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 Tytos Blackwood by Vanessa Cole © | ||||
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| Title | Lord of Raventree Hall | |||
| Allegiance | House Blackwood | |||
| Culture | Rivermen | |||
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In or before 270 AC[1] Raventree Hall[2] | |||
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Tytos Blackwood is the Lord of Raventree Hall and the head of House Blackwood in the riverlands.
Appearance and Character
Tytos is a very thin and very tall man, though not as tall as his sixteen-year-old son, Hoster, who is almost seven feet tall.[3] He has a close-cropped salt-and-pepper beard, a hook nose,[4] and long hair.[3] Ser Daven Lannister considers Tytos to be an old man.[5]
Lord Blackwood appreciates honor and chivalry.[6][3] Tytos has a feud with Lord Jonos Bracken.[7]
Tytos owns bright yellow armor inlaid with jet in elaborate vine-and-leaf patterns.[4] Another armor set he possesses is burnished scarlet, featuring in silver inlay the dead weirwood tree of Raventree Hall surrounded by onyx ravens taking flight.[3] Tytos often wears a "magnificent" raven-feather cloak.[4][8][3]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Lord Tytos participates in the battle under the walls of Riverrun, and he leads the remnants of the riverlands force back within the walls of the castle after Ser Edmure Tully is defeated by Ser Jaime Lannister.[9]
With Lord Blackwood away, Lord Tywin Lannister and his brother, Ser Kevan Lannister, lead the capture of Tytos's castle, Raventree Hall.[9]
During the Battle of the Camps, Tytos leads a sortie from Riverrun that takes the middle Lannister camp in the rear and rescues Edmure.[10]
After the victory, Lord Blackwood, being a follower of the old gods, joins Robb Stark in praying in the godswood of Riverrun. During Robb's war council in the Great Hall of Riverrun, Tytos is seated as far as possible from his rival, Jonos Bracken, Lord of Stone Hedge. When Tytos suggests pressing against the Lannisters by joining with Lord Roose Bolton's host and marching against Harrenhal, Jonos argues they should instead support Renly Baratheon. Tytos joins the other river lords in declaring Robb to be King in the North.[4]
A Clash of Kings
Catelyn Stark suggests that Robb send Tytos, Lord Jason Mallister, or Ser Stevron Frey as an envoy to Balon Greyjoy, Lord of the Iron Islands, but Robb insists on sending Balon's son, Theon.[11]
Given leave by Robb, Tytos departs Riverrun and leads the liberation of Raventree Hall. The Blackwood lands have been left a desert, however.[11]
When Tywin marches west from Harrenhal, Edmure gathers House Tully's banners back to Riverrun. After returning from Storm's End, Catelyn spots the scarlet banner of House Blackwood above Tytos's tent. Lucas Blackwood, one of Catelyn's escorts, meets with his father in the camps. Both Tytos and Jonos Bracken support Edmure's plan to oppose Tywin at the Red Fork with the Battle of the Fords.[12]
A Storm of Swords
Tytos is present when Robb Stark, King of the Trident, returns to Riverrun from his raiding in the westerlands.[8]
Lord Blackwood is among the seven nobles who launch the funeral boat of Edmure's father, Hoster Tully, Lord of Riverrun, into the Tumblestone.[13]
Tytos's son Lucas is cut down by Ser Hosteen Frey in the Red Wedding, and King Robb is killed by Lord Roose Bolton.[14] Lord Bracken accepts a pardon from the Iron Throne after the massacre, but Lord Blackwood fights on for honor's sake.[6][15]
A Feast for Crows
The Brackens attack Blackwood lands in open war,[16] and Tytos becomes penned up within Raventree Hall.[17]
After the fall of Riverrun, Raventree becomes the last Stark loyalist stronghold in the south. With Tytos refusing to surrender to Jonos, Lord Karyl Vance implores Ser Jaime Lannister, the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, to go to Raventree to end the siege, believing that Tytos would be willing to instead yield to Jaime.[5]
A Dance with Dragons
Robert Blackwood, Tytos's youngest son, dies of illness during the siege of Raventree.[3]
Jaime arrives at Blackwood Vale to resolve the siege. Despite running low on supplies, Tytos refuses to surrender to his rival, Jonos Bracken, saying he will yield only to King Tommen I Baratheon. Jaime meets with Jonos, who hands Jaime a map with the lands he wants for subduing the Blackwoods, and recommends that Jaime take Tytos's only daughter, Bethany, as a hostage.[3]
At Raventree, Jaime does not make Tytos kneel to him publicly in the yard, but tells him he can do so in his solar after they discuss terms. In Raventree's solar, Tytos surrenders to the Iron Throne, but denies knowing the whereabouts of Ser Brynden Tully. Tytos agrees to give up some land to House Bracken, although less than Jonos desired, and to send some gold and silver to the Iron Throne. Tytos requests that Lucas's bones be returned so he can see him decently buried beneath Raventree's weirwood, and Jaime agrees.[3]
When Jaime states that he requires one of Tytos's children as a hostage, Lord Blackwood convinces him to take one of his sons, Hoster, rather than Bethany. Tytos recommends that Jaime get a hostage from Jonos as well, and alleges that Jonos's natural son, Harry Rivers, was not actually fathered by Lord Bracken. Tytos politely asks Jaime to stay for dinner, but Jaime refuses, knowing Raventree is starving. Before Jaime leaves with Hoster, he reminds Tytos that if he learns the Blackwoods are protecting or aiding any outlaws or rebels against the Iron Throne, he will not hesitate to execute Tytos's son.[3]
Quotes by Tytos
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—Tytos to Jaime Lannister
Tytos: For honor's sake I must ask about my liege lord.
Jaime: Ser Edmure is on his way to Casterly Rock as my captive. His wife will remain at the Twins until their child is born. Then she and the babe will join him. So long as he does not attempt escape or plot rebellion, Edmure will live a long life.
Tytos: We agree on that much.[3]
Tytos: Long and bitter. A life without honor. Until his dying day, men will say he was afraid to fight.
Jaime: The choice was his. His uncle would have made us bleed.
—Tytos and Jaime Lannister
Jaime: My lord, let there be no misunderstanding here. Lord Beric Dondarrion, Thoros of Myr, Sandor Clegane, Brynden Tully, this woman Stoneheart … all these are outlaws and rebels, enemies to the king and all his leal subjects. If I should learn that you or yours are hiding them, protecting them, or assisting them in any way, I will not hesitate to send you your son's head. I hope you understand that. Understand this as well: I am not Ryman Frey.
Tytos: No. I know who I am dealing with. Kingslayer.[3]—Jaime Lannister and Tytos
Quotes about Tytos
Jaime: I mean to deal with Lord Tytos myself. It won't require a siege tower.
Daven: Single combat, coz? Scarce seems fair. Tytos is an old grey man.[5]
So long as it is Jonos at his gates Tytos will never yield, but I know he will bend his knee for you.[5]
Though some might say that Lord Blackwood has been more honorable.[3]
—thoughts of Jaime Lannister, comparing Tytos to Jonos Bracken
Family
Tytos has seven children, six sons and a daughter. He also has two brothers, a sister, and a pair of widowed aunts, as well as nieces, nephews, and cousins.[3]
References
- ↑ See the Tytos Blackwood calculation.
- ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Tytos Blackwood.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 48, Jaime I.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 71, Catelyn XI.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 44, Jaime VII.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 72, Jaime IX.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 80, Sansa VII.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 14, Catelyn II.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 56, Tyrion VII.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 69, Tyrion IX.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 7, Catelyn I.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 39, Catelyn V.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 35, Catelyn IV.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 51, Catelyn VII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 74, Arya XIII.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 23, Alayne I.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 38, Jaime VI.