HOUSE MARTELL

Nymeriaxy, the warrior queen of the Rhoynexy, brought her ten thousand ships to land in Dornexy, the southernmost of the Seven Kingdomsxy, and took Lordxy Mors Martellxyxy to husband. With her help, he vanquished his rivals to rule all Dornexy. The Rhoynarxy influence remains strong. Thus Dornish rulers style themselves “Princexy” rather than “Kingxy.” Under Dornish law, lands and titles pass to the eldest child, not the eldest male. Dornexy, alone of the Seven Kingdomsxy, was never conquered by Aegonxy the Dragonxyxy. It was not permanently joined to the realm until two hundred years later, and then by marriage and treaty, not the sword. Peaceable Kingxy Daeronxy IIxyxy succeeded where the warriors had failed by wedding the Dornish princess Myriah and giving his own sister in marriage to the reigning Princexy of Dornexyxy. The Martellxy banner is a red sun pierced by a golden spear. Their words are Unbowed, Unbent, Unbrokenxy.

DORAN NYMEROS MARTELL, Lordxy of Sunspearxyxy, Princexy of Dornexyxy,

The principal houses sworn to Sunspearxy include Jordaynexy, Santagarxy, Allyrion, Toland, Yronwoodxy, Wylxy, Fowlerxy, and Dayne.