Editing House Bar Emmon (section)

==History==
===Origin===
[[Togarion Bar Emmon]] was an [[Andals|Andal]] warlord who founded a small kingdom north of the [[Blackwater Rush]] during the [[coming of the Andals]] to [[Westeros]], but he was opposed by the more powerful [[House Darklyn|Darklyn]] kings of [[Duskendale]]. Sensing a weakness to the south, Togarion married the daughter of King [[Josua Massey]] of [[Stonedance]], himself a rival to the [[Storm King]] [[Qarlton II Durrandon]], and the Bar Emmons abandoned the Blackwater for [[Massey's Hook]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: Andals in the Stormlands}}

Although Qarlton defeated Josua, Togarion drove the [[stormlanders]] from Stonedance, built [[Sharp Point]] as the new seat for House Bar Emmon, and established a kingdom on Massey's Hook with the son of Josua as a puppet. The region was eventually recovered by the [[stormlands]], however.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: Andals in the Stormlands}}

===Targaryen dynasty===
[[File:Sharp Point.jpg|thumb|[[Sharp Point]] by Bjarne Hansen © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Prior to [[Aegon's Conquest]], House Bar Emmon was sworn to [[House Durrandon]], the [[Storm King]]s from [[Storm's End]], but had closer ties to [[House Targaryen]] of nearby [[Dragonstone]]. When [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] launched his invasion of Westeros, the Bar Emmons supported him instead of the Storm King, [[Argilac Durrandon|Argilac the Arrogant]].{{ref|FAB|Aegon's Conquest}} With the creation of the [[crownlands]] after the Conquest, the Bar Emmons became sworn to Dragonstone{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons: The Blacks and the Greens}}{{ref|ACOK|Appendix}} instead of [[House Baratheon]], who had replaced the Durrandons at Storm's End.{{ref|FAB|Aegon's Conquest}}

When the [[Seven Kingdoms]] began to turn against King [[Maegor I Targaryen]] for his nephew Prince [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys]], Lord Bar Emmon was among the score of lesser lords who gathered at his command.{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}} However, when Maegor mysteriously died upon the [[Iron Throne]], Lord Bar Emmon fled back to Sharp Point.{{Ref|FAB|Prince into King - The Ascension of Jaehaerys I}} When the young King Jaehaerys I resided at Dragonstone, Lord Bar Emmon was one of the first lords who traveled to the island to speak with the king.{{Ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}} When the [[Shivers]] struck [[Westeros]], Lord Bar Emmon was one of the many nobles who succumbed to the [[illness]].{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}} 

House Bar Emmon supported Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys Targaryen]] in the [[Great Council of 101 AC|Great Council]] of {{Date|101}}.{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} Lord Bar Emmon was a member of the [[black council]] of Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] during the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons: The Blacks and the Greens}} After the [[greens]]' victory at the [[Battle of the Honeywine]], Rhaenyra dismissed Lord Bar Emmon's suggestion to bend the knee to her rival, King [[Aegon II Targaryen]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}