[Mycah]] from the aggressions of Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon]], upsetting Sansa. This is exacerbated when Sansa's direwolf, [[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]], is ordered dead in place of Arya's, [[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]], which has escaped. In [[King's Landing]], Eddard is outraged to find that the crown is heavily in debt (largely to Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]) and that Robert intends to throw a [[Tourney of the Hand|lavish tourney]] in his honor.

Ned investigates the death of Jon Arryn, determining that he was looking into the king's bastard brood. When Robert holds a [[small council]] meeting to arrange the death of the exiled [[Daenerys Targaryen]], who has wed [[Drogo|a mighty Dothraki khal]], Ned refuses to condone the assassination and resigns the Handship. In the streets of the capital, he is waylaid by Lannister men in retaliation for Catelyn's abduction of [[Tyrion Lannister]], whom her foster-brother, [[Petyr Baelish]], had told her was responsible for the attempt on Bran's life. Ned's leg is broken and his best men slain, but Ned survives and Robert re-confirms his appointment as Hand before going on a hunt and leaving Ned to sit the [[Iron Throne]]. In this capacity he sends men to stop [[Gregor Clegane]] from raiding the [[Riverlands]]. Gregor's attacks were ordered by Lord Lannister; since Lord Stark was wounded he was not lured into the field and thus could not be captured and traded for Tyrion. The men sent after Ser Gregor are [[Battle at the Mummer's Ford|ambushed]] and many are slain; the survivors go on to found the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]]. On the [[Wall]], Jon Snow deals with the cruel tutelage of Ser [[Alliser Thorne]] while making friends such as [[Samwell Tarly]] and learning lessons from his elders. He also encounters a hint of the evil that supposedly lies [[beyond the Wall]] when the corpses of two of his uncle's men [[Wight|rise from the dead]] and go on the rampage at [[Castle Black]]; Jon saves the Watch's commander, [[Jeor Mormont]], from being killed by [[Othor|one of the wights]].

Eventually, Ned arrives at the same conclusion at which Jon Arryn did: that Queen Cersei's children are not Robert's, but bastards born of incest between the Lannister twins, and determines that it is this secret for which Jon was murdered. He approaches Cersei with this truth, warning her to flee the city. Enlisting Lord Baelish to recruit the [[Gold Cloaks]], Ned confronts Cersei after Robert's death from a hunting accident, insisting that [[Stannis Baratheon]] is now king by rights. Baelish betrays Ned - his men are slaughtered by [[Janos Slynt]]'s Gold Cloaks and he is thrown into a black cell. Sansa is held hostage in the [[Red Keep]], but Arya manages to escape thanks to [[Syrio Forel]], the fencing master Ned had hired to train her in swordplay.

[[Robb Stark]], upon hearing this news, calls the banners of Winterfell and marches south. Catelyn arranges a marriage alliance with [[House Frey]] to negotiate a crossing of the [[Trident]], and Robb [[War of the Five Kings#The North Joins the War|breaks Lannister hegemony]] in the [[Riverlands]] and captures [[Jaime Lannister|the Kingslayer]]. Ned initially refuses to name Joffrey as the true king, but in the end agrees in order to ensure the safety of Sansa. When he publicly announces this support, however, the capricious boy king orders Ned's execution rather than allow him to join the Night's Watch. The lords at Robb's war council in [[Riverrun]] proclaim him [[King in the North]] and of the Trident, seceding from the realm of the [[Iron Throne]]. Meanwhile, Benjen has gone missing [[beyond the Wall]], and Jon Snow, after briefly contemplating deserting the Watch to join his half-brother's army, rides as part of [[the Great Ranging]] meant to determine his fate and the threats of the [[Others]] and [[wildlings]].

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Tomasz Jedruszek Battle for Westeros.jpg|400px|thumb|King Robb launched a wildly successful invasion of the [[Westerlands]] – by Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Leaving Lord [[Roose Bolton]] in command of the northmen around the Trident, King Robb launches a wildly successful invasion of the [[Westerlands]], winning a string of victories against Lannister bannermen. In an effort to gain allies, he sends his father's ward, [[Theon Greyjoy]], and his mother, [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]], as envoys to [[Balon Greyjoy]] and [[Renly Baratheon]], respectively. However, Theon joins [[House Greyjoy|his family]] in [[War of the Five Kings#Rise of the Kraken|attacking the North]], while Catelyn's diplomatic progress is shattered when Renly is assassinated by the red sorceress, [[Melisandre]]. Renly's sworn shield, [[Brienne of Tarth]], takes up service with Catelyn.

Arya journeys north with [[Yoren]] and his new recruits for the Night's Watch, including King Robert's bastard [[Gendry]], but their band is ambushed by westermen and she is taken into captivity. At [[Harrenhal]], she is witness to myriad atrocities, but remains strong, orchestrating several deaths of her tormentors via the assassin [[Jaqen H'ghar]] and freeing a band of northmen prisoners. When the castle is taken by Roose Bolton, the incognito Arya is named his cupbearer, but does not trust her father's bannerman and flees the castle. Meanwhile, Sansa remains in custody at the Red Keep, betrothed to King Joffrey. She suffers abuse at his hands, but makes tenuous relationships with [[Sandor Clegane]] and [[Dontos Hollard]].

At Winterfell, Bran enjoys titular reign while Maester [[Luwin]] and Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] deal with such issues as the harvest feast, [[House Hornwood|Hornwood]] inheritance, and the atrocities of [[Ramsay Snow]], the Bastard of Bolton. With the guidance of the [[House Reed|Reed]] children, [[Jojen Reed|Jojen]] and [[Meera Reed|Meera]], Bran hones his gift for [[greensight]] and [[skinchanger|skinchanging]]. Theon [[Battle of Winterfell|seizes Winterfell]], but is [[Sack of Winterfell|thrown out]] by a treacherous Ramsay Snow; Luwin and Rodrik are slain by Ramsay's men. Bran and Rickon are thought dead, but split up and flee towards remote northern havens. Ramsay blames the slaughter on the [[ironborn]].

Benjen remains lost beyond the Wall. Jon Snow joins [[Qhorin Halfhand]] on a scouting mission in the [[Skirling Pass]], during which he refuses an order to execute a [[spearwife]] named [[Ygritte]]. On their return to Lord Commander [[Jeor Mormont]], the pair encounter a wildling band led by [[Rattleshirt]]. Jon, on orders from Qhorin, joins the wildlings as a double agent, and is forced to kill the Halfhand to prove his earnestness. Ygritte, now with Rattleshirt, vouches for Jon.

===''A Storm of Swords''===
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With [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s power broken by the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] and the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] and [[House Martell|Martells]] allied with the Lannisters, the Stark-Tully forces stand alone against their foes in the south, and the Greyjoys threaten the North.

News of Bran's and Rickon's alleged deaths drive two fateful decisions. Catelyn is confined to [[Riverrun]] for freeing Jaime Lannister in a desperate attempt to trade him for her daughters, sending Brienne to accompany him to King's Landing. Robb returns from his Westerlands campaign having wed the daughter of a minor Lannister bannerman, [[Jeyne Westerling]], who had comforted him in his grief. This brings House Stark's alliance with the Freys into question.

Meanwhile, Lord [[Rickard Karstark]] kills two Lannister prisoners in place of Jaime, and is in turn executed by Robb, alienating a loyal bannerhouse. [[Lord Walder Frey]] offers to forgive Robb's breach of marriage contract by having his uncle, Lord [[Edmure Tully]], stand in his place. Robb and Catelyn ride with 3,500 veteran northmen to attend the wedding.

Bran journeys north with [[Hodor]], [[Jojen Reed|Jojen]] and [[Meera Reed]], and his direwolf [[Summer (direwolf)|Summer]]. They pass through the Wall at the [[Nightfort]] with the aid of Sam Tarly and [[Coldhands]].

Further north, Jon Snow ingratiates himself with the [[free folk]], beginning a romance with [[Ygritte]] and befriending [[Mance Rayder]], the [[King-beyond-the-Wall]], and other wildling leaders. He scales the Wall with [[Styr]], the Magnar of [[Thenn (region)|Thenn]], and escapes to [[Castle Black]] in time to help prepare for the assault. When it comes, command falls to Jon after the death of [[Donal Noye]]. Ygritte is killed during the fighting. Jon does well until his rivals, [[Alliser Thorne]] and [[Janos Slynt]], arrive and imprison him for allegedly betraying his vows. They send him to assassinate Mance Rayder under a flag of parley, but [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s arrival breaks the wildling host before the deed is carried out. After [[Battle of Castle Black|the battle]], Jon is elected [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]] thanks to the maneuverings of his friend, Sam Tarly.

Sansa's engagement to King Joffrey is ended by his betrothal to [[Margaery Tyrell]]. She begins to mingle with the Tyrell women in King's Landing and is nearly betrothed to [[Willas Tyrell]], but is wed to [[Tyrion Lannister]] instead; they never consummate their match. The pair are blamed for [[Purple Wedding|Joffrey's murder]] at his wedding feast; in truth it was orchestrated by Petyr Baelish and [[Olenna Tyrell]]. Petyr smuggles Sansa out of the capitol, murdering his pawn and her friend, Dontos Hollard. He brings Sansa to the [[Eyrie]], where he marries her aunt, [[Lysa Tully]]. Littlefinger keeps her hidden by presenting her as his natural daughter, Alayne; when Lysa drunkenly accuses Sansa of trying to steal Petyr, and reveals that she and Baelish had in fact killed Jon Arryn, Petyr throws her from the [[Moon Door]].

Arya traverses the Riverlands, unknowingly entering the mind of her lost direwolf, Nymeria, and killing several sellswords of the [[Brave Companions]] chasing her. She joins with the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]], but is abducted by the Hound, [[Sandor Clegane]], who hopes to ransom her at Edmure's wedding. Robb designates his heir (believed to be Jon Snow, in spite of the Night's Watch vows) and resolves to march north to reclaim his homeland from the Greyjoys and attend Edmure's wedding at [[the Twins]] along the way. Lord Frey, however, has been conspiring with [[Tywin Lannister]] and the traitorous Roose Bolton - Robb, Catelyn, and many of their bannermen are [[Red Wedding|murdered under guest right]] at the Twins.

With Bran and Rickon thought dead and Sansa and Arya missing, House Stark is all but extinguished in the eyes of the world. They are supplanted as [[Warden of the North|Wardens of the North]] by [[House Bolton]]. The rivermen return to the king's peace, and the northern lords grudgingly accept Dreadfort authority. The Hound brings Arya toward the [[Eyrie]] in an attempt to ransom her to Lady Lysa, but they are attacked by Ser [[Gregor Clegane]]'s men and he is stabbed. Arya leaves the Hound to die and uses the iron coin given to her by [[Jaqen H'ghar]], and books passage across the [[narrow sea]] on the galleas ''[[Titan's Daughter]]''.

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Sansa remains in the [[Vale]], where she takes on a maternal role for her cousin, [[Robert Arryn]]. Littlefinger plots to reveal her identity, wed her to Robert's heir, [[Harrold Hardyng]], and use the knights of the Vale to retake the North in her name.

Arya arrives in [[Braavos]], where she takes up training at the [[House of Black and White]] to become a [[Faceless Man]].

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Lord Commander Jon Snow begins an uneasy alliance with the free folk, executes the recalcitrant [[Janos Slynt]], and tactfully deals with the imperious [[Stannis Baratheon]]. While refusing the king's offer to be legitimized as Jon Stark, Lord of Winterfell, and wed the "wildling princess", [[Val]], Jon offers Stannis advice that helps him in his campaign against the Boltons and Greyjoys.

At [[Winterfell]], Sansa's friend [[Jeyne Poole]] is wed to [[Ramsay Bolton]] in the guise of "Arya Stark" in an effort to legitimize Bolton overlordship. A disguised [[Mance Rayder]], sent by Jon Snow, recruits a broken-willed Theon Greyjoy to rescue the girl and deliver her to Stannis. When Jon gives orders to retake Winterfell from Ramsay after receiving an [[Bastard Letter|inflammatory letter]], the senior officers of the Watch turn on Jon for allying with wildlings and meddling in the affairs of the realm; it is not clear if he has survived their assassination attempt.

Bran arrives at the [[cave of the three-eyed crow]], where he meets the last [[three-eyed crow|greenseer]] and [[children of the forest]] and begins perfecting the advanced arts of greensight. Rickon, [[Osha]], and [[Shaggydog]] are said to be on [[Skagos]], where Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] has requested that [[Davos Seaworth]] search for Rickon, so that Stannis can rally the northmen to fight in his name.

==House genealogy==
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===House Stark at the end of the third century===
*{[[Brandon Stark]]}, eldest son and heir of Lord {[[Rickard Stark]]}. He was slain along with his father by order of the Mad King, [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]].
*{[[Eddard Stark|Eddard "Ned" Stark]]}, middle son of Lord Rickard Stark. Ned served as Lord of Winterfell and [[Warden of the North]] until his execution in [[King's Landing]], several months after taking office as [[Hand of the King]].
**{[[Catelyn Tully]]}, Lord Eddard's wife. She is the mother of [[Robb Stark|Robb]], [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]], [[Arya Stark|Arya]], [[Bran Stark|Bran]], and [[Rickon Stark]]. She is killed during the [[Red Wedding]], but is later resurrected by [[Beric Dondarrion]] and is known as "Lady Stoneheart".
***{[[Robb Stark]]}, Lord Eddard's eldest trueborn son and heir, also known as "the Young Wolf". He takes his father's position as Lord Stark and is later crowned [[King in the North]] and [[King of the Trident|of the Trident]] by his bannermen, prior to his death in the [[Red Wedding]]. His direwolf is named [[Grey Wind]] and is killed along with him at [[the Twins]].
****[[Jeyne Westerling]], Robb's widow.
***[[Sansa Stark]], Eddard and Catelyn's elder daughter. Her direwolf is named [[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]] and is killed under Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei's]] orders in retribution for Arya's direwolf savaging her son [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]. She is currently hiding in the [[Vale of Arryn]] as "Alayne Stone".
****[[Tyrion Lannister]], Sansa's estranged husband.
***[[Arya Stark]], Eddard and Catelyn's younger daughter. She is publicly known to have married [[Ramsay Bolton]], but Ramsay has instead married [[Jeyne Poole]], who was forced to pose as the Stark girl. Arya is instead in [[Braavos]] among the [[Faceless Men]]. Her direwolf, [[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]], leads a wolfpack roaming the Riverlands.
***[[Bran Stark]], Eddard and Catelyn's second son. Bran becomes crippled and learns how to become a [[skinchanger|warg]]. he is believed to have been killed by [[Theon Greyjoy]], but is actually [[beyond the Wall]] at the [[cave of the three-eyed crow]]. His direwolf is named [[Summer (direwolf)|Summer]].
***[[Rickon Stark]], Eddard and Catelyn's youngest child, only three years old when the series begins. He is also believed dead at the hands of Theon, though actually Rickon is in [[Skagos]] with [[Osha]]. His direwolf is [[Shaggydog]].
***[[Jon Snow]], Eddard's bastard son by an unspecified mother. Jon was raised at Winterfell alongside his Stark half-siblings. Having joined the [[Night's Watch]], he has risen to the rank of [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch|Lord Commander]]. His direwolf is [[Ghost]].
*{[[Lyanna Stark]]}, only daughter of Lord Rickard. Once betrothed to [[Robert Baratheon]], Lyanna died after being spirited away by [[Rhaegar Targaryen]].
*[[Benjen Stark]], the youngest son of Lord Rickard and the last surviving sibling of Ned. He is First Ranger of the [[Night's Watch]] and brings Jon Snow to the [[Wall]] when he wants to join the order. Benjen is missing in the lands [[beyond the Wall]].

===Historical Starks===
No precise lineage of House Stark is known, but the individuals listed below are supposed to be in rough chronological order.

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* [[Bran the Builder]], founder of House Stark and the first [[King in the North]], builder of Winterfell and the Wall.
* King [[Theon Stark|Theon]], the Hungry Wolf
* King [[Brandon Stark (Shipwright)|Brandon the Shipwright]], who loved sailing and built up a mighty northern fleet.
* King [[Brandon Stark (Burner)|Brandon the Burner]], who burned the entire northern fleet after the disappearance of his father on the [[Sunset Sea]].
* King [[Jonnel Stark|Jonnel]]
* King [[Dorren Stark|Dorren]]
* King [[Jon Stark|Jon]], who built the [[Wolf's Den]] at [[White Harbor]] after driving away sea raiders.
* King [[Rickard Stark (King)|Rickard]], who defeated the Marsh King, extending their kingdom to include [[the Neck]].
* King [[Rodrik Stark|Rodrik]], who won [[Bear Island]] from the [[ironborn]] in a wrestling match and granted it to [[House Mormont]].
* King [[Edrick Stark|Edrick]]
* King [[Benjen Stark (Bitter)|Benjen the Bitter]]
* King [[Benjen Stark (Sweet)|Benjen the Sweet]]
* King [[Eyron Stark|Eyron]]
* King [[Edderion Stark|Edderion]], the Bridegroom
* King [[Walton Stark|Walton]], the Moonking
* King [[Brandon Stark (Bad)|Brandon the Bad]]
* [[Karlon Stark|Karlon]], a younger brother of the king and founder of the [[House Karstark|Karstarks]].
* King [[Jorah Stark|Jorah]]
* King [[Jonos Stark|Jonos]]
* King [[Edwyn Stark|Edwyn]], the Spring King
* King [[Brandon Stark (the daughterless)|Bran the Daughterless]]
* [[Osric Stark|Osric]], son or brother of the King in the North, the youngest Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, who served for 60 years.
* King [[Harlon Stark|Harlon]], who defeated rebellious [[House Bolton]] centuries ago
* King [[Torrhen Stark|Torrhen]], the King Who Knelt, the last [[King in the North]], who bent the knee to [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]], making the North owe allegiance to [[House Targaryen]].
* [[Brandon Snow]], King Torrhen's bastard brother.
* [[Cregan Stark|Cregan]], who fought Aemon the Dragonknight
* [[Brandon Stark (Lord)|Brandon]]
* [[Barth Stark|Barth]]
* [[Jonnel Stark|Jonnel]]
* [[Rodwell Stark|Rodwell]]
* [[Donnor Stark|Donnor]]
* [[Artos Stark|Artos the Implacable]]
* [[Willam Stark|Willam]]
* [[Beron Stark|Beron]]
* [[Edwyle Stark|Edwyle]]
* Unnamed sister of Edwyle who married a younger son of Lord [[Raymar Royce]] of the cadet branch. [[Catelyn Tully]] considers making one of their descendants heir apparent for Robb.{{ref|ASOS|45}}
*[[Rickard Stark|Rickard]], killed by order of King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]] shortly before [[Robert's Rebellion]].
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===Household===

* [[Theon Greyjoy]], known as "Theon Turncloak" and "Reek", Lord Eddard's ward and hostage. Fought for Robb Stark in the [[War of the Five Kings]], betrayed him to [[House Greyjoy]], seized Winterfell until betrayed by [[Ramsay Bolton]]. Imprisoned and tortured. Fled with Jeyne Poole. Now a prisoner of [[Stannis Baratheon]].
* [[Brienne of Tarth|Brienne, the Maid of Tarth]], sworn sword to Lady Catelyn. Sent to rescue Sansa and Arya, and keeping to that quest even after Catelyn's death and the seeming destruction of House Stark.
* [[Walder Frey (Big)|Walder Frey]], called "Big Walder", a ward of Lady Catelyn, eight years of age. Now a squire of [[Ramsay Bolton]].
* {[[Walder Frey (Little)|Walder Frey]]}, called "Little Walder", a ward of Lady Catelyn, eight years of age. Made a squire of Ramsay Bolton. Killed by the 'Ghost of Winterfell', presumably Theon Greyjoy, or Mance Rayder and his spearwives.
* Maester {[[Luwin]]}, counselor, healer and tutor. Perished to wounds sustained during the [[Sack of Winterfell]].
* {[[Vayon Poole]]}, steward of Winterfell. Killed during the purge of the Stark household in the [[Red Keep]].
** [[Jeyne Poole]], his daughter. Forced to impersonate [[Arya Stark]] and marry [[Ramsay Bolton]]. Escaped Winterfell with [[Theon Greyjoy]]. Now in custody of Stannis Baratheon.
* Ser {[[Rodrik Cassel]]}, master-at-arms and castellan of Winterfell. Killed by Ramsay Snow prior to the [[Sack of Winterfell]].
** [[Beth Cassel]], his daughter. Imprisoned at the [[Dreadfort]].
* {[[Jory Cassel]]}, Captain of Lord Eddard's guards. Killed by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]'s men.
** {[[Alyn]]}, guardsman, founding member of the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]]. Now dead.
** {[[Tomard]]}, guardsman. Called "Fat Tom". Killed by [[City Watch of King's Landing|goldcloaks]] during the arrest of Ned Stark.
*** [[TomToo]], his son. Fate unknown.
** {[[Wyl]]} and {[[Heward]]}, guardsmen. Killed by Jaime Lannister's men.
** {[[Desmond]]}, guardsman. Killed during the arrest of Ned Stark.
** {[[Cayn]]}, guardsman. Killed by Sandor Clegane during the arrest of Ned Stark.
*** [[Calon]], his son. Fate unknown.
** {[[Porther]]}, guardsman. Killed during the purge of the Stark household in the [[Red Keep]].
** {[[Varly]]}, guardsman. Killed by [[Janos Slynt]] during the arrest of Ned Stark.
* [[Hallis Mollen]], Jory's successor as captain of guards. Fate unknown since being sent escorting Lord Eddard's bones to Winterfell.
** [[Quent]], [[Jacks]] and [[Shadd]], guardsmen. Fate unknown since being sent escorting Lord Eddard's bones to Winterfell.
** {[[Alebelly]]}, a guardsman. Killed during the [[Battle of Winterfell]].
** {[[Hayhead]]}, {[[Skittrick]]}, {[[Wayn]]}, guardsmen. Fate unknown. Likely killed during [[Sack of Winterfell]].
** {[[Poxy Tym]]}, a guardsman. Killed during the [[Sack of Winterfell]]
* {[[Hullen]]}, master of horse. Killed during the purge of the Stark household in the Red Keep.
** [[Harwin]], his son, a guardsman. Founding member of the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]]. Currently with Lady Stoneheart's band.
** {[[Joseth]]}, Hullen's successor as master of horse. Fate unknown. Likely killed during [[Sack of Winterfell]].
*** [[Bandy]] and [[Shyra]], his twin daughters, now imprisoned at [[the Dreadfort]].
* Septa {[[Mordane]]}, tutor to Lord Eddard's daughters. Killed during the purge of the Stark household in the Red Keep.
* Septon {[[Chayle]]}, keeper of Winterfell's sept and library. Drowned as a sacrifice to the [[Drowned God]] after the Fall of Winterfell
* {[[Mikken]]}, blacksmith and armorer. Killed by [[Stygg]] after the [[Battle of Winterfell|Fall of Winterfell]].
* {[[Farlen]]}, kennelmaster of Winterfell. Killed by Theon Greyjoy.
** [[Palla]], his daughter, a kennelgirl. Imprisoned at the Dreadfort.
* [[Nan]], known as "Old Nan", storyteller and once a wet-nurse. Imprisoned at the Dreadfort, possibly dead.
** [[Hodor|Walder]], known as "Hodor", a simpleminded stableboy. Now with Bran Stark [[beyond the Wall]].
* {[[Gage]]}, the cook. Fate unknown. Likely killed during [[Sack of Winterfell]].
** [[Turnip]], his child. Imprisoned at the Dreadfort.
** [[Osha]], of the [[Free Folk]], imprisoned and serving as kitchen drudge. Now with [[Rickon Stark]] at [[Skagos]].
* {[[Syrio Forel]]}, Arya's fencing instructor and former [[First Sword of Braavos]]. Presumed killed in [[King's Landing]] by Ser [[Meryn Trant]] during the purge of the Stark household in the [[Red Keep]].

==References in the books==
===''A Song of Ice and Fire''===
* After taking up his duties as Hand, Lord [[Eddard Stark]] assigns twenty of Winterfell's household guard to assist the Gold Cloaks in keeping order in King's Landing.
* Twenty more greycloaks ride with [[Beric Dondarrion]] to hunt down [[Gregor Clegane]]; most of them are killed in the [[Battle at the Mummer's Ford]]. [[Alyn]], [[Harwin]], and others help found the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]].
* Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] leads six hundred Winterfell men, among others, to [[Battle of Torrhen's Square|battle]] the ironborn under [[Dagmer|Dagmer Cleftjaw]].
* On his return to Winterfell, Rodrik and his men mean to liberate the castle from Theon Greyjoy, but are [[Sack of Winterfell|betrayed and routed]] by [[Ramsay Snow]].
* Soldiers bearing the colors of House Stark have washed up on the shores of the [[Quiet Isle]]. According to the [[Elder Brother]], they are buried alongside their enemies.

==Sworn Houses==
*'''[[House Reed]]''' of [[Greywater Watch]]. [[Meera Reed|Meera]] and [[Jojen Reed]] are with [[Bran Stark|Bran]], [[Summer]] and [[Hodor]] [[beyond the Wall]].
*'''[[House Glover]]''' of [[Deepwood Motte]]. Allied with [[Stannis Baratheon]] against [[House Bolton]].
*'''[[House Mormont]]''' of [[Bear Island]]. Allied with Stannis Baratheon against House Bolton.
*'''[[House Umber]]''' of [[Last Hearth]]. Allied with Stannis Baratheon against House Bolton.
*'''[[House Manderly]]''' of [[White Harbor]]. [[Wyman Manderly]] has sent [[Davos Seaworth]] to find his [[Rickon Stark|liege lord]] in [[Skagos]].
*'''[[House Flint of the mountains|House Flint]]''' of the [[northern mountain clans]]. Allied with Stannis Baratheon against House Bolton.
*'''[[House Wull]]''' of the northern mountain clans. Allied with Stannis Baratheon against House Bolton.
*'''[[House Norrey]]''' of the northern mountain clans. Allied with Stannis Baratheon against House Bolton.
*'''[[House Liddle]]''' of the northern mountain clans. Allied with Stannis Baratheon against House Bolton.
*'''[[House Tully]]''' of [[Riverrun]]. Swears allegiance when Robb is named King in the North and [[King of the Trident|of the Trident]]. Now stripped of lands and titles by the Iron Throne.
*'''[[House Westerling]]''' of [[the Crag]]. Joins Robb's cause after he marries [[Jeyne Westerling]]. Now accepted back into the king's peace.

==Quotes==

{{Quote|'''Tyrion:''' You Starks are hard to kill.

'''Robb:''' You [[Lannister|Lannisters]] had best remember that.{{Ref|agot|24}}}}
- [[Robb Stark]] to [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]]

{{Quote|The Starks look for courage and loyalty and honor in the men they choose to serve them. {{ref|agot|42}}}} - [[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Bronn]]

{{Quote|The winters are hard, but the Starks will endure. We always have.{{Ref|aGoT|4}}}}
- [[Eddard Stark]] to [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]]

{{Quote|[[Bear Island]] knows no king but the [[King in the North]], whose name is STARK.{{Ref|adwd|1}}}}
- [[Lyanna Mormont]] to [[Stannis]]

{{Quote|Maester [[Theomore]], tell them! A thousand years before [[War of Conquest|the Conquest]], a promise was made, and oaths were sworn in the [[Wolf's Den]] before the [[old gods]] and the [[Faith of the Seven|new]]. When we were sore beset and friendless, hounded from our homes and in peril of our lives, the wolves took us in and nourished us and protected us against our enemies. [[White Harbor|The city]] is built upon the land they gave us. In return we swore that we should always be their men. STARK men!{{Ref|adwd|19}}}}
- [[Wylla Manderly]]

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