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Kings on the Three Sisters were monarchs who once ruled the Three Sisters, an archipelago located in the Bite, before the Sistermen came under the dominion of the Kings of Mountain and Vale. Formal titles of the kings have not been revealed by George R. R. Martin.
History
Pirate Kings
Prior to the coming of the Andals and the Faith of the Seven, the Sistermen were an independent people with their own religion, worshipping deities known as the Lady of the Waves and the Lord of the Skies. Their monarchs acted as pirate kings[1] whose longships raided the Bite, the narrow sea, and the Shivering Sea.[2] The Borrells of Sisterton on Sweetsister were among the petty kings of the Sistermen.[1]
War Across the Water
Desiring to control the Bite, the Kings of Winter from House Stark of Winterfell eventually retaliated against the pirate kings of the Three Sisters.[2] According to maesters, two thousand years ago the islands were conquered by the north in an invasion known as the Rape of the Three Sisters. In response, the Sistermen bent the knee to House Arryn of the Eyrie to expel the northmen, ending the era of kings on the Sisters and putting the archipelago under the rule of the Kings of Mountain and Vale. Conflict over the isles between northmen and Valemen would continue for a thousand years in the War Across the Water, with the Arryns eventually achieving nominal control over the Sisters.[2][1]
Sistermen's Rebellion
During the Wars of Conquest of House Targaryen, the Sistermen rebelled against House Arryn, declaring Marla Sunderland as their queen instead of submitting to Aegon I Targaryen. Marla was deposed, however, when a Braavosi fleet hired by Lord Torrhen Stark, newly-named Warden of the North, approached the islands. Marla's brother bent the knee, ending the Sistermen's Rebellion, and Marla ended her days as a silent sister.[2]
Known Monarchs
- Queen Marla of House Sunderland
Quotes
For thousands of years, these islands had boasted their own cruel kings, pirates and raiders whose longships sailed the Bite, the narrow sea, and even the Shivering Sea with impunity, plundering and reaving as they would and returning to the Sisters laden with gold and slaves.[2]
—writings of Yandel
Lord Godric's forebears had been pirate kings until the Starks came down on them with fire and sword.[1]
—thoughts of Davos Seaworth
The maesters say the Rape of the Three Sisters was two thousand years ago, but Sisterton has not forgotten. We were a free people before that, with our kings ruling over us. Afterward, we had to bend our knees to the Eyrie to get the northmen out.[1]