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| Coat_of_arms = A black bat on a field per bend, silver and gold<br>''(Per bend argent and or, a bat displayed sable)''
 
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| Seat = [[Harrenhal]]
 
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| Title = Lord of Harrenhal
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| Title = [[Lord of Harrenhal]]
 
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| Founded_in = {{Date|151}} (House Lothston of Harrenhal)
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| Founder = Lord [[Lucas Lothston (husband of Falena)|Lucas Lothston]] (House Lothston of Harrenhal)
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| Died_out = After {{Date|212}}
 
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'''House Lothston of Harrenhal''' is an extinct house from [[Harrenhal]] in the [[riverlands]]. Their arms were a black bat on a field divided bendwise, silver and gold.{{Ref|ASOS|44}}{{Ref|AFFC|4}} They held Harrenhal until three or four generations before ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' and were a powerful house which once loomed large in the histories of the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{Ref|ADWD|24}}
  
'''House Lothston of Harrenhal''' is an extinct house of the Riverlands. They held Harrenhal until 3 or 4 generations before the events in the books and were a powerful House.
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==History==
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===Knights===
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Ser [[Guy Lothston]] was slain defending [[Maegor I Targaryen]] during the king's [[Trial of Seven]] in {{date|42}}.{{ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
  
Their arms were a black bat on a field divided bendwise, silver and gold.<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 44|Chapter 44]], Jaime</ref><ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 4|Chapter 4]], Brienne</ref>
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Ser [[Lucas Lothston (husband of Falena)|Lucas Lothston]] was the grandson of a [[hedge knight]]. After the [[secret siege]] and the failed plot against King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] in {{date|135}}, the patient Lucas was named [[master-at-arms]] of the [[Red Keep]] by Lord [[Torrhen Manderly]] to replace Ser [[Gareth Long]].{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
  
[[Ben Blackthumb]] had worked as a boy for Lord Lothston (and for the grandfather and father of Lady [[House Whent|Whent]]. <ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 47|Chapter 47]], Arya</ref>
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===Lords of Harrenhal===
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After [[Falena Stokeworth]] was found in bed with Prince [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]] in {{Date|149}}, his father, Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]], desired to remove Falena from court at [[King's Landing]]. Viserys married her to Ser [[Lucas Lothston (husband of Falena)|Lucas Lothston]] and convinced King Aegon III to gift his master-at-arms with [[Harrenhal]] in {{Date|151}}, as the previous holders of the castle, [[House Strong]], had died out as a result of the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands: House Tully}} House Lothston became the sixth noble house to rule as [[Lords of Harrenhal]].
  
The Lothstons always had a bad reputation. According to Ser [[Eustace Osgrey]], [[Manfred Lothston]] betrayed [[Daemon Blackfyre]].<ref> [[The Sworn Sword]], page 76 </ref> Lady [[Danelle Lothston]] was said to send giant bats out to capture children for her cookpots, and a mad Lady Lothston (possibly Danelle) is said to have bathed in blood and feasted on flesh.<ref> [[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 27|Chapter 27]], Jaime</ref>
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Lord Lucas was briefly [[Hand of the King]] for [[Aegon IV Targaryen]] in {{Date|178}}. [[Jeyne Lothston]], the daughter of Lucas and Falena, became the eighth of Aegon's mistresses, but she was sent away from court when she caught the pox from the king. Lucas was sent away as well, having been removed as Hand.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
  
The last Lothston was killed with the help of an ancestor of Ser [[Illifer|Illifer the Penniless]] in unknown circumstances.<ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 4|Chapter 4]], Brienne</ref> After the line ended the lordship of Harrenhal was given to [[House Whent]].
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The [[Bastard of Harrenhal]] was defeated by Ser [[Arlan of Pennytree]] in the melee at a [[tourney]] held at [[King's Landing]] in {{Date|193}}.{{Ref|THK}}
  
==The Lothston house at the end of third century==
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The Lothstons of Harrenhal had a bad reputation; Lord [[Lucas Lothston (father of Manfryd)|Lucas Lothston]] and his son [[Manfryd Lothston|Manfryd]], for example, were renowned for their black deeds.{{Ref|AFFC|4}} According to Ser [[Eustace Osgrey]], [[Manfred Lothston]] betrayed [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]] in the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]].{{Ref|TSS}} Lady [[Danelle Lothston]], called Mad Danelle, was said to send giant bats out to capture children for her cookpots, to have bathed in blood and feasted on flesh.{{ref|AFFC|27}} When Lord [[Brynden Rivers|Bloodraven]] marched on the [[wedding tourney at Whitewalls]] to quash the [[Second Blackfyre Rebellion]] in {{Date|212}}, among the river lords who came in support was Lady Danelle.{{Ref|TMK}}
The known Lothstons during the timespan of the events described in [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] are:
 
  
* [[Jon Lothston]], an exile serving with the [[Golden Company]].
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The downfall of House Lothston came when Danelle turned to the black arts, causing chaos.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands: House Tully}} The last Lothston was killed with the help of an ancestor of Ser [[Illifer the Penniless]] in unknown circumstances.{{Ref|AFFC|4}} After the line ended during the reign of King [[Maekar I Targaryen]], the lordship of Harrenhal was given to [[House Whent]], knights who had first served the Lothstons but then helped to defeat the mad family.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands: House Tully}} [[Ben Blackthumb]] worked as a boy for Lord Lothston and later for the grandfather and father of Lady [[Shella Whent]].{{Ref|ACOK|47}}
  
==Historical Lothstons==
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==Recent Events==
* Lady [[Danelle Lothston]], called the Mad.
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===''A Storm of Swords''===
* Lord [[Lucas Lothston]], called the Pander
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Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] uses a shield found in the armory of [[Harrenhal]] with the arms of House Lothston on his ride back to [[King's Landing]]. He remembers the stories of Lady [[Danelle Lothston]], who bathed in tubs of blood and presided over feasts of human flesh.{{Ref|ASOS|44}}
** [[Manfryd Lothston]], o' the Black Hood, Lucas's son.
 
* [[Jeyne Lothston]], one of [[Aegon IV]]'s mistresses.
 
  
==References in the books==
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===''A Feast for Crows''===
===Dunk and Egg===
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Jaime gives the heavy oaken shield to [[Brienne of Tarth]] when she departs King's Landing to find [[Sansa Stark]].{{Ref|AFFC|4}} When she gets to [[Duskendale]] a captain at the gate tells her that the black bat arms are of ill repute. Brienne has it re-painted by the [[captain's sister]], who is not pleased to see the black bat either, as she is reminded of her mother's frightening tale about [[Danelle Lothston|Mad Danelle]].{{Ref|AFFC|9}}
* [[Manfred Lothston]] betrayed [[Daemon Blackfyre]].
 
* When Lord [[Brynden Rivers|Bloodraven]] marched on [[Whitewalls]] to quash the [[Second Blackfyre Rebellion]], among the Riverlords who came in support was Lady [[Danelle Lothston]].
 
  
===A Song of Ice and Fire===
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Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] uses the extinction of House Lothston as an example of the fate of those who claim to own Harrenhal.{{Ref|AFFC|23}}
* [[Ben Blackthumb]] smithed for the last Lord of House Lothston.
 
* House Lothston was wiped out during the lifetime of the great-great grandfather of Ser [[Illifer|Illifer the Penniless]].
 
* The house was known for black deeds.
 
* Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] used a shield found in the armory of [[Harrenhal]] with the arms of House Lothston on his ride back to [[King's Landing]].
 
* The Lothstons had held Harrenhal before [[House Whent]].
 
* House Lothston had been a powerful family in its day.
 
* Lord Lucas and his son Manfryd were renown for their black deeds.
 
* An old story told to misbehaving children was that on moonless nights, bats would fly out from Harrenhal and carry the bad children back to Mad Danelle.
 
* [[Petyr Baelish]] uses the extinction of House Lothston as an example of the fate of those who claim to own Harrenhal.
 
* Ser Jaime remembers the stories of Lady Lothston who bathed in tubs of blood and had feasts of human flesh.
 
  
===Other Sources===
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===''A Dance with Dragons''===
* [[Jeyne Lothston]] was the eighth of [[Aegon IV]]'s mistresses.
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[[Jon Lothston]] serves with the [[Golden Company]] in [[Essos]]. He may or not be genuinely of House Lothston, as in the [[free companies]] a man can call himself whatever he chooses.{{Ref|ADWD|24}}
  
==References and Notes==
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==House Lothston at the end of the third century==
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The known Lothstons during the timespan of the events described in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are:
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* [[Jon Lothston]], an exile serving with the [[Golden Company]].{{Ref|ADWD|24}}
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==Historical Members==
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* Ser [[Guy Lothston]], called Guy the Glutton, one of King [[Maegor I Targaryen]]'s champions in his [[trial of seven]].{{ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
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* Lord [[Lucas Lothston (husband of Falena)|Lucas Lothston]], first Lothston to be [[Lord of Harrenhal]], and [[Hand of the King]] to [[Aegon IV Targaryen]].{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
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** Lady [[Falena Stokeworth]], his wife, one of Aegon IV's mistresses.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}{{Ref|fab|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
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*** Lady [[Jeyne Lothston]], his daughter, one of Aegon IV's mistresses.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
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* Lord [[Lucas Lothston (father of Manfryd)|Lucas Lothston]], called the Pander.{{Ref|affc|4}}
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** [[Manfryd Lothston]], called Manfryd o' the Black Hood, Lucas's son.{{Ref|affc|4}}
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* [[Manfred Lothston]], a participant in the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]].{{Ref|TSS}}
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* The [[Bastard of Harrenhal]], a [[tourney]] participant.{{Ref|THK}}
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* Lady [[Danelle Lothston]], called the Mad.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands: House Tully}}{{Ref|affc|9}}{{Ref|AFFC|27}}{{Ref|TMK}}
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==Quotes==
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{{Quote|You bear a liar's shield, to which you have no right. My grandfather's grandfather helped kill the last o' Lothston. None since has dared to show that bat, black as the deeds of them that bore it.{{Ref|AFFC|4}}|[[Illifer the Penniless]] to [[Brienne of Tarth]]}}
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{{Quote|The black bat of Lothston. Those are arms of ill repute.{{Ref|AFFC|9}}|[[Duskendale]] captain regarding [[Brienne of Tarth]]'s shield}}
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Revision as of 20:12, 30 May 2019

House Lothston of Harrenhal
House Lothston.svg
Coat of arms A black bat on a field per bend, silver and gold
(Per bend argent and or, a bat displayed sable)
Seat Harrenhal
Head Extinct
Region The riverlands
Title Lord of Harrenhal
Overlord House Tully
Founder Lord Lucas Lothston (House Lothston of Harrenhal)
Founded 151 AC (House Lothston of Harrenhal)
Died out After 212 AC

House Lothston of Harrenhal is an extinct house from Harrenhal in the riverlands. Their arms were a black bat on a field divided bendwise, silver and gold.[1][2] They held Harrenhal until three or four generations before A Song of Ice and Fire and were a powerful house which once loomed large in the histories of the Seven Kingdoms.[3]

History

Knights

Ser Guy Lothston was slain defending Maegor I Targaryen during the king's Trial of Seven in 42 AC.[4]

Ser Lucas Lothston was the grandson of a hedge knight. After the secret siege and the failed plot against King Aegon III Targaryen in 135 AC, the patient Lucas was named master-at-arms of the Red Keep by Lord Torrhen Manderly to replace Ser Gareth Long.[5]

Lords of Harrenhal

After Falena Stokeworth was found in bed with Prince Aegon Targaryen in 149 AC, his father, Prince Viserys, desired to remove Falena from court at King's Landing. Viserys married her to Ser Lucas Lothston and convinced King Aegon III to gift his master-at-arms with Harrenhal in 151 AC, as the previous holders of the castle, House Strong, had died out as a result of the Dance of the Dragons.[6][7] House Lothston became the sixth noble house to rule as Lords of Harrenhal.

Lord Lucas was briefly Hand of the King for Aegon IV Targaryen in 178 AC. Jeyne Lothston, the daughter of Lucas and Falena, became the eighth of Aegon's mistresses, but she was sent away from court when she caught the pox from the king. Lucas was sent away as well, having been removed as Hand.[6]

The Bastard of Harrenhal was defeated by Ser Arlan of Pennytree in the melee at a tourney held at King's Landing in 193 AC.[8]

The Lothstons of Harrenhal had a bad reputation; Lord Lucas Lothston and his son Manfryd, for example, were renowned for their black deeds.[2] According to Ser Eustace Osgrey, Manfred Lothston betrayed Daemon Blackfyre in the First Blackfyre Rebellion.[9] Lady Danelle Lothston, called Mad Danelle, was said to send giant bats out to capture children for her cookpots, to have bathed in blood and feasted on flesh.[10] When Lord Bloodraven marched on the wedding tourney at Whitewalls to quash the Second Blackfyre Rebellion in 212 AC, among the river lords who came in support was Lady Danelle.[11]

The downfall of House Lothston came when Danelle turned to the black arts, causing chaos.[7] The last Lothston was killed with the help of an ancestor of Ser Illifer the Penniless in unknown circumstances.[2] After the line ended during the reign of King Maekar I Targaryen, the lordship of Harrenhal was given to House Whent, knights who had first served the Lothstons but then helped to defeat the mad family.[7] Ben Blackthumb worked as a boy for Lord Lothston and later for the grandfather and father of Lady Shella Whent.[12]

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Ser Jaime Lannister uses a shield found in the armory of Harrenhal with the arms of House Lothston on his ride back to King's Landing. He remembers the stories of Lady Danelle Lothston, who bathed in tubs of blood and presided over feasts of human flesh.[1]

A Feast for Crows

Jaime gives the heavy oaken shield to Brienne of Tarth when she departs King's Landing to find Sansa Stark.[2] When she gets to Duskendale a captain at the gate tells her that the black bat arms are of ill repute. Brienne has it re-painted by the captain's sister, who is not pleased to see the black bat either, as she is reminded of her mother's frightening tale about Mad Danelle.[13]

Lord Petyr Baelish uses the extinction of House Lothston as an example of the fate of those who claim to own Harrenhal.[14]

A Dance with Dragons

Jon Lothston serves with the Golden Company in Essos. He may or not be genuinely of House Lothston, as in the free companies a man can call himself whatever he chooses.[3]

House Lothston at the end of the third century

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

Historical Members

Quotes

You bear a liar's shield, to which you have no right. My grandfather's grandfather helped kill the last o' Lothston. None since has dared to show that bat, black as the deeds of them that bore it.[2]

The black bat of Lothston. Those are arms of ill repute.[13]

Duskendale captain regarding Brienne of Tarth's shield

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 44, Jaime VI.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 4, Brienne I.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 24, The Lost Lord.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Fire & Blood, The Sons of the Dragon.
  5. Fire & Blood, The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 The World of Ice & Fire, The Riverlands: House Tully.
  8. 8.0 8.1 The Hedge Knight.
  9. 9.0 9.1 The Sworn Sword.
  10. 10.0 10.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 27, Jaime III.
  11. 11.0 11.1 The Mystery Knight.
  12. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 47, Arya IX.
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 9, Brienne II.
  14. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 23, Alayne I.
  15. Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows.