House Bar Emmon

House Bar Emmon of Sharp Point
Coat of arms	Fretty argent and white, a swordfish embowed haurient azure
Seat	Sharp Point
Head	Duram Bar Emmon
Region	Massey's Hook, the Crownlands
Title	Lord of Sharp Point
Overlord	House Baratheon of Dragonstone

House Bar Emmon of Sharp Point is a noble house from Sharp Point in the Crownlands. They are sworn to Dragonstone.

Their blazon is a leaping blue swordfish on fretty silver on white. Their motto does not appear in the texts.

History

The Bar Emmons were Andal adventurers who settled on Massey's Hook.

Prior to the War of Conquest, House Bar Emmon was sworn to House Durrandon of Storm's End but had closer ties to House Targaryen of nearby Dragonstone. When Aegon the Conqueror launched his invasion of Westeros, the Bar Emmons supported him instead of the Storm King, Argilac the Arrogant. With the creation of the Crownlands after the Conquest, the Bar Emmons became sworn to the Targaryens of Aegon's new capital, King's Landing, instead of House Baratheon of Storm's End, who had replaced the Durrandons.

Lord Bar Emmon was a member of Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen's black council during the Dance of the Dragons.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Stannis Baratheon complains that the lords sworn to Dragonstone, including Bar Emmon, are a poor crop. House Bar Emmon's contribution to Stannis's fleet is the Swordfish.

Davos Seaworth sees Lord Duram Bar Emmon turning a splotchy grey during the burning of the sept of Dragonstone.

A Storm of Swords

The Bar Emmon banners are seen in Castle Black after Stannis's arrival.

House Bar Emmon at the end of the third century

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

• Lord Duram Bar Emmon, Lord of Sharp Point. A fat and feeble boy.

Historical Bar Emmons

• Togarion Bar Emmon, called Togarion the Terrible, who drove the stormlanders from Stonedance, built Sharp Point and established a kingdom on Massey's Hook with the son of Josua Massey as a puppet king.