House Greenfield

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House Greenfield of Greenfield
House Greenfield.svg
Coat of arms A white double-tressure, on a green field
(Vert, a double-tressure argent)
Seat Greenfield
Head Ser Garth Greenfield
Region Westerlands
Overlord House Lannister

House Greenfield of Greenfield is a house of landed knights sworn to the Lannisters of Casterly Rock. The exact location of Greenfield in the westerlands has not been disclosed yet.

Neither their arms or their words appear in the books, but according to semi-canon sources they blazon their shield as a double tressure white on green.[1]

History

The Greenfields are an ancient line, dating back to the days of the First Men. During the Dawn Age they built the Bower, a weirwood castle now called Greenfield.[2]

In 209 AC, Ser Myles Greenfield participated in the tourney at Ashford Meadow.[3]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Ser Garth Greenfield is taken captive in the battle in the Whispering Wood, probably by a Blackwood, since he spends the rest of the War of the Five Kings as a prisoner at Raventree Hall.[4]

A Clash of Kings

Sansa Stark dislikes Ser Preston Greenfield of the Kingsguard because he treats her like a lackwit child.[5] Preston is stabbed and hacked brutally during the riot of King's Landing. He is last seen trying to protect the High Septon after his litter had been overturned. The discovery of his remains takes longer than expected due to it's deplorable condition.[6]

A Feast for Crows

When pondering on the celibacy vows of the Kingsguard, Ser Arys Oakheart remembers how Ser Preston used to go to a draper's house when the draper was away.[7]

House Greenfield at the end of the third century

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

With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch of the house there is:

Historical members

References

  1. The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses in the Westerlands
  2. The World of Ice & Fire, The Seven Kingdoms: The Westerlands.
  3. 3.0 3.1 The Hedge Knight, Graphic Novel.
  4. 4.0 4.1 A Storm of Swords, Appendix.
  5. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 2, Sansa I.
  6. 6.0 6.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 41, Tyrion IX.
  7. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 13, The Soiled Knight.