Barrow Kings

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The Barrow Kings were a dynasty of kings from the barrowlands in northern Westeros. They claimed to have been monarchs over all First Men and called themselves Kings of the First Men.[1]

History

The Barrow Kings claimed descent from the First King of the First Men, who is said to be buried at the Great Barrow in Barrowton.[2][3] Some Barrow Kings allied with Marsh Kings against southron invaders who tried to pass the Neck.[1]

Singers claim the Barrow Kings fought against the Kings of Winter, the Starks of Winterfell, north of the barrowlands, in the Thousand Years War, but runes of the First Men indicates the conflict lasted about two hundred years. When the last Barrow King submitted to Winterfell, the Stark king received his daughter in marriage. The Dustins of Barrowton claim descent from the First King and the Barrow Kings.[2]

Maester Kennet's Passages of the Dead mentions a curse was supposedly placed on the Great Barrow, weakening and making corpselike any living man who dared to equal the First King. Some maesters think the corpse queen of the Night's King may have actually been a daughter of a Barrow King, as they were often connected with graves.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The North: The Kings of Winter.
  2. 2.0 2.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The North.
  3. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 32, Reek III.
  4. The World of Ice & Fire, The Wall and Beyond: The Night's Watch.