House Uller
House Uller of Hellholt | |
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Coat of arms | per fess rayonny Or and gules |
Seat | Hellholt |
Head | Lord Harmen Uller |
Region | Dorne |
Title | Lord of Hellholt |
Overlord | House Martell |
House Uller of Hellholt is one of the great noble houses in Dorne. Their keep, the Hellholt, is in the middle of the Dornish desert, and they are reputed to be impulsive and unpredictable. A Dornish saying is "Half of the Ullers are half-mad, and the other half are worse."[1]
Their arms are rayonne yellow over crimson.[2][3] The motto of the house does not appear in the books.
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History
According to a semi-canon source, the Hellholt is named after an event in which rivals were invited to the castle, locked within, and burned to death.[4] This action inspired the Uller's arms.[5]
Recent Events
A Storm of Swords
Lord Harmen Uller, his brother Ser Ulwyck Uller, and his natural daughter Ellaria Sand are among the Dornish lords that accompany Prince Oberyn Martell to King's Landing. Ellaria is the paramour of Oberyn.
A Feast for Crows
Arianne Martell plans to crown Myrcella Baratheon at the Hellholt when conceiving her conspiracy, trusting the Ullers to join her cause due to their relation with Oberyn, the Red Viper.
While locked in the tower of Sunspear after the collapse of her conspiracy, Arianne ponders trying to ask for help from the Ullers, but rules it out as being too dangerous.
House Uller at the end of the third century
The known Ullers during the timespan of the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- Lord Harmen Uller, Lord of Hellholt
- Ellaria Sand, his bastard daughter. Paramour to Prince Oberyn Martell and mother of four of his bastard daughters.
- Ser Ulwyck Uller, his brother.
Harmen | Unknown woman | Ulwyck | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ellaria Sand | Oberyn Martell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elia Sand | Obella Sand | Dorea Sand | Loreza Sand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References and Notes
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 40, Princess In The Tower.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 38, Tyrion V.
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses from Dorne
- ↑ The Citadel: Heraldry — House Uller of Hellholt
- ↑ "Hellholt" entry in A World of Ice and Fire
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