Tourney at Storm's End

A tourney at Storm's End was held by Lord Steffon Baratheon,^[1] most likely in the 270 ACs.

History

Ser Barristan Selmy recounts to Daenerys Targaryen that her brother, Prince Rhaegar, once rode brilliantly in a tourney at Storm's End, losing only in the champion's tilt to a knight of the Kingsguard,^[1] but according to George R. R. Martin, Selmy misremembered several details of the hastilude, conflating circumstances that happened at two or three different tourneys.^[2] The tourney Barristan was talking about was Lord Steffon's tourney, with the unnamed knight of the Kingsguard who defeated Rhaegar in the champion's tilt being Barristan himself, who was trying to avoid bringing attention to himself.^[3] Selmy's victory was then accurately described in his White Book entry,^[2] which states that he also unhorsed Robert Baratheon, now a lord,^[4] while Barristan recalls that the tourney was participated by lord Steffon Baratheon, who was unhorsed by Rhaegar,^[1] meaning that Barristan was conflating Lord Steffon's tourney held by lord Robert (who named it after his late father as a homage) with a previous tournament held by lord Steffon.

Barristan also unhorsed Lord Jason Mallister and Prince Oberyn Martell at Lord Steffon's tourney,^[4] but he recalls it was Rhaegar who did it,^[1] which is most likely another conflation with the tourney held by lord Steffon. However, lord Steffon might have held multiple tourneys, with Barristan possibly conflating the events of two or three tourneys,^[2] so it is unclear if all this happened in a single tourney.