House Gargalen

House Gargalen of Salt Shore
Coat of arms	A red cockatrice with black snake in beak on gold (Or, a cockatrice gules, in its beak a serpent sable)
Seat	Salt Shore
Head	Lord Tremond Gargalen
Region	Dorne
Title	Lord of Salt Shore
Overlord	House Martell

House Gargalen of Salt Shore is a major Dornish noble house. Their seat, Salt Shore, is located along the Summer Sea on the southern coast of Dorne.

Their blazon is a red cockatrice with black snake in beak on gold.^[2]^[3] Their words have not appeared on the books.

History

Doran Martell, the Prince of Dorne, squired for Lord Gargalen in his youth. When he was nine, he was at Salt Shore when Lord Gargalen gave him the news that he had an infant sister, Elia.^[4]

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Lord Tremond Gargalen is among the Dornish nobles who accompany Prince Oberyn Martell to King's Landing.^[2]

During the Dornish visit to King's Landing, a fight at a pot-shop in Flea Bottom leaves one Tyrell man-at-arms dead and two Gargalens scalded.^[5]

A Dance with Dragons

Areo Hotah observes that Lord Tremond does not drink during Ricasso's toast for King Tommen I Baratheon at Sunspear.^[6]

House Gargalen at the end of the third century

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

Lord Tremond Gargalen, the Lord of Salt Shore.^[1]

Historical Members

Lord Gargalen ruling circa 257 AC, Doran Martell squired for him.^[4]

Quotes

Bronn: A red chicken eating a snake, looks like.
Podrick: The Gargalens of Salt Shore. A cockatrice. Ser. Pardon. Not a chicken. Red, with a black snake in its beak.
Tyrion: Very good!^[2]
—Bronn, Podrick Payne, and Tyrion Lannister

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 A Storm of Swords, Appendix.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 38, Tyrion V.
↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses from Dorne
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 2, The Captain Of Guards.
↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 53, Tyrion VI.
↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 38, The Watcher.

[Rasosappendix{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-1] 1.0 ^1.1 A Storm of Swords, Appendix.

[Rasos38{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 38, Tyrion V.

[3] The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses from Dorne

[Raffc2{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-4] 4.0 ^4.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 2, The Captain Of Guards.

[Rasos53{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-5] A Storm of Swords, Chapter 53, Tyrion VI.

[Radwd38{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-6] A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 38, The Watcher.

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