Editing House Florent (section)

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===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Alester Florent Chris Pritchard.jpg|thumb|350px|Lord [[Alester Florent]] by Chris Pritchard © Fantasy Flight Games]]
[[Melisandre]], a [[red priest]]ess, has joined the court of [[Stannis Baratheon]], [[Lord of Dragonstone]], and his wife, Lady [[Selyse Florent]], fervently takes up the worship of [[R'hllor]], the Lord of Light.{{ref|ACOK|Prologue}} Selyse becomes Stannis's queen after he announces his claim to the [[Iron Throne]].{{ref|ACOK|10}}

As the [[War of the Five Kings]] breaks out, House Florent follows [[House Tyrell]] in supporting the late King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s youngest brother, [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]], [[Lord of Storm's End]], instead of Stannis. The Florents field roughly two thousand men.{{Ref|ACOK|0}}

Upon Renly's death at [[Siege of Storm's End (299)|Storm's End]], the Florents are the first and the most powerful of the [[Reach]] houses who defect to Stannis.{{ref|ACOK|36}} Selyse's uncle, Lord [[Alester Florent]], begins following R'hllor.{{ref|ACOK|42}} Alester's nephew, Ser [[Erren Florent|Erren]], is one of the knights Stannis sends to recruit Renly's infantry at [[Bitterbridge]], but they do not return.{{ref|ACOK|42}} Alester's son-in-law, Lord [[Randyll Tarly]], puts many Florent men-at-arms to death when he [[Fighting at Bitterbridge|seizes Renly's stores]] to ensure they do not go over to Stannis's side.{{ref|ACOK|44}}

Lord Alester is with Stannis during the parley with Ser [[Cortnay Penrose]], who refuses to yield Storm's End or his ward, [[Edric Storm]], the bastard son of [[Delena Florent]] and King Robert.{{ref|ACOK|42}} Edric and Melisandre are sent to [[Dragonstone]] after Cortnay's death.{{ref|ACOK|58}}

Selyse's brother, Ser [[Imry Florent]], is given command of Stannis's [[royal fleet]] in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]]. He relies on the size of his fleet and does not send scouts ahead. Almost his entire force is trapped in the [[Blackwater Rush]] by [[Tyrion Lannister]]'s defensive chain and destroyed by [[wildfire]]; Imry dies on ''[[Fury]]'' along with most of his men.{{ref|ACOK|58}} When leading his sortie, [[Tyrion Lannister]] kills an unnamed Florent knight.{{Ref|ACOK|61}} Despite the spirited defense of [[King's Landing]], Stannis's army seems within sight of victory. However, the Florents' rivals, the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]], arrive with Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] from south of the Blackwater and rout Stannis's men.{{ref|ACOK|62}} A Florent [[bastard]] who refuses to submit to Joffrey is sent off to be executed by Ser [[Ilyn Payne]].{{ref|ACOK|65}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Adamduffhouseflorentknight.jpg|thumb|350px|A knight of House Florent by Adam Duff © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Lord [[Alester Florent]] loses his possessions when the Lannisters overrun his camp at the Blackwater, escaping only with the mail on his back and the rings on his fingers.{{ref|ASOS|25}} Most of [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s men rescued from the shoreline by the [[Lys]]ene fleet of [[Salladhor Saan]] wear the badge of [[Brightwater Keep]].{{ref|ACOK|10}} More than half of Stannis's men on [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]] are Florents,{{ref|ASOS|36}} and Alester becomes his [[Hand of the King]].{{ref|ACOK|10}} Alester's brother, Ser [[Axell Florent]], arrests Ser [[Davos Seaworth]] when the Onion Knight intends to murder [[Melisandre]].{{ref|ASOS|10}}

The Florents still dispute [[House Tyrell]]'s ownership of [[Highgarden]].{{ref|ASOS|6}} Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], Hand of the King to [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], dispossesses the Florents of their holdings and awards them to Ser [[Garlan Tyrell]], the second son of [[Mace Tyrell]], [[Lord Paramount of the Reach]], as a reward for loyal service, forming [[House Tyrell of Brightwater Keep]].{{ref|ASOS|19}} Ser [[Erren Florent]] is held captive at Highgarden.{{ref|ASOS|Appendix}}

When Alester plots to wed Stannis's daughter, Princess [[Shireen Baratheon]], to Joffrey's brother, Prince [[Tommen Baratheon]], in an effort to make peace without Stannis's knowledge, he is thrown in the dungeons with Davos.{{ref|ASOS|25}} Axell counsels Stannis to put [[Claw Isle]] to the torch in retaliation for Lord [[Ardrian Celtigar]] bending the knee, but Stannis dismisses this idea, agreeing with Davos that it is an evil notion, and Davos becomes Alester's successor as King's Hand.{{ref|ASOS|36}} Without Stannis's permission, Davos arranges for [[Edric Storm]] to be sent to [[Lys]] to avoid being burned alive by Melisandre.{{ref|ASOS|63}}

During the [[battle beneath the Wall]], [[Jon Snow]] spots a ring of flowers amongst the banners when Stannis's host attacks the [[free folk]] camp,{{ref|ASOS|73}} presumably the arms of House Florent or of [[House Meadows]]. The banners of the Florents are later spotted flying at [[Castle Black]] by [[Samwell Tarly]].{{ref|ASOS|75}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
The new head of the house, Alester's son [[Alekyne Florent|Alekyne]], has taken refuge in [[Oldtown]], where his sister [[Rhea Florent|Rhea]] is the wife of [[Leyton Hightower]], [[Lord of the Hightower]].{{ref|AFFC|Appendix}}

Ser [[Garlan Tyrell]] sets out with half the [[House Tyrell|Tyrell]] strength to take [[Brightwater Keep]]{{Ref|AFFC|12}} from Ser [[Colin Florent]], the castle's castellan.{{ref|AFFC|Appendix}} It is unknown if Garlan succeeds in doing so before the [[taking of the Shields]] by the [[ironborn]].{{ref|AFFC|32}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:Owen William Weber selyse baratheon.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Selyse Florent]] at the [[Wall]], by Owen William Weber © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Lord [[Davos Seaworth]] recalls that when [[Stannis Baratheon]] sailed for the [[Wall]], [[Melisandre]] burned Lord [[Alester Florent]] alive to obtain favorable winds for the voyage.{{ref|ADWD|9}} Once Stannis arrived in the [[north]], he left Ser [[Axell Florent]] with Queen [[Selyse Florent]] and some fellow [[queen's men]] at [[Eastwatch-by-the-Sea]].{{ref|ADWD|15}} Axell begins calling himself the Queen's Hand.{{ref|ADWD|39}}

Selyse and Axell stop at [[Castle Black]] on their way to the [[Nightfort]]. Axell hopes to meet the beautiful [[Val]].{{ref|ADWD|44}} The queen arranges marriages between her men and the [[free folk]], betrothing Axell to the [[Gerrick Kingsblood's eldest daughter|eldest daughter]] of [[Gerrick Kingsblood]].{{ref|ADWD|69}}