Editing House Tully (section)

===Pre-Conquest Era===
House Tully is an old noble house of [[First Men]] origin. [[Edmure Tully (father of Axel)|Edmure Tully]] and his sons were allies of [[Tristifer IV Mudd]], the [[King of the Rivers and the Hills]], during the [[coming of the Andals]] to the [[riverlands]], but the Tullys knelt to the [[Andal]] conqueror [[Armistead Vance]] after Tristifer's death. Ser Edmure's son, [[Axel Tully]], received land at the confluence of the [[Red Fork]] and the [[Tumblestone]], where he constructed [[Riverrun]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands: House Tully}}

Unlike many [[Great Houses]], the Tullys never ruled as kings, but held Riverrun for at least a thousand years as powerful vassals of those who did.{{ref|AGOT|Appendix}} They often defended the western [[Trident]] from the [[Kings of the Rock]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands: House Tully}} Lord [[Elston Tully]] died supporting Lord [[Roderick Blackwood]] against King [[Humfrey I Teague]]. Lord [[Tommen Tully]] futilely supported Lady [[Agnes Blackwood]] against [[Harwyn Hoare]], [[King of the Iron Islands]], and Tommen's natural son [[Samwell Rivers]] was slain at the Tumblestone.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}