House Chester
House Chester of Greenshield | |
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Coat of arms |
A green hand on a gold escutcheon on a green field, a border of red rayonne (Vert, on an escutcheon or a hand of the field all within a bordure rayonny gules) |
Seat | Greenshield |
Head | Lord Moribald Chester |
Region | the Reach, Shield Islands |
Overlord | House Tyrell |
House Chester of Greenshield rules over Greenshield, one of the Shield Islands of the Reach.
According to semi-canon sources they blazon their arms with a green hand on a gold escutcheon on a green field, a border of red rayonne.[1] Their words do not appear in the books.
Contents
History
The Shield Islands are a considerable naval power and were the first line of defense during the days when the ironborn pirates tried to sail up the Mander to sack the wealth of the Reach.[2]
Recent Events
A Feast for Crows
Lord Chester is slain during the attack of the ironborn lead by Euron Greyjoy. After the Battle of the Shield Islands, Euron gives Greenshield to Maron Volmark, a young boy of six-and-ten years.
House Chester at the end of the third century
The known Chesters during the timespan of the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- Lord Moribald Chester, Lord of Greenshield.
References and Notes
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses in the Reach
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 29, The Reaver.
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