| House Slate of Blackpool | |
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| Coat of arms |
Pale grey, a double tressure white (Cendrée, a double tressure argent) |
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| Head | Lord Slate |
| Region | North |
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House Slate of Blackpool is a noble house from Blackpool in the north. They blazon their arms with pale grey, a double tressure white.[3][4]
History
[edit]The Slates ruled as First Men kings after the Long Night, but they eventually submitted to the Kings of Winter and became vassals of House Stark of Winterfell.[2]
House Slate once held the Wolf's Den.[1]
Recent Events
[edit]A Dance with Dragons
[edit]According to Lady Barbrey Dustin, Slates campaigned with Robb Stark, King in the North, and lost men in the Red Wedding.[5]
The banner of House Slate is seen when Roose Bolton gathers the northern forces to Barrow Hall in Barrowton,[3] and Lord Slate attends the wedding of Ramsay Bolton to "Arya Stark" (actually Jeyne Poole) at Winterfell.[6] Maester Henly, who once served Lord Slate, is put in charge of the ravens and messages.[6]
House Slate at the end of the third century
[edit]The known Slates during the timespan of the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- Lord Slate, the head of the house.[6]
Household
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 29, Davos IV.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The North: The Kings of Winter.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 32, Reek III.
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: the North
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 46, A Ghost in Winterfell.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 37, The Prince of Winterfell.
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