House Yew
House Yew | |
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Coat of arms |
A golden longbow between two crimson flaunches, on a white field (Argent, a longbow or between two flaunches gules) |
Head | Manfryd Yew |
Region | Westerlands |
Overlord | House Lannister |
Founder | Alan o' the Oak |
House Yew is a house of landed knights from the westerlands.[1]
Their arms do not appear in the books, but according to semi-canon sources they are a golden longbow on white between two crimson flaunches.[2]
Contents
History
House Yew is an ancient line of First Men origin, boasting descent to the legendary Blind Bowman, Alan o' the Oak.[3]
Recent Events
A Feast for Crows
Ser Manfryd Yew and Ser Raynard Ruttiger are entrusted by Daven Lannister to see no boats escape downstream during the siege of Riverrun. Brynden Tully escapes by swimming from Riverrun on a moonless night. Ser Jaime Lannister thinks that if Ruttiger, Yew, or their men heard a splash they would believe it was a turtle or a trout.[4]
House Yew at the end of the third century
The known Yews during the timespan of the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- Ser Manfryd Yew, the head of House Yew.[1]
References and Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Feast for Crows, Appendix.
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses in the Westerlands
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Westerlands.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 44, Jaime VII.
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