House Mormont

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House Mormont of Bear Island
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Here We Stand
Coat of arms A wood vert, a bear sable
Seat Bear Island
Head Maege Mormont
Region The North
Title Lord of Bear Island
Heir Alysane Mormont
Overlords
Ancestral weapon Longclaw (formerly; now gifted to Jon Snow)

House Mormont of Bear Island is an old, proud, and honorable house,[1] sworn to House Stark of Winterfell. Their seat is at Bear Island, located in the Bay of Ice far to the north-west of Winterfell. Their blazon is a black bear over a green wood[2][3] and their motto is "Here We Stand".[4]

House Mormont is one of the few houses to have an ancestral weapon of Valyrian steel: a bastard sword called Longclaw. However, due to Bear Island's lack of valuable resources, the Mormonts are a rather poor house. Their hall is made of huge logs, surrounded by an earthen palisade. On the gate is a carving of a woman in a bearskin with a child in one arm suckling at her breast and a battleaxe in the other. Like the other women of Bear Island, the women of House Mormont learn how to defend themselves from ironmen and wildlings.

History

Legend has it that King Rodrik Stark won Bear Island in a wrestling match (presumably from the ironborn king who controlled it at the time) and gave it to the Mormonts.[5]

When Eddard Stark called his banners to fight in Robert's Rebellion, Lord Jeor Mormont led the Bear Island men to war. Abdicating his lordship in the next few years to join the Night's Watch, Jeor was succeeded by his son Jorah, who earned fame in the Greyjoy Rebellion and subsequent Tourney at Lannisport. Jorah, however, was driven from the North by Lord Stark after selling poachers to a Tyroshi slaver in order to pay for the tastes of his wife, Lynesse Hightower. Jorah fled to the Free Cities and was succeeded by his aunt, Jeor's sister Maege Mormont. Jeor, meanwhile, became Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. Lady Mormont's heir is Dacey Mormont, a tall, lanky warrior-woman.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Lady Mormont answers Robb Stark's call to arms and she, her heir Dacey, and their bannermen follow him south against the Lannisters. Maege acts as part of Robb's war councils and Dacey rides with his battle companions and guards, being the only woman of the group. Both Mormont women are present when Robb is named King in the North at Riverrun.

Jeor Mormont is Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, and is introduced when Tyrion Lannister and Jon Snow arrive at the Wall. Later he chooses Jon as his steward and acts as a mentor to young Jon.

The exiled Ser Jorah Mormont attends Magister Illyrio Mopatis's party in Pentos, where he gets to know Prince Viserys Targaryen and Daenerys Targaryen. Jorah becomes an advisor to Daenerys and the first of her Queensguard.

A Clash of Kings

Lady Maege and Dacey accompany Robb into the Westerlands. After the Battle of Oxcross, Maege captures thousands of livestock and drives them back to the Riverlands.

Jeor leads the Night's Watch in the great ranging beyond the Wall.

A Storm of Swords

In preparation for King Robb's plan to recover Moat Cailin from the ironborn, Maege is sent by Robb on a Mallister longship to the Neck to contact the crannogmen. Dacey is killed during the Red Wedding.

After having survived the Battle of the Fist of the First Men, Jeor is slain by Ollo Lophand during the mutiny at Craster's Keep. Maester Aemon sends a raven to Bear Island in a plea for help to defend Castle Black from wildlings.

Jorah is exiled from Meereen by Queen Daenerys when she discovers that he had been spying on her for Varys.

A Feast for Crows

Alysane is the new heir of House Mormont after the death of her elder sister, Dacey, at the Red Wedding.[6]

A Dance with Dragons

When Stannis Baratheon demands the fealty of the northern lords, young Lyanna Mormont sends Bear Island's denial.[7]

Alysane Mormont and men-at-arms of House Mormont launch an attack on the ironmen longships off the strand of Deepwood Motte, managing to take them unawares by hiding fighters inside a gaggle of fishing sloops. She burns and captures all ships, securing several ironborn captains, knights, warriors and other nobility for ransom.[8]

After Stannis Baratheon takes Deepwood Motte and restores it to House Glover, House Mormont swears fealty to Stannis. Alysane joins his army when it marches on Winterfell.[9] She becomes one of the guards of Asha Greyjoy.[10]

Lyra and Jorelle Mormont are with their mother Maege while Alysane joins Stannis's march to take Winterfell from Roose Bolton.

Jorah takes Tyrion captive in Selhorys and travels with him to Slaver's Bay, where he hopes to present Tyrion to Daenerys in Meereen.

House Mormont at the end of the third century

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


Lord
Mormont
 
Unknown
wife
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lord
Mormont
 
Unknown
wife
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jeor
 
Unknown
wife
 
 
 
Maege
 
Unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unknown
Glover
 
Jorah
 
Lynesse
Hightower
 
Dacey
 
Alysane
 
Unknown
 
Lyra
 
Jorelle
 
Lyanna
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Daughter
[Note 1]
 
Son
[Note 1]
 
Notes:
  1. 1.0 1.1 It is currently unknown whether Alysane's children are trueborn, or bastard-born.


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