Editing House Longwaters

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'''House Longwaters''' is a very minor noble house of the [[crownlands]]. Its members descend, through [[bastardy]], from [[House Velaryon]] and [[House Targaryen]].

==History==
During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], the baseborn [[dragonseed]]s [[Addam Velaryon|Addam]] and [[Alyn Velaryon|Alyn]] of [[Hull]] were legitimized as members of [[House Velaryon]] by the would-be Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]], as it was claimed by the mother of the boys, [[Marilda]], that it had been Rhaenyra's first husband, Ser [[Laenor Velaryon]], who had fathered them. The court fool [[Mushroom]] claimed they were actually the children of Laenor's father, Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]], who hadn't dared to recognize the boys while his wife was alive, and choose to recognize them after a fashion in this way. The two boys were designated the true heirs of [[Driftmark]], and carried the blood of old [[Valyria]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Aegon II}}

While Addam fell in the civil war, the dragon-scarred Alyn would go on to succeed his grandfather (or possible father) as Lord of Driftmark, [[Lord of the Tides]], and head of House Velaryon. Dubbed "Oakenfist", he became very famous through his many deeds - among them fighting off [[Dalton Greyjoy]], securing the release of Prince (and future King) [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]] from [[Lys]], making many great journeys far and wide, serving as [[Master of Ships]] under King [[Daeron I Targaryen]], contributing greatly to the [[Conquest of Dorne]], and fighting pirate lords, all before disappearing at sea.{{ref|TWOIAF| Aegon II}}{{ref|TWOIAF| Aegon III}}{{ref|TWOIAF| Daeron I}}

Although he had children with his wife, Lady [[Baela Targaryen]], Lord Alyn loved Princess [[Elaena Targaryen]], the youngest daughter of King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] and Queen [[Daenaera Velaryon]] (Baela's own half-niece). They had two children, [[Jon Waters|Jon]] and [[Jeyne Waters]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Sisters of Baelor I}} It is unknown whether Lord Alyn ever knew about his bastards, or whether the children were born after he left on his final voyage, from which he never returned.

Despite his bastardy, Jon Waters went on to become a great and famous knight in his own right. His son, whose name is yet unknown, went on to become the same. As the son was the legitimate child of Ser Jon Waters and his wife, he left the taint of bastardy behind him, and added "Long" to his name to show this.{{ref|affc|8}} One of their descendants, [[Rennifer Longwaters]], would later serve his distant [[House Baratheon|Baratheon]] kin as [[chief undergaoler]] of the dungeons below the [[Red Keep]] of [[King's Landing]].{{ref|affc|8}}

==Recent events==
===''A Feast for Crows''===
Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] enquired into Rennifer Longwaters' role in the escape of [[Tyrion Lannister]] from the dungeons. Rennifer explained how the cells work, while boasting of his ancestry and how he had a "drop of dragon" in him.{{ref|affc|8}} When Ser Jaime seeks out Ser [[Ilyn Payne]] before departing for the [[Riverlands]], Rennifer lets Ser Jaime into Ser Ilyn's quarters.{{ref|Affc|27}}

==House Longwaters at the end of the third century==

The known Longwaters during the timespan of the events described on [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] are:

* [[Rennifer Longwaters]], chief undergaoler of the Red Keep.

==Historical Members==

* Ser [[Jon Waters]], the progenitor of the Longwaters line, bastard son of Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]] and Princess [[Elaena Targaryen]], a great knight. 
** [[Longwaters|Unnamed trueborn son]] of Jon Waters and his wife, who added "Long" to "Waters". A knight of fame, as his father before him.
* The father of Rennifer Longwaters, who told him their family history.

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==References==
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