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| Coat of arms | Per bend sinister azure and argent, a leopard rampant Or spotted sable bearing an axe of the third |
| Seat | Spottswood |
| Head | Ser Symon Santagar |
| Region | Dorne |
| Title | the Knight of Spottswood |
| Heir | Sylva Santagar |
| Overlord | House Martell |
| Founded | Andal Invasion |
House Santagar of Spottswood is a house of landed knights from Spottswood in Dorne.[1] They are one of the main houses sworn to Sunspear.[2]
Neither their arms or their motto appear in the books. In a semi-canon source they blazon their arms with a spotted leopard with a golden axe, over a per bend sinister blue and white field.[3]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Ser Rodrik Cassel asks Ser Aron Santagar about the knife used in the murder attempt on Bran Stark. Aron is considered by Rodrik a vain man, but honest. Aron rides in the Tourney of the Hand. After tilting thrice without result against Lothor Brune, he falls to Lord Jason Mallister.
A Clash of Kings
Aron escorts the royal retinue that is attacked by the smallfolk of King's Landing after the sailing of Princess Myrcella Baratheon to Dorne. The angry mob pulls him from his saddle and bashes his head with a stone. After the riot of King's Landing, Aron's body is barely recognizable[4].
A Feast for Crows
Sylva Santagar is one of Princess Arianne Martell's friends. She joins in Arianne's conspiracy to crown Myrcella and is caught with the other conspirators. She receives no punishment from Prince Doran Martell, but Lady Sylva's father, Ser Symon Santagar, sends her away to marry the very old Lord Eldon Estermont.[5] Arianne believes that House Santagar does not have the power to intimidate Doran.
House Santagar at the end of the third century
The known Santagars during the timespan of the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- Ser Symon Santagar, the Knight of Spottswood.
- Sylva Santagar, called "Spotted Sylva", heir to Spottswood.
Without specified familial relationship with the main branch, other Santagars include:
- Ser {Aron Santagar}, the former master-at-arms of the Red Keep. Killed in the Riot of King's Landing.
References and Notes
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Appendix.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Appendix.
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses from Dorne
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 41, Tyrion IX.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 24, Cersei V.
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