Annotations from item #46266813:

Hoare Castle was a castle on Great Wyk and one of the seats of House Hoare when they ruled as Kings of the Iron Islands.

History

House Hoare was originally from Orkmont. It is unknown when Hoare Castle was built on Great Wyk.

King Harmund III Hoare was overthrown by the priests of the Drowned God, who imprisoned the king in Hoare Castle, crowned his brother, Hagon, and mutilated their mother, Queen Lelia Lannister. In retaliation, House Lannister invaded the Iron Islands. The Lannister commander, Ser Aubrey Crakehall, defeated King Hagon the Heartless, gave the gift of mercy to Harmund in the dungeon, and ordered that the castle be razed to the ground.




Annotations from item #46266814:

Hoarfrost Hill

The North and the location of Hoarfrost Hill

Hoarfrost Hill is a castle along the Wall abandoned by the Night's Watch. It is located between Stonedoor to the west and Icemark to the east.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Lord Commander Jon Snow intends to garrison the abandoned castle but does not name a commander.




Annotations from item #46266815:

Lord Hoarfrost Umber was a Lord of the Last Hearth, the grandfather of Greatjon Umber and father of Hother Umber and Mors Umber.

History

Hoarfrost believed that his youngest son Hother had the making of a maester and therefore sent him to study at the Citadel in Oldtown around 250 AC.

Family




Annotations from item #46266816:

Hobb, called Three-Finger Hobb, is the main cook at Castle Black for the Night's Watch.

Contents

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Hobb is among those left behind by Bowen Marsh when the First Steward sets off after wildling raiders. During the battle beneath the Wall, Hobb keeps the defenders fed. Hobb is among the candidates at the choosing of the new Lord Commander of the Night's Watch.

A Dance with Dragons

Hobb gathers with two score other black brothers near the gate of Castle Black after word spreads that the heads of three rangers have been found impaled on spikes on the other side of the Wall. Lord Commander Jon Snow verifies that Jack Bulwer, Hairy Hal, and Garth Greyfeather have been slain by the Weeper. A friend of Garth's, Alf of Runnymudd, breaks down at the news, and Hobb is ordered by Jon to get Alf to bed and give him mulled wine.

Quotes about Hobb

Samwell: Who are these five who keep voting for Three-Finger Hobb?

Clydas: Brothers who want him out of the kitchens?

Samwell Tarly and Clydas

Bowen: Who better to command the black cloaks than a man who once commanded the gold, sire?

Stannis: Any of you, I would think. Even the cook.

Bowen Marsh and Stannis Baratheon




Annotations from item #46266817:

Hobb the Hewer was a woodsman who gained fame during the civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons.

History

The Dance of the Dragons

During the Storming of the Dragonpit, Hobb managed to slay the dragon Shrykos when he managed to leap on the dragons neck, driving his axe into the beasts skull as Shrykos tried to shake him off. Hobb locked his legs around the beasts neck and continued to rain blows on the dragons skull. The seventh blow (known as the Stranger's blow) ended Shrykos life.

Some tales also claim Hobb slew the dragon Syrax, however most historians concur this is highly unlikely. It is unknown if Hobb survived or not, he most likely was slain when the Dragonpit collapsed.




Annotations from item #46266818:

Ser Hobber Redwyne, mocked as Slobber, is a knight of House Redwyne. He is the son of Lord Paxter Redwyne and Lady Mina Tyrell, and younger twin to, Ser Horas.

Contents

Appearance

Hobber is homely with orange hair and a square, freckled face.

History

When Samwell Tarly was sent to the Arbor to become a page, Ser Hobber and Ser Horas teased and humiliated him.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Ser Hobber takes part in the Hand's tourney in King's Landing.

A Clash of Kings

The Iron Throne keeps the Redwyne twins as hostages for the good behavior of their father, Lord Paxter Redwyne, during the War of the Five Kings. The youth is unhorsed in the tourney on King Joffrey's name day by Ser Meryn Trant after breaking their first lances.

Paxter refrains from joining his forces to that of Renly Baratheon. After Renly's death, Hobber is allowed to accompany Petyr Baelish on his mission to recruit House Tyrell at Bitterbridge while Horas remains in captivity.

A Storm of Swords

Sansa Stark notices one of the Redwyne twins sparring with Ser Tallad the Tall.

Ser Hobber attends the wedding of Margaery Tyrell and King Joffrey I Baratheon. Hobber is called as a witness for the prosecution in the trial of Tyrion for the death of Joffrey. He tells of how he saw Tyrion fill the wedding chalice.

A Feast for Crows

Hobber, Horas, and their father Paxter attend the funeral of Lord Tywin Lannister.

A Dance with Dragons

The Redwyne twins are declared innocent.

Family




Annotations from item #46266819:

Ser Hobert Hightower was a knight from House Hightower, during the Dance of the Dragons.

Contents

Character and Appearance

Hobert was as stout as he was slow. He had never distinguished himself until late in life.

History

Hobert fought in the Dance of the Dragons on the side of his kin, King Aegon II Targaryen. He was a cousin of Lord Ormund Hightower, who was killed in the first Battle of Tumbleton. At the age of sixty, Hobert was given command of Ormund's army as he was the most senior Hightower remaining in the greens host. Until then he was only in charge of the baggage train. Prince Daeron Targaryen ordered Hobert to stop the sack of Tumbleton, but Hobert failed miserably.

Along with Lord Unwin Peake, Hobert was a leader of the Caltrops who conspired to kill the Two Betrayers. After the Second Battle of Tumbleton, he brought two casks of wine to Ulf the White, Ulf was suspicious of Hobert's behaviour however and asked him to drink first. Hobert to his credit instead of betraying his allies, poured himself a glass of wine, drank it, praised the taste and poured himself a second glass. This satisfied Ulf who drank deep of the poisoned wine. They both died moments later.

Quotes

History has little good to say about Ser Hobert Hightower, but no man can question the manner of his death. Rather than betray his fellow Caltrops, he let the squire fill his cup, drank deep, and asked for more.

Archmaester Gyldayn

Family




Annotations from item #46266820:

Hodor is a stableboy serving at Winterfell. flashback. ‎

Contents

Appearance and Character

See also: Images of Hodor

Hodor is large and slow of wits, but is gentle and loyal to the Stark family. He is only capable of saying one word, Hodor.

Hodor is over seven feet tall, with brown eyes,

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

After Bran Stark's fall, he needs a way to move about the castle. Maester Luwin designs a basket that can be strapped to Hodor's back and in which Bran can be placed. Hodor has served as Bran's way of transportation since. However, Hodor, being a simpleton, sometimes forgets that Bran is in the basket, which causes Bran moments of pain.

A Clash of Kings

After Theon Greyjoy takes Winterfell, Hodor hides in the crypts along with Osha, Bran, Rickon, Meera Reed and Jojen Reed, faking their escape out of the castle. They eventually leave the crypts only to find the castle destroyed. After speaking to the dying Maester Luwin, it is decided that Bran and Rickon should be split up. Hodor goes with Bran, Jojen and Meera north to the Wall.

A Storm of Swords

Hodor flees with Bran, Meera, and Jojen north toward the Wall. They eventually reach the Nightfort and meet Samwell Tarly of the Night's Watch. He leads them through a secret door at the bottom of a well that takes them through to the north side of the Wall. There they meet Coldhands, an enigmatic figure of uncertain allegiance.

A Dance with Dragons

They reach the cave of the three-eyed crow, but are ambushed by wights just outside the cave's entrance. Bran uses his ability as a skinchanger to enter Hodor to fight off the wights, but blacks out and wakes up inside the cave.

The cave is warded against white walkers and wights, so Coldhands cannot accompany them inside. Inside the cave, the group meet the remaining children of the forest and the three-eyed crow. While inside the cave, Bran continues to enter Hodor to explore the deeper parts of the cave.

Hodor has become used to Bran's presence in his mind, though he still feels fear when it happens and retreats to a place where Bran cannot reach him.

Quotes

Hodor!

– Hodor




Annotations from item #46266821:

Hodor a slow witted stableboy over seven feet tall serving at Winterfell is the great grandson of Old Nan. There is a great deal of speculation as to who is his male ancestors were.

Some of the proposed ancestor are;

Origin of 'Hodor'; Hodor may in fact be the name of the Great Other. Melisandre says his name must not be spoken, so few people, if anyone, would recognize the name if they heard it. Old Nan says that Hodor's name is really Walder, and that no one knows where he got 'Hodor' from. There is a fair amount of Norse Mythology (which GRRM may have been influenced by) suggesting the connection. For example; the Great Other is the god of the cold and dark, and in Norse Mythology, there is a god named Hod/Hodur/Hoder who is the god of all things cold and dark.




Annotations from item #46266822:

Hogg Hall is a place in the Riverlands. It is unknown which noble house it belongs to.

History

Hogg Hall was burned to blackened stone by the dragon Vhagar during the Dance of the Dragons.




Annotations from item #46266823:

Hoke, known as Hoke the Horseleg, is a guard in service with House Lannister.

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Hoke is present when Queen Cersei Lannister offers the position of Hand of the King to her brother, Ser Jaime Lannister. Hoke is within earshot when Jaime refuses her.




Annotations from item #46266824:

Holdfasts are fortifications in Westeros and Essos. They are smaller than castles.

Contents

Layout

Holdfasts can be solitary

Maegor's Holdfast is a massive square fortress within the Red Keep.

Culture

Stout holdfasts are found near the kingsroad east of the Green Fork

Younger sons of House Stark are sometimes given holdfasts to rule in the name of the Lord of Winterfell.

Dispute between rival holdfasts can be settled by the royal court at the Red Keep.

Lands under the dominion of Norvos are protected by walled villages and stout holdfasts surrounded by timber palisades.

History

The First Men of the Dawn Age built ringforts in Westeros, such as the Fist of the First Men.

According to Old Nan, the Others swept over holdfasts, cities, and kingdoms during the Long Night.

Andal stonemasons were able to build stronger holdfasts than those built by the First Men.

Oldstones was dismantled long ago by smallfolk who used its stones to raise barns, septs, and holdfasts.

Most holdfasts of the Ibbenese in northern Essos were destroyed by the Dothraki in recent centuries.

Lord Eddard Stark and Hallis Mollen sometimes visit holdfasts distant from Winterfell,

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Having deserted from the Night's Watch, Gared is executed by Lord Eddard Stark, Warden of the North, at a holdfast in the hills near Winterfell. The holdfast has walls and a gate.

While traveling on the kingsroad north to Castle Black, Tyrion Lannister and Jon Snow stop at a wolfswood holdfast with wooden walls and later at a long-abandoned holdfast with a tumbledown wall.

Sansa Stark observes fields, farms, and holdfasts while the royal party travels south on the kingsroad to King's Landing. Sansa and Prince Joffrey Baratheon find a holdfast by the Trident, and the prince requests food and wine from its occupants.

After Tyrion's abduction by Catelyn Stark,

A Clash of Kings

The riverlands suffer during the War of the Five Kings, with many people seeking protection in holdfasts.

Friends from nearby holdfasts attend the harvest feast at Winterfell,

A Storm of Swords

Bran Stark and his companions stay at the holdfast of Queenscrown.

A Feast for Crows

Princess Arianne Martell gathers her conspirators at the abandoned holdfast of Shandystone.

Quotes

Jon had seen an abandoned holdfast once, a drear place where nothing moved but the wind and the stones kept silent about whatever people had lived there.

- thoughts of Jon Snow

When there was a Stark in Winterfell, a maiden girl could walk the kingsroad in her name-day gown and still go unmolested, and travelers could find fire, bread, and salt at many an inn and holdfast. But the nights are colder now, and doors are closed. There's squids in the wolfswood, and flayed men ride the kingsroad asking after strangers.

- a Liddle to Meera Reed

Inside the homes all the fires had been put out, but some still smoked, and none of them were cold. The nanny goat that Hot Harry Merrell found rooting through a vegetable garden was the only living creature to be seen ... but the village had a holdfast as strong as any in the riverlands, with thick stone walls twelve feet high, and Jaime knew that was where he'd find the villagers. They hid behind those walls when raiders came, that's why there's still a village here. And they are hiding there again, from me.

- thoughts of Jaime Lannister




Annotations from item #46266825:

Holger is the father of Dolf, who is the father of Shagga. Holger is a member of the Stone Crows. It is unknown if Holger is still alive.




Annotations from item #46266826:

Hollis Teague was one of the last monarchs of House Teague. He was the second son of Humfrey I Teague, who caused a massive uprising of Riverlords by attempting to suppress worship of the old gods. In the campaign's final battle, Humfrey I perished. The crown passed on to Hollis' elder brother, Humfrey, who was killed. Hollis picked up the crown and was also killed, passing the crown to his younger brother, Tyler, became king, only to be killed in turn. After Tyler's death, the princes' uncle, Damon also picked up the crown but was killed. Thus House Teague became extinct.




Annotations from item #46266827:

Hollow hill. © FFG

The hollow hill is a cave in the riverlands which serves as the hidden base of the brotherhood without banners.

Contents

Layout

The walls of the cave consist of stone and soil interrupted by the huge roots of weirwoods. The hollow hill has numerous tunnels, crannies, and crevices. The brotherhood build a firepit which has stained the ceiling of the largest cavern. One section of the weirwood roots seems to form a stairway leading to where the brotherhood's leader, Lord Beric Dondarrion, rests in a tangle of roots. Men, women, and little children live within the cave. Its defenders call themselves the brotherhood without banners, the knights of the hollow hill, and the forgotten fellowship.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Harwin and other outlaws bring the blindfolded Arya Stark, Gendry, and Sandor Clegane to the hollow hill to meet Lord Beric Dondarrion. Arya is unable to tell how far the cave's tunnels extend. She is in attendance when Sandor kills Beric in a trial by combat, and then she witnesses Beric rise from the dead after Thoros of Myr provides the kiss of life.

While resting in a brewhouse after dispatching members of the Brave Companions, Gendry tells Beric that he would like to smith for the brotherhood. Beric decides to knight him as Ser Gendry, knight of the hollow hill.

A Feast for Crows

After rescuing Brienne of Tarth from Biter, the brotherhood bring her to meet Lady Stoneheart in a cave whose description resembles the hollow hill.

Quotes

Gendry: What is this place?
Lem: An old place, deep and secret. A refuge where neither wolves nor lions come prowling.

- Gendry and Lem




Annotations from item #46266828:

Holly is a wildling spearwife.

Contents

Appearance

Holly is young, with unwashed saggy blond hair and pouty lips.[*citation needed*]

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Holly accompanies Mance Rayder along with five other spearwives to Winterfell on a mission to free "Arya Stark", actually Jeyne Poole, who is to wed Ramsay Bolton. Mance disguises himself as "Abel", a singer, and the six spearwives are his mother, wife, two daughters and two sisters who perform the instruments with him.*]

They play at the wedding feast and are responsible for the deaths of several Bolton men-at-arms. They later enlist the help of a reluctant and fearful Theon Greyjoy in freeing Jeyne. As they fight their way out of the castle, Holly and the other spearwives are taken down one by one by the Boltons' men.




Annotations from item #46266829:

The Holy Brotherhood of the Andals was an alliance of seven Andal warlords and petty kings assembled during the Andal invasion of the Stormlands to fight against the First Men and carve kingdoms for its members. King Monfryd V Durrandon defeated them at the Battle of Bronzegate at the cost of his own life.




Annotations from item #46266830:

The Holy Hundred is a group of one hundred soldiers sworn to the Faith of the Seven. They are led by Ser Bonifer Hasty, known as Bonifer the Good.

Contents

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

The Holy Hundred lose fourteen men fighting on behalf of King Stannis Baratheon in the Battle of the Blackwater, bringing their number down to eighty-six..

A Feast for Crows

After the Battle of the Blackwater, the Holy Hundred join Ser Jaime Lannister's force, which is sent into the Riverlands to bring an end to the fighting. They are assigned to garrison Harrenhal when Ser Bonifer is named castellan in Lord Petyr Baelish's absence.

Jaime thinks they should now be the Holy Eighty-Six, but recognizes them as well-disciplined as any soldiers in the Seven Kingdoms and thinks they make a lovely sight as they wheel and prance their tall grey geldings. He recalls that Lord Baelish once quipped that Bonifer must have gelded the riders too, so spotless was their repute. All the same Jaime wonders about soldiers who are better known for their lovely horses than for the foes they’d slain. They did not disgrace themselves in the Battle of the Blackwater, so far as he knows, but did not distinguish themselves either.

Quotes

They pray well, I suppose, but can they fight?

Jaime Lannister, wondering about the martial prowess of the Holy Hundred

I anticipate no difficulty. The Crone will light our way, and the Warrior will give strength to our arms.

Bonifer Hasty, to Jaime Lannister, on the Holy Hundred's ability to hold Harrenhal

Or else the Stranger will turn up for the whole holy lot of you.

Jaime Lannister, to himself




Annotations from item #46266831:

The Holy Refuge, also called the Warren, is a temple in Braavos. It is a large brick structure covered with lichen. Within it the forgotten gods are honored.

Contents

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Yorko Terys shows the Holy Refuge to Arya Stark while taking her to the House of Black and White. Arya thinks the Holy Refuge looks like a storehouse.

A Dance with Dragons

Talea sometimes sells shellfish outside the Warren.




Annotations from item #46266832:

Holyhall is the seat of House Graceford in the Reach.




Annotations from item #46266833:

"Home" is the second episode of the sixth season of HBO's fantasy television series *Game of Thrones*, and the 52th overall. The episode was directed by Jeremy Podeswa. It aired on May 1st, 2016.




Annotations from item #46266834:

Honeyholt

The Reach and the location of Honeyholt

Honeyholt is the seat of House Beesbury in the Reach.




Annotations from item #46266835:

Honeytree is a village in the Riverlands known for its hives that produce honey. It is disputed land between House Bracken and House Blackwood. It is currently held by House Blackwood.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Jonos Bracken wants Honeytree for subduing Tytos Blackwood. Tytos surrenders Honeytree and its hives as part of the price to submit to the Iron Throne.




Annotations from item #46266836:

Honeywine

The Reach and the location of the Honeywine

The Honeywine is a large river in the Reach. Beginning near Brightwater Keep,

Oldtown

Guildhalls line the western banks of the Honeywine in Oldtown, while the Citadel spreads across both sides. Downstream are the Starry Sept and manses. The Seven Shrines and their gardens are also located near the Honeywine. The Quill and Tankard is located on an island in the river,

History

Maesters believe that men have lived at the mouth of the Honeywine since the Dawn Age.

During the Dance of the Dragons, the river was the site of the Battle of the Honeywine, which resulted in a victory for the greens over the blacks.




Annotations from item #46266837:

Honor is one of Ser Jaime Lannister's horses. Jaime dresses Honor in the colors of the Kingsguard and Glory in the colors of House Lannister.

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Honor is named by Lewys Piper, one of Ser Jaime Lannister's squires. Jaime takes Honor with him to end the siege of Riverrun.




Annotations from item #46266838:

Honor of Oldtown is a four-decked war galley in service to House Hightower. It is the flagship of the Hightower fleet.

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Honor of Oldtown is spotted at anchor by Samwell Tarly as the *Cinnamon Wind* enters Oldtown's harbor.




Annotations from item #46266839:

Hooded King was a title used by House Banefort during the Age of Heroes. The last Hooded King was Morgon Banefort, who was defeated by Loreon I Lannister, the first King of the Rock.




Annotations from item #46266840:

For the character in A Dance with Dragons, see hooded man.

The Hooded Man is a legendary figure from the Age of Heroes from whom House Banefort claims descent. His visage is present in the hooded sigil of the family.




Annotations from item #46266841:

The Hooded Wayfarer is a god. There is a statue of it in the House of Black and White. The statue is most commonly visited by poor men.

Recent events

A Feast for Crows

After entering for the the first time to the House of Black and White, Arya Stark notices the statue of a hooded man leaning on a staff.




Annotations from item #46266842:

For the founder of House Banefort, see Hooded Man.

The hooded man is the fan-given name for a man encountered by Theon Greyjoy at Winterfell.

Contents

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

A blizzard heightens tensions among the army of Lord Roose Bolton at Winterfell, and several men are found dead. While walking outside of the snowbound Great Hall, Theon Greyjoy meets an unidentified man wearing a hooded cloak and a dagger. The man recognizes Theon and is hostile toward him. When Theon reveals his maimed left hand, the man laughs and and allows him to continue serving Ramsay Bolton. Theon wonders if the man is responsible for the recent deaths of Yellow Dick and Roger Ryswell's groom.

Quotes

Man: Theon Turncloak. Theon Kinslayer.

Theon: I'm not. I never ... I was ironborn.
Man: False is all you were. How is it you still breathe?
Theon: The gods are not done with me. Lord Ramsay is not done with me.

Man: I leave you to him, then.

—the hooded man and Theon Greyjoy




Annotations from item #46266843:

Hookface Will is a guard usually posted to the gate at Dragonstone. A fish hook made a long scar on his face.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

When Ser Davos Seaworth returns to Dragonstone he asks for Hookface Will, who knew him. He is told that Will has died.




Annotations from item #46266844:

Hop-Bean was Penny and Oppo’s father. He was a dwarf.

Contents

About

Hop-Bean’s father sold him to a slaver when he was three, but he grew up to be such a famous mummer that he was able to buy his freedom. He traveled to all of the Free Cities, and Westeros as well. He acquired the name Hop-Bean in Oldtown.

At some point he met Penny and Oppo’s mother, who was a normal sized person.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Penny tells Tyrion Lannister of her father and that he bought his freedom. Tyrion is not impressed. On the auction block outside Meereen Tyrion is angry that Penny’s mouth is frozen in a rictus of a smile. *"Well trained for your amusement"*, Tyrion thinks. He thinks to himself that her father had a deal to answer for, in whatever small hell was reserved for dwarfs.

Quotes

You have to be careful around big people. Be jolly and playful with them, keep them smiling, make them laugh, that’s what my father always said.

- Penny’s advice to Tyrion Lannister aboard the *Selaesori Qhoran*




Annotations from item #46266845:

Hop-Robin is a Night's Watch recruit who has a clubfoot.

Contents

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Hop-Robin is trained by Jon Snow due to the lack of a capable replacement for Ser Endrew Tarth as master-at-arms at Castle Black.

A Dance with Dragons

Hop-Robin is trained by Iron Emmett after his appointment as the new master-at-arms at Castle Black. Jon spots him training against Horse in the yard.




Annotations from item #46266846:

Hopfrog is also a nickname given by Leo Tyrell to Mollander.

Hopfrog is a game usually played by children.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Lady Lysa Arryn tells Sansa Stark that her young son, Lord Robert Arryn, likes to play hopfrog, spin-the-sword, and come-into-my-castle, but advises Sansa to always let the boy win.




Annotations from item #46266847:

Horas Harroway was a member of House Harroway during the reign of King Maegor I Targaryen.

Contents

Character

Horas was simple-minded.

History

When Queen Alys Harroway was accused of infidelity and arrested, every family member of hers present in King's Landing was executed. Horas was thrown onto the spikes of the dry moat around Maegor's Holdfast. Horas was said to have lingered for days until he died.

Family




Annotations from item #46266848:

Ser Horas Redwyne, mocked as Horror, is a knight of House Redwyne and heir to the Arbor. He is the son of Lord Paxter Redwyne and Lady Mina Tyrell, and older twin to, Ser Hobber.

Contents

Appearance

Horas is homely with orange hair and a square, freckled face.

History

When Samwell Tarly was sent to the Arbor to become a page, Ser Horas and Ser Hobber teased and humiliated him.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Ser Horas takes part in the Hand's tourney in King's Landing, he is unhorsed by Jory Cassel in his first joust.

A Clash of Kings

The Iron Throne keeps the Redwyne twins as hostages for the good behaviour of their father, Lord Paxter Redwyne, during the War of the Five Kings. During the tourney on King Joffrey's name day, Horas unhorses an elderly knight bedecked with silver griffins on a striped blue and white field.

While Hobber is returned to their father as a show of good faith, Horas remains a hostage in the capital. He is among the procession to see Princess Myrcella off to Dorne. When the mob riots in the streets of King's Landing, he saves Lady Tanda Stokeworth's life.

A Storm of Swords

Sansa Stark notices one of the Redwyne twins sparring with Ser Tallad the Tall.

A Feast for Crows

Horas, Hobber, and their father Paxter attend the funeral of Lord Tywin Lannister.

A Dance with Dragons

The Redwyne twins are declared innocent.

Family




Annotations from item #46266849:

Horgan Hoare, known as Horgan Priestkiller, was a King of the Iron Islands from House Hoare. The Hoare kings of his era were opposed by the priests of the Drowned God because of their support for the Faith of the Seven, discouraging of reaving, and promotion of trade.

History

Horgan was the great-grandson of King Wulfgar Hoare, the Widowmaker, who had allowed the construction on Great Wyk of the first sept in the Iron Islands. When Horgan allowed the building of a sept on Old Wyk, which was once the site of the holy kingsmoots, the priests of the Drowned God rose in rebellion. According to Archmaester Haereg, Horgan responded by slaughtering these priests.




Annotations from item #46266850:

An ancient warhorn with runes carved into it © FFG

A sentry sounding the horn to signal dragons attacking. © FFG

Summoning Season. © FFG

A horn is a popular instrument in *A Song of Ice and Fire* for quick and easy communication.

Contents

About

A horn is often made from the horn of a horned animal, such as an aurochs and can carry far and wide.

Horns can be used to sound the alarum,.

Some horns

Quotes

Rory lifted his great horn to his lips and blew. AAAAhooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

Jon Snow's thoughts

A sentry's horn greeted them as they approached, sounding from on high like the cry of some, huge, deep-throated bird, a single long blast the meant rangers returning.

Jon Snow’s thoughts

AHooooooooooooooooooooooo, the warhorn cried, long and loaw, a sound to curdle blood. Asha began to hate the sound of horns. On Old Wyk her uncle’s hellhorn had blown a death knell for her dream, and now Hagen was sounding what might well be her last hour on earth.

Asha Greyjoy's thoughts

The gate tuned out to be closed but not barred; it gave way at the second blow, and Ser Franklyn's men were halfway up the throat before a warhorn sounded the alarum from the castle proper.

Jon Connington's thoughts




Annotations from item #46266851:

Horn Hill

The Reach and the location of Horn Hill

Horn Hill by Logan Feliciano © Fantasy Flight Games

Horn Hill is the seat of House Tarly in the Reach. Located on an eponymous hill, the castle lies south of Highgarden and a hundred leagues northeast of Oldtown among the thickly-wooded foothills

There is a pond that lies below the castle. while hunting, it may be surmised that the woods around Horn Hill are teeming with game.

Contents

History

According to legend, the castle was built on Horn Hill by the brothers Harlon the Hunter and Herndon of the Horn.

The Vulture King led one of his Dornish hosts to attack Nightsong and Horn Hill, but he was defeated in the Vulture Hunt.

Two warlocks from Qarth sacrificed a bull aurochs at Horn Hill and had young Samwell Tarly bathe in its blood. When the act did not make his son stronger, Lord Randyll Tarly had the warlocks scourged.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Renly Baratheon is camped at Horn Hill when Lord Randyll Tarly receives Stannis Baratheon's letter claiming that the children of the late King Robert I Baratheon are bastards.

A Feast for Crows

Samwell Tarly intends to send Gilly and the infant wildling prince from Oldtown to live at Horn Hill with his mother, Melessa Florent.




Annotations from item #46266852:

The Horn of Herrock is a black, twisted horn that is banded with gold. It is named after Herrock Kenning, the founder of House Kenning of Kayce.

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History

Herrock the Whoreson used the horn as a signal for the whores of Kayce to open a postern gate, allowing his men to take the town from the ironborn for House Lannister.

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Ser Jaime Lannister orders Ser Kennos of Kayce to blow the Horn of Herrock to announce his arrival before the barred gates of Harrenhal,




Annotations from item #46266853:

Horn of Plenty is a cog in White Harbor when Davos Seaworth arrived on the *Merry Midwife*.




Annotations from item #46266854:

For theories about the Horn, see Horn of Winter/Theories

The Horn of Winter, is a legendary horn with magical properties.

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Legend

Thousands of years ago,

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Ygritte tells Jon Snow that Mance Rayder and the free folk have been searching for the Horn of Winter along the Milkwater.

During a parley amidst the battle beneath the Wall, Mance shows Jon Snow a large warhorn eight feet long.

While some free folk want Mance to bring down the Wall with the horn, Mance resists for fear that nothing could then stop the Others. Mance plans to offer the horn in exchange for letting his people pass through the Wall. If the Night's Watch refuses, Tormund Giantsbane is to sound the Horn at dawn three days hence. Mance is interrupted by the arrival of Stannis Baratheon's knights, however, and the free folk host is defeated.

A Dance with Dragons

The warhorn, found in a glacier in the Frostfangs,

Later, as the free folk pass through the Wall, Tormund mentions to Jon that Mance never found the Horn of Winter, instead claiming the horn burned by Melisandre as Joramun's because of its size.

Quotes

We never found the Horn of Winter. We opened half a hundred graves and let all those shades loose in the world, and never found the Horn of Joramun to bring this cold thing down!

- Ygritte to Jon Snow

Jon: The Halfhand feared that Mance might have found the Horn of Winter ...
Alliser: The Horn of Winter? Were you commanded to count their snarks as well, Lord Snow?

- Jon Snow and Alliser Thorne

The Horn of Joramun? No. Call it the Horn of Darkness. If the Wall falls, night falls as well, the long night that never ends. It must not happen, will not happen!

Melisandre to captive free folk

Tormund: Would that I had the Horn of Joramun. I'd give it a nice toot and we'd climb through the rubble.

Jon: Melisandre burned the Horn of Joramun.

Tormund: Did she? She burned that fine big horn, aye. A bloody sin, I call it. A thousand years old, that was. We found it in a giant's grave, and no man o' us had ever seen a horn so big. That must have been why Mance got the notion to tell you it were Joramun's. He wanted you crows to think he had it in his power to blow your bloody Wall down about your knees. But we never found the true horn, not for all our digging. If we had, every kneeler in your Seven Kingdoms would have chunks o' ice to cool his wine all summer.

- Tormund and Jon Snow




Annotations from item #46266855:

There is some discussion about the true whereabouts of the true Horn of Winter.

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The True Horn

It is theorized that the cracked old warhorn discovered by Ghost in the dragonglass cache at the Fist of the First Men is the true Horn of Winter.

Evidence For

Evidence Against




Annotations from item #46266856:

Horned Honor is a war galley of the royal fleet in service to Stannis Baratheon. It has one hundred oars.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Horned Honor is part of Stannis Baratheon's fleet commanded by Ser Imry Florent during the Battle of the Blackwater.




Annotations from item #46266857:

The Stallion constellation is also known as the Horned Lord.

The Horned Lord was a King-Beyond-the-Wall long before Bael the Bard. His given name is not known.

History

One or two thousand years after Gendel and Gorne, His fate is not yet known.

Quotes

The Horned Lord once said that sorcery is a sword without a hilt. There is no safe way to grasp it.

Dalla to Jon Snow




Annotations from item #46266858:

A Hornfoot
Art by Paolo Puggioni

The Hornfoots are a clan of free folk who live beyond the Wall near the Frostfangs.

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Culture

Hornfoots wear nothing on their feet, which turns the soles of their feet hard and black.

History

The Hornfoot folk warred with the Nightrunners before Mance Rayder, King-Beyond-the-Wall, negotiated a peace between them.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

The Hornfoot men join with Mance Rayder for his attack on the Wall.[*citation needed*]

A Dance with Dragons

Two clan chiefs of the Hornfoots kneel to Stannis Baratheon at Castle Black.




Annotations from item #46266859:

Hornoth is a ruined city in Essos in the Dothraki sea, in the Kingdom of Sarnor. It was located near where the Sarne turned north. Hornoth and Kyth were destroyed by rival Dothraki *khals* after the fall of Sallosh.




Annotations from item #46266860:

The Horns of Hazzat is a place in Slaver's Bay,.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Cleon the Great of Astapor is defeated by the Yunkai'i in a battle at the Horns of Hazzat.




Annotations from item #46266861:

Hornvale

The westerlands and the location of Hornvale

Hornvale is the seat of House Brax in the eastern westerlands.

© Fantasy Flight Games




Annotations from item #46266862:
Annotation #1 for item #46266862: Wiki: Hornwood

Hornwood

The north and the location of Hornwood

Hornwood is a castle in the north and the seat of House Hornwood.

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Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

After Ramsay Snow kidnaps and forcibly marries the widowed Lady Donella Hornwood, Hornwood is seized by Lord Wyman Manderly to prevent it from falling into Ramsay's hands.

A Dance with Dragons

Davos Seaworth learns that smallfolk from along the White Knife and Hornwood have been seeking protection at White Harbor with the Manderlys. Some Hornwood men are also reported to have joined Ramsay's force marching on Moat Cailin.

As a condition for peace with the Iron Throne, Wyman Manderly relinquishes his claim on Hornwood lands and castles.

Annotation #2 for item #46266862: Wiki: (forest) Hornwood

The Hornwood

The north and the general location of the Hornwood

The Hornwood is a forest in the north between the lands of House Bolton and House Manderly.

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Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Following the death of Lady Donella Hornwood, there is fighting in the Hornwood between knights from House Manderly and men from House Bolton.

A Dance with Dragons

Lord Tywin Lannister requires that Lord Wyman Manderly give up his claim to Hornwood lands as a condition for peace with the Iron Throne.




Annotations from item #46266863:

Horonno was one of the ruling triarchs of the Free City of Volantis during the Century of Blood.

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History

Horonno was a great hero during the Century of Blood. A member of the tiger faction, he was elected as Triarch of Volantis. He was much beloved, and reelected time and time again, causing him to rule as one of the three Volantene triarchs for forty years. Eventually, Horonno tired of elections, and named himself triarch for life. The Volantenes, angered by Horonno's attempt to usurp the ancient customs and laws of Volantis, overthrew him. Horonno was caught by rioters, stripped of his lands and titles, tied between two elephants and ripped in half.

Horonno had been a tiger. When the elephants rose to power, their followers knocked the heads from the statues of all whom they blamed for the wars and deaths, including Horonno's statue in Selhorys.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Tyrion Lannister sees a headless statue of Horonno in Selhorys.




Annotations from item #46266864:

Horro was a *khal* who lived during the Century of Blood. He was the last great khal to command the allegiance of all Dothraki.

History

Horro slew Khal Moro and took control of his *khalasar. He also took Moro's daughter, who had married the King of Gornath in an alliance between him and Moro, for himself. Three years later he was slain by a rival, and his great *khalasar separated into a dozen lesser hordes.




Annotations from item #46266865:

A House Manderly knight atop a magnificent warhorse. © Fantasy Flight Games

Knight of Flowers riding a mare. © Fantasy Flight Games

An Andal charger by Carolina Eade © Fantasy Flight Games

Highgarden destrier by Storn Cook © Fantasy Flight Games

A garron of the Iron Islands by Zach Graves © Fantasy Flight Games

A courser of the north by Dimitri Bielak © Fantasy Flight Games

For the builder of the Night's Watch nicknamed Horse, see Hareth (Mole's Town).

Horses are four-legged mammals of the known world. They are used for transportation, in combat, as a patrimonial resource, and as a symbol of status.

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Types of Horses

Classification by breed and use

By reproductive capability

Culture

Dothraki by Rene Aigner ©

Horses are highly valued by most cultures in Westeros and Essos.

Westeros

In the Seven Kingdoms, a knight is expected to be able to afford armor and a warhorse.

North

While northern cavalry ride warhorses, the hill clans prefer garrons.

Beyond the Wall

The Night's Watch and the free folk employ sure-footed little garrons beyond the Wall.

Dorne

Dorne is famed by its valued sand steeds, beautiful and valued horses.

Essos

Horse archers are more common in Essos than in Westeros.

Qohor

The Qohorik are said to sacrifice horses, bullocks, and calves to the Black Goat.

Volantis

Volantene chariots are pulled by teams of four horses.

Dothraki

The Dothraki measure wealth largely by the possession of horses, and spend most of their lives riding them. The horse is in the heart of the lives of Dothraki, who are sometimes called "horselords". For Dothraki the horse is a mount and an inspiration for all craft. They worship a horse god.

The nomadic lifestyle, as well as many cultural taboos are directly associated with the horse. The Dothraki fear the ocean, as their horses cannot drink salt water.

At the death of a Dothraki, his horse is slaughtered and later sacrificed on the funeral pyre of his master.

History

In antiquity, the grasslands of central Essos are said to have populated by centaurs.

Horses were first brought to Westeros by the First Men, who traveled across the Arm of Dorne.

Quotes

Some knights never name their horses. That way, when they die in battle, the grief is not so hard to bear. There are always more horses to be had, but it's hard to lose a faithful friend.

- Duncan the Tall to Aegon Targaryen

Destriers were trained to kick and bite. In war they were a weapon, like the men who rode them.

- thoughts of Brienne of Tarth

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Beric Dondarrion mentions "Too many of my men ride rounseys, drays, and mules against foes mounted on coursers and destriers." (*A Storm of Swords*, Arya VII)



Annotations from item #46266866:

Horse Tribes, Being a Study of the Nomads of the Eastern Plains of Essos is a book written by Maester Illister, detailing the fall of the Kingdom of Sarnor at the hands of the Dothraki.




Annotations from item #46266867:

The horse god is a deity revered by the Dothraki.* it is referred to as the Great Stallion.

The Dothraki horse god mirrors the importance of horses in Dothraki culture. Much is unknown about the Dothraki religion, but it appears to have no moral issue with raping and killing. The Dothraki believe in the stallion who mounts the world prophecy, a leader who will unite all the Dothraki into a single *khalasar* under a single *khal* and ride to the ends of the earth, thus children are considered a blessing.

The use of blood magic is also forbidden, though it might be part of the many Dothraki prejudices.

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

After arriving at the House of Black and White in Braavos, Arya Stark notices a huge horse of bronze and iron reared up on two great legs.




Annotations from item #46266868:

Horselord. © FFG

Horselord is a common term used to refer to the Dothraki, particularly warriors. A derogative equivalent is "screamer".

Quotes

Many were Dothraki horselords, big men with red-brown skin, their drooping mustachios bound in metal rings, their black hair oiled and braided and hung with bells.




Annotations from item #46266869:

The Horseshoe Hills are a series of hills in the Reach. They were once part of House Webber's holdings. They now belong to House Osgrey, after Ser Eustace Osgrey became Lord of Coldmoat. They are coveted by Lord Stackhouse.




Annotations from item #46266870:

Horseshoe Rock is a small isle off the coast of the Arbor in the Reach.

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Horseshoe Rock is attacked by the ironborn, along with the Stonecrab Cay, the Isle of Pigs, Mermaid's Palace and Bastard's Cradle. Parts of it are now used as an ironborn base in the Reach.




Annotations from item #46266871:

Horton Redfort is Lord of Redfort and head of House Redfort. He has been married three times..

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Appearance

Horton is a short, old man with a well-kept beard and mild eyes.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Ser Kevan Lannister believes that Lord Horton, a possible suitor for the widowed Lady Lysa Arryn, is a dangerous and proud man in his own way.

A Feast for Crows

Horton is one of the lords who joins with Lord Yohn Royce to try and depose Lord Petyr Baelish, Lord Protector of the Vale.

A Dance with Dragons

Lord Roose Bolton tells Theon Greyjoy that his son Domeric served as a squire for Lord Redfort for three years before returning to the Dreadfort. Horton apparently had a high opinion of Domeric, thinking the lad had the making of a tourney champion. Domeric had enjoyed the company of Horton's sons and came to regard them with brotherly affection.

Family




Annotations from item #46266872:

Ser Horys Hill was a bastard from the westerlands, a hedge knight and one of the leaders of the Poor Fellows during the Faith Militant uprising against King Maegor I Targaryen.

History

During the first days of Maegor's reign, Ser Horys led thousands of Poor Fellows from the westerlands towards King's Landing.

In 42 AC He was defeated by the royal army at the Battle at the Great Fork but managed to escape. His reputation was tarnished, however, and new leaders emerged among the Poor Fellows, such as Septon Moon, Ragged Silas and Dennis the Lame.

In 45 AC, Ser Horys led three hundred Poor Fellows in the attempted rescue of Poxy Jeyne Poore, but King Maegor had anticipated this and so his men were ready for an attack. Ser Horys died in the ensuing ambush at the Wendwater.




Annotations from item #46266873:

Ser Hosman Norcross is a knight of House Norcross. He is married to Delena Florent. They have two children; Alester and Renly.

History

Hosman was a household knight to Ser Colin Florent, and was married to his daughter after she had been deflowered by King Robert I Baratheon.

Family




Annotations from item #46266874:

Hosteen Frey by Cloudninja9©

Ser Hosteen Frey is a knight of House Frey, the sixth son of Lord Walder Frey, the first one born of his third wife, Amarei Crakehall. He is married to Bellena Hawick. Hosteen is a seasoned soldier and the fiercest fighter of Walder's brood.

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Appearance and Character

See also: Images of Hosteen Frey

Hosteen is a husky man with a square face.

History

Ser Hosteen participated in the tourney at Lannisport, which was held to celebrate King Robert I Baratheon's victory over Greyjoy's Rebellion. He was defeated by the eventual champion, Ser Jorah Mormont.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Hosteen attends the Hand's tourney in King's Landing with five of his brothers.

A Clash of Kings

Hosteen is captured by House Lannister,

Hosteen is later a member of the Frey contingent commanded by Ser Aenys Frey and Lord Roose Bolton at Harrenhal. He claims to have been captured by Lord Tywin Lannister once.

A Storm of Swords

Ser Hosteen is among the Freys that meet Ser Jaime Lannister when he arrives at Harrenhal with the Brave Companions. Hosteen is introduced to Catelyn Stark at the Twins on the eve of Lord Edmure Tully's wedding to Roslin Frey.

A Feast for Crows

Aenys and Hosteen command the two thousand Frey swords that are sent with Lord Bolton to retake the north.

A Dance with Dragons

Hosteen and Aenys are present at the wedding of Ramsay Bolton to "Arya Stark", who is actually Jeyne Poole, at Winterfell.

In order to prevent a battle inside the castle between his own army, Roose Bolton sends Hosteen and Aenys in the vanguard to attack Stannis Baratheon's army.

The Winds of Winter

The Frey vanguard falls into a pit trap set by Mors Umber. Aenys is killed, placing Hosteen, whom Stannis refers to as "Ser Stupid", in command of the Frey force sent to battle Stannis.

Quotes

Wyman: White Harbor does not fear to ride with you, Ser Hosteen. Lead us out, and my knights will ride behind you.
Hosteen: Close enough to drive a lance through my back, aye. Where are my kin, Manderly? Tell me that.

- Wyman Manderly and Hosteen

Quotes about Hosteen

Angry foes do not concern me. Anger makes men stupid, and Hosteen Frey was stupid to begin with, if half of what I have heard of him is true. Let him come.

- Stannis Baratheon to Theon Greyjoy

Family




Annotations from item #46266875:

Hostella Frey is the second daughter of Ser Arwood Frey and Ryella Royce. She is a newborn babe.

Family




Annotations from item #46266876:

Hoster is a given name.

It is borne by:




Annotations from item #46266877:

Hoster Blackwood, called Hos by family and friends, is the third son of Lord Tytos Blackwood of Raventree Hall.

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Character and Appearance

Hoster is a bookish boy, tall and gangly, gawky with a cowlick. He is almost seven feet of legs, shins and elbows.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

After Ser Jaime Lannister negotiates the end of the siege of Raventree with Lord Tytos, Hoster is sent with Jaime as a hostage to ensure his father's good behavior and continued allegiance to the Iron Throne. Hoster tells Jaime about Blackwood Vale and the feud between the Blackwoods and the Brackens.

Quotes by Hoster

Past a certain point, all the dates grow hazy and confused, and the clarity of history becomes the fog of legend.

- Hoster to Jaime Lannister

Quotes about Hoster

A weakling, this one. Water for blood. Never mind how tall he is, any one of my girls could snap him like a rotten twig.

- Jonos Bracken to Jaime Lannister

Tyrion would like this one. They could talk from dusk to dawn, arguing about books.

– thoughts of Jaime Lannister

Family




Annotations from item #46266878:

Hoster Frey is the eldest child of Ser Whalen Frey. He is a squire to Ser Damon Paege.

Family




Annotations from item #46266879:

Hoster Tully is the Lord Paramount of the Trident, the Lord of Riverrun, and the head of House Tully. He was married to Lady Minisa Whent, with whom he had three children who survived infancy: Catelyn, Lysa, and Edmure. His younger brother is Ser Brynden Tully, the Knight of the Gate.

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Appearance and Character

See also: Images of Hoster Tully

In his youth Hoster was tall and broad, strong, with blue eyes and brown hair.

Hoster has always been a proud man.

Hoster's armor is silver plate-and-mail, while his cloak and surcoat are blue and red. The crest atop his greathelm is a silver and bronze trout. His shield is massive oak-and-iron,

History

Early Life

According to George R. R. Martin, Hoster served in the War of the Ninepenny Kings, during which time he met and befriended Lord Baelish. Because of this friendship, Hoster later agreed to foster Lord Baelish’s son, Petyr, at Riverrun.

Lord of Riverrun

Following the death of his father, Hoster inherited the rule to Riverrun, at some point in or after 264 AC. Following the Tully funeral customs, Hoster's father was sent down the Red Fork in a boat, which Hoster was to set aflame by firing a fire arrow. While Hoster missed his first shot, his second arrow found sail.

At some point, Hoster attempted to betroth his younger brother Brynden to Bethany Redwyne. Brynden, however, refused, which began a decades-long feud between the two brothers.

Hoster married Lady Minisa Whent, who gave birth to four sons and two daughters. However, only three children (two daughters and a son) survived infancy. Following the death of his two eldest sons, Hoster came to regard his eldest daughter, Catelyn, as his heir, until another son was born to him. Hoster and Minisa had another daughter, Lysa, who was followed by a son, Edmure. Minisa became pregnant a sixth time, but died in childbirth, giving birth to another son who died with her.

According to Catelyn, she was Hoster's favourite child.

When Catelyn was eight years old, Hoster and Brynden had one of their larger quarrels, during which Hoster called his brother "the black goat of the Tully flock". Brynden, however, pointed out that the sigil of House Tully was a trout, making him a black fish instead of a black goat. Brynden the Blackfish took a black trout for his sigil since that day.

Daughters' Betrothals

Hoster gives his daughter Lysa moon tea.
Art by Juliana Pinho

Lord Hoster wished to make advantageous marriages for his children. He betrothed his eldest daughter, Catelyn to Brandon Stark, the heir to Lord Rickard Stark of Winterfell, when she was only twelve years old.

Meanwhile, Lysa had fallen in love with Hoster's ward, Petyr Baelish, over the years,

Once Petyr was strong enough, Hoster sent him back to the Fingers in a litter.

Robert's Rebellion

In 282 AC, Robert's Rebellion began after Catelyn Tully's betrothed, Brandon Stark, and his father, Lord Rickard, were executed by King Aerys II Targaryen, and the king demanded the heads of Lords Robert Baratheon and Eddard Stark, who had been staying at the Eyrie with Lord Jon Arryn. While unwilling to chose a side in the rebellion at first,

In 283 AC, Hoster fought in the Battle of the Bells at Stoney Sept, where he was wounded by Lord Jon Connington, Aerys's Hand of the King.

During the wedding feast, Hoster's younger brother, Ser Brynden Tully, informed Hoster that he had taken service with Lord Arryn and would leave Riverrun for the Vale of Arryn.

While Lords Arryn and Stark returned to the campaign, Hoster remained mostly at Riverrun during the remainder of the war.

Because the levies of Lord Walder Frey, another of Hoster's bannermen, arrived after the decisive battle of the Trident, Hoster has since referred to Walder as the "Late Lord Frey".

Recent History

Just as he once sought to make advantageous marriages for his daughters, Hoster also began seeking an advantageous marriage for his son and heir, Edmure. Lord Walder Frey offered a daughter who was only a few years older than Edmure, but Hoster declined.

In 296 AC, Hoster fell ill

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Hoster keeps the severity of his illness a secret,

When marauders under Ser Gregor Clegane attack the riverlands in retribution for Catelyn's capture of Tyrion Lannister, Edmure wants to retaliate. Hoster, however, insists that the matter be brought before the Iron Throne by Ser Marq Piper and Ser Raymun Darry so that Lord Tywin Lannister cannot pretend that a counterattack was unprovoked.

Following the death of King Robert I Baratheon, Hoster is included in the list of lords required to swear allegiance to the new king, Joffrey I Baratheon.

Hoster is bedridden when Riverrun is besieged by the army of Ser Jaime Lannister and Edmure is captured beneath its walls.

A Clash of Kings

Hoster's smith creates a new crown for Robb in emulation of the older Kings in the North.

A Storm of Swords

Hoster Tully's funeral
By Jauma

After freeing Jaime Lannister, Catelyn is confined to Hoster's chambers.

At his funeral Hoster's body is put in a boat and set down the Red Fork by Robb Stark, King of the Trident, and six of his bannermen: Lord Jonos Bracken, Lord Tytos Blackwood, Lord Karyl Vance, Lord Jason Mallister, Ser Marq Piper, and Lord Walder Frey's son Lothar, who replaces Hoster's friend, Ser Desmond Grell, at the last minute upon Robb's request. Hoster's armor, shield, hunting horn, and a wooden sword are added to the boat. As part of the funeral custom a flaming arrow is fired to light the sails as the boat travels downriver. Edmure fires the arrows, but misses three times in his grief. Brynden, seeing this, takes the bow from his nephew's hands and succeeds in lighting the sail before the boat disappears downriver.

Edmure, the new Lord of Riverrun, is affected by his father's death and becomes surly, but Lothar warmly recalls stories about Hoster.

A Feast for Crows

Following the resolution of the siege of Riverrun, Jaime stays in Hoster's solar and drinks his red wine before continuing on to Raventree Hall, angering Edmure.

Quotes by Hoster

Hoster Tully's last voyage, by SvetoslavPetrov

Little cat. My little cat. I watched for you ...

– Hoster to Catelyn Stark

Catelyn: Riverrun is free again, Father.
Hoster: I saw. Last night, when it began, I told them ... had to see. They carried me to the gatehouse ... watched from the battlements. Ah, that was beautiful ... the torches came in a wave, I could hear the cries floating across the river ... sweet cries ... when that siege tower went up, gods ... would have died then, and glad, if only I could have seen you children first.

Catelyn Stark and Hoster

That stripling ... wretched boy ... not speak that name to me, your duty ... your mother, she would ... Oh, gods forgive me, forgive me, forgive me.

– Hoster to Catelyn Stark, thinking she is Lysa Arryn

Forgive me. Tansy ... blood ... the blood ... gods be kind ...

– Hoster to Catelyn Stark, thinking she is Lysa Arryn

Quotes about Hoster

Your lord father did not come to the wedding. An insult, as I see it. Even if he is dying. He never came to my last wedding either. He calls me the Late Lord Frey, you know. Does he think I'm dead? I'm not dead, and I promise you, I'll outlive him as I outlived his father. Your family has always pissed on me, don't deny it, don't lie, you know it's true.

Walder Frey to Catelyn Stark

Catelyn: He says he is too sick to fight.
Brynden: I am too old a soldier to believe that. Hoster will be chiding me about the Redwyne girl even as we light his funeral pyre, damn his bones.

Catelyn Stark and Brynden Tully

I have always done my duty, she thought. Perhaps that was why her lord father had always cherished her best of all his children. Her two older brothers had both died in infancy, so she had been son as well as daughter to Lord Hoster until Edmure was born. Then her mother had died and her father had told her that she must be the lady of Riverrun now, and she had done that too. And when Lord Hoster promised her to Brandon Stark, she had thanked him for making her such a splendid match.

– thoughts of Catelyn Stark

Vyman: His last strength is going, though still he tries to fight.

Catelyn: He was ever a fighter. A sweet stubborn man.

Vyman: Yes, but this battle he cannot win. It is time he lay down his sword and shield. Time to yield.

Vyman and Catelyn Stark

You're a young fool, Archer. If we go to Riverrun it will only be to collect her ransom, won't be no time for you to sit about making bows. Be thankful if you get out with your hide. Lord Hoster was hanging outlaws before you were shaving.

Tom of Sevenstreams to Anguy

Catelyn reached out blindly, groping for her brother's hand, but Edmure had moved away, to stand alone on the highest point of the battlements. Her uncle Brynden took her hand instead, twining his strong fingers through hers. Together they watched the little fire grow smaller as the burning boat receded in the distance. And then it was gone ... drifting downriver still, perhaps, or broken up and sinking. The weight of his armor would carry Lord Hoster down to rest in the soft mud of the riverbed, in the watery halls where the Tullys held eternal court, with schools of fish their last attendants.

– thoughts of Catelyn Stark

Lord Hoster looked as noble as a king, my lady. Would that I had been given the chance to know him.

Jeyne Westerling to Catelyn Stark

When Riverrun declared for Robert, Goodbrook stayed loyal to the king, so Lord Tully came down on him with fire and sword. After the Trident, Goodbrook's son made his peace with Robert and Lord Hoster, but that didn't help the dead none.

Notch to Gendry

Family




Annotations from item #46266880:

Hot Pie is an orphan baker's boy of King's Landing. In the television adaptation *Game of Thrones*, he is played by Ben Hawkey. The boy's given name is unknown.

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Character and Appearance

See also: Images of Hot Pie

Hot Pie is plump with straw-colored hair

History

Hot Pie's mother was a baker in King's Landing, and when she was alive the boy would push her cart through the streets yelling, "Hot pies! Hot pies!"

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Hot Pie and others are collected by Yoren and bound for the Wall as recruits for the Night's Watch. Hot Pie lies about kicking another boy to death.

When Yoren's band is attacked by Ser Amory Lorch at the Gods Eye town, Hot Pie and Arya are among the survivors along with Gendry and Lommy.

Like Arya, Hot Pie is made a servant at Harrenhal. He is sent to work in the kitchens and believes the castle is haunted by ghosts.

A Storm of Swords

Having seen her kill a Bolton guard at Harrenhal, Hot Pie is frightened by Arya.

A Feast for Crows

Training in Braavos, Arya thinks that Hot Pie would enjoy the kitchens of the House of Black and White.

Quotes by Hot Pie

Tom: Will you give us your names like honest men?

Hot Pie: I'm Hot Pie.

Tom: Aye, and good for you. It's not every day I meet a lad with such a tasty name. And what would your friends be called, Mutton Chop and Squab?

- Tom of Sevenstreams and Hot Pie

Sharna says she needs me to bake bread. Anyhow I'm tired of rain and saddlesores and being scared all the time. There's ale here, and rabbit to eat, and the bread will be better when I make it.

- Hot Pie to Arya Stark

Quotes about Hot Pie

Everyone was yelling stuff. Hot Pie yelled hot pie. He must have yelled it a hundred times.

- Arya Stark to Gendry

In his chainmail shirt with a sword in his hand, Gendry looked almost a man grown, and dangerous. Hot Pie looked like Hot Pie.

- thoughts of Arya Stark




Annotations from item #46266881:

Hother Umber, known as Hother Whoresbane, is a member of House Umber and is the uncle of Lord Greatjon Umber. Hother is the joint castellan of Last Hearth with his older brother, Mors.

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Appearance and Character

See also: Images of Hother Umber

Hother is old and gaunt with flinty eyes and a long white beard. His face is hard as winter frost.

History

Hother Umber is the youngest son of Hoarfrost Umber, former Lord of Last Hearth. His father believed that Hother had the making of a maester and therefore sent him to study at the Citadel in Oldtown around 250 AC. While in Oldtown a whore tried to rob him, so Hother disemboweled the whore, earning him the nickname "Whoresbane." The story is told in whispers because the whore was probably a man.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Hother is made joint castellan of Last Hearth, together with his brother, Mors Crowfood, by Lord Greatjon Umber when the Greatjon marches south to answer the call to arms of Robb Stark.

A Clash of Kings

Hother attends the harvest feast at Winterfell with his brother, Mors. He asks for ships to defend the Bay of Seals from the wildlings slipping past the Wall and the Night's Watch. He is ordered to work with Lord Wyman Manderly to build a fleet. Hother reports that the Greatjon took so many of the Umber men south with Robb, that they lost half of their harvest because they have too few men to swing the scythes.

A Storm of Swords

At Riverrun, the Greatjon tells Robb that his uncles wish to remarry. Robb considers the possibility of Hother marrying a daughter of Lord Walder Frey.

A Dance with Dragons

Hother begrudgingly swears allegiance to the Dreadfort because his nephew, Lord Greatjon Umber, is a captive of the Freys at the Twins.

Roose Bolton, the new Warden of the North, does not trust Hother's allegiance and suspects that he plots betrayal.

Hother is present at the wedding of the fake Arya Stark to Ramsay at Winterfell.

The Winds of Winter

Theon Greyjoy reveals to Stannis Baratheon that the majority of Hother's forces are old men and Mors has green boys, as the main Umber strength went south with the Greatjon and likely perished in the Red Wedding.

Family

Quotes

The Cerwyns and the Tallharts are not to be relied on, my fat friend Lord Wyman plots betrayal, and Whoresbane ... the Umbers may seem simple, but they are not without a certain low cunning.

- Roose Bolton to Theon Greyjoy

And Lord Wyman is not the only man who lost kin at your Red Wedding, Frey. Do you imagine Whoresbane loves you any better? If you did not hold the Greatjon, he would pull out your entrails and make you eat them, as Lady Hornwood ate her fingers.

- Barbrey Dustin to Aenys Frey




Annotations from item #46266882:

Hotho Harlaw, known as Hotho Humpback, is a member of House Harlaw and the master of the Tower of Glimmering.

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Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Hotho arrives at the Ten Towers. He gives Lord Rodrik Harlaw a copy of Archamester Marwyn's *Book of Lost Books* from Oldtown in the hope it might persuade Lord Rodrik to marry his daughter.

Family




Annotations from item #46266883:

The Hound - by artist Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games.

The hound helm of Sandor Clegane from *Game of Thrones*.

The Hound is a sobriquet for Sandor Clegane, the bodyguard of Prince Joffrey Baratheon. House Clegane's sigil depicts three black dogs,

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Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Despite not being a knight, Sandor Clegane replaces Ser Barristan Selmy on the Kingsguard of the new king, Joffrey I Baratheon.

A Clash of Kings

Sandor deserts the service of Joffrey during the Battle of the Blackwater.

A Storm of Swords

The Hound is wounded in a fight with some of the Mountain's men at the crossroads inn. Arya Stark abandons the dying Sandor along the Trident, denying him the gift of mercy.

A Feast for Crows

Lem Lemoncloak, wearing the Hound's helm, helps hang captives for Lady Stoneheart. Art by Marc Simonetti.

The Hound has allegedly led a hundred outlaws across the Trident,

Based on eyewitness reports of his helm,

At the Quiet Isle, the Elder Brother informs Brienne that the leader of the Saltpans raid could not have been Sandor Clegane. The Elder Brother says he had buried Sandor himself and placed the hound helm atop the grave, and that a traveler must have taken the helm for himself. Sandor's horse, Stranger is stabled by the brown brothers.

At the crossroads inn, Brienne and her companions encounter broken men from the Brave Companions. They are led by Rorge, who had taken the hound helm from Sandor's gravesite and then led the raid on Saltpans.

Despite the objections of Thoros of Myr, Lem Lemoncloak wears the dog helm he took from Rorge's corpse. Lem supports Stoneheart in the hangings of Brienne, Podrick Payne, and Hyle Hunt.

After the siege of Riverrun, Lyle the Strongboar announces he is going to hunt the Hound.

A Dance with Dragons

At Pennytree, Jaime Lannister is approached by Brienne and told that only he can accompany her to Sansa Stark, otherwise the Hound will kill the girl.

Quotes

A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he'll look you straight in the face.

- Sandor Clegane to Sansa Stark

A real wolf would finish a wounded animal.

- Sandor Clegane to Arya Stark

Brienne: You are the Hound.

Lem: I suppose I am. Seeing as how m'lady went and killed the last one.
Brienne: It was Rorge I killed. He took the helm from Clegane's grave, and you stole it off his corpse.

Lem: I didn't hear him objecting.

- Brienne of Tarth and Lem

Thoros: There is nothing good about that helm, nor the men who wore it. Sandor Clegane was a man in torment, and Rorge a beast in human skin.

Lem: I'm not them.
Thoros: Then why show the world their face? Savage, snarling, twisted ... is that who you would be, Lem?
Lem: The sight of it will make my foes afraid.

Thoros: The sight of it makes me afraid.

- Thoros of Myr and Lem




Annotations from item #46266884:

The Hour of the Wolf refers to the six days in 131 AC when Cregan Stark, Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North, governed in King's Landing, at the end of the Dance of the Dragons.

History

As the Lads' rivermen and Cregan's northmen approached King's Landing, King Aegon II Targaryen, who had been urged by councillors to surrender and take the black, was found poisoned. Lord Corlys Velaryon sent envoys to bring peace to the realm as Aegon's nephew, Aegon III Targaryen, took the Iron Throne.

Although Lord Cregan had been one of the blacks in opposition to Aegon II and the greens, the vengeful lord sought justice for the poisoned king. Twenty-two men were arrested, including Corlys the Sea Snake and Lord Larys Strong, and the eleven-year-old Aegon III named Cregan his Hand of the King.

Aegon III was convinced by his half-sisters, Baela and Rhaena Targaryen, to restore Corlys to his office. To ensure the edict would stand, Black Aly Blackwood agreed to marry Cregan and Lord Velaryon thus avoided trial.

Nineteen of the remaining accused agreed to take the black, while only Larys Clubfoot and Ser Gyles Belgrave accepted execution. Cregan resigned the day after the executions, having been Hand for only a day. He returned to the North, although some of his followers remained south of the Neck.




Annotations from item #46266885:

House Algood is a noble house from the Westerlands. According to semi-canon sources they blazon their arms with a golden wreath on blue, a gold border. Their words are not known.

House Algood at the end of the third century

The known Algoods during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:




Annotations from item #46266886:

House Allyrion of Godsgrace is a major Dornish noble house. Godsgrace sits near the confluence of the Scourge and the Vaith into the Greenblood.

Their blazon is a golden hand on gyronny red and black.

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History

House Allyrion was founded by Andal adventurers houses who came to Dorne during the Andal invasion, along with House Uller, House Qorgyle, House Vaith, House Jordayne, House Santagar, and House Martell.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Ser Ryon Allyrion and Daemon Sand are among the Dornish nobles that accompany Prince Oberyn Martell to King's Landing. The Bastard of Godsgrace helps Oberyn don his armor before the duel against Ser Gregor Clegane.

A Feast for Crows

Daemon is arrested by Prince Doran Martell's men for demanding the release of the Sand Snakes.

House Allyrion at the end of the third century

The known Allyrions during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:




Annotations from item #46266887:

House Amber was a noble house from what is now the north. They were First Men who were vanquished by the Kings of Winter from House Stark.




Annotations from item #46266888:

House Ambrose is a noble house from the Reach.

They blazon their arms as a yellow field strewn with red ants.

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History

In 42 AC Ser Aegon Ambrose, a knight of the Warrior's Sons, took part in the trial of seven in which seven of the Warrior's Sons faced King Maegor I Targaryen and his six champions. He died during the battle.

During the civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons, Marq Ambrose was loyal to King Aegon II Targaryen. He was a member of the Caltrops, supporters of Aegon II who plotted to dispose of Ulf the White and Hugh Hammer. Marq suggested that, since both Ulf the White and Hugh Hammer were dragonriders, they would kill the men only after taking King's Landing from the forces of Rhaenyra Targaryen, but Richard Rodden insisted that such a plan would be dishonorable.

Ser Aubrey Ambrose was named by Eustace Osgrey as one of the outstanding supporters of the Daemon I Blackfyre's cause.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

House Ambrose follow their Tyrell overlords in declaring for Renly Baratheon on the outset of the War of the Five Kings. While on the march with Renly's army, Ser Edmund Ambrose is one of the knights who start the wager on the maidenhood of Brienne of Tarth, bringing her flowers and offering to ride with her.

After Renly's death, the Ambroses again follow the Tyrells, marching with the Tyrell-Lannister army at the Battle of the Blackwater. The squire Alyn Ambrose slays a Myrish crossbowman and a Mullendore man-at-arms during the fighting.

A Storm of Swords

Elinor Tyrell is betrothed to Alyn Ambrose, a son of Lord Arthur Ambrose.

Ambrose men march with Lord Randyll Tarly to pacify the crownlands after the victory at the Blackwater.

A Feast for Crows

Brienne of Tarth spots horse trappings bearing the ants of Ambrose among the gear collected from the dead after the Battle of Duskendale.

House Ambrose at the end of the third century

The known Ambroses during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:

With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch of the house there is also:

Historical Members




Annotations from item #46266889:

House Antaryon is a noble family of Braavos. Their tall, square towers

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Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Ferrego Antaryon, the Sealord of Braavos, is sickly and failing.

House Antaryon at the end of the third century

The known Antaryons during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:




Annotations from item #46266890:

House Appleton of Appleton is a noble house from Appleton in the Reach. According to semi-canon sources they blazon their arms with quarterly: An apple tree on yellow, a grey gatehouse on white. Their words are not known.

House Appleton at the end of the third century

The known Appletons during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:




Annotations from item #46266891:

House Arryn of the Eyrie is one of the Great Houses of Westeros, and is the principal noble house in the Vale of Arryn. Their main seat is the Eyrie, which is considered impregnable.

The Arryns of the Eyrie have a collection of distant relatives located throughout the Vale. Although much poorer than the ruling Arryns, aside from the Arryns of Gulltown, the lesser branches are described by Petyr Baelish as proud due to their name and heritage.

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History

Kings of Mountain and Vale

The Arryns are considered to come from the oldest and purest line of Andal nobility, which they say reaches back to Andalos and possibly Hugor of the Hill.

When King Robar II Royce began to unite the First Men and defeat some of the petty Andal kings during the Andal invasion, the Andals of the Vale united behind Ser Artys Arryn, the Falcon Knight, a native Valeman esteemed amongst his peers as the finest warrior of his day. Robar was slain in the Battle of the Seven Stars, possibly by Artys, and the First Men houses who remained bent the knee and swore fealty to Artys Arryn, the First of His Name, new-crowned King of Mountain and Vale. From that day, the Vale became known as the Vale of Arryn.

The Arryns initially lived at the Gates of the Moon, but over generations they constructed the Eyrie.

The Arryn kings added Pebble, the Paps, and the Witch Isle to their realm. They battled with the Stark Kings of Winter over the Three Sisters in the War Across the Water, which featured King Osgood Arryn and his son and successor, Oswin the Talon, who burned the Wolf's Den. There were bloody battles wherein the Arryn fleet turned back slavers from Volantis, ironborn reavers, and pirates from the Stepstones and the Basilisk Isles.

Aegon's Conquest

During Aegon's Conquest the Arryn and Targaryen fleets fought in a battle in the waters off Gulltown, which resulted in the destruction of the Targaryen fleet and the death of its commanding officer, Daemon Velaryon. Visenya Targaryen, on her dragon Vhagar, burned the Arryn fleet in response. Since both fleets were destroyed, the battle was considered a tactical draw, but a strategic defeat for the Targaryens as they were unable to take Gulltown. For House Arryn the trouble did not end there, since the Sistermen on the Three Sisters revolted after the destruction of the Arryn fleet.

Later in Aegon's Conquest, Visenya was charged with subduing the Vale. Sharra Arryn, Queen Regent of the Vale, ruling in the name of her son, the boy-king Ronnel Arryn, amassed the Vale's army at the Bloody Gate. Visenya, however, flew on Vhagar to the courtyard of the Eyrie to obtain the surrender of the Vale of Arryn. When Sharra returned to the Eyrie she found her son sitting on Visenya's lap asking if he could ride the dragon with her. Once Sharra yielded and bent the knee, Ronnel twice flew with Visenya and Vhagar.

Targaryen Dynasty

Queen Rhaenys Targaryen arranged the marriage Lord Ronnel Arryn to the daughter of Lord Torrhen Stark of Winterfell, in an attempt to knit the new realm together.

In 80 AC, during the reign of King Jaehaerys I Targaryen, Lord Rodrik Arryn married Princess Daella Targaryen, the king's daughter. Aemma died in childbirth, giving birth to their only child, Lady Aemma Arryn.

Upon the death of Jaehaerys in 103 AC, Prince Viserys was crowned king and Aemma Arryn his queen.

Following the death of Viserys I in 129 AC, House Arryn became involved in the Dance of the Dragons, where Aemma's daughter, Viserys's elder child and proclaimed heir, Princess Rhaenyra, and Rhaenyra's younger brother, Prince Aegon, Viserys's eldest surviving son, fought over their claims to the Iron Throne. Jeyne Arryn, supported the blacks and her kinswoman Rhaenyra. At the start of the Targaryen civil war, Prince Jacaerys Velaryon, Rhaenyra's eldest son, travelled to the Eyrie to secure aid for his mother's cause. Jeyne kept true to her promise and sent men by sea by way of Gulltown to join Rhaenyra's hosts.

Following the conclusion of the civil war, and the coronation of King Aegon III Targaryen, Rhaenyra's eldest surviving son, at the age of eleven, Jeyne became one of seven regents of the young king. She died in Gulltown of illness in 134 AC.

In 196 AC, during the First Blackfyre Rebellion, the Arryns remained loyal to King Daeron II Targaryen. At the climactic Battle of the Redgrass Field, Lord Donnel Arryn led the van, which was smashed by Daemon I Blackfyre. Donnel's life was eventually saved by Ser Gwayne Corbray of the Kingsguard.

Lady Alys Arryn was married to Prince Rhaegel Targaryen, the thirdborn son of King Daeron II Targaryen. Together, they had three children: the twins Aelor and Aelora, and a second daughter, Daenora.

Following the rule of Lord Jasper Arryn, his eldest son Jon inherited the Eyrie. Having been the Keeper of the Gates of the Moon as a young man before his father's death,

While Lord Jasper, upon his death, left three children, his descendants experienced a variety of calamities that left the house with fewer heirs. Jasper's successor and eldest son, Lord Jon, married several times. His first wife, Lady Jeyne Royce, died in childbirth, their daughter stillborn. His second wife, Lady Rowena Arryn, a cousin, died childless of a winter chill. Jon's younger brother Ronnel married a woman from House Belmore. She became pregnant, but around the same time as she gave birth to their son, Elbert, Ronnel died of a bad belly. As Jon did not have any sons, his nephew Elbert became his heir. Jon and Ronnel's sister, Alys, was married to Ser Elys Waynwood, with whom she had eight daughters and one son. Alys died soon after her last childbirth, however, and her son, Jasper, died at a young age. Their eldest daughter was married to Ser Denys Arryn, a distant cousin, and their children became the Arryn heirs following Elbert. Of the remaining seven daughters, two died, one became a septa, another a silent sister, one proved barren following her marriage, and the sixth was kidnapped by the Burned Men on her way to her marriage in the riverlands. The youngest of them married a man from House Hardyng, with whom she had a son, Harrold. Despite not having sons of his own, Jon Arryn thus had several heirs through whom his house could continue.

Robert's Rebellion

Robert's Rebellion changed all. The war began when Lord Jon Arryn refused to surrender his wards, Lord Robert Baratheon and Eddard Stark, to King Aerys II Targaryen, who had demanded their heads following the executions of Lord Rickard Stark and his eldest son, Brandon.

Following the conclusion of the war in 283 AC, Jon Arryn played a large role in the reign of newly-formed House Baratheon of King's Landing. He was named the Hand for the new king, Robert I,

Jon's own marriage, to Lysa Tully, remained an unhappy one. Jon had been aware of the fact that Lysa had been pregnant with a child which had been aborted by Lord Tully before their marriage. However, due to her history, Lysa has always been very protective of Robert, and spoiled him despite Jon's effort.

When Lord Stannis Baratheon, King Robert I's younger brother, began to suspect that Queen Cersei's children are not fathered by Robert, he approached Jon,

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

King Robert I Baratheon names his old friend, Lord Eddard Stark, as Hand of the King to replaced the recently-deceased Lord Jon Arryn. The king hopes to have Jon's young heir, Lord Robert Arryn, fostered by Lord Tywin Lannister at Casterly Rock, and Tywin accepts to foster the boy.

Lysa gains the custody of Tyrion Lannister when he is brought to the Eyrie by her sister, Catelyn Stark,

After the death of Robert Baratheon, Lady Lysa and Lord Robert are among the nobles King Joffrey I Baratheon commands to swear fealty to him or be branded traitors to the realm.

A Clash of Kings

King Stannis Baratheon's maester, Cressen, counsels him to send his heir, Princess Shireen, to the Eyrie. Stannis considers it, until his wife, Selyse Florent, informs him that it is equal to begging Lysa for her support, which Stannis strongly opposes.

In an attempt to discover who is spying on him for Queen Regent Cersei Lannister, Tyrion Lannister lies to Lord Petyr Baelish, telling him that he wishes to offer Princess Myrcella Baratheon in marriage to Lord Robert, at the same time offering to restore Robert to the title of Warden of the East. Petyr learns about Tyrion's deceit before he brings the offer to Lysa.

King Robb Stark sends four ravens to the Eyrie, asking the Arryn's for aid in the war. Lysa does not reply to them, however..

A Storm of Swords

The Vale's neutrality is a cause of contention for all sides. Lysa's sister Catelyn writes her a letter when their father, Lord Hoster Tully, lies dying,

Tywin Lannister, Hand for King Joffrey, sends Petyr Baelish, Lysa's lover from her youth, to the Eyrie to convince Lysa to swear loyalty to the Iron Throne. Tywin agrees to restore Lord Robert to the position of Warden of the East if Lysa will keep the king's peace and marry Petyr.

A Feast for Crows

The frail Robert Arryn remains Lord of the Eyrie, and has become the ward of Lord Petyr Baelish, who rules as Lord Protector of the Vale. Following the death of his mother, Robert begins to see as a mother-figure his cousin Sansa, who is disguised as Petyr's bastard daughter Alayne Stone.

Several powerful nobles array themselves against Lord Baelish's rule, calling themselves the Lords Declarant. As the Vale has been untouched by the war, they command a sizable military force of twenty thousand men. They agree to allow Petyr one year to prove his worth.

As winter is approaching, Lord Robert Arryn and his household descend from the Eyrie to the Gates of the Moon.

A Dance with Dragons

Because the Eyrie is fertile and has been untouched by war, Jon Snow, the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, thinks the Vale might be a source of food to buy for the winter. Unaware of Lysa Arryn's death, he wonders if she would be willing to feed the bastard son of her sister's husband.

House Arryn at the end of the third century

The known Arryns during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:

With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch there are also:

Household

Historical Members

Sworn Houses

House Arryn of Gulltown.
House Baelish of the Fingers.
House Belmore of Strongsong.
House Corbray of Heart's Home.
House Donniger.
House Egen.
House Elesham of The Paps.
House Grafton of Gulltown.
House Hersy of Newkeep.
House Hunter of Longbow Hall.
House Lynderly of Snakewood.
House Melcolm of Old Anchor.
House Moore.
House Pryor of Pebble.
House Redfort of Redfort.
House Royce of Runestone.
House Royce of the Gates of the Moon.
House Ruthermont.
House Sunderland of Sisterton.
House Templeton of Ninestars.
House Upcliff.
House Waynwood of Ironoaks.
House Wydman.
House Waxley of Wickenden.

The following are not directly sworn to House Arryn: Borrell, Longthorpe, Torrent, Shett, Coldwater, Tollett, Hardyng.




Annotations from item #46266892:

Ser Vardis Egen, captain of the guard, in *Game of Thrones*

House Arryn guards are guardsmen in the service of House Arryn of the Eyrie. They wear sky-blue cloaks

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Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Ser Vardis Egen, long the captain of the guard for the late Lord Jon Arryn,

A Clash of Kings

Ser Marwyn Belmore becomes the new captain for House Arryn.

A Storm of Swords

After arriving at the Eyrie, Lord Petyr Baelish replaces Marwyn

The bard Marillion tells two guards that they are not to enter the High Hall when he brings Sansa Stark before Lady Lysa Arryn, and he bars the doors behind them. Petyr pushes Lysa through the Moon Door, however, and places blame on Marillion before allowing Sansa to let the guards in.

A Feast for Crows

The guards of Lord Robert believes that Ser Lyn Corbray is the most dangerous of the Lords Declarant.

Known Arryn guards




Annotations from item #46266893:

House Arryn of Gulltown is a small cadet branch of House Arryn located in the city of Gulltown. They chose to marry merchants in Gulltown, making them richer than most of their cousins. However they are considered uncouth, and so they are not discussed by the rest of the family.

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Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Petyr Baelish goes through the recent past of House Arryn, telling Sansa Stark that the Arryns of Gulltown are rich but ignored by the rest of the family.

House Arryn of Gulltown at the end of the third century

The known Gulltown Arryns during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:




Annotations from item #46266894:

House Ashford of Ashford is a noble house from Ashford in the Reach. It blazons its arms with a white sun-and-chevron on orange.

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History

House Ashford held a tourney at Ashford Meadow in 209 AC. Lord Ashford's sons, Ser Androw and Ser Robert, were two of the original champions of their thirteen year old sister. During the tourney an altercation occurred between Ser Duncan the Tall and Prince Aerion Targaryen. This resulted in Duncan striking the prince, claiming that he was only following the knight's vows to defend the weak. Aerion demanded a trial of seven to clear his name. Thus the tourney entered history by becoming the theater of the first trial of seven in more than a hundred years. During the trial King Daeron II Targaryen's son and heir, Prince Baelor, was slain by his own brother, Prince Maekar.

Robert Baratheon was defeated at the Battle of Ashford during Robert's Rebellion. during Robert's Rebellion.

House Ashford at the end of the third century

The known Ashfords during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:

Historical Members




Annotations from item #46266895:

House Ashwood is a noble house in the north.

History

House Ashwood once held the Wolf's Den.

House Ashwood at the end of the third century

The known Ashwoods during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:




Annotations from item #46266896:

The simple, unnamed tower of House Baelish.
Art by PHATandy

House Baelish of the Fingers is a noble house from the Vale. The seat of House Baelish is an unnamed, old flint tower, which commands no more than a few stony acres on the smallest of the Fingers. House Baelish's smallfolk consists of a village of a dozen families in huts of piled stone beside a peat bog.

The current lord, Petyr Baelish, is only the second generation of the landed family. His grandfather had been a landless hedge knight, and his father the smallest of lords.

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History

The house began with Petyr's great-grandfather, who was born in Braavos and came to the Vale as a sellsword employed by House Corbray. His son took the head of the Titan of Braavos as his sigil when he was knighted. His arms were a grey stone head with fiery eyes, on a light green field.

During the War of the Ninepenny Kings, Petyr's father became friends with Lord Hoster Tully. He later "cashed in" on the friendship to have Petyr fostered at Riverrun.

In 289 AC, Petyr Baelish was given a minor sinecure in customs by Lord Jon Arryn,

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A Clash of Kings

Lord Petyr Baelish offers himself as the envoy to the Reach to win their support for House Lannister. Following the Battle of the Blackwater, Petyr receives Harrenhal and is titled Lord Paramount of the Trident for services rendered to the crown.

Petyr's suggests that Sansa Stark use his mother's name while disguising herself as his bastard daughter.

A Feast for Crows

Petyr Baelish assumes power as the Lord Protector of the Vale following the death of Lady Lysa Arryn, who had granted him the title after their marriage.

House Baelish at the end of the third century

The known Baelishes during the timespan described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:

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Historical Members




Annotations from item #46266897:

House Baelish of Harrenhal is a noble house from Harrenhal in the riverlands. A cadet branch of House Baelish of the Fingers, it is founded by Petyr Baelish, the new Lord Paramount of the Trident, in 299 AC.

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Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Lord Petyr Baelish is named Lord of Harrenhal and Lord Paramount of the Trident by the Iron Throne, a reward for arranging the alliance between Houses Lannister and Tyrell and the betrothal of Margaery Tyrell to King Joffrey I Baratheon. Petyr replaces Lord Hoster Tully of Riverrun as liege lord of the riverlands.

A Storm of Swords

Harrenhal is recaptured from the Brave Companions by Ser Gregor Clegane and the Mountain's men.

Lord Petyr helps Sansa Stark escape King's Landing after Joffrey's death by using Ser Dontos Hollard as a front for his plans.

A Feast for Crows

Residing at the Eyrie as Lord Protector of the Vale, Petyr seems in no hurry to occupy Harrenhal.

House Baelish at the end of the third century

The known Baelishes during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:

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Annotations from item #46266898:

House Ball is a noble house from the Reach. They blazon their shields with three white plates upon a chevron red on a white field.

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History

Origins

House Ball is an ancient house. According to tales they descend from one of the three husbands of Florys the Fox, a daughter of Garth Greenhand.

Blackfyre Rebellions

Ser Quentyn Ball, better known as Fireball, was the master-at-arms at the Red Keep during the reign of King Aegon IV Targaryen. Aegon promised to name Quentyn to the Kingsguard, but he died before he could fulfill that promise. When a spot opened during the reign of his son, King Daeron II Targaryen, Quentyn was passed over. This was the major contributing factor to Quentyn siding with Daemon Blackfyre during the First Blackfyre Rebellion.

Quentyn slew Lord Lefford outside of Lannisport and then defeated Lord Damon Lannister in turn. Fireball rescued Daemon when Daeron sent the Kingsguard to arrest him. Quentyn slew all the sons of Lady Penrose save for the youngest, sparing him out of respect for his mother. Fireball died on the eve of the Battle of the Redgrass Field.

House Ball at the end of the third century

The known Balls during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:

Historical Members




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House Banefort of Banefort is a noble house from Banefort in the westerlands, one of the main families sworn to Casterly Rock.

According to semi-canon sources they blazon their shields with a hooded man, black on grey with within a fiery tressure.

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The Baneforts were petty First Men kings of the Age of Heroes, claiming descent from the Hooded Man. The last Hooded King was Morgon Banefort, whose thralls were defeated after twenty years of war by Loreon I Lannister, King of the Rock.

According to a semi-canon source,.

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A Game of Thrones

Lord Quenten Banefort is captured at the battle in the Whispering Wood.

A Clash of Kings

The colors of House Banefort are spotted by Arya Stark leaving Harrenhal with Lord Tywin Lannister's army.

A Storm of Swords

Lord Banefort spends the War of the Five Kings as a prisoner of Lord Jonos Bracken,

A Feast for Crows

Lord Banefort is one of the lords who escort the corpse of Tywin from King's Landing to Casterly Rock.

House Banefort at the end of the third century

The known Baneforts during the time span of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:

Historical Members

Behind the Scenes

The sigil of House Banefort is a reference by George R. R. Martin to the comic book character Black Hood.




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House Bar Emmon of Sharp Point is a noble house from Sharp Point in the crownlands. They are sworn to Dragonstone.

Their blazon is a leaping blue swordfish on fretty silver on white. Their motto does not appear in the texts.

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Togarion Bar Emmon was an Andal warlord who founded a small kingdom north of the Blackwater Rush during the Andal invasion, but he was opposed by the more powerful Darklyns of Duskendale. Togarion married the daughter of King Josua Massey of Stonedance, himself a rival to the Storm King Qarlton II Durrandon, and the Bar Emmons abandoned the Blackwater for Massey's Hook. Although Qarlton defeated Josua, Togarion drove the stormlanders from Stonedance, built Sharp Point as the new seat for House Bar Emmon, and established a kingdom on Massey's Hook with the son of Josua as a puppet. The region was eventually recovered by the stormlands, however.

Prior to the War of Conquest, House Bar Emmon was sworn to House Durrandon, the Storm Kings from Storm's End, but had closer ties to House Targaryen of nearby Dragonstone. When Aegon the Conqueror launched his invasion of Westeros, the Bar Emmons supported him instead of the Storm King, Argilac the Arrogant. With the creation of the crownlands after the Conquest, the Bar Emmons became sworn to Dragonstone, instead of House Baratheon of Storm's End, who had replaced the Durrandons.

Lord Bar Emmon was a member of Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen's black council during the Dance of the Dragons.

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A Clash of Kings

Stannis Baratheon complains that the lords sworn to Dragonstone, including Bar Emmon, are a poor crop.*.

Davos Seaworth sees Lord Duram Bar Emmon turning a splotchy grey during the burning of the sept of Dragonstone.

A Storm of Swords

The Bar Emmon banners are seen in Castle Black after Stannis's arrival, indicating House Bar Emmon remained loyal to him after the Battle of the Blackwater.

House Bar Emmon at the end of the third century

The known Bar Emmons during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:

Historical Bar Emmons




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This article is about the main branch of the family, whose seat is Storm's End. For cadet branches, see House Baratheon of King's Landing and House Baratheon of Dragonstone.

House Baratheon of Storm's End is one of the Great Houses of Westeros, and is the principal house in the stormlands, which they rule as Lords Paramount of the Stormlands. Their seat, Storm's End, is an ancient castle raised by the Storm Kings from the now-extinct House Durrandon. The Baratheon sigil is a crowned black stag on a field of gold. Members of the family tend to be tall and powerfully built, with black hair and blue eyes, as well as strong, square jawlines. They are known for their mercurial tempers, and their words are "Ours is the Fury".

After Robert's Rebellion, House Baratheon split into three branches: Lord Robert Baratheon was crowned king and took residence at King's Landing, thereby creating House Baratheon of King's Landing. Robert gave the seat of Dragonstone to his younger brother, Stannis, creating House Baratheon of Dragonstone. Robert's youngest brother, Renly, became the Lord of Storm's End, continuing House Baratheon of Storm's End.

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History

Targaryen Era

Argella Durrandon and Orys Baratheon by Rae Lavergne ©

House Baratheon was created when Orys Baratheon, one of Aegon I Targaryen's generals, his closest companion, and his rumored bastard half-brother, took Argella Durrandon, the only daughter of Argilac Durrandon, the last Storm King, to wife. Orys took the sigil and words of House Durrandon for his own and became the first Lord of Storm's End.

Ser Raymont Baratheon, a younger son of an unknown Lord Baratheon, was a member of the Kingsguard of King Aenys I Targaryen, and saved the life of his king during the Faith Militant uprising, when the Poor Fellows attempted to murder the king in his bed.

During the Dance of the Dragons, Lord Borros Baratheon sided the House with Aegon II Targaryen and the greens, despite his late father, Lord Boremund's support of the blacks and relation to Rhaenys Targaryen.

Having been injured in Dorne, King Baelor I Targaryen stayed at Storm's End for more than half a year to regain his strength, before travelling on to King's Landing.

In 200 AC, Lord Baratheon held a tourney to celebrate the birth of his grandson. In 209 AC, the heir to Storm's End, Ser Lyonel Baratheon, called the Laughing Storm, participated in the Ashford tourney and fought on the side of Ser Duncan the Tall during a trial of seven.

A daughter of Lord Lyonel was betrothed to crown prince Duncan Targaryen in 237 AC. Duncan broke the betrothal when he married Jenny of Oldstones in 239 AC. This angered Lord Lyonel, causing him to declare independence, naming himself the new Storm King. His short, bloody rebellion ended when he was defeated by Ser Duncan the Tall in single combat, Duncan renounced his claim to the throne, and King Aegon promised that Princess Rhaelle Targaryen, his youngest daughter, would marry Lyonel's heir, Ormund Baratheon. Rhaelle was send to Storm's End to serve as cupbearer to Lord Lyonel, and as lady companion to Lord Lyonel's wife. The wedding took place in 245 AC, and a son, Steffon, was born the next year.

Steffon served in his youth at the court of King's Landing, and became a close friend to his cousin, Prince Aerys Targaryen. He fought in the War of the Ninepenny Kings in 260 AC, where his father, Lord Ormund, died in his arms, slain by Maelys I Blackfyre.

Lord Steffon's eldest son, Robert, was fostered by Lord Jon Arryn at the Eyrie, together with Eddard Stark from Winterfell.

Robert's Rebellion

King Robert I Baratheon by Joshua Cairós © Fantasy Flight Games

Main article: Robert's Rebellion

Steffon's eldest son, Robert, inherited Storm's End upon Steffon's death, and in the years that followed, was betrothed to Lyanna Stark of Winterfell.

Baratheon Dynasty

Lord Robert was crowned King Robert I. House Baratheon was split into three branches: House Baratheon of King's Landing, under King Robert I, House Baratheon of Dragonstone, headed by Lord Stannis Baratheon, and House Baratheon of Storm's End, headed by Lord Renly Baratheon, Robert's youngest brother. During Greyjoy's Rebellion in 289 AC, the combined Baratheon fleet defeated the Iron Fleet in a sea battle off Fair Isle, commanded by Stannis, the master of ships. Stannis later subdued Great Wyk in his brother's name. Some time after he achieved manhood, Renly Baratheon was appointed to Robert's small council as master of laws.

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A Game of Thrones

Renly Baratheon by Chris Dien © Fantasy Flight Games

Lord Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King, dies suddenly in King's Landing. King Robert I Baratheon and his retinue travel to Winterfell to offer the position to Lord Eddard Stark, Robert's friend from his youth. Lord Renly Baratheon rides north to meet King Robert on his return trip after Eddard accepts the position, while Lord Stannis Baratheon returns to his seat at Dragonstone. Renly participates in the Hand's tourney, riding well before losing to Sandor Clegane.

Later, as Robert lies dying from a kingswood boar's tusk, Renly asks Eddard to support him in a bid for the throne. Lord Stark has discovered that Queen Cersei's children, Joffrey, Myrcella, and Tommen Baratheon, are not Robert's legitimate children, but they are instead bastards born of incest with Cersei's brother, Ser Jaime Lannister. Eddard insists that it is Lord Stannis who should be Robert's successor as king. After Eddard refuses to support Renly's bid for power, Renly, his thirty men-at-arms, and his former squire Ser Loras Tyrell ride south out of the capital. King Joffrey I names Lord Renly and Ser Loras among the nobles who must do him homage or be declared traitors, and soon thereafter has Eddard executed for treason.

A Clash of Kings

Despite Stannis's better claim to the Iron Throne, Renly is able to rally the stormlands to his cause, as well as House Tyrell and much of the Reach. Stannis has a significantly smaller force drawn mostly from the crownlands and the royal fleet. When Renly is assassinated beneath the walls of Storm's End as the brothers' hosts prepare to clash during the War of the Five Kings, he leaves no heirs. Most of the houses sworn to Storm's End, as well as some from the Reach, join Stannis, who unsuccessfully attacks King's Landing in the Battle of the Blackwater. Following their defeat, most houses sworn to Stannis kneel to King Joffrey and the Iron Throne.

A Storm of Swords

Tommen Baratheon by Joshua Cairós © Fantasy Flight Games

Stannis's garrison at Storm's End commanded by Ser Gilbert Farring remains loyal to his cause.

Edric Storm is smuggled out of Dragonstone by Lord Davos Seaworth to prevent him from being burned alive by Stannis's advisor, Melisandre.

Renly's widow, Margaery Tyrell, marries King Joffrey Baratheon. After Joffrey's death, the current head of the house is the young king Tommen I Baratheon - a title disputed by King Stannis.

Aside from a few garrisons, Stannis leads his remaining forces north to the Wall and saves the Night's Watch from wildlings in the battle beneath the Wall.

A Feast for Crows

Queen Cersei Lannister serves as regent for her son, King Tommen I. She sends Lord Mace Tyrell to take Storm's End from Stannis's garrison, although when Mace hears his daughter Margaery has been arrested he returns to the capital with most of his army,.

A Dance with Dragons

After leaving Castle Black, Stannis remains in the north, liberates Deepwood Motte,

The garrison at Storm's End is Stannis's last force in the south, but it is threatened by Mathis Rowan as well as Aegon Targaryen and the Golden Company.

The regent of King Tommen I Baratheon, Ser Kevan Lannister, is murdered in King's Landing by Varys.

House Baratheon at the end of the third century

Storm's End Freerider by Jorge Barrero © Fantasy Flight Games

The known Baratheons during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:

With unknown exact relations to the main branch:

Household

Historical Members

Sworn Houses

During the reign of Aegon IV Targaryen, the relationship of Ser Terrence Toyne of the Kingsguard with Bethany Bracken, the king's own mistress, led to the downfall of House Toyne,

Following the Battle of the Blackwater, Nightsong is taken from House Caron and granted to the newly-created House Foote of Nightsong.

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They are quite a pair, Stannis and Renly. The iron gauntlet and the silk glove.

- Varys to Eddard Stark

Notes

  1. Ser Harbert's last name is never mentioned. As the great-uncle of Stannis Baratheon and his siblings (*A Clash of Kings*, Davos I), he might have been an unmentioned brother of Lord Ormund Baratheon, or an uncle of Cassana Estermont, Stannis's mother.