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Houses of The Crownlands

House Buckwell Ranking: Minor Castle: Antlers Arms: A rack of golden antlers on vair Motto: Pride and Purpose A minor house not far from King’s Landing. House Chelsted Ranking: Major Arms: Per bend green and white, a crossed spiked mace and silver dagger A powerful supporter of the Throne. House Cressey Ranking: Landed Arms: Seven silver coins upon a red bend sinister, between two helmets, silver on blue. House Cressey is a small noble family of the crownlands. House Gaunt Ranking: Minor Arms: Three black lances upright on pink, between black flanches A minor family of the crownlands. House Harte Ranking: Minor Arms: Three red hart’s heads caboshed on a white bend on vair Another minor house of the crownlands. House Mallery Ranking: Minor Arms: Six white mullets, 3-2-1, on violet A minor family of which little is known. House Rykker Ranking: Landed Lands: Duskendale Castle: Dun Fort Arms: Two black warhammers crossed on a white saltire on blue House Rykker is a house sworn to Darklyn. House Staunton Ranking: Minor Castle: Rook’s Rest Arms: Two black wings upon a white fess on checkered black and grey House Staunton is a minor family of the crownlands. House Blount Ranking: Minor Arms: A red bend sinister between two black porcupines on a green field House Blount is located in the crownlands, which were under the direct control of House Targaryen. A noble family sworn to King’s Landing. House Boggs Ranking: Minor Lands: Crackclaw Point One of many houses to lay claim to the lands of Crackclaw Point. House Brune Ranking: Minor Castle: Dyre Den House Brune rules their lands from Dyre Den, a small castle with three crooked towers atop a wind-carved cliff overlooking the narrow sea. House Byrch Ranking: Minor Arms: Quarterly, gyronny white and black, a silver axe on green A house sworn to the Iron Throne. House Bywater Ranking: Minor Arms: Fretty blue on white, three silver fish on blue chief A small house in the crownlands. House Cargyll Ranking: Landed Arms: A golden goose on bendy sinister black and red An inconsequential house sworn to the Throne. House Cave Ranking: Minor House One of the many houses located on Crackclaw Point, House Cave is sworn to the Iron Throne. One of the house ancestors served in the Kingsguard. House Chyttering Ranking: Minor Arms: Three golden bendlets enhanced on white House Chyttering holds lands near King’s Landing but has long held close ties to House Baratheon. House Crabb Ranking: Minor Castle: Whispers (formerly) Another house of Crackclaw Point, House Crabb long ago ruled a mighty fortress known as the Whispers, but their castle has stood in ruins for at least a thousand years. The Crabbs, as a family, still haunt the Point though they are far diminished from their storied roots. Indeed, House Crabb produced no less than three knights who served on the Kingsguard. One tale involves Ser Clarence Crabb, a massive knight so large he rode an aurochs into battle. According to legend, Ser Crabb fought and defeated dragons, wizards, and knights, claiming their heads and delivering them to his wood witch wife, who could tease out their secrets in whispers, hence the name of their castle. House Darklyn Ranking: Major Lands: Duskendale Castle: Dun Fort Arms: Fusily black and gold, seven white escutcheons upon a red tierce In ages past, long before the Andals crossed the narrow sea, the Darklyn family ruled their lands as kings. Eventually, their holdings were swallowed up by another kingdom, then again by the Andals, and later by the Targaryens. Through it all, the Darklyns ruled Duskendale and its environs. House Edgerton Ranking: Minor Arms: Quartered, black and white half-fusily, a wheel of flame on indigo House Edgerton is a small noble family of the crownlands. House Farring Ranking: Minor Arms: Per pale purple and white, two knights combatant with swords, counter-charged House Farring is a noble house sworn to the Crown. House Follard Ranking: Minor Arms: Gyronny of twelve red and white; in a gold canton, a two-peaked fool’s cap of red and white with silver bells Motto: None so Wise House Follard is a minor noble family of the crownlands. House Hardy Ranking: Minor Lands: Cracklaw Point A minor house sworn to House Targaryen. House Hayford Ranking: Minor Arms: Green fretty over gold, a green pale wavy House Hayford maintains a castle only about a half-day’s ride to the north of King’s Landing along the kingsroad. House Hogg Ranking: Minor Castle: Sow’s Horn A minor family in the crownlands. House Hollard Ranking: Minor Castle: None Arms: Barry red and pink, three golden crowns on a blue chief House Hollard is a house sworn to House Darklyn of Duskendale, and since the time when the Darklyns ruled as kings, the Hollards were among their greatest allies. House Langward Ranking: Minor Arms: Per fess undy; a crown of white stars on burgundy above black House Langward is a minor family in the crownlands. House Manning Ranking: Minor Arms: A red sea lion between two black pallets on white House Manning is a minor family in the crownlands. House Massey Ranking: Minor Lands: Massey’s Hook Castle: Stonedance Arms: A triple spiral, red, green, and blue on white House Massey rules a long peninsula called Massey’s Hook that stretches out from the mainland south of Dragonstone and northeast of the kingswood. There, they command a castle named Stonedance. House Pyle Ranking: Landed Arms: An iron greathelm on white House Pyle is a minor family in the crownlands. House Pyne Ranking: Minor Lands: Crackclaw Point House Pyne is one of the many families to hold lands on Cracklaw Point. House Rambton Ranking: Minor Arms: A white ram’s head with golden horns on red House Rambton is a minor family with close ties to House Baratheon, known for their devotion to the Faith. House Rollingford Ranking: Landed Arms: Six roundels fountain, 3-2-1, on grey House Rollingford is a minor family in the crownlands. House Rosby Ranking: Major Castle: Rosby Arms: Three red chevronels on ermine House Rosby’s lands and castle lies just north of King’s Landing, and Lord Rosby regularly attends court. House Stokeworth Ranking: Major Castle: Stokeworth Arms: A white lamb holding a golden goblet on green Motto: Proud to be Faithful House Stokeworth holds lands and a castle north of King’s Landing. House Thorne Ranking: Minor Arms: A silver flail on red within a black border rayonne House Thorne is a powerful, if minor, house on the cusp of significance, sworn to the Targaryens. House Wendwater Ranking: Minor Lands: Wendwater Arms: A green engrailed pall, inverted on white, dividing three trees, green, red, and bare Motto: For All Seasons House Wendwater controls lands along the river Wendwater, a waterway inside the kingswood and southeast of King’s Landing.

House Tyrell

House Tyrell Ranking: Great Lands: The Reach Castle: Highgarden Arms: A golden rose on green Motto: Growing Strong The Tyrells have held dominion over the Reach since Aegon the Conqueror raised them up from their status of stewards after destroying the Gardener line at the Field of Fire. The Tyrells have proven to be just rulers, and the Reach has continued to prosper under their dominion. Of course, ruling over a region that was prosperous to begin with makes the task that much simpler, as some of the Reach’s other houses would likely point out. The current ruling members of House Tyrell have taken their family motto very much to heart. Not satisfied with simply the Reach, the Tyrells hope they can grow stronger by intermarrying into the other major houses. Banners of the Reach Since the Reach is one of the most populous places in Westeros, it follows that it is also home to one of the larger collection of noble houses found in the Seven Kingdoms. Like the Tyrells, many of these houses can trace their heritage back to King Garth Greenhand—some of these claims may even be true. These claims are cause for some resentment for a small number of bannermen who believe the Tyrells benefited from their circumstances rather than having a stronger ancestral claim. That the current Lord of Highgarden is blessed with naked ambition has not done much to assuage this perceived injustice. But with the flowers still in bloom and winter a distant concern, grumblings are the only resistance to authority these houses are currently willing to offer. House Blackbar Ranking: Landed Castle: Bandallon Arms: A black fess on silver The seat of House Blackbar is in Bandallon, which overlooks the Sunset Sea on one of the Reach’s westernmost points. House Bulwer Ranking: Minor Castle: Blackcrown Arms: A bull’s skull, bone on blood Motto: Death Before Disgrace Blackcrown Castle and Three Towers serve as the watchtowers of Whispering Sound, with Blackcrown located on the northern shore. . House Cockshaw Ranking: Minor Arms: Three feathers, red, white, and gold, on black House Cockshaw is a minor house in the Reach House Cuy Ranking: Landed Lands: Sunhouse Castle: Sunflower Hall Arms: Six yellow flowers on blue Sunflower Hall is a keep located within the village of Sunhouse, which is situated at the south end of the Reach next to the Summer Sea. House Fossoway Ranking: Major Castle: Cider Hall Arms: A red apple on gold Motto: A Taste of Glory The House Fossoway makes its seat at Cider Hall, a keep located near the junction of the Cockleswent and Mander rivers. House Hastwyck Ranking: Minor Arms: Barry olive and ivory Motto: None so Dutiful House Hastwyck is one of the minor houses of the Reach. House Hightower Ranking: Major Lands: Oldtown Castle: Hightower Arms: A white tower crowned with flames on smoke grey Motto: We Light the Way The Hightower of Oldtown is the central point from which the rest of the city grew, and serves as both a beacon to incoming ships and as the ancestral seat to House Hightower. The family is as old and proud as the building they live in, dating all the way back to the time of the First Men. The Hightowers were kings in their own right, but they eventually chose to bend the knee to the Kings of the Reach rather than battle for supremacy. This is not unusual for the house, as they generally prefer to deal in trade goods instead of cold steel, and pledging fealty to the lords of the Reach has not prevented them from continuing their commerce. In addition to being instrumental in making Oldtown a center of trade, the Hightowers were also responsible for making the city known for its learning and religious tolerance, for it was due to their initiative that the Citadel was established and the Starry Sept and numerous smaller temples to other faiths were allowed to flourish. Since they are known for eschewing combat, it is little surprise the Hightowers are themselves enamored of both learning and the Faith, though there have been some family members who have dabbled in the knightly arts. While the size of their dominion has shrunk with the passage of time, the history of Westeros is littered with the names of Hightowers who have left their indelible mark in both good and bad ways. Ser Otto Hightower was once Hand to a Targaryen king; while he was a learned man, he is remembered as one of the worst Hands the realm has ever known. House Lowther Ranking: Minor Arms: A silver dolphin on a blue-green field House Lowther is a minor house of the Reach. House Oakheart Ranking: Minor Castle: Old Oak Arms: Three green oak leaves on gold Motto: Our Roots Go Deep House Oakheart is one of the noble families that claims descent from Garth Greenhand. Their family is greatly esteemed as their preceding Lord, Ser Olyvar Oakheart, called the Green Oak, was a Sworn Brother in the Kingsguard of Daeron I and died during the conquest of Dorne at his king’s side. Their castle lies on the sea road near the Sunset Sea, closer to the westerlands than Highgarden. House Osgrey Ranking: Minor Castle: Standfast Arms: A lion, checkered green and gold, on white Once a great and noble house, having held the title of Marshall of the Northmarch for a thousand years, House Osgrey began their decline after the Field of Fire, dwindling and dying out in the Reach. During the reign of Maegor the Cruel, Lord Ormond Osgrey spoke out against Maegor’s suppression of the Stars and Swords, only to have his lands and Castle Coldmoat ripped from him and given to the Webbers. House Redwyne Ranking: Major Lands: The Arbor Motto: Ribe For Victory Arms: A burgundy grape cluster on blue The Redwynes of the Arbor possess some of the most desirable land in the seven kingdoms, due to the rich soil and the crops of grapes that grow there. Both the red wines and the white (in particular a variety known as Arbor gold) of the Arbor are renowned as far away as Qarth. But of far greater importance than these fine vintages are the hundreds of ships at the Redwyne’s disposal. This fleet makes the house of vital importance to the Reach. House Rowan Ranking: Major Castle: Goldengrove Arms: A golden tree on silver Lord of Goldengrove’s seat is located in the northern section of the Reach, near the border of the westerlands. The Rowans claim they can trace their lineage to Garth Greenhand, giving them a claim to Highgarden, though, for now, they are content to let the Tyrells rule the Reach. House Serry Ranking: Minor Lands: Southshield Castle: Southshield Castle Arms: A white rose upon a red escutcheon upon white, a red embattled border The ruler of the southernmost of the Shield Islands. House Tarly Ranking: Major Castle: Horn Hill Arms: A striding red huntsman on a field of green Motto: First in Battle Some of the houses of the Reach have power, some wealth, and a limited number have both, but only the Lord Tarly has Heartsbane, a greatsword forged of Valyrian steel that has been passed down through his family for centuries. Lord Tarly is known throughout the realm not only for his Valyrian steel blade, but also because of his success in wielding it. It is because of both his ferocity in battle and his tactical knowledge that a Lord of Horn Hill has served in the Tyrell’s vanguards whenever Highgarden has had cause to call its banners. Horn Hill is located due south of Highgarden, between the roseroad and the Dornish Marches. The strong keep has been the home of the Tarlys for a thousand years. The land in the area is rich and the game plentiful, which probably served as the inspiration for the Tarly’s striding huntsman sigil. House Varner Ranking: Major Arms: A white weasel on ermine One of the greater houses of the Reach. House Webber Ranking: Minor Castle: Coldmoat Arms: A white and red spider on a silver web over black House Webber gained their titles and lands from Maegor the Cruel, giving them the castle and lands torn from the Osgreys when Lord Osgrey dared speak out against the king. For years, tensions have run hot between the impoverished Osgrey house and the Webbers. House Westbrook Ranking: Landed Arms: Two green bars gemel on gold House Westbrook is a minor house of the Reach. House Wythers Ranking: Minor Arms: A grey squirrel on a white field with a red border. A minor House. House Ambrose Ranking: Landed Arms: A yellow field covered with red ants Motto: Never Resting A politically strong, if weak-landed, house of the Reach. House Appleton Ranking: Minor Castle: Appleton Arms: Quarterly - An apple tree on yellow, a grey gatehouse on white House Appleton is a minor house of the Reach. House Ashford Ranking: Major Lands: Ashford Castle: Ashford Castle Arms: A white sun-and-chevron on an orange field Motto: Our Sun Shines Bright Lord Ashford stands at the ready to further the glory of his house; however, he may have some reservations about using his town in order to achieve it. House Ball Ranking: Minor Arms: Three white plates upon a chevron red on a white field House Ball is a minor house of the Reach. They have a member serving as Aegon IV’s Master-at-Arms. House Beesbury Ranking: Minor Castle: Honeyholt Arms: Three yellow beehives on a black pale on a black and yellow paly field Motto: Beware Our Sting Honeyholt castle is located on the Honeywine River, south of Brightwater Keep, north of Oldtown, and about equidistant from them both. House Beesbury is relatively minor in status. House Bridges Ranking: Minor Arms: A black stone bridge with three arches upon a golden chief above three blue pallets on white House Bridges is a minor house of the Reach. House Bushy Ranking: Minor Arms: A green fess embattled on white House Bushy is a minor house of the Reach House Caswell Ranking: Minor Castle: Bitterbridge Arms: A yellow centaur with a longbow on a field of white The seat of House Caswell, Bitterbridge, sits next to the titular bridge at the point where the roseroad crosses the Mander. It is a relatively modest affair, made of stone and timber and barely tall enough to be called a tower. Its great hall is called that more out of courtesy than as a true measure of its stature. House Chester Ranking: Minor Lands: Greenshield Castle: Greenshield Castle Arms: A green hand on a gold escutcheon on a green field, a border of red rayonne Lord Chester is one of the four Shield Islands that guard the mouth of the Mander. House Conklyn Ranking: Minor House Conklyn is a minor house of the Reach. House Cordwayner Ranking: Minor Castle: Hammerhal Arms: Black boots on a field of green and gold diamonds House Cordwayner is a minor house of the Reach. House Costayne Ranking: Minor Castle: Three Towers Arms: A silver chalice on black and a black rose on yellow, presented on a quartered field Three Towers castle is on the south shore of Whispering Sound, comprising one half of the watchtowers guarding that waterway. The current lord is Tommen Costayne, who is the Lord of the Three Towers. The most famous member of the house is Ser Tom Costayne, known as Long Tom, who served as a member of the Kingsguard for sixty years. Unfortunately, few now remember him. House Crane Ranking: Minor Castle: Red Lake Arms: A flight of golden cranes, in a V shape, on a field of pale blue Many of the members of the Crane family will be found in other houses. Red Lake is the only lake of significant size within the Reach and is situated not far from the forest that surrounds Crakehall in the western portion of the region. House Dunn Ranking: Minor Arms: Per pale black and pink, a countercharged two-headed pelican House Dunn is a minor house of the Reach. House Durwell Motto: Minor House Durwell is a minor house of the Reach, with holdings near those of Osgrey and Webber. They have a dire reputation for being thieves. House Florent Ranking: Major Castle: Brightwater Keep Arms: A red fox in a circle of blue flowers on ermine Of all the houses within the Reach, the Florents are one of the only families that strive to outdo the Tyrells when attempting to better their station through marriage. Of course, the Florents have a bit higher to climb since House Tyrell has dominion over the Reach, and the Florent’s domain doesn’t extend far beyond his castle walls. This is none too pleasing to the Florents, whose blood ties to the extinct House Gardener are stronger than the Tyrells, a fact they will recite with little prompting to any who appear interested. House Footly Ranking: Minor Castle: Tumbleton Arms: A field of silver caltrops on black Motto: Tread Lightly Here The village of Tumbleton lies very close to both the source of the Mander and the kingswood. House Footly is a minor house in the Reach. House Gardener Ranking: Extinct Lands: The Reach Castle: Highgarden Arms: A green hand on white The Gardeners were a house claiming lineage to the First Men, specifically Garth Greenhand. The last Gardener was King Mern, who perished along with four thousand knights in a conflagration of dragonfire at the Field of Fire during Aegon’s Conquest. House Graceford Ranking: Landed Castle: Holyhall Arms: The Mother’s face upon white pale wavy dividing a brown field Motto: Work Her Will A minor house pledged to the Tyrells. House Graves Ranking: Minor Arms: Green and white gyronny, a double-headed eagle counter-charged, gold beak and talons House Graves is one of the minor houses of the Reach. House Grimm Ranking: Minor Lands: Greyshield Castle: Greyshield Castle Arms: An iron escutcheon with silver studs on a grey-green field strewn with longships proper Lord Grimm is the Lord of Greyshield and is charged with guarding the Mander with the lords of the other Shield Islands. Grey-shield is one of the four islands north of the mouth of the Mander. House Hewett Ranking: Minor Lands: Oakenshield Castle: Oakenshield Castle Arms: An oaken escutcheon studded with iron, a field bendy of undulating blue and white Lord Hewett rules over the isle of Oakenshield and is tasked with providing the ships and crews to do their part in watching the Mander’s mouth. His castle is small but sturdy, with thick walls built to withstand sieges and oaken doors studded with iron that mimic the house’s sigil. Oakenshield sits above the harbor of Lord Hewett’s Town. House Hunt Ranking: Minor Arms: A brown deer, bound and slung on a pole, on white House Hunt is a minor house in the Reach, sworn to Horn Hill. House Hutcheson Ranking: Minor Arms: Two red bendlets on gold, a red hand below pointing to a red sun above House Hutcheson is a minor house of the Reach. House Inchfield Ranking: Minor Arms: A bend sinister, checked black and white, on pale grey House Inchfield is a minor house of the Reach. House Kidwell Ranking: Minor Castle: Ivy Hall Arms: Pale green ivy bendy on black masonry House Kidwell is a minor house that rules their holdings from Ivy Hall in the Reach. House Leygood Ranking: Minor Arms: Three black thunderbolts on orange House Leygood is a minor house in the Reach. House Lyberr Ranking: Landed Arms: Per bend sinister - a grey cat’s face on black, a brown jug on white House Lyberr is a minor house of the Reach. House Meadows Ranking: Minor Castle: Grassy Vale Arms: A border of flowers of many colors and varieties on green Grassy Vale is located near the source of the Blue Bym River, relatively close to the kingswood. House Merryweather Ranking: Major Castle: Longtable Arms: A golden horn of plenty spilling out apples, carrots, plums, onions, leeks, turnips, and fruits of many colors on a white field bordered in gold Motto: Behold Our Bounty The Lord of Longtable is the purveyor of one of the greatest orchards of the Reach, and a powerful and old house. The Merryweathers seat is situated where the Blue Bym and Mander rivers meet. House Middlebury Ranking: Minor Arms: Quarterly, a black saltire on yellow, green and white diamonds House Middlebury is a noble house of the Reach. House Mullendore Ranking: Minor Castle: Uplands Arms: Butterflies of orange and black, spread on a field of white Their seat of Uplands is located within the Dornish Marches in the vicinity of Oldtown. House Norridge Ranking: Minor Arms: A flight of flaming arrows rising bendwise on a blue field House Norridge is a noble house in the Reach. House Oldflowers Ranking: Landed Arms: Ten white hands on green, 4-3-2-1, beneath a red bend sinister House Oldflowers is a minor house of the Reach. House Orme Ranking: Minor Arms: Per fess - three golden harps on black, gold and silver bendy sinister House Orme is one of the minor houses of the Reach. House Peake Ranking: Minor Arms: Three black castles on a field of orange A minor house in the Reach. House Pommingham Ranking: Minor Arms: A red pomegranate on white, a double tressure red House Pommingham is one of the minor houses of the Reach. House Redding Ranking: Landed Arms: A golden flagon on burgundy, a border of gold and white checks House Redding is a minor house of the Reach. House Rhysling Ranking: Minor Arms: An oaken door banded with iron, in a grey stone doorway, on black masonry A minor house in the Reach, squandering into extinction. House Risley Ranking: Minor Arms: A black knight on a black rearing horse on white, bearing a golden lance and a white shield, upon which is seen the same scene in miniature House Risley is one of the minor houses of the Reach. House Roxton Ranking: Minor Castle: The Ring Arms: A saltire of interlocked golden rings, upon a sky blue field House Roxton is a minor house of the Reach. House Shermer Ranking: Landed Lands: Smithyton Castle: Smithyton Castle Arms: A field of copper nails on blue, a copper border rayonne House Shermer rules their modest holdings from a castle in Smithyton. House Sloane Ranking: Minor Arms: Per pale, white stars strewn on indigo, an orange sun on yellow House Sloane is one of the minor houses of the Reach. House Stackhouse Ranking: Minor House Stackhouse is a minor house of the Reach. House Uffering Ranking: Minor Arms: Oak and iron paly, beneath a white chief with seven green hands House Uffering is one of the minor houses of the Reach. House Vyrwel Ranking: Minor Castle: Darkdell Arms: A silver wyvern within a red double tressure on sable A minor house, known for its skill in sciences. House Willum Ranking: Minor Arms: Three silver longswords crossed on black beneath a dragon’s skeleton on a white chief House Willum is a minor house of the Reach, under the rule of Lord Willum. House Woodwright Ranking: Minor Arms: A red pall on a field of oak House Woodwright is a minor house of the Reach. House Yelshire Ranking: Minor Arms: Barry green and gold, a black battering ram with a gold head on a black chief House Yelshire is a minor house of the Reach.

House Stark

House Stark Ranking: Great Lands: The North Castle: Winterfell Arms: A running grey direwolf, on an ice-white field Motto: Winter is Coming The lions of Lannister may pay their debts, and the hawk of House Arryn may soar as high as honor, but the direwolf of House Stark is a different sort of animal. A Stark lives for duty and dies for honor. He may ride laughing in the sunshine, joyously harvest his crops, and bask in the warmth of the long summer, but in his heart, a Stark knows even the brightest days end. Winter comes to Westeros as surely as death comes to every man. Since the most ancient of times, the family motto has been “Winter is Coming”. Banners of the North Like all the other great houses of Westeros, House Stark has many retainers and other lesser houses who have sworn fealty to the dire wolf. Also like the other great houses, the Stark’s bannermen are a mixed lot, ranging from House Holds with spotless honor and unquestioned loyalty to less reliable individuals who chafe at their Lord’s oversight and even attempt to undermine House Stark’s authority. All, however, must come should Lord Stark call his banners, though some may come more readily than others. House Bolton Ranking: Major Castle: The Dreadfort Arms: A red flayed man on a pink de sang The houses of the North have been good and bad, noble and treacherous, but some houses live under a dark and sinister cloud, and of them, few can compare to House Bolton. In ages past, the Boltons and the Starks were sworn enemies, and they fought against the Kings of Winter in all things, as recently as the time of Bael the Bard, a famous King-beyond-the-Wall. Eventually, the Bolton host submitted to Stark rule, though it was a grudging surrender at best. House Flint of Widow’s Watch Ranking: Major Castle: Widow’s Watch Arms: A blue field strewn with whitecaps, a pair of blue eyes on a yellow chief with crested line Motto: Ever Vigilant The senior branch of the extended Flint family, House Flint of Widow’s Watch commands a peninsula east and north of White Harbor. These Flints have ties to House Stark, having married into the family a few generations back. House Glover Ranking: Major Castle: Deepwood Motte Arms: A silver fist on a scarlet field House Glover has strong ties to House Stark and rules their ancestral lands of Deepwood Motte, a rugged domain located north of Sea Dragon Point and on the opposite side of the wolfswood from Winterfell, near the tidal flats of the Bay of Ice. A simple wooden fortress perched on a hill, Deepwood Motte is nevertheless an important strategic location for the Starks, as it can be used to supply an army from the sea, and its remote location makes sieges difficult. Deepwood Motte’s garrison is small, but the folk of the domain are tough and determined, adapted to a life in the wilds. House Ironsmith Ranking: Landed Arms: A black sword, upright, between four black horseshoes on a field of gold, with a grey-green border House Ironsmith is a minor family with holdings in the North and sworn to House Stark. House Karstark Ranking: Major Castle: Karhold Arms: A white sunburst on black field Motto: The Sun of Winter Like many of the northern houses, House Karstark claims to have directly descended from the First Men, and they claim with pride their close ties to House Stark, having been raised to lords one thousand years ago when Karlon Stark put down a rebel lord. For his service, the King of Winter granted this cadet branch of Starks lands to the northeast of Winterfell, in the midst of a forest beyond the Last River. Eventually the so-called Karhold Starks became the Karstarks, a House Hold quite separate from the Starks of Winterfell. They are big, fierce men with great beards and long hair, and they wear cloaks of bear, wolf, and sealskin. House Locke Ranking: Minor Castle: Oldcastle Arms: Bronze crossed keys on a white pale on purple House Locke is a minor family who hold lands in the North. House Manderly Ranking: Major Lands: White Harbor Castle: White Harbor Arms: A white merman with dark green hair, beard, and tail, carrying a black trident on a blue-green field The castle at White Harbor was built by King Jon Stark to defend against eastern sea raiders. Driven from the lands of the river Mander (which the Manderlys insist was named for them rather than the other way around), the Manderlys were granted the fortress and surrounding lands and have served as loyal bannermen to House Stark ever since. As they were from the south, the Manderlys continued to follow the faith of the Seven rather than the old gods of the North and are quite devoted to the principles of chivalry and knighthood. Today, the White Harbor region is prosperous, with considerable mercantile trade from the east and rich fishing grounds. House Marsh Ranking: Landed Arms: Ten frogs, 4-3-2-1, green on yellow A minor family of little merit. House Mormont Ranking: Minor Lands: Bear Island Arms: A black bear in a green wood Motto: Here We Stand Old and poor, the Mormonts are nevertheless a proud and honorable family, and they have served Stark loyally for many generations. It is said King Rodrik Stark won Bear Island from its original owners, the Woodfoots, in a wrestling match and gave it to the Mormonts. No one knows whether this story is true, but Bear Island is certainly a beautiful place, covered in ancient forests and flowering thorn bushes, its lands crisscrossed by rushing streams and creeks. The Mormont’s hall is built from huge logs and is surrounded by an earthen palisade. It is sparsely populated and wild, consisting only of a few crofters and fisherfolk. The Mormonts are a storied and celebrated house. In the past, it is said that the women were forced to defend themselves against the raiding ironmen and wildlings while their men were away fishing, and today, they are known to be as tough and fierce as she-bears. A carving at the entrance to Mormont Keep memorializes this story, depicting a woman in a bearskin, holding an axe in one hand and a suckling babe in the other. House Moss Ranking: Minor Arms: A bend orange on vairy green and grey A minor house in the North, they owe their allegiance to House Stark. House Overton Ranking: Landed Arms: A checkered silver and gold fess on black A minor house in the North, they owe their allegiance to House Stark. House Ryswell Ranking: Major Lands: The Rills Arms: A black horse’s head, red eyes and mane, on bronze with black engrailed border House Ryswell commands the hilly lands known as the Rills southwest of Torrhen’s Square. According to legend, seventy-nine men deserted the Night’s Watch and sought refuge with the then Lord Ryswell, as one of their numbers was the lord’s son. Lord Ryswell rounded them up and marched them back to the Wall, where they were each sealed up inside the Wall, such was the lord’s honor. In his dying days, Ryswell took the black so he could stand watch next to the son he consigned to death. House Tallhart Ranking: Major Castle: Torrhen’s Square Arms: Three sentinel trees, green on brown Motto: Proud and Free Torrhen’s Square is a small domain centred on a strong fortress that rises from a lakeshore in the rugged lands south of the wolfswood and north of the barrowlands. Though relatively few in number, the Tallharts are an important ally to House Stark, as Torrhen’s Square is one of few fortresses in the region, and it would form a vital bulwark against invasion or raids from the west. The ironmen are well aware of the fort’s strategic importance, and it would be one of their first targets should war ever break out again. House Umber Ranking: Minor Lands: Bay of Seals Castle: Last Hearth Arms: A roaring giant with brown hair, wearing a skin, with broken silver chains, on flame red The Umbers control the harsh land along the Bay of Seals, a place of wild hills and ancient forests of oak and pine. They are a hardy people, tempered by the rough northern climate and often called upon to help defend the Wall against wildling raiders. The Umbers’ most celebrated victory was as part of the host that defeated the brothers Gendel and Gorne, who had, together, declared themselves Kings-beyond-the-Wall over three millennia ago. Today, the house has a rather fearsome reputation, and some tales claim that the Night’s King was not a Bolton at all, but an Umber. House Waterman Ranking: Minor Arms: Brown crossed oars on white, between a pair of blue flanches House Waterman is a minor house with lands in the North and is sworn to House Stark. House Whitehill Ranking: Minor Arms: A white pile inverted on indigo, an arch of four-pointed stars above House Whitehill is a minor house with lands in the North and is sworn to House Stark. Like few other houses in the North, House Whitehill keeps the Faith. House Cerwyn Ranking: Minor Castle: Cerwyn Castle Arms: A black battleaxe on silver Motto: Honed and Ready House Cerwyn is a minor house sworn to House Stark. House Condon Ranking: Landed Arms: Eagle’s head between crossed tridents, red on white House Condon is a minor house sworn to House Cerwyn. House Dustin Ranking: Minor Lands: Barrowlands Castle: Barrowton Arms: Two rusted longaxes with black shafts crossed, a black crown between their points on a yellow field House Dustin is a minor house sworn to House Stark. House Fenn Ranking: Minor Arms: Three black water lilies on a violet field House Fenn is a minor house sworn to House Stark. House Flint of Flint’s Finger Ranking: Minor Lands: Blazewater Bay Castle: Flint’s Finger Arms: A grey stone hand upon a white inverted pall on paly black and grey This branch of the Flint family has ties to the Flints of Widow’s Watch and the far smaller Flint clans of the northern mountains. Their lands consist of the southern shores of Blazewater Bay. House Hornwood Ranking: Minor Castle: Hornwood Arms: A brown bull moose with black antlers on orange field Motto: Righteous in Wrath House Hornwood holds lands east of Winterfell, along the edges of House Bolton’s lands. House Lake Ranking: Minor Arms: Seven pommes, 2-2-2-1, green on brown House Lake is a minor family with holdings in the North and sworn to House Stark. House Lightfoot Ranking: Minor Arms: A line of white footprints in bend sinister, on a dark brown field House Lightfoot is a minor family with holdings in the North and sworn to House Stark. House Poole Ranking: Landed Arms: A blue plate on white, with a grey tressure A minor house in the North, they owe their allegiance to House Stark. House Reed of Greywater Watch Ranking: Major Lands: Greywater Castle: Greywater Watch Arms: A black lizard-lion on grey-green The crannogmen’s oath to House Stark “To Winterfell we pledge the faith of Greywater. Hearth and heart and harvest we yield up to you, my lord. Our swords and spears and arrows are yours to command. Grant mercy to our weak, help to our helpless, and justice to all, and we shall never fail you. I swear it by earth and water. I swear it by bronze and iron. We swear it by ice and fire.” The crannogmen of the Neck are among the strangest of House Stark’s allies, but they are also among the most valued. The rest of Westeros calls the swamp-folk “frog-eaters” or “mudmen” and sees them as hopelessly primitive rustics. Lord Eddard sees the crannogmen’s value as scouts, and their bloody hit-and-run tactics have brought many a powerful foe to grief. Crannogmen and -women fight with nets, slender frog spears, and bronze knives, striking from hiding and vanishing into the swamp. Many strange tales surround the crannogmen, for they are diminutive and claim to know some of the secrets left by the children of the forest. It is said they practice some of the ancient spells, and a few crannogmen have the greensight, the ability to see other times and places. They are, for the most part, a peaceful people who live in thatched reed huts on floating islands and fight only if they have to. Though the crannogmen disdain nobility, knights, and the tenets of chivalry, they do have a ruling house, the Reeds of Greywater Watch. This fortress is the center of the crannogmen’s realm, though no one can say for certain exactly where it is. Greywater Watch is said to drift and move, never in the same place twice, as elusive as the folk who dwell in the bogs of the Neck. The crannogmen are the reclusive people of the Neck. Subsisting on fishing and frogging, most people suspect them of all sorts of queer acts, which is only reinforced by their unusual customs and manners. Crannogmen collect in small villages formed of reeds and thatch that sit atop floating islands in the mire. House Slate Ranking: Minor Arms: Pale grey, double tressure white House Slate is a minor house with lands in the North and is sworn to House Stark. House Stout Ranking: Minor Castle: Goldgrass Arms: Chevronny russet and gold House Stout is a minor house with lands in the North and is sworn to House Stark. Lord Stout commands his holdings from his castle, Goldgrass. House Wells Ranking: Landed Arms: Per fess - five black roundels on grey over green and white lozengy House Wells is a minor house with lands in the North and is sworn to House Stark. House Woolfield Ranking: Minor Arms: Three wool stacks, white on purple, a white border House Woolfield is a minor house with lands in the North and is sworn to House Stark. Houses of the Mountain Clans Although these families were raised to nobility by Stark lords, the mountain peoples do not see themselves as such, and their people do not follow the customs of the southron houses. House Burley Ranking: Clan Arms: A white knife in a blue pile on white House Burley is one of the northern clans. Burley, or Lord Burley at Winterfell, is the head of this house. House Norrey Ranking: Clan Arms: Six green thistles, 3-2-1, on yellow House Norrey is another minor clan of the North, with lands in the mountains north of the wolfswood. Lord Norrey, called “the Norrey,” is the clan’s chief. House Harclay Ranking: Clan Arms: Three blue moons - waxing, full, waning, on a white bend, on blue House Harclay is one of the northern clans and holds territory in the foothills north of the wolfswood. House Knott Ranking: Clan Arms: A brown fret on white House Knott is one of the northern clans and holds lands in the mountains north of the wolfswood. Knott, or Lord Knott at Winterfell, is the head of this clan. House Liddle Ranking: Clan Arms: Per pale white and green, a fir tree line between, three brown pinecones on the white Another of the northern mountain clans, House Liddle governs the highlands north of the wolfswood. House Wull Ranking: Clan Arms: Three wooden buckets, brown on blue, with a border of grey and white checks House Wull is one of the more significant northern clans and holds lands west of the northern mountains along the Bay of Ice.

House Lannister

House Lannister Ranking: Great Lands: Westerlands Castle: Casterly Rock Arms: A roaring lion, gold on crimson Motto: Hear Me Roar! (a Lannister always pays his debts) Ever since Lann the Clever took Casterly Rock from the Casterlys, the Lannisters have ruled over the westerlands, first as kings, and then after the Targaryen conquest, as lords in service to their new king. History The history of House Lannister is closely tied to the history of the westerlands, and so the events that unfolded in these lands almost always involved this famous family. In the eyes of many peoples of the Seven Kingdoms, there cannot be a westerlands without the Lannisters and vice versa. This has been especially magnified in recent years by the actions of Tywin Lannister, as he’s worked to secure the safety and prosperity of his house, and the Lannisters stand as one of the most feared and hated families in all the Seven Kingdoms. The Lannister family descends from the mingling of the peoples who claimed lineage to Lann the Clever and those Andal adventurers who carved new kingdoms from the old, with, presumably, a warrior or chieftain wedding the descendant of that ancient trickster. The result of this union produced an uncommon bloodline: a family noted for their canniness, ambition, and propensity for violence. These traits have helped them survive thousands of years as one of the principle houses in these lands. The early years of House Lannister lay undocumented and buried amidst a mountain of half-truths, myths, and misdirection. It’s known that at some point King Tommen II made a foolish venture to Valyria, taking with him the family sword, Brightroar. He never returned, and thus, the ancestral blade was forever lost. The allure of this missing weapon has lured at least one Lannister to seek it out, finding his doom instead. Word of Aegon’s arrival spread through the Seven Kingdoms like wildfire, prompting the Andal kings to mount a response. While others knelt before the might of Aegon’s dragons, Loren Lannister, King of the Rock, and his ally, King Mern of the Reach, had no intention of setting aside their authority for some foreign upstart. Together, the Two Kings, as they were called, gathered a mighty force comprising some six hundred banners, five thousand mounted knights, and ten times that many freeriders and men-at-arms. Arrayed in all their splendor, they awaited Aegon and his far smaller host in a great field. At first, the battle seemed to go the way of the defenders, for Aegon’s conscripts included a menagerie of broken and defeated men, peoples who had been conquered and pressed into fighting for the Targaryen warlord. Against the numbers fielded by the Two Kings, they stood no chance, and in short order they were slaughtered, driven back beneath the savage ferocity of the warriors sworn to the Two Kings. Aegon and his sisters were not impressed. Even as their soldiers quit the field, the Targaryens unleashed their mighty dragons. For the first and only time, all three dragons were freed to vent their wrath on mankind. In horror, King Loren watched as the dragons wiped out some four thousand knights, roasted King Mern, and broke the back of his armies. Faced with annihilation, Loren did the only thing he could do: he surrendered. Aegon was in need of useful servants, especially ones with the charisma and command to master such a large host, and so Aegon spared Loren’s life and named him Lord Paramount of the westerlands. Loren aided Aegon in crushing the last resistance in the Seven Kingdoms and helped establish the dynasty that would rule for two centuries. Over the generations that followed, the Lannisters’ fortunes rose and fell, but they never waned for long. If the Lannisters were good at anything, it was taking care of themselves. Their control over Lannisport ensured they were among the wealthiest of families, making it easier to arrange favorable marriages, including cementing unions with the Baratheons, among others. Through it all, the Lannisters were checked in their growth, as were the Tullys of the riverlands, by depredations and attacks from the Iron Isles. Whenever the Iron Throne was at its weakest, it seemed the ironmen were quick to mount raids on the rich and verdant coastlines. For these reasons, the Lannisters invested their coin in ships, soldiers, and arms to increase their influence and dominance. Banners of the Westerlands Like all great houses, the Lannisters enjoy the service of a wide range of noble families, each pledged to support them in times of trouble. If any of these houses harbor resentment toward House Lannister, they are wise to keep it to themselves. House Kenning Ranking: : Major Lands: : Kayce Castle: : Kayce Castle Arms: : Four sunbursts countercharged on quartered orange and black House Kenning rules the town of Kayce, neighbors to the holdings of House Prester. House Lefford Ranking: : Major Castle: : Golden Tooth Arms: : A golden inverted pile on sky blue, a yellow sun in the first House Lefford’s seat is the Golden Tooth, one of the richest gold mines in the westerlands, and it’s well positioned to block traffic between the westerlands and the riverlands. House Lydden Ranking: : Major Castle: : Deep Den Arms: : A white badger on per pale green and brown The Lords of Deep Den are considered one of the more powerful families in the westerlands. House Payne Ranking: : Landed Arms: : Checkered purple and white, within each square a gold coin House Payne is a minor house in the westerlands. House Prestor Ranking: : Minor Castle: : Feastfires Arms: : A red ox on ermine Motto: : Tireless House Prester rules their lands from their castle called Feastfires, perched on the end of a peninsula west of Casterly Rock. House Algood Ranking: : Landed Arms: : A golden wreath on blue, a gold border House Algood is a minor house of the westerlands. House Banefort Ranking: : Minor Castle: : Banefort Arms: : A hooded man, black on grey, within a fiery tressure House Banefort commands their holdings from their castle, Banefort. House Bettley Ranking: : Minor Arms: : Three blue beetles on gold House Bettley is a minor house in the Westerlands. [B] House Brax Ranking: : Major Castle: : Hornvale Arms: : A purple unicorn on silver House Brax has the distinction of being one of the principle houses sworn to the Lannisters. House Crakehall Ranking: : Major Castle: : Crakehall Arms: : A black and white brindled boar on brown Motto: : None so Fierce Lord Crakehall rules much of that which the Lannisters do not, a premier house of the West. House Dogget Ranking: Minor Arms: Per bend a white unicorn on green, a black raven on white House Dogget is a minor house in the westerlands. House Drox Ranking: Minor Arms: Three black crossbows, on gold, a black border House Drox is a minor house in the westerlands. House Estren Ranking: Minor Castle: Wyndhall Arms: A green saltire between four red double-headed eagles on white House Estren is a minor house in the westerlands. House Falwell Ranking: Minor Arms: A fool in red and gold motley juggling five suns on black House Falwell is another of the minor houses with holdings in the westerlands. House Farman Ranking: Major Castle: Faircastle Motto: Three silver ships on blue, a border of crimson and gold House Farman is one of House Lannister’s bannermen and commands the Fair Isle from their keep Faircastle. House Ferren Ranking: Minor Arms: Per saltire, red and gold checks, a silver and black ferret on green House Ferren is another of the minor houses with holdings in the westerlands. House Garner Ranking: Minor Motto: Three grey owls upon white plates on green House Garner is another of the minor houses with holdings in the westerlands. House Hamell Ranking: Minor Arms: An erminois maunch on pink, an erminois border House Hamell is a minor house in the westerlands. House Hawthorne Ranking: Minor Arms: A ring of black thorns and a ring of pink flowers, inter-locked, on green House Hawthorne is a minor house in the westerlands. House Jast Ranking: Minor Arms: An inverted pall between three lion’s heads, yellow on black A minor house in service to the Rock. House Marbrand Ranking: Major Castle: Ashemark Arms: A burning tree, orange on smoke Motto: Burning Bright One of the major houses of the westerlands. House Moreland Ranking: Minor Arms: Per pale barry - russet and green House Moreland is a minor house of the westerlands. House Myatt Ranking: Minor Arms: A spotted tree cat, yellow and black, on mud brown House Myatt is a minor house in the westerlands. House Parren Ranking: Extinct Arms: Per saltire - burgundy and white stripes, a black lion’s head on gold A minor house in its day, it has since died out. House Plumm Ranking: Minor Arms: Three purple roundels on gold Motto: Come Try Me House Plumm is a minor house in the westerlands. House Reyne Ranking: Major Castle: Castamere Arms: A red lion rampant reguardant with a forked tail, armed and langued gold, on silver The Reynes are among the richest and most powerful houses in the westerlands. House Serrett Ranking: Minor Castle: Silverhill Arms: A peacock in his pride on cream Motto: I Have no Rival House Serrett is a major house with holdings south of the goldroad near one of the river Mander’s tributaries. House Stackspear Ranking: Minor Arms: Crossed black spears on checkered silver and gold House Stackspear is a minor house of the westerlands. House Swyft Ranking: Minor Castle: Cornfield Arms: A blue bantam rooster on yellow Motto: Awake! Awake! House Swyft is an important house in the westerlands with strong ties to House Lannister. House Tarbeck Ranking: Major Castle: Tarbeck Hall Arms: A seven-pointed star, countercharged, on gyronny silver and blue The Tarbecks of Tarbeck hall are a powerful house with eyes on unhorsing the Lannisters if they get half the chance. House Turnberry Ranking: Landed Arms: Nine strawberries on a white saltire, on green and red vairy in point House Turnberry is a minor house in the westerlands. House Westerling Ranking: Minor Castle: The Crag Arms: Six white seashells on sand Motto: Honor, Not Honors Jeyne Westerling was the wife of King Maegor and Queen of the Seven Kingdoms. The Crag, the ancestral seat of this house, sits along the western coast, and in olden days, it was well regarded. As their gold mines were exhausted, they were forced to sell off their best lands to make ends meet. Unfortunately, this has left little for the Westerlings to sustain their keep, and much of it is ruins. House Yarwyck Ranking: Minor Arms: Two bronze halberds crossed between four red diamonds, on white House Yarwyck is another of the minor houses in the westerlands.

House Martell

House Martell Ranking: Great Lands: Dorne Castle: Sunspear Arms: A red sun pierced by a golden spear on orange Motto: Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken House Martell is the greatest house in Dorne, and until they joined the Seven Kingdoms through treaty, this ancient family ruled the deserts and mountains and all its people. Prior to the arrival of the Rhoynar, Martell was one of many petty kings that had carved up Dorne, but with the added strength of ten thousand shiploads of people, including craftsmen, warriors, and more, Martell rose in power and esteem, joining with the warrior queen Nymeria to become rulers. The union of their peoples saw the Martells abandon many of their older customs in favor of those of the Rhoynar. Specifically, they began to call themselves princes instead of kings, and their lands and title passed down to the eldest child and not just the eldest male. Banners of Dorne The following houses have pledged their fealty to Sunspear. House Allyrion Ranking: Major Castle: Godsgrace Arms: A golden hand on gyronny red and black Motto: No Foe May Pass Godsgrace castle is situated near where the rivers Scourge and Vaith meet. House Dalt Ranking: Landed Castle: Lemonwood Motto: Lemons strewn on purple Lemonwood castle lies just south of where the Greenblood River empties into the narrow sea. House Dayne of Starfall Ranking: Major Castle: Starfall Arms: A white sword and falling star crossed on lilac Of all the houses sworn to the Martells, few are as storied as the Daynes—and perhaps none as burdened by recent loss. The seat of House Dayne is Starfall Castle, which lies on the Torentine where it pours into the Summer Sea. The Daynes possess Dawn, a greatsword as pale as milkglass that legend tells was forged from the heart of a fallen star thousands of years ago. Both blade and star are depicted on the house’s arms. Unlike other storied weapons, Dawn does not simply pass from one head of the house to the next. Instead, only those members of the family who have proven themselves worthy are permitted to wield the weapon. These men are known as Swords of the Morning. House Dayne of High Hermitage Ranking: Minor Castle: High Hermitage High Hermitage is situated on the Torentine between Blackmont and Starfall. House Fowler Ranking: Major Castle: Skyreach Arms: A blue hawk on silver Motto: Let Me Soar Skyreach is located near Prince’s Pass, and the head of the house also inherits the title of Warden of the Prince’s Pass. House Jordayne Ranking: Major Castle: The Tor Arms: A golden quill on checkered dark and light green Motto: Let It Be Written The Tor lies on the edge of the Sea of Dorne, where visitors can witness the tug of the surf as it endlessly braids itself into the strand. House Manwoody Ranking: Major Castle: Kingsgrave Arms: A white skull crowned with gold on black The seat of House Manwoody earned its name when the founding member of the house slew a King of the Reach in the distant past, a deed also commemorated on the family arms. The castle lies approximately halfway through the Prince’s Pass. House Qorgyle Ranking: Major Castle: Sandstone Arms: Three black scorpions on red Sandstone is located in the southwest portion of Dorne’s desert, not far from the mountains. House Yronwood Ranking: Major Castle: Yronwood Arms: A black portcullis grill over sand Motto: We Guard the Way The Yronwoods are one of the older houses in Dorne, having existed prior to Nymeria’s landing when they were minor kings in their own right. They fought against the Rhoynar and the houses that supported them, an effort that was ultimately unsuccessful. Because of this, the Yronwoods and Martells, who fought with Nymeria to unite Dorne, have often found themselves on the opposite sides of a cause. The Yronwoods also maintain a rivalry with House Fowler that extends back to the time of the Rhoynar conquest, when the Fowlers chose to support the Martells. In addition to his familial title, the Lord of Yronwood is also known as the Bloodroyal (most likely a reference to the house’s heritage prior to Nymeria’s landing) and the Warden of the Stone Way. The latter title refers to the Yronwood’s duty to protect Dorne from invaders traveling down the Boneway, a responsibility the house is uniquely qualified to fulfill since Yronwood Castle sits at the southern end of that route. House Blackmont Ranking: Major Castle: Blackmont Arms: A black vulture with a pink infant in its claws on yellow The eponymous seat of House Blackmont sits near the point where the two rivers flowing south from the Dornish Marches meet to form the greater Torentine. The Blackmonts have a history of being an unruly house, mounting endless raids into the Dornish Marches as well as attacks against their neighboring houses. They are considered one of the great houses of Dorne. House Gargalen Ranking: Minor Castle: Salt Shore Arms: A red cockatrice holding a black snake in its beak on gold Lord Gargalen’s seat is located on the Summer Sea coastline almost due south from Godsgrace. House Ladybright Ranking: Landed A minor house in service to the Prince. House Santagar Ranking: Minor Castle: Spottswood Arms: Per bend sinister blue and white, a spotted leopard with golden axe The Santagars are a family who were granted status and lands for recent service. House Toland Ranking: Major Castle: Ghost Hill Arms: A green dragon biting its tail on gold The dragon inscribed on the Tolands’ arms is meant to signify that time is an everlasting cycle, with no end or beginning. Their castle resides in the northeastern section of Dorne, near the Broken Arm. Nymella Toland is the current Lady of Ghost Hill. House Uller Ranking: Major Castle: Hellholt Arms: Rayonne yellow over crimson Hellholt Castle earned its name from a past incident when a set of unwelcome visitors were locked in the keep’s great hall and burned to death. Their arms were also inspired by this incident, with the yellow and crimson colors depicted rayonne to mimic the deadly flames. This may also be the reason behind the saying that “half the Ullers are half-mad, and the other half are worse.” Hellholt is located, aptly, near the source of the Brimstone River in Dorne’s desert region. House Vaith Ranking: Minor Castle: Red Dunes Arms: Three black leopards standing on a yellow pile on orange Vaith castle sits near the source of the river of the same name. House Wyl Ranking: Minor Lands: Boneway Castle: Boneway Castle Arms: A black adder biting a heel on yellow Appropriately, the Wyl stronghold, Boneway Castle, lies near the halfway point of the Boneway.

House Greyjoy

House Greyjoy Ranking: Major Lands: Pyke Castle: Pyke Castle Arms: A golden kraken on black Motto: We Do Not Sow The Greyjoys have served as lords of the Iron Islands since Vickon Greyjoy was elected from among his fellow ironborn in the time of Aegon the Conqueror, and sworn to peace. Yet the reaver’s words that compose the motto of House Greyjoy perfectly encompass the desire to, once again, bring the Old Way back to prominence. Banners of the Iron Islands Here are the major families and select individuals who owe their allegiance to the person sitting the Seastone Chair. House Drumm Ranking: Minor Lands: Old Wyk Arms: A white, skeletal hand on a field of red Ancestor Hilmar Drumm acquired (by Iron price) the sword Red Rain, which was forged of Valyrian steel and is passed from one generation of Drumms to the next. House Goodbrother Ranking: Minor (in multitude!) Lands: Great Wyk, Old Wyk, and Orkmont Castle:s Hammerhorn, Shatterstone, Downdelving, Crow Spike Keep, and Corpse Lake Arms: A black war horn with a band of gold, on a field of red A large family with a number of lesser branches, House Goodbrother has a presence on most of the Islands. The main branch is the Goodbrothers of Hammerhorn, found on Great Wyk, about six leagues from the shore. The castle is a hulking structure, dark and brooding, and is fashioned from great stone blocks quarried from the cliffs behind it. Beneath its walls, one can find mines and caves, each yawning like toothless mouths. Powerful, they posses nearly forty longships. The Goodbrothers are distinguished primarily for their unique practice of wearing sashes woven of goat hair. Unusually, these Goodbrothers style themselves like the lords of the green lands and even keep the council of a maester. The other branches include the Goodbrothers of Shatterstone, headed by Norne Goodbrother on Old Wyk. The Goodbrothers of Crow Spike Keep, Corpse Lake, and Downdelving have their holdings on Orkmont, and they are considered minor lords at best. House Harlaw Ranking: Major Lands: Harlaw Castle: Ten Towers Arms: A silver scythe on black, but many variations exist After Greyjoy, the Harlaws are perhaps one of the most influential houses in the Iron Islands. The Lord makes his seat at Ten Towers. There are a number of Harlaw cousins spread out across the island, each of whom has created a variation of the traditional sigil of their house. The master of Harridan Hill places his scythe upon a field of pale blue. Humpback, the master of the Tower of Glimmering, uses the same device and field but with an embattled border. Another Harlaw, who carries the Valyrian steel blade Nightfall, rules at Grey Garden. Finally, Silverhair displays two scythes counterchanged on a field divided bendwise. House Myre Ranking: Minor Lands: Harlaw Arms: Ten black nooses, 4-3-2-1, on a field of white with a blood-red border House Myre is a minor house with lands on the isle of Harlaw. The members of House Myre were once responsible for seeing ten men hanged in a day, a feat they saw fit to memorialize on their family device. They once thought to challenge the Harlaws and Kennings for supremacy of Harlaw Island, but the attempt was quashed, and the Myres were reduced to the status of vassals as a result. House Sparr Ranking: Minor Lands: Great Wyk Arms: Oak saltire on blue A minor house sworn to the Seastone Chair, the Lord with the hereditary title of The Sparr. House Stonehouse Ranking: Minor Lands: Old Wyk Arms: Black brazier on a grey masonry field The head of this house is known simply as The Stonehouse. House Volmark Ranking: Landed Lands: Harlaw Arms: A black leviathan on a sea of grey The Volmarks are another house on Harlaw who control large parcels of land. Volmark has large holdings, numerous ships, and fierce warriors, but they are sworn to Harlaw. House Wynch Ranking: Minor Arms: A bloody moon on a field of purple Lord Wynch is the head of this house, one of the stronger ones on Pyke; his seat is in the town of Iron Holt. House Blacktyde Ranking: Minor Lands: Blacktyde Castle: Blacktyde Castle Arms: Vairy, green and black The Blacktydes are sworn to the Seastone Chair. House Botley Ranking: Minor Lands: Lordsport on Pyke Castle: Lordsport castle Arms: A school of silver fish on a field of pale green The Botleys rule Lordsport from the keep that overlooks the village. House Codd Ranking: Minor Motto: Though All Men Do Despise Us The Codds are a proud family who have taken the low opinion their fellow ironborn hold of them and incorporated it into their motto. Its warriors are known for fighting with nets. House Farwynd Ranking: Minor Lands: Lonely Light and Sealskin Point Arms: Per fess - below a black sea with crested line, a black longship, outlined against a red setting sun on orange The Farwynds are mostly located along the western shoreline of Great Wyk and the small isles within its vicinity. They are viewed as odd by their fellow ironborn, and rumors abound that the Farwynd branch living on Lonely Light—a small island some eight days sail to the northwest—are actually skinchangers. Another prominent branch of the Farwynd family is the Farwynds of Sealskin Point House Kenning Ranking: Minor Lands: Harlaw Arms: The cloudy hand of the Storm God, rendered in pale grey with yellow lightning flashing from his fingertips, presented on a field of black House Kenning is a bitter rival of House Harlaw, but the Kennings are clearly being defeated by the Harlaws. Some branches serve their conquerors as vassals, but not all have yielded. House Merlyn Ranking: Minor Lands: Pebbleton Castle: Pebbleton Tower Arms: Green, intertwined waterspouts on a field of white House Merlyn makes rules it’s demesne from a towerhouse that sits above the village of Pebbleton. House Orkwood Ranking: Landed Lands: Orkmont Arms: Dark green pine trees bunched together on a field of yellow House Orkwood is another minor house of the Iron Islands, with holdings on the isle of Orkmont. House Saltcliffe Ranking: Minor Lands: Saltcliffe Arms: A nine-headed serpent, black on silver House Saltcliffe presumably controls the entirety of Saltcliffe, one of the smaller isles in the Iron Islands House Stonetree Ranking: Minor Lands: Harlaw Arms: A grey stone tree, devoid of leaves, on a black field House Stonetree is a vassal of House Harlaw. The Stonetrees have considerable holdings, many ships, and fierce warriors, but they kneel before the scythe. House Sunderly Ranking: Minor Lands: Saltcliffe Arms: A pale pink drowned man, hair streaming upwards and fish nibbling at his limbs, floating upright on a blue-green field, House Sunderly is one of the houses that lays claim to the small island of Saltcliffe. House Tawney Ranking: Minor Lands: Orkmont Arms: A scourge of red and black nettles on a white field House Tawney is a minor house on Orkmont.

House Baratheon of Dragonstone

Banners of Dragonstone There are a number of houses sworn to Dragonstone. This list is far from exhaustive, but it gives some of the more interesting houses and a bit of description about each. Stannis has described the houses sworn to Dragonstone as being a poor crop with little money or men. House Sunglass Ranking: Minor Castle: Sweetport Sound Arms: Seven golden stars, each with seven points, arranged in a ring on white House Sunglass is a minor house sworn to Dragonstone. House Velaryon Ranking: Minor Lands: Driftmark Castle: Driftmark Arms: A silver seahorse on sea green Motto: The Old, the True, the Brave Just west of Dragonstone lies the isle of Driftmark. The established Velaryon family rules here; they claim descent from ancient Valyria and have three times provided brides for Targaryen princes. The current lord, who styles himself Lord of the Tides and Master of Driftmark is a hasty and impulsive man, who often acts without thinking, and is elder brother to the Master of Waters for the former King Aegon IV. House Bar Emmon Ranking: Minor Lands: Massey’s Hook Castle: Sharp Point Arms: A leaping blue swordfish on fretty silver on white House Bar Emmon is a minor house of Dragonstone. Sharp Point Castle is located at the end of Massey’s Hook and includes a watchtower in which they burn a great fire to mark the end of the outcropping for ships that sail in the area. House Celtigar Ranking: Major Lands: Claw Isle Arms: Red crabs strewn on white This house is old and long established, they are astonishingly wealthy, commanding such treasures as Myrish carpets, Volantene glass, gold and silver plate, jeweled cups, a Valyrian axe, chests of rubies, a legendary horn able to summon krakens, trained hawks and eagles, and a cellar of valuable and eminently drinkable wines. Claw Isle is located on an island north of Dragonstone, just off Crackclaw Point. The Celtigars claim Crackclaw Point falls under their control, but the people there disagree because they were freed long ago from bending the knee to anyone but the Iron Throne for helping Visenya during the Wars of Conquest. The Red Crab has sent a number of tax collectors to Crackclaw Point, but none of them have ever returned.

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House Tully

House Tully Ranking: Great Lands: Riverlands Castle: Riverrun Arms: A leaping trout on a field of blue and mud red Motto: Family, Duty, Honor While never kings of the riverlands, the Tullys are an old family, trac¬ing their lineage back to the Age of Heroes. They were chief among those river lords who deserted Har¬ren the Black and sided with Aegon the Conqueror. For their part, Aegon raised them up as lords paramount of the riverlands and required the other lords to swear fealty to House Tully. The Tullys have ruled these lands ever since. Banners of the Riverlands Many lords swear fealty to House Tully, though a good many swear fealty directly to the Targaryens. House Frey Ranking: Major Lands: The Crossing Castle: The Twins Arms: Two blue towers on silver-grey House Frey has ruled the Crossing for nearly five hundred years. A rel¬atively recent house, they came to power when they gained the lands around the Green Fork near the Neck. To secure their power they raised a great castle in the center of the river and placed bridges at either side. These wooden spans were eventually replaced with stone, and stolid twin keeps were raised to guard them. Although the Freys came from modest beginnings, their tenacity and ambition, as well as the steady flow of gold levied from those wishing to cross, have el¬evated them to the position of one of the most powerful houses under the Tully banner. The Freys have always put their own concerns above those of their lords. Al¬though sworn to Riverrun they have been anything but diligent about per¬forming their duty. House Frey has ever worked to expand their holdings. Their lands include a number of villages including Hag’s Mire and Sevenstreams. While con¬tent to push south, they have always craved the Neck and have mount¬ed several invasions into the lands of the crannogmen in the hopes of claiming the territory for themselves. House Grell Ranking: Landed Arms: Three red martlets on white bend, on a blue field House Grell is one of the minor houses of the riverlands. House Lothston Ranking: Major Castle: Harrenhal Arms: A black bat on per bend silver and gold House Lothston is the most recent house to rule Harrenhal. A family under a sinister cloud, the black bat of their arms is known throughout the region for being an ill-sign. It’s also said the young Ser Lucas Lothston, heir of his line, practices dark arts in Harrenhal. House Mallister Ranking: Major Castle: Seagard Lands: Cape of Eagles Arms: A silver eagle displayed on indigo Motto: Above the Rest Near the Cape of Eagles stands Seagard, a great castle and seat of House Mallister. This old castle was raised to protect the coast against ironmen raiders and still serves in this capacity to this day. Its great est feature is the Booming Tower, a mighty tower equipped with a great bronze bell that’s rung when longships are sighted. In two cen¬turies, it has never been rung, but they stand ever ready. The people of Seagard have a bone-deep distrust of the ironmen and see the Greyjoys of Pyke as their greatest enemies. The castle and surrounding community are well fortified, able to resist just about any strength attack from sea. House Mallister is sworn to the Tullys, but they have close ties to the Starks as well. House Mooton Ranking: Minor Lands: Bay of Crabs Castle: Maidenpool Arms: A red salmon on white, a gold tressure Motto: Wisdom and Strength Another older house in the riverlands, House Mooton rules their lands from Maidenpool, where it’s said Florian the Fool first beheld Jonquil. Legends aside, House Mooton was well known for their ties to House Targaryen. House Piper Ranking: Major Castle: Pinkmaiden Castle Arms: A dancing maiden pink in a swirl of white silk, on blue Motto: Brave and Beautiful The Pipers of Pinkmaiden Castle are an important and influential family in the riverlands. Their holding stands near the Red Fork, about halfway between its source and Riverrun. They are valued for the support and fealty they give to House Tully. House Shawney Ranking: Minor Arms: Per fess - blue, red, green above, a white catfish on black below House Shawney is a minor house of the riverlands. House Smallwood Ranking: Minor Castle: Acorn Hall Arms: Six brown acorns - 3-2-1, on yellow Motto: From These Beginnings A vassal to Lord Vance, House Smallwood is a minor house in the riverlands. They possess a great oaken keep surrounded by stone cur¬tain walls. . House Wayn Ranking: Landed Arms: Four wheels countercharged on quartered blue and white House Wayn is a minor house sworn to Riverrun. House Whent Ranking: Major Arms: Nine black bats - 4-3-2, on yellow The Whents are a powerful and influential family. House Blackwood Ranking: Major Castle: Raventree Hall Arms: A flock of ravens on scarlet surrounding a dead weir¬wood on a black escutcheon House Blackwood is one of the few houses in the riverlands that can claim legitimate descent from the First Men, and for this reason, they, unlike many of the other river lords, follow the old gods and keep the old customs of their ancestors. Part of their unwavering beliefs stem from the fact that the Blackwoods claim to have once been kings of the Trident. The ancient feud between the Blackwoods and the Brackens can be traced to this era. Over the centuries, the two houses have fought and bickered, skirmishing against one another and even breaking out into open war. Regardless of the cooler heads that sometimes come to power, something always inspires a renewal of these hostilities. For example, the feud had abated until Ser Otho Bracken, the Brute of Bracken, slew Lord Quentyn Blackwood in a tournament at King’s Landing about a generation ago. When Lord Bracken named his son Otho as heir on his deathbed, the Blackwoods were enraged and rekindled the hostilities that carry on to the present day. House Blanetree Ranking: Minor Arms: Maple leaves, green and brown, strewn on a field of yellow House Blanetree is a minor house of the riverlands. House Bracken Ranking: Major Castle: Stone Hedge Arms: A red stallion upon a golden escutcheon on brown House Bracken is one of the oldest and most distinguished houses of the riverlands, who, according to legend, were also petty kings of the Trident though they lost their titles with the coming of the Andals. Tracing their lineage back to the Age of Heroes, they have ruled their lands with holdings along the Red Fork from Stone Hedge for as long as anyone can remember. While a chief house, they are better known for their ongoing feud with House Blackwood, a conflict that finds its origins in the Age of Heroes and has continued for thousands of years. Although the Brackens descend from the First Men, they set aside their devotion to the old gods to embrace the Faith of the Andals, an act that did nothing to contain the violence between the two houses. The tensions worsened again a century ago when Ser Otho Bracken, who had previously slain Lord Quentyn Blackwood during a tournament at King’s Landing, ascended to become the next Bracken lord. The two houses once again went for each other’s throats and continue to do so to this day. Lord Otho Bracken is the head of the house and one of Lord Tully’s oldest and most loyal bannermen. House Darry Ranking: Minor Lands: Darry Castle: Darry Arms: A black plowman on brown House Darry had long been one of the greatest houses in the river¬lands. With a long history of support for House Targaryen, Darry has given many sons to the Kingsguard, including one of the greatest Lord Commanders, a hero named the Demon of Darry. While sworn to Riverrun, they had close ties to the Iron Throne. House Deddings Ranking: Minor House Deddings is a small but wealthy house in the riverlands. House Erenford Ranking: Minor Arms: A golden heron, beaked and gammed black, standing with a silver fish in its beak, all on a pink field Another minor house of the riverlands, House Erenford is sworn to the Twins. House Fisher Ranking: Extinct Arms: A crowned catfish, spotted grey, on blue field Before the conquests of the Iron Islands and before the ascension of House Mudd, the Fishers were the Kings of the Rivers and Hills. Their reign came sometime after House Teague and before House Justman. House Harroway Ranking: Extinct Castle: Harrenhal Arms: Per bend sinister orange and black rayonne, a castle countercharged House Harroway was one of the houses to hold Harrenhal after Harren the Black’s line was extinguished. They succeeded House Towers and were replaced, when they died out, by House Strong. House Hawick Ranking: Minor Castle: Saltpans Arms: White sea birds strewn on a blue field House Hawick commands a small keep overlooking the town of Salt¬pans. House Justman Ranking: Extinct Arms: Golden scale on white, a double tressure blue The dead house of Justman ruled the riverlands sometime after House Fisher. House Keath Ranking: Landed Arms: Quarterly of nine - a white fish on grey, a golden fish hook on white House Keath is one of the minor families of the riverlands. House Lolliston Ranking: Minor Arms: Three oaken barrels on white House Lolliston is one of the minor families of the riverlands. House Lychester Ranking: Minor Castle: Castle Lychester Arms: Orange and white gyronny, a black talon House Lychester serves at the pleasure of House Targaryen. House Mudd Ranking: Extinct Castle: Oldstones Arms: A golden crown studded with emeralds on a red-brown field House Mudd were the last Kings of the Rivers and the Hills, de¬stroyed when the Andals finally slew the hero-king, Tristifer the Fourth. When his son came to power he proved a pale shadow of his father and the kingdom and House Mudd were lost. The only thing remaining of this once great family is Oldstones, a ruin overlooking the Blue Fork. House Qoherys Ranking: Extinct Castle: Harrenhal Arms: A flaming saltire, red and yellow, between four white skulls, on black After Aegon the Conqueror destroyed Harren the Black, Harrenhal and its holdings went to House Qoherys, a family that claimed Valyrian extraction and whose founder was one of Aegon’s battle companions. When Qoherys died, the lands passed on to House Towers. House Roote Ranking: Minor Lands: Lord Harroway’s Town Castle: Harroway Tower Arms: A two-headed horse, brown, on a field of wavy green and dark green House Roote was granted Lord Harroway’s Town and the nearby hold¬ings when House Harroway of Harrenhal died out. The town and its lord are both unexceptional, except for the “two-headed water horse,” a great ferry that is the only way to cross the Trident here, said to date back to the days of Old King Andahar. House Ryger Ranking: Minor Castle: Willow Wood Arms: A weeping willow, green on white House Ryger is another small house sworn to House Tully.. House Strong Ranking: Extinct Castle: Harrenhal Arms: A tripartite pale blue, red, and green on white House Strong succeeded House Harroway in ruling Harrenhal and its surrounding lands. Lyonel Strong, Lord of Harrenhall and Hand of the King, wed Rhaenyra Targaryen and fathered three sons by her before dying. The Strongs were among Rhaenyra’s strongest support¬ers during the Dance of the Dragons, and her three sons by Lord Lyonel all perished during the fighting. House Strong, like all others to gain the accursed castle, died out, at which point House Lothston claimed the castle. House Teague Ranking: Extinct Arms: A golden trident upright on black between two golden flanches House Teague was one of the ancient lines of kings that ruled the lands of the Trident. It’s believed they were lords after House Mudd, perhaps carving out their kingdom from the tatters of the one that preceded them. House Terrick Ranking: Landed Arms: Per saltire purple and gold, four hawks’ heads counter-charged House Terrick is a minor house of the riverlands. House Towers Ranking: Extinct Castle: Harrenhal Arms: Five black towers on white, a double tressure red and black House Towers had the misfortune to take over Harrenhal after House Qoherys died out. They were followed by House Harroway. House Vance Ranking: Major Castle: Atranta Arms: Quartered - a green dragon on white, a white tower on black House Vance of Atranta is one of two major branches of the extended Vance family. House Vance Ranking: Major Castle: Wayfarer’s Rest Arms: Quartered - a black dragon on white, two golden eyes in a glowing ring on black House Vance of Wayfarer’s Rest is the other branch of the extended Vance family. They are a powerful house, with many smaller banners sworn to them, such as the Smallwoods. House Vypren Ranking: Minor Arms: A black toad on white lily pad, on green House Vypren is a minor house of the riverlands with ties to House Frey.

House Arryn

House ArrynHouse Arryn Ranking: Great Lands: The Mountains of the Moon and the Vale of Arryn Castle Eyrie Arms: A sky blue falcon soaring against a white moon, on sky-blue Motto: As High As Honor The Arryns are one of the old¬est lines of Andal nobility in the Seven Kingdoms. Tracing their lineage back six thousand years to Ser Artys Arryn, the Arryns have strived to exclusively marry other Andals, making theirs one of the purest lines in the Seven Kingdoms. Banners of the Vale The following are the Houses of the Mountains of the Moon and Vale of Arryn that owe their fealty to the man who sits on the weirwood throne in the High Hall of the Eyrie. House Belmore Ranking: Major Castle: Strongsong Arms: Six silver bells on purple - 3-2-1 The ancestral castle of House Belmore is called Strongsong and lies at the confluence of two rivers deep within the Mountains of the Moon, north of the Eyrie. House Borrell Ranking: Minor Lands: Sweetsister Castle: Breakwater Castle Arms: A white spider crab on grey-green Sweetsister is the outermost of a trio of islands in the Bite called the Three Sisters. House Borrell rules Sweetsister and is in turn sworn to House Sunderland. The current Lord of Sweetsister is called the Shield of Sisterton, the Master of Breakwater Castle, and Keeper of the Night Lamp. The Night Lamp is a giant lighthouse that warns ships away from the rocky shoals surrounding Sweetsister and safely guides them to the port of Sisterton on Longsister. House Coldwater Ranking: Minor Castle: Coldwater Burn Arms: A blue pall with white borders on red The ancestral castle of House Coldwater is called Coldwater Burn, which lies at the mouth of the northernmost river in the snakewood where it meets the narrow sea in the Fingers. The Coldwaters are sworn to the Royces of Runestone. House Grafton Ranking: Major Lands: Gulltown Arms: Burning tower in yellow, within a black pile, upon a flaming red field Gulltown is the only large town in the Vale of Arryn and is located on a sheltered harbor on the southeastern coast of the Vale on the Bay of Crabs. It sits just across the narrow sea from Braavos and is an important trading port for vessels traveling up or down the coast. A well-known song is sung about riding to see a fair maid in Gulltown. House Hardyng Ranking: Minor Arms: A field of red and white diamonds House Hardyng is a house famous for being once of landed knights sworn to the Waynwoods of Ironoaks. Many famous knights have been from the Hardyng line. House Hunter Ranking: Major Castle: Longbow Hall Arms: Five silver arrows, fanned, on a brown field The castle of House Hunter, Longbow Hall, rests near the narrow sea east of the Eyrie. House Redfort Ranking: Minor Castle: Redfort Arms: Red castle on a white field with a red, embattled border Motto: As Strong as Stone The ancestral castle of House Redfort, called the Redfort, is located in the southern part of the Vale of Arryn, just north of the Bay of Crabs and nestled into the foothills of the Mountains of the Moon. They are an old and noble house, and can trace their lineage to the First Men who served the Kings of Mountain and Vale before the Andals ar¬rived. House Shett Ranking: Landed Castle: Gull Tower Arms: 3 golden wings, bendwise, on checkered white and black House Shett calls Gull Tower its home near Gulltown. House Templeton Ranking: Minor Castle Ninestars Arms: Nine stars, one of seven points and the rest of six points, upon a gold saltire on black House Templeton is a great knightly house of the Vale. Its head takes the hereditary title of Knight of Ninestars. House Tollett Ranking: Minor Castle: Grey Glen Arms: Pile grey and black Motto: When All is Darkest House Tollett is a noble family of the Vale. House Upcliff Ranking: Minor Arms: A cresting wave, sea green on a field of black House Upcliff is a minor family of the Vale. House Corbray Ranking: Minor Castle: Heart’s Home Arms: Three black ravens in flight holding three hearts, on white House Corbray’s seat is at the castle called Heart’s Home, located at the mouth of the southernmost river of the snakewood where it spills into the narrow sea. Heart’s Home is downriver from Strongsong and just east across the Vale from the Eyrie. The Corbray line are famed wielders of the Valyrian sword Lady Forlorn. The Corbrays are an ancient and impoverished house with blood relations to the Starks through a Royce daughter who married into their line and whose mother was a Stark. House Donniger Ranking: Landed Arms: A red sun rising from a grey-green sea against a yellow sky A noble house of the Vale. House Egen Ranking: Minor Arms: Yellow sun, white crescent moon, and a silver star on blue chief above a white field Motto: By Day or Night House Egen has always served House Arryn and their arms boast that they will serve at all hours. House Elesham Ranking: Minor Lands: The Paps Arms: Double pile inverted, stone on pink, a black mullet between House Elesham rules the Paps, an island northeast of the Fingers in the Shivering Sea. House Hersey Ranking: Minor Castle: Newkeep Arms: A winged white chalice on a pink field House Hersey is a noble house of the Vale. House Longthorpe Ranking: Minor Lands: Longsister House Longthorpe calls Longsister, the western most isle of the Three Sisters, its home. Longthorpe is a vassal of House Sunderland. Lord Rolland Longthorpe is the current head of the House Hold. House Lynderly Ranking: Minor Lands: Snakewood Arms: Black field strewn with wriggling green serpents The seat of House Lynderly is a castle called Sunkenwood on the coast of the narrow sea at the southern edge of the snakewood. House Lynderly is a minor house. House Melcolm Ranking: Minor Castle: Old Anchor Arms: A rusty anchor on a turquoise field beneath a yellow chief with three blue plates House Melcolm calls home their castle Old Anchor. Old Anchor is located northeast of Ironoaks Castle along the coast of the narrow sea. House Pryor Ranking: Minor Lands: Pebble Arms: A partial eclipse, black moon over yellow sun, on a dusty pink field Pebble is an island north of the Fingers in the Bite and is the seat of House Pryor. House Royce Ranking: Minor Castle: Runestone Arms: Black iron studs on a bronze field, bordered with runes Motto: We Remember The ancestral castle of House Royce, Runestone, sits due north of Gull¬town on the coast of the narrow sea. House Ruthermont Ranking: Landed Arms: Five black starfish on a gold pale, on pean House Ruthermont is a noble family of the Vale. House Sunderland Ranking: Major Lands: Three Sisters Arms: Three women’s heads, white with black hair, on blue and green undy House Sunderland rules from Sisterton, the primary port of the Three Sisters, a trio of narrow islands in the Bite north of the Vale, and calls all Sistermen their sworn vassals. House Torrent Ranking: Minor Lands: Littlesister House Torrent calls the middle isle of the Three Sisters, Littlesister, its home. House Torrent is a vassal house to House Sunderland. House Waynwood Ranking: Minor Castle: Ironoaks Castle Arms: A black broken wheel on a field of green The castle of House Waynwood, Ironoaks, lies almost due east of the Bloody Gate on the coast of the narrow sea. The Waynwoods have long been loyal to House Arryn, and they are a house built on ceremony and tradition.

House Baratheon

House Baratheon of the Stormlands Ranking: Great Lands: Stormlands Castle: Storm’s End Arms: A crowned black stag on a golden field Motto: Ours is the Fury The Baratheons have ruled over the stormlands since Orys Baratheon killed the last Storm King and took his lands, daughter, motto, and titles. While much of the rest of the Seven Kingdoms came to know a time of peace, the stormlands continued to fight against the Dornishmen, both defending their own lands and seek¬ing to take those of Dornish nobles. Though the land has never been a greatly prosperous one, the strong military tradi¬tions and fortifications of the stormlands made it difficult for any to take what wealth it did have. As a result, the Baratheons came to be very proud of their newly forged heritage. As with any family, the Baratheons vary in temperament, but they have a general tendency toward extremes of emotion and behavior. They are raised to proudly hold what is theirs, from lands to opinions, and defend it. Wrongs are not easily forgotten, friends are valued so long as they prove loyal, and disagreements are often taken seriously even when meant in jest. Those familiar with the family know the signs of the fa¬mous Baratheon wrath, but to others, their anger often seems capricious and unpredictable. Banners of the Stormlands More houses in the stormlands have a high degree of military tradi¬tion than do many other regions of Westeros, owning largely to years of fighting with Dornishmen in antiquity, and conflicts with bandits in the wild forests, plains, and mountains even to the modern era. The houses also sometimes come into conflict with one another, a tradition the Baratheons have allowed as long as such conflicts never break into open warfare or threaten the security of the stormlands. Of course, minor skirmishes with brigands are not the same as war. Many young men of the stormlands welcome opportunities to earn glory and fame in war, but few understand the true cost of such conflict. They are prepared for the planning and execution of single battles, but not the grind of years-long sieges, the horror of ravaged lands, or the emotional impact of marching from one bloody battle to the next, with no victory feasts or comfortable soft beds to prepare them for their next conquest. Many have the personal steel of character to adjust to the hardships of true war, but some will crack in the tempering of such long-term strife. House Buckler Ranking: Minor Castle: Bronzegate Arms: Three brass buckles on blue Lord Buckler rules Bronzegate, a castle on the kingsroad northwest of Storm’s End. House Caron Ranking: Major Castle: Nightsong Arms: A field of black nightingales on yellow Motto: No Song So Sweet House Caron is an old and powerful family ruling from their hereditary seat of Nightsong, a castle located in the center of the Dornish Marches, north of the Prince’s Pass. The Lord of Nightsong is also titled Lord of the Marches and is given the defense of the Marches against Dornish invasion. Nightsong is the westernmost castle of the stormlands, mak¬ing it a natural target for any attack coming from Dorne or the Reach. House Dondarrion Ranking: Major Castle: Blackhaven Arms: Forked purple lightning on a black field speckled with four-pointed stars House Dondarrion was established by one of the Storm Kings as a re¬ward to a vassal. The first Lord Dondarrion carried a warning of a Dor¬nish invasion to the Storm King during a stormy night. Two Dornish warriors attacked him, and he fell from his horse and broke his sword. He believed himself to be doomed, but then a forked bolt of purple lightning killed the two Dornishmen. Dondarrion was able to bring word of the invading army and enabled the Storm King to win a great victory. The bolt has been the sigil of the house since the day the Storm King ennobled the first of the line. The seat of House Dondarrion is Blackhaven, a forbidding moun¬tain fortress located to control the middle of the Boneway Pass through the Red Mountains. It also covers the mountains from any invasion from the Marches. As brigands and criminals often try to hide in the Red Mountains, there is a long history of the lords of Dondarrion riding out to track down the more notable and dangerous of these outlaws. Even when the rest of the stormlands are enjoying relative peace, there is likely to be fighting of this type for the men of the Dondarrion line. House Estermont Ranking: Major Castle: Greenstone Arms: A dark green sea turtle on sea green House Estermont is seated in Greenstone, a small castle on the isle of Estermont. There are close family ties between them and House Bara¬theon. House Gower Ranking: Minor Arms: Nine yellow trefoils on a black cross on ermine A minor house loyal to Baratheon. House Hasty Ranking: Minor Arms: A white bend cottised on purple House Hasty is a minor house in the stormlands. House Morrigen Ranking: Minor Castle: Crow’s Nest Arms: A black crow in flight on storm-green House Morrigen is seated in Crow’s Nest, located in the mountains west of the rainwood. It serves to guard the route between the Marches and the rest of the stormlands. The House has a long and noble history of service to the Baratheons, and the Storm Kings before them. House Penrose Ranking: Minor Castle: Parchments Arms: White crossed quills on russet Motto: Set Down Our Deeds House Penrose has a long history of close ties to Storm’s End and has proven to be a constant supporter of the Baratheons. House Selmy Ranking: Landed Castle: Harvest Hall Arms: Three stalks of yellow wheat on brown House Selmy is seated in Harvest Hall, a minor castle located on the eastern edge of the Reach. Harvest Hall is surrounded by arable land, and it produces significantly more crops than most strongholds in the stormlands. It is otherwise unremarkable, though certainly a sturdy for¬tress. House Swann Ranking: Major Castle: Stonehelm Arms: Battling swans black and white, with beaks and feet of gold, on per pale white and black Next to House Baratheon, House Swann is probably the most power¬ful and influential family in the stormlands. They rule from Stone¬helm, a castle situated on Cape Wrath and built to oversee a major river route inland to the stormlands, and have governed these lands for as long as any can remember. Their wealth and power makes even the Baratheons consider a situation carefully before angering the Swann family. House Tarth Ranking: Minor Lands: Tarth Castle: Evenfall Hall Arms: Quartered - yellow suns and white crescents on rose and azure House Tarth is seated in Evenfall Hall, on the island of Tarth. Also known as the Sapphire Island, waters of clear, deep blue surround Tarth. The island itself is among the most beautiful places in the stormlands. Though mountainous, it has numerous clear waterfalls running into surprisingly cold streams, high meadows, and deep vales. Though the land is not rich in ore or gemstones, it has resources aplenty to support its native population. House Toyne Ranking: Major Castle: Arms: Worldend A winged heart, black on gold, within a black bordure embattled Motto: Fly High, Fly Far Holding a seaside castle, they oversee a great deal of the protection of the Stormland with their fleets while also providing many sworn servants who are considered some of the most prosperous fisherman in the lands. House Tudbury Ranking: Minor Arms: A brown tortoise within a yellow lozenge on green House Tudbury is a minor house of the stormlands. House Wagstaff Ranking: Minor Arms: Five yellow mascles on green House Wagstaff is a minor house of the stormlands. House Wylde Ranking: Landed Lands: Rainwood Castle: Rain House Arms: A blue-green maelstrom on gold House Wylde is a minor house of the stormlands, with holdings in the rainwood. House Bolling Ranking: Minor Arms: Vairy orange and blue, upon a black canton, a golden stag beneath an orange bend sinister House Bolling is a minor house of the stormlands. Their arms suggest illegitimate descent from a Baratheon sire. House Cafferen Ranking: Landed Castle: Fawnton Arms: Two white fawns counter salient on green A minor house deeply loyal to the Targaryens. House Connington Ranking: Minor Castle: Griffin’s Roost Arms: Two griffins combatant countercharged on red and white House Connington was at one time a wealthy and powerful noble house of the stormlands, seated in Griffin’s Roost. They had close ties to the Targaryen royal line, including many prestigious appointments over the centuries, such as Hand of the King or Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. House Errol Ranking: Minor Castle: Haystack Hall Arms: A yellow haystack on orange House Errol is a minor house of the stormlands. Lord Errol com¬mands his House Hold from Haystack Hall. House Fell Ranking: Minor Castle: Felwood Arms: Per fess, a white crescent moon in the first on black above a green field, a spruce tree line between A minor hous with ties to House Targaryen. House Grandison Ranking: Minor Castle: Grandview Arms: A black lion sleeping on a yellow field Motto: Rouse Me Not House Grandison is an old but minor house of the stormlands. House Herston Ranking: Minor Arms: A yellow rooster’s head with red comb, within a white escutcheon, on red House Herston is a minor house of the stormlands. House Horpe Ranking: Minor Arms: Per chevron engrailed grey and bone, three deaths head moths countercharged House Horpe is a minor house in the stormlands. House Kellington Ranking: Minor Arms: A black book bound in bronze, locked, upon a pale blue field House Kellington is a minor house of the stormlands. House Lonmouth Ranking: Minor Arms: Quartered of six - red lips strewn on yellow, yellow skulls strewn on black Motto: The Choice is Yours House Lonmouth is a minor house. House Mertyn Ranking: Landed Castle: Mistwood Arms: A white great horned owl on grey House Mertyn is a minor house of the stormlands, with holdings on Cape Wrath. House Musgood Ranking: Minor Arms: Quarterly - A golden pavilion on blue, a green laurel crown on white House Musgood is a minor house of the stormlands. House Peasebury Ranking: Minor Castle: Poddingfield Arms: A pea pod burst open, green on white, bordered by three rows of green peas House Peasebury is a minor house of the stormlands. House Rogers Ranking: Landed Castle: Amberly Arms: Nine unicorns around a maze, silver on black House Rogers is a minor house of the stormlands. House Staedmon Ranking: Minor Castle: Broad Arch Arms: A black dagger piercing a red heart on white de sang within an undulating border Lord Staedmon rules this minor house of the stormlands. House Swygert Ranking: Minor Arms: A white scroll with gold knobs on purple, a white tres¬sure Motto: Truth Conquers House Swygert is a minor house in the stormlands. House Trant Ranking: Major Castle: Gallowsgrey Arms: A hanged man, black on blue Motto: So End Our Foes House Trant is a house in the stormlands. House Wensington Ranking: Landed Arms: Two golden trumpets crossed on blue, a gold chief with three black stags Motto: Sound the Charge House Wensington is a minor house of the stormlands.

[Gandalfus]

Have you done house florent?
Great work btw

[Narf]

Have you done house florent?
Great work btw

Thanks.
And yes. Didn't you read it all. pfft
House Florent
Ranking: Minor
Castle: Brightwater Keep
Arms: A red fox in a circle of blue flowers on ermine
Of all the houses within the Reach, the Florents are one of the only families that strive to outdo the Tyrells when attempting to better their station through marriage. Of course, the Florents have a bit higher to climb since House Tyrell has dominion over the Reach, and the Florent’s domain doesn’t extend far beyond his castle walls. This is none too pleasing to the Florents, whose blood ties to the extinct House Gardener are stronger than the Tyrells, a fact they will recite with little prompting to any who appear interested.

[Narf]

House Stark is up.

[Narf]

Added Houses of The Crownlands

[jakev2]

I would suggest making House Florent a major house, rather than a minor one. Do the various levels of house (Great, Major etc.) have any effect in the game, beyond perhaps making marriages? I can't imagine a major house would want to marry into a minor house, generally speaking.

[Gandalfus]

Good job.
Now to do mine

[Narf]

I would suggest making House Florent a major house, rather than a minor one. Do the various levels of house (Great, Major etc.) have any effect in the game, beyond perhaps making marriages? I can't imagine a major house would want to marry into a minor house, generally speaking.

I know they have a lot of political pull, just like the Ambrose. But beside that looking at it objectively. All they have is Blackwater Castle. And that is no matter how you look at it. Minor. Sorry.

Do tell me wrong If I am wrong and I am open to persuasion always. So do try to convince me they deserve major. I listen to critique But now you know why I have initially set them as minor.

[Narf]

Good job.
Now to do mine

As my Lord Commands.

[Narf]

House Lannister Added.

[jakev2]

I feel that their political clout is such that they must be considered a major house. Just look at who some of their women have married in the books. Selyse Florent is married to Stannis, of a Great house, Melessa Florent is married to Randyll Tarly, of a Major house, and Rhea Florent is married to Leyton Hightower, also of a Major house. They would not be able to marry so many powerful men unless the Florents themselves were considered a Major house.

And their castle, Brightwater Keep, is listed as a "Very Prosperous province", higher than Cider Hall and Horn Hill, and equal to Goldengrove, all of which are the seats of Major houses.

[Narf]

I feel that their political clout is such that they must be considered a major house. Just look at who some of their women have married in the books. Selyse Florent is married to Stannis, of a Great house, Melessa Florent is married to Randyll Tarly, of a Major house, and Rhea Florent is married to Leyton Hightower, also of a Major house. They would not be able to marry so many powerful men unless the Florents themselves were considered a Major house.

And their castle, Brightwater Keep, is listed as a "Very Prosperous province", higher than Cider Hall and Horn Hill, and equal to Goldengrove, all of which are the seats of Major houses.

Indeed, they have married into some Major Houses, and that gives them political pull, Just like the House Ambrose. And It may actually be a mistake that Brightwater Keep is considered a Region when the Florent House only own the actual Keep and little of the surrounding Lands. Not the entire Region.

Land, tiny. Political, Major. Final Verdict: Minor. The Tyrell Family would not give people with such a strong claim enough power to be considered Major.

Your turn.

[Narf]

Added House Martell. Dance you are like everybody else Welcome to give me additional information about Dorne And I'll Add it, Or discuss it if I happen to disagree. Help is very much appreciated. Just saying because I reckon you know much more.

[jakev2]

Indeed, they have married into some Major Houses, and that gives them political pull, Just like the House Ambrose. And It may actually be a mistake that Brightwater Keep is considered a Region when the Florent House only own the actual Keep and little of the surrounding Lands. Not the entire Region.

Land, tiny. Political, Major. Final Verdict: Minor. The Tyrell Family would not give people with such a strong claim enough power to be considered Major.

Your turn.

I'll concede if you can provide me with a conanical source which suggests that the Florents own only a small amount of land around Brightwater Keep. However, I feel the significance placed on the Florent forces joining Stannis implies they are a major house.

TBH, if there is no in-game impact, we have no reason to be arguing

[Narf]

People might use it for in-game at some point.

I'll counter your argument with this. Show me a place that says they have anything but the Keep.

[jakev2]

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/attac...5&d=1335824810

This map. The one we use for this game. Each province is ruled by a Lord, Brightwater Keep is both a castle and a province, and the map shows that there is plenty of land under the control of Brightwater Keep.

They are obviously able to muster a large force, as they are considered Stannis' most important allies. To muster such a force, they would need control over a reasonable amount of land. Therefore, it is implied that they have land, even if it is never explicitly stated. It is never implied that they do not.

[Narf]

The reason their strong claim is mentioned is exactly to explain how they can summon so many supporters. It is not because they have a lot of land, But because they are the Rightful Rulers in many eyes. This also explain why the Tyrells would not allow them more land than what they have.

[jakev2]

Not so. By most in the Reach, they are considered nothing more than jealousy. Their forces are their own, as no Reach Lords would dare to risk the wrath of the Tyrells for joining the Florents and Stannis. Yes, many in the Reach joined Stannis initially, but then almost all but the Florents switched back. The Florents were still Stannis' most important supporters, when they were alone among the Reach Lords.

[Narf]

Very well. I shall change them to Landed. Good?