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{{Noble House  
{{Noble House
| House_name         = House Florent
| House_name = House Florent of Brightwater Keep
| Coat_of_arms = A foxhead surrounded by flowers
| Rank = lordly
| Seat = Brightwater Keep
| image = [[File:House Florent.svg|250px]]
| Current_Lord = Alester Florent
| image_caption =
| Region = [[The Reach]]
| Coat_of_arms = A red fox in a circle of blue flowers on ermine<br>(''Ermine, a fox gules within an annulet of flowers azure'')
| Heir = Alekyne Florent
| Seat = [[Brightwater Keep]]{{Ref|ACOK|Appendix}} <small>(stripped)</small>{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}}
| Overlord = [[House Tyrell]]
| Current_Lord = Lord [[Alekyne Florent]] <small>(attainted)</small>{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}}
| Region = [[Reach]]{{Ref|ACOK|Appendix}}
| Title = [[Lord of Brightwater Keep]]{{Ref|ACOK|Appendix}}
| Heir = [[Melessa Florent]]{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}}
| Overlord = [[House Tyrell]] (AGOT)<br>[[House Baratheon of Dragonstone]]{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}} (ADWD)
| Ancestral_weapon =
| Cadet_branch =
| Founded_in = [[Age of Heroes]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: Garth Greenhand}}
| Founder = Son of [[Florys the Fox]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: Garth Greenhand}}
| Died_out =
}}
}}
'''House Florent''' is sworn to [[House Tyrell]], but also known to chafe at their [[Feudalism#Fealty|fealty]] owed to them. The Florents, like the Tyrells, claim descent from [[Feudalism#Extinction|extinct]] [[House Gardener]], the royal line of the defunct Kings of [[the Reach]]. The Florents believe that they have a superior line of descent, and by rights should possess Highgarden. The Florent seat is [[House Florent#Brightwater Keep|House Florent]]. Their sigil is the fox surrounded by flowers. Following [[House Lannister#Tywin|Lord Tywin's]] victory at the [[War_of_the_Five_Kings#Battles_Ending_the_War|Battle of the Blackwater]], Tywin [[Feudalism#Dispossession|dispossessed]] the Florents of their holdings and awarded them to [[House Tyrell#Garlan|House Tyrell]] as a reward for loyal service.


==House genealogy==
'''House Florent of Brightwater Keep''' is a noble house from [[Brightwater Keep]] in the [[Reach]], one of the main houses sworn to [[House Tyrell]] of [[Highgarden]].{{Ref|AGOT|Appendix}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reach}} Their sigil is a red [[fox]]'s head encircled by blue flowers on [[ermine]].{{Ref|ACOK|22}}{{Ref|ACOK|42}}<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/7/ Houses in the Reach]</ref> Their words are not known.
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===Alester Florent===
Descended from [[Garth Greenhand]] by his daughter [[Florys the Fox]],{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: Garth Greenhand}} House Florent boasts they have a superior claim to Highgarden than the Tyrells because of closer blood ties to [[House Gardener]], the extinct [[Kings of the Reach]].{{Ref|ASOS|Appendix}}
Lord of the House. Hand of the King to [[House Baratheon#Stannis|Stannis Baratheon]]. Lord Alester attempted to send a peace offer to Lord Tywin following the defeat at the Battle of the Blackwater.  For this perceived traitorous act, he was sent to the dungeons of Dragonstone.  He was the grandfather of [[Samwell Tarly]] and the uncle of Selyse Florent. His daughters Melessa and Rhea are the Ladies of [[House Tarly#Horn Hill|Horn Hill]] and [[House Hightower#The Hightower|the Hightower]] respectively.


===Selyse Florent===
==Traits==
Wife to King [[House Baratheon#Stannis|Stannis]]. She was a severe-looking woman - tall and thin with big ears, a pointed nose, and the hint of a mustache on her upper lip. She had pale eyes. A follower of [[Melisandre]], she adopted the faith of [[Westeros#R'hllor|R'hllor]].  She was instrumental in convincing Stannis to seize [[Edric Storm]]. Later, she nearly succeeded in convincing him to sacrifice the boy for her faith.
Members of House Florent tend to have prominent ears.{{Ref|ACOK|10}}{{Ref|ACOK|15}}{{Ref|ASOS|36}}{{Ref|ASOS|54}}{{Ref|ADWD|44}}


===Alekyne Florent===
==History==
Lord Alester's son, and heir to Brightwater Keep. Upon the dispossession of his family, he sought refuge with his sister Rhea and her husband in [[Oldtown]]. His sisters are Melessa and Rhea. Selyse is his cousin.
===Kingdom of the Reach===
[[File:Cover Clash of Arms-TomaszJedruszek.jpg|thumb|450px|Charge of House Florent Knights by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games]]
According to legend, Houses Florent, [[House Ball|Ball]], and [[House Peake|Peake]] trace their descent from the sons of [[Florys the Fox]]'s three husbands, each kept ignorant of the existence of the others. Florys was a daughter of [[Garth Greenhand]] from the [[Age of Heroes]], the cleverest of his children.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: Garth Greenhand}}


===Melessa Florent===
As vassals of [[House Gardener]], the Florents married into the royal family numerous times.{{Ref|ASOS|Appendix}} Through the centuries of the [[Kingdom of the Reach]], the Peakes and [[House Osgrey|Osgreys]] boasted about marrying their daughters to Florents.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents – War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}{{Ref|TSS}}
Wife to Lord [[Randyll Tarly|Randyll Tarly]] of Horn Hill, and mother of [[Samwell Tarly]] and Dickon Tarly; Melessa is the daughter of Alester, and sister of Rhea and Alekyne. Selyse is her cousin.


===Rhea Florent===
===Targaryen dynasty===
Wife to Lord [[House Hightower]] of Oldtown. Rhea is the daughter of Alester, and sister of Melessa and Alekyne. Selyse is her cousin.
 
During [[Aegon's Conquest]], House Florent followed their liege, King [[Mern IX Gardener]], in taking up arms against [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] during the [[Field of Fire]]. After the battle, when King Mern and his sons burned and the Gardeners' line ended, Aegon named the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] as [[Lord Paramount of the Reach]], despite the Florents possessing a superior claim by their blood ties to the [[Kings of the Reach]].{{Ref|ASOS|Appendix}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: House Tyrell}} House Florent was among the great houses of the [[Reach]] who bitterly complained about being made vassals of the Tyrells and insisted that their blood was nobler than that of the "upjumped stewards". Their protests were denied by King Aegon I, perhaps because the Florents had fought [[House Targaryen]] when the Tyrells did not.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: House Tyrell}}
 
When Lord [[Unwin Peake]] sought to make his daughter [[Myrielle Peake|Myrielle]] the queen to King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] after the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Lady [[Samantha Hightower]] nominated nubile maidens from House Florent, among other nobles houses, as potential queen consorts for the king.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents – War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
 
In {{Date|206}}, during the reign of [[Daeron II Targaryen]], Ser [[Arlan of Pennytree|Arlan]] and [[Duncan the Tall|Dunk]] were in service to [[Lord Florent (Daeron II)|Lord Florent]], who was blind. The Florent arms were spotted by Ser Duncan in the assembled heraldry at the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]] three years later.{{Ref|THK}} Ser [[Aladore Florent]], heir to Brightwater Keep, and Ser [[Jon Florent]] were listed on the rolls.{{Ref|THK|Graphic Novel}}
 
===Baratheon dynasty===
[[Selyse Florent]] wed [[Stannis Baratheon]], [[Lord of Dragonstone]] and the brother of King [[Robert I Baratheon]]. Her cousin, [[Delena Florent]], was despoiled by the king during the wedding feast.{{ref|AGOT|35}} Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] offered his [[dwarf]] son, [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]], for marriage to Delena, but her father, Ser [[Colin Florent]], instead married her to one of his knights, [[Hosman Norcross]].{{ref|ASOS|19}} Delena gave birth to [[Edric Storm]].{{ref|ACOK|10}} Ser [[Axell Florent]], the brother of Lord [[Alester Florent]] of [[Brightwater Keep]], serves Stannis as [[castellan]] of [[Dragonstone]].{{ref|ACOK|10}}
 
==Recent Events==
===''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}}
 
==House Florent at the end of the third century==
[[File:Tomasz Jedruszek Brightwater Lancers.jpg|thumb|350px|Brightwater Lancers by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The known Florents during the timespan of the events described in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are:
 
* Lord {[[Alester Florent]]}, Lord of [[Brightwater Keep|Brightwater]] and [[Hand of the King]]. Burned as a sacrifice to [[R'hllor]] for treason.
** Lady [[Melara Crane]], his wife.
*** Lord [[Alekyne Florent]], his son and heir. Attainted Lord of Brightwater. Seeking refuge at the [[Hightower]].
*** [[Melessa Florent]], his eldest daughter. Married to Lord [[Randyll Tarly]].
*** [[Rhea Florent]], his second daughter. Married to Lord [[Leyton Hightower]].
* Ser [[Axell Florent]], his eldest brother, self-fashioned Queen's Hand. Former [[castellan]] at [[Dragonstone]]. Betrothed to the [[Gerrick Kingsblood's eldest daughter|eldest daughter]] of [[Gerrick Kingsblood]].
* Ser {[[Ryam Florent]]}, his second brother. Died in a fall from a horse.
** Queen [[Selyse Florent]], Ryam's daughter. Married to King [[Stannis Baratheon]].
** Ser {[[Imry Florent]]}, Ryam's eldest son, Lord High Captain of Stannis's fleet. Died at the [[Battle of the Blackwater]].
** Ser [[Erren Florent]], Ryam's second son. Captive at [[Highgarden]].
* Ser [[Colin Florent]], his third brother. Castellan at Brightwater Keep.
** [[Delena Florent]], Colin's daughter. Married to Ser [[Hosman Norcross]].
** [[Omer Florent]], Colin's son. A [[maester]] of the [[Citadel]] in service at [[Old Oak]].
** [[Merrell Florent]], Colin's son. A squire at the [[Arbor]].
* [[Rylene Florent]], his sister. Married to Ser [[Rycherd Crane]].
 
With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch:
* A [[bastard]] of some Florent, who refuses to bend the knee to King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] after the [[Battle of the Blackwater]].{{Ref|ACOK|65}}
 
{{Florent tree}}
 
==Historical Members==
* [[Florys the Fox]], founder of the House.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: Garth Greenhand}}
* Unnamed Florent, one of the 33 [[maiden]]s proposed by [[Samantha Tarly]] as a suitable wife for King [[Aegon III Targaryen]].{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
* [[Lord Florent (Daeron II)|Lord Florent]], ruling in {{Date|206}}.{{Ref|THK}}
* Ser [[Aladore Florent]], a knight and heir to [[Brightwater Keep]] during the reign of [[Daeron II Targaryen]].{{Ref|THK|Graphic Novel}}
* Ser [[Jon Florent]], a knight during the reign of Daeron II Targaryen.{{Ref|THK|Graphic Novel}}
 
==Quotes==
{{quote|'''Selyse''': My brothers and uncles and cousins have armies. House Florent will rally to your banner.<br>'''Stannis''': House Florent can field two thousand swords at best. And you have a deal more faith in your brothers and uncles than I do, my lady. The Florent lands lie too close to [[Highgarden]] for [[Alester Florent|your lord uncle]] to risk [[Mace Tyrell]]'s wrath.{{ref|ACOK|Prologue}}|[[Selyse Florent]] and [[Stannis Baratheon]]}}
 
{{Quote|[[Axell Florent|He]] had the prominent ears of a Florent, even larger than [[Selyse Florent|his niece's]].{{ref|ACOK|10}}|thoughts of [[Davos Seaworth]]}}
 
{{Quote|If truth be told, even our claim to [[Highgarden]] is a bit dodgy, just as those dreadful Florents are always whining.{{Ref|ASOS|6}}|[[Olenna Tyrell]] to [[Sansa Stark]]}}
 
{{quote|Tyrion eyed [[Mace Tyrell]]'s broad belly and thought, He has a prodigious appetite, this one. Tyrell demanded the lands and castles of Lord [[Alester Florent]], his own bannerman, who'd had the singular ill judgment to back first [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] and then [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]]. Lord [[Tywin]] was pleased to oblige. [[Brightwater Keep]] and all its lands and incomes were granted to Lord Tyrell's second son, Ser [[Garlan Tyrell|Garlan]], transforming him into a great lord in the blink of an eye.{{ref|ASOS|19}}|thoughts of [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}
 
{{Quote|We Florents have the blood of the old [[King of the Reach|Gardener kings]] in our veins.{{Ref|ADWD|49}}|[[Axell Florent]] to [[Jon Snow]]}}
 
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House Florent of Brightwater Keep
Coat of arms A red fox in a circle of blue flowers on ermine
(Ermine, a fox gules within an annulet of flowers azure)
Seat Brightwater Keep[1] (stripped)[2]
Head Lord Alekyne Florent (attainted)[2]
Region Reach[1]
Title Lord of Brightwater Keep[1]
Heir Melessa Florent[2]
Overlords
Founder Son of Florys the Fox[3]
Founded Age of Heroes[3]

House Florent of Brightwater Keep is a noble house from Brightwater Keep in the Reach, one of the main houses sworn to House Tyrell of Highgarden.[4][5] Their sigil is a red fox's head encircled by blue flowers on ermine.[6][7][8] Their words are not known.

Descended from Garth Greenhand by his daughter Florys the Fox,[3] House Florent boasts they have a superior claim to Highgarden than the Tyrells because of closer blood ties to House Gardener, the extinct Kings of the Reach.[9]

Traits

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Members of House Florent tend to have prominent ears.[10][11][12][13][14]

History

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Kingdom of the Reach

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Charge of House Florent Knights by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games

According to legend, Houses Florent, Ball, and Peake trace their descent from the sons of Florys the Fox's three husbands, each kept ignorant of the existence of the others. Florys was a daughter of Garth Greenhand from the Age of Heroes, the cleverest of his children.[3]

As vassals of House Gardener, the Florents married into the royal family numerous times.[9] Through the centuries of the Kingdom of the Reach, the Peakes and Osgreys boasted about marrying their daughters to Florents.[15][16]

Targaryen dynasty

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During Aegon's Conquest, House Florent followed their liege, King Mern IX Gardener, in taking up arms against Aegon the Conqueror during the Field of Fire. After the battle, when King Mern and his sons burned and the Gardeners' line ended, Aegon named the Tyrells as Lord Paramount of the Reach, despite the Florents possessing a superior claim by their blood ties to the Kings of the Reach.[9][17] House Florent was among the great houses of the Reach who bitterly complained about being made vassals of the Tyrells and insisted that their blood was nobler than that of the "upjumped stewards". Their protests were denied by King Aegon I, perhaps because the Florents had fought House Targaryen when the Tyrells did not.[17]

When Lord Unwin Peake sought to make his daughter Myrielle the queen to King Aegon III Targaryen after the Dance of the Dragons, Lady Samantha Hightower nominated nubile maidens from House Florent, among other nobles houses, as potential queen consorts for the king.[15]

In 206 AC, during the reign of Daeron II Targaryen, Ser Arlan and Dunk were in service to Lord Florent, who was blind. The Florent arms were spotted by Ser Duncan in the assembled heraldry at the tourney at Ashford Meadow three years later.[18] Ser Aladore Florent, heir to Brightwater Keep, and Ser Jon Florent were listed on the rolls.[19]

Baratheon dynasty

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Selyse Florent wed Stannis Baratheon, Lord of Dragonstone and the brother of King Robert I Baratheon. Her cousin, Delena Florent, was despoiled by the king during the wedding feast.[20] Lord Tywin Lannister offered his dwarf son, Tyrion, for marriage to Delena, but her father, Ser Colin Florent, instead married her to one of his knights, Hosman Norcross.[21] Delena gave birth to Edric Storm.[10] Ser Axell Florent, the brother of Lord Alester Florent of Brightwater Keep, serves Stannis as castellan of Dragonstone.[10]

Recent Events

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A Clash of Kings

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Lord Alester Florent by Chris Pritchard © Fantasy Flight Games

Melisandre, a red priestess, 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.[22] Selyse becomes Stannis's queen after he announces his claim to the Iron Throne.[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, Lord of Storm's End, instead of Stannis. The Florents field roughly two thousand men.[23]

Upon Renly's death at Storm's End, the Florents are the first and the most powerful of the Reach houses who defect to Stannis.[24] Selyse's uncle, Lord Alester Florent, begins following R'hllor.[7] Alester's nephew, Ser Erren, is one of the knights Stannis sends to recruit Renly's infantry at Bitterbridge, but they do not return.[7] Alester's son-in-law, Lord Randyll Tarly, puts many Florent men-at-arms to death when he seizes Renly's stores to ensure they do not go over to Stannis's side.[25]

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.[7] Edric and Melisandre are sent to Dragonstone after Cortnay's death.[26]

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.[26] When leading his sortie, Tyrion Lannister kills an unnamed Florent knight.[27] Despite the spirited defense of King's Landing, Stannis's army seems within sight of victory. However, the Florents' rivals, the Tyrells, arrive with Lord Tywin Lannister from south of the Blackwater and rout Stannis's men.[28] A Florent bastard who refuses to submit to Joffrey is sent off to be executed by Ser Ilyn Payne.[29]

A Storm of Swords

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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.[30] Most of Stannis Baratheon's men rescued from the shoreline by the Lysene fleet of Salladhor Saan wear the badge of Brightwater Keep.[10] More than half of Stannis's men on Dragonstone are Florents,[12] and Alester becomes his Hand of the King.[10] Alester's brother, Ser Axell Florent, arrests Ser Davos Seaworth when the Onion Knight intends to murder Melisandre.[31]

The Florents still dispute House Tyrell's ownership of Highgarden.[32] Lord Tywin Lannister, Hand of the King to 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.[21] Ser Erren Florent is held captive at Highgarden.[9]

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.[30] 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.[12] Without Stannis's permission, Davos arranges for Edric Storm to be sent to Lys to avoid being burned alive by Melisandre.[33]

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,[34] 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.[35]

A Feast for Crows

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The new head of the house, Alester's son Alekyne, has taken refuge in Oldtown, where his sister Rhea is the wife of Leyton Hightower, Lord of the Hightower.[2]

Ser Garlan Tyrell sets out with half the Tyrell strength to take Brightwater Keep[36] from Ser Colin Florent, the castle's castellan.[2] It is unknown if Garlan succeeds in doing so before the taking of the Shields by the ironborn.[37]

A Dance with Dragons

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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.[38] 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.[39] Axell begins calling himself the Queen's Hand.[40]

Selyse and Axell stop at Castle Black on their way to the Nightfort. Axell hopes to meet the beautiful Val.[14] The queen arranges marriages between her men and the free folk, betrothing Axell to the eldest daughter of Gerrick Kingsblood.[41]

House Florent at the end of the third century

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Brightwater Lancers by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games

The known Florents during the timespan of the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire are:

With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Alester
 
Melara
Crane
 
 
 
 
 
Axell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ryam
 
Unknown
wife
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Alekyne
 
Randyll
Tarly
 
Melessa
 
Rhea
 
Leyton
Hightower
 
Stannis
Baratheon
 
Selyse
 
Imry
 
Erren
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Samwell
Tarly
 
Talla
Tarly
 
Two
daughters
 
Dickon
Tarly
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shireen
Baratheon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Colin
 
Unknown
wife
 
 
 
 
 
Rylene
 
Rycherd
Crane
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hosman
Norcross
 
Delena
 
Robert I
Baratheon
 
Omer
 
Merrell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Alester
Norcross
 
Renly
Norcross
 
Edric
Storm
 


Historical Members

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Quotes

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Selyse: My brothers and uncles and cousins have armies. House Florent will rally to your banner.
Stannis: House Florent can field two thousand swords at best. And you have a deal more faith in your brothers and uncles than I do, my lady. The Florent lands lie too close to Highgarden for your lord uncle to risk Mace Tyrell's wrath.[22]

—Selyse Florent and Stannis Baratheon

He had the prominent ears of a Florent, even larger than his niece's.[10]

—thoughts of Davos Seaworth

If truth be told, even our claim to Highgarden is a bit dodgy, just as those dreadful Florents are always whining.[32]

—Olenna Tyrell to Sansa Stark

Tyrion eyed Mace Tyrell's broad belly and thought, He has a prodigious appetite, this one. Tyrell demanded the lands and castles of Lord Alester Florent, his own bannerman, who'd had the singular ill judgment to back first Renly and then Stannis. Lord Tywin was pleased to oblige. Brightwater Keep and all its lands and incomes were granted to Lord Tyrell's second son, Ser Garlan, transforming him into a great lord in the blink of an eye.[21]

—thoughts of Tyrion Lannister

We Florents have the blood of the old Gardener kings in our veins.[43]

—Axell Florent to Jon Snow

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 A Clash of Kings, Appendix.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 A Feast for Crows, Appendix.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach: Garth Greenhand.
  4. ↑ A Game of Thrones, Appendix.
  5. ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach.
  6. ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 22, Catelyn II.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 42, Davos II.
  8. ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses in the Reach
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 A Storm of Swords, Appendix.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 10, Davos I.
  11. ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 15, Tyrion III.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 36, Davos IV.
  13. ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 54, Davos V.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 44, Jon IX.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Fire & Blood, Under the Regents – War and Peace and Cattle Shows.
  16. ↑ The Sworn Sword.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach: House Tyrell.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 The Hedge Knight.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 The Hedge Knight, Graphic Novel.
  20. ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 35, Eddard IX.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 19, Tyrion III.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 A Clash of Kings, Prologue.
  23. ↑ A Clash of Kings, Prologue.
  24. ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 36, Tyrion VIII.
  25. ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 44, Tyrion X.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 58, Davos III.
  27. ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 61, Tyrion XIV.
  28. ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 62, Sansa VII.
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 65, Sansa VIII.
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 25, Davos III.
  31. ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 10, Davos II.
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 6, Sansa I.
  33. ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 63, Davos VI.
  34. ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 73, Jon X.
  35. ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 75, Samwell IV.
  36. ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 12, Cersei III.
  37. ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 32, Cersei VII.
  38. ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 9, Davos I.
  39. ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 15, Davos II.
  40. ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 39, Jon VIII.
  41. ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 69, Jon XIII.
  42. ↑ Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows.
  43. ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 49, Jon X.
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