House Merryweather
From A Wiki of Ice and Fire
House Merryweather of Long Table is a noble house from the Reach. Its seat is placed at the fork of the Mander and the Blue Byrn.
It was a powerful and rich family until King Aerys II stripped them of their lands and exiled its lord due to his failures as Hand. King Robert Baratheon restored them the title and someof the lands when he came to power, but the whole family wealth was enver recovered.
Their blason is a a golden horn of plenty spilling out apples, carrots, plums, onions, leeks, turnips, and fruits of many colors, over a white field bordered in gold. Their motto is «Behold our bounty».
The Merryweather House at the end of the third century
The known Merryweathers during the timespan of the events described on A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- Lord Orton Merryweather: Lord of Longtable.
- Taena of Myr: His wife, from the Free City of Myr. A beauty with black hair and big dark eyes.
- Russell Merryweather: His son. A young kid.
Orton Taena
Merryweather---+---of Myr
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Addam
Marbrand
References in the books
A Song of Ice and Fire
- Owen Merryweather was the Hand of King Aerys II Targaryen when the conflict that would be known as The War of the Usurper started. His incapacity to realise that the revolted lords were a serious threat until it was too late costed him the downfall of his family and the exile. Jaime Lannister refered to him as "the horn-of-plenty hand"
- Lady Merryweather swore on Tyrion's trial that she had seen the warf drop something into Joffrey's wine. That pleased Queen Cersei
- King Robb Stark took the Ashemark castle during his campaign in the West.
- Lady Merryweather plays a significant part during the start of King Tommen's reign, being a confidant, advisor and sporadic sex partner of the Queen Dowager Cersei.