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 Lord Monford Velaryon and his son Monterys by anguine-acuity | ||||
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| Allegiance | House Velaryon | |||
| Culture | Crownlands | |||
| Born |
In or before 281 AC[1] Driftmark[2] | |||
| Died |
299 AC Blackwater Rush[3] | |||
| Issue | Monterys Velaryon | |||
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Monford Velaryon is the Lord of the Tides, the Master of Driftmark, and the head of House Velaryon. Aurane Waters, the Bastard of Driftmark, is his bastard half-brother.[2]
Appearance and Character
[edit]Monford is handsome with long, fair hair. He sometimes wears sea-green silk with a white gold seahorse brooch that matches his hair.[4]
Monford favors aggressive maneuvers in warfare.[5][6] The lowborn Ser Davos Seaworth believes that the highborn Lord Velaryon would never confide in him.[7]
Recent Events
[edit]A Clash of Kings
[edit]As a vassal of Dragonstone, Monford supports Stannis Baratheon's claim to the Iron Throne. However, he threatens to take his forces home if they do not strike soon.[4] Lord Monford is present when Melisandre burns statues of the Seven taken from the sept at Dragonstone; Ser Davos Seaworth notices that Monford watches Stannis rather than the conflagration.[7]
Monford wants Stannis to sail from Dragonstone to King's Landing to challenge King Joffrey I Baratheon, but Stannis instead sails to Shipbreaker Bay against his brother, Renly Baratheon. During the siege of Storm's End, Stannis thinks that Lord Velaryon wants to assault the castle instead of starving it.[6]
During the Battle of the Blackwater, Lord Velaryon's Pride of Driftmark crashes between two Lannister river runners, but is later set ablaze with wildfire.[8] Aurane Waters, Monford's half brother, kneels to Joffrey after the battle.[9]
A Storm of Swords
[edit]It is reported by Lord Alester Florent that Lord Monford burned with Pride of Driftmark on the Blackwater Rush.[3] He is succeeded by his young son, Monterys Velaryon.[10]
Quotes
[edit]Davos would have given much to know what he was thinking, but one such as Velaryon would never confide in him. The Lord of the Tides was of the blood of ancient Valyria, and his House had thrice provided brides for Targaryen princes; Davos Seaworth stank of fish and onions.[7]
— thoughts of Davos Seaworth
The others bobbed their heads up and down like a flock of geese, all but Velaryon, who said that steel would decide the matter, not words on parchment. As if I had never suspected.[7]
Lord Velaryon will urge me to storm the castle walls at first light, grapnels and scaling ladders against arrows and boiling oil. The young mules will think this a splendid notion.[6]
Family
[edit]| Unknown woman | Unknown Velaryon | Unknown wife | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aurane Waters | Monford | Unknown wife | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monterys | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ↑ See the Monford Velaryon calculation.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Monford Velaryon.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 25, Davos III.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Clash of Kings, Prologue.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Prologue.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 42, Davos II.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 10, Davos I.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 58, Davos III.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 65, Sansa VIII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Appendix.