Editing House Willum

{{About|the noble house||Willum (disambiguation)}}
{{Noble House 
| House_name = House Willum
| Rank = lordly
| image = [[File:House Willum.svg|250px]]
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| Coat_of_arms = 3 silver longswords crossed on black beneath a dragonbone skeleton on a white chief<br>(''Sable, three longswords crossed silver, on a chief white a dragonbone skeleton proper'')
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| Seat =
| Current_Lord = [[Lord Willum]]
| Region = [[Reach]]
| Title =
| Heir = [[Josua Willum|Josua]] or [[Elyas Willum]]
| Overlord = [[House Tyrell]]
| Ancestral_weapon =
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'''House Willum''' is a noble house from the [[Reach]]. According to semi-canon sources, they blazon their shields with three silver longswords crossed on black beneath a dragonbone skeleton on a white chief.<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/7/ In the Reach]</ref>

==History==
Members of House Willum may have [[Night's Watch|taken the black]] in the past, as shields displaying longswords had adorned the [[Shieldhall]] walls at [[Castle Black]], according to [[Jon Snow]].{{Ref|ADWD|69}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
House Willum declares for [[Renly Baratheon]] in the [[War of the Five Kings]]. [[Josua Willum|Josua]] and [[Elyas Willum]], sons of [[Lord Willum]], attend the feast at [[Bitterbridge]]. The house joins [[Stannis Baratheon]] after Renly's death. Lord Willum, Josua and Elyas are captured during the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] and bend the knee to King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]].{{Ref|ACOK|65}}

==House Willum at the end of the third century==
The known Willums during the timespan of the events described in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are:

* [[Lord Willum]], the head of the house.
** [[Josua Willum]], his son.
** [[Elyas Willum]], his son.

{{Willum tree}}

==Behind the Scenes==
House Willum is a tribute by [[George R. R. Martin]] to the ''[[w:Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn|Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn]]'' series of his colleague [[w:Tad Williams|Tad Williams]]. The story includes the feuding royal brothers Josua and Elias; the arms of House Willum refer to the magical swords that play an important part of the story, and to the first novel, ''[[w:The Dragonbone Chair|The Dragonbone Chair]]''.<ref>Citadel: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/FAQ/Entry/Are_there_any_nods_to_other_works_in_the_series FAQ: Are there any nods to other works in the series?]</ref><ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Josua_and_Elyas/ Josua and Elyas (December 4, 1999)]</ref>

==References==
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