Editing House Connington (section)

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Mariana-vieira-peres rED rONNET.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Ronnet Connington|Red Ronnet]], by Mariana Vieira © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Lady [[Catelyn Stark]] sees Ser [[Ronnet Connington]], a helmetless red-bearded man with a [[griffin]] on his shield, falling to [[Brienne Tarth|Brienne of Tarth]] during the [[melee at Bitterbridge]].{{Ref|ACOK|22}} After riding for [[Renly Baratheon]], Ronnet turns to [[Stannis Baratheon]], and fights for him in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]]. He is made prisoner and bends the knee to King [[Joffrey Baratheon]].{{Ref|ACOK|65}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[Arstan Whitebeard]] tells [[Daenerys Targaryen]] that the young Lord [[Jon Connington]] was dear to Daenerys's late brother, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]].{{Ref|ASOS|8}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Brienne remembers the day she was presented to Ronnet Connington, who refused to marry her for being too ugly. He gave her a rose, saying that that was all she was going to get from him.{{ref|AFFC|9}} In a dream, Brienne chops off Ronnet's hand when he offers her the rose.{{Ref|AFFC|25}}

Red Ronnet, the [[Knight of Griffin's Roost]], is part of Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]'s army assembled in [[King's Landing]] to resolve the [[siege of Riverrun]]. At [[Harrenhal]], Jaime punches Ronnet with his golden hand for speaking of Brienne without due respect. Jaime sends Ronnet to deliver Ser [[Wylis Manderly]] to [[Maidenpool]] so that he does not have to look at him anymore.{{Ref|AFFC|27}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Despite rumors that he drank himself to death in [[Essos]], [[Jon Connington]] is revealed to be alive, having gone into hiding under the alias "Griff" with the help of [[Varys]]. He has raised [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon Targaryen]], the son of his friend Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], with the hope of one day placing him on the [[Iron Throne]].{{Ref|ADWD|18}}{{Ref|ADWD|22}} Jon and his companions are attacked by [[stone men]] in [[Chroyane]] while traveling via barge down the River [[Rhoyne]]. Jon contracts [[greyscale]] during the ambush while saving [[Tyrion Lannister]].{{Ref|ADWD|22}}{{Ref|ADWD|24}}

After the [[landing of the Golden Company]] at [[Cape Wrath]], Jon leads the [[Golden Company]] to [[Griffin's Roost]] in the night. The [[taking of Griffin's Roost]] only takes a few minutes and Jon declares himself to again be the [[Lord of Griffin's Roost]]. Although Red Ronnet is away serving under Jaime in the [[riverlands]], Ronnet's bastard son [[Ronald Storm]] and his siblings [[Raymund Connington|Raymund]] and [[Alynne Connington]] are kept as prisoners at Griffin's Roost.{{Ref|ADWD|61}}

After returning to King's Landing from Maidenpool, Ronnet wants to prove his loyalty to King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]] and vows to bring the head of his uncle Jon to Tommen's [[small council]]. Ser [[Kevan Lannister]], the regent for Tommen, keeps Ronnet under guard in King's Landing for the time being.{{Ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}