House Varner
House Varner | |
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Coat of arms | Ermines, a weasel argent |
Head | Steffon Varner |
Region | The Reach |
Overlord | House Tyrell |
Founded | Andal Invasion[1] |
House Varner is a noble house from the Reach. Its current lord is Steffon Varner.
According to semi-canon sources they blazon their shields with a white weasel on ermines. [2]
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History
The Varners trace their ancestry back to Andal adventurers given lands and wives by the Three Sage Kings of House Gardener during the Andal Invasion.[1]
Recent Events
A Clash of Kings
Lord Steffon Varner is part of Renly Baratheon's army camped beneath the walls of Bitterbridge.[3] He goes over to Stannis Baratheon's camp after the death of Renly and is present at the parley between Stannis and Ser Cortnay Penrose at Storm's End.[4]
Steffon fights at the Battle of the Blackwater, severely injures his knee, and is captured. He bends the knee to King Joffrey I.[5]
House Varner at the end of the third century
The known Varners during the timespan of the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- Lord Steffon Varner, the head of the house.
Historical Members
- Unnamed Varner, one of the 31 maiden from the Reach proposed by Samantha Tarly as a suitable wife for King Aegon III Targaryen.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach: Andals in the Reach.
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: In the Reach
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 22, Catelyn II.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 42, Davos II.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 65, Sansa VIII.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows.
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