Editing Argella Durrandon (section)

==History==
[[Argilac Durrandon]], the [[Storm King]], was afraid of the threat of [[Harren Hoare]], the [[King of the Isles and the Rivers]]. In [[2 BC]], he reached out to [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]], [[Lord of Dragonstone]], offering the hand of his only daughter, Argella, with all the lands east of the [[Gods Eye]] from the [[Trident]] to the [[Blackwater Rush]] as her [[dowry]]. Lord Aegon rejected the offer, as he had two wives already and did not need a third, and the lands offered had belonged to [[House Hoare]] for a generation. He countered with an offer of his own: those lands plus [[Massey's Hook]], and the lands from the [[Blackwater Rush|Blackwater]] south to the river [[Wendwater]] and the headwaters of the [[Mander]]. The pact would be sealed with the marriage of Argella to [[Orys Baratheon]], Lord Aegon's childhood friend and champion.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

King Argilac angrily rejected the terms, as Orys was rumored to be Aegon's bastard half-brother. Enraged, he had the hands of Aegon's envoy cut off and returned to him in a box, with the message, ''"These are the only hands your bastard shall have of me."''{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

This spurred the start of Aegon Targaryen's [[War of Conquest]], where Aegon announced that he would be the only king of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. King Aegon's wife, Queen [[Rhaenys Targaryen]], and his [[Hand of the King]], Orys Baratheon, were sent to take [[Storm's End]]. In the battle called the [[Last Storm]], Orys slew Argilac Durrandon in single combat, and the remaining stormlander army fled.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

[[File:Argella & Orys b y Rae Lavergne.jpg|thumb|400px|Argella Durrandon and [[Orys Baratheon]], by Rae Lavergne ©]]
At the approach of Orys Baratheon and the Targaryen host, Argella barred the gates of Storm's End and declared herself [[Storm King|Storm Queen]]. When Queen Rhaenys flew [[Meraxes]] into the castle to parley, Argella announced that the defenders of Storm's End would die to the last man. However, her garrison refused to share the [[Burning of Harrenhal|fate of Harrenhal]] and revolted, raising a peace banner and delivering Argella to Orys's camp, gagged, chained, and naked. Orys, however, removed the chains with his own hands, wrapped his cloak around her, and gave her food and wine. He spoke to her gently, telling her of her father Argilac's courage in death.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

Aegon rewarded Orys Baratheon with Storm's End, the rule of the [[Stormlands]], and Argella.{{Ref|AGOT|Appendix}} On his marriage to Argella Durrandon, and to honor Argilac's valor, Orys Baratheon adopted the sigil and words of House Durrandon as his own.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}

Argella and Orys had at least a son, [[Davos Baratheon|Davos]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}<ref group=N name="Son"/>