Editing House Durrandon (section)

==History==
===Ancient History===
The line of the [[Storm King]]s dates back to the [[Age of Heroes]] when their kingdom was founded by King [[Durran Godsgrief]], a legendary hero.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: House Durrandon}} The [[First Men]] warred with [[Andals]] when the newcomers [[coming of the Andals|invaded the stormlands]], but the two peoples eventually made peace and intermarried.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: Andals in the Stormlands}}

The Storm Kings at times{{ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands}} ruled much of the eastern half of [[Westeros]], an area reaching from [[Cape Wrath]] to the [[Bay of Crabs]].{{ref|FAB|Aegon's Conquest}} Their dominion was protected from [[Dorne]] and the [[Kingdom of the Reach]] by the [[Dornish Marches]],{{ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands}} and they conquered the [[riverlands]] from [[House Teague]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}} The [[riverman]] resented Durrandon rule, however, and some joined [[Harwyn Hoare]], [[King of the Iron Islands]], when he took the [[Trident]] from [[Arrec Durrandon]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}

===The Conquest===
[[File:Orys vs Argilac.JPG|thumb|[[Orys Baratheon]] facing [[Argilac Durrandon]] in the [[Last Storm]], by Douglas Wheatley ©]]
The Storm Kings' power dwindled in the centuries before [[Aegon's Conquest]]. The [[Kings of the Reach]] from [[House Gardener]] nibbled at their domains in the west, [[Dornishmen]] were threats to the south, and [[Harren Hoare]], [[King of the Isles and the Rivers]], took lands north of the [[Blackwater Rush]]. King [[Argilac Durrandon]] managed to stop this decline for a while, but by the time of the Conquest Argilac had grown old and his prowess at arms had faded.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

During the Conquest, [[Orys Baratheon]], one of [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]]'s fiercest generals and his rumored [[bastard]] brother, slew Argilac the Arrogant, last of the Storm Kings, in the [[Last Storm]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} Orys married Argilac's daughter [[Argella Durrandon]] and adopted the sigil and words of his wife's ancestral line, creating [[House Baratheon]] of [[Storm's End]], with his descendants having the blood of the Durrandons flowing in their veins.{{Ref|AGOT|Appendix}}