Mathis Rowan
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Title | Lord of Goldengrove |
Allegiance | House Rowan |
Spouse | Bethany Redwyne |
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Mathis Rowan is Lord of Goldengrove and is the head of House Rowan. He is married to Bethany Redwyne and has three children by her.[1]
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Character and Appearance
Mathis is stout and florid[2] and clean-shaven.[3] According to Ser Kevan Lannister, he is sensible, prudent and well liked.[4]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Lord Mathis found Dareon in bed with his daughter. She was two years older than him and he claimed it was consensual, however, under the eyes of her father, she claimed rape and Dareon was sent to the Wall.[5]
A Clash of Kings
At the outset of the War of the Five Kings, Mathis Rowan joins his liege lord Mace Tyrell in declaring for King Renly Baratheon and marches with his army to Bitterbridge, where he sits next to Catelyn Tully during a feast at the castle. He remarks to her on how young most of the knights surrounding Renly are, and is surprised when she says she pities them. Mathis notes that they are all young, strong, and lustful, and questions why she feels pity for them. Catelyn opines that it will not last, since "they are the nights of summer, and winter is coming".[2]
After the parley with King Stannis Baratheon beneath the walls of Storm's End, Mathis advises Renly to leave Stannis to siege formidable Storm's End and instead go on to take King's Landing. His opinion is overruled, however, as Renly decides to deal with Stannis before the Lannisters. Mathis is placed in command of the center in the coming battle with Stannis's forces.[6] Before the battle can take place, Renly is assassinated.
Mathis Rowan is among the lords who, like Lord Tyrell, do not side with Stannis.[7] He is one of the leaders of the Reach that joins Lord Tywin Lannister at the headwaters of the Blackwater Rush, marching alongside him until Tumbler's Falls where Mace Tyrell waits with an even larger force. They embark on barges and sail to just outside King's Landing, where they take Stannis's army in the rear.[8] After the Battle of the Blackwater is done, Lord Rowan is made an advisor of the small council.
A Storm of Swords
As a guest at King Joffrey Baratheon's royal wedding, Mathis gives the king a red silk tourney pavilion as a wedding gift.[9]
A Feast for Crows
After the death of the Hand of the King, Lord Tywin Lannister, Ser Kevan Lannister mentions Lord Mathis as a possibility to fill the vacant position.[4] Instead, Queen Cersei Lannister chooses the tractable Ser Harys Swyft, and removes Mathis from the council. Mathis rides with Lord Mace Tyrell to besiege Storm's End, still held by Stannis's man Gilbert Farring.[10] When Mace hears that his daughter Margaery has been arrested by the High Sparrow, he returns to the capital and leaves Lord Rowan in command of the siege. Ser Jaime Lannister thinks Mathis would make an able Hand of the King.[11]
A Dance with Dragons
The Golden Company lands in the Stormlands and quickly seizes several castles, gaining a beachhead for Aegon VI. Their next target is Storm's End, where Mathis still holds the command[12] of a token force.[13]
Family
Mathis | Bethany Redwyne | Rhonda | Baelor Hightower | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Daughter | Child | Child | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References and Notes
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 71, Catelyn XI.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 22, Catelyn II.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 19, Tyrion III.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 7, Cersei II.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 26, Jon IV.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 31, Catelyn III.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 36, Tyrion VIII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 14, Catelyn II.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 59, Sansa IV.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 16, Jaime II.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 44, Jaime VII.
- ↑ "Mathis Rowan" entry in A World of Ice and Fire
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 61, The Griffin Reborn.