History Characters / ASongOfIceAndFireHouseArryn

!!!Household

[[folder:Maester Colemon]]
!!Maester Colemon
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Maester of the Eyrie and loyal servant of House Arryn.

* ButtMonkey: Due to having to care for Robert, he frequently winds up with food and piss all over him from Robert's tantrums and seizures. His recommendations are also frequently overruled by Lysa and Littlefinger.
* ExtremeDoormat: The few times he tries to protest something he is quickly talked over and convinced to do otherwise with little difficulty.
* TheGoodChancellor: He does nothing but offer good advice and is simply trying to do the best that he can for everyone at the Eyrie. Pity for him no one listens to him and easily manipulates him.
* InVinoVeritas: After drinking a bit too much before Tyrion's trial by combat, Colemon mentions to Catelyn Stark and Rodrik Cassel that Jon Arryn had planned to send his son to be a ward of Stannis Baratheon at Dragonstone, confusing Catelyn, who was under the impression King Robert had arranged for Robert Arryn to be fostered at Casterly Rock after Jon's death.
* LongNeck: He has a "ridiculously long and skinny neck".
* TheMedic: Most of his job is trying to keep Robert healthy and combat his seizures. [[spoiler: He was also close to saving Jon Arryn from the poison Lysa had given him, but Maester Pycelle sent him away after receiving orders from Cersei to ensure Jon did not recover]].
* NiceGuy: Very much. It's a bit of a pity that people like Lysa and Petyr just read the trope as being synonymous for "chump".
* UnwittingPawn: To Littlefinger, who is almost certainly manipulating Colemon into treating Robert's condition in ways that will eventually kill him.

[[folder:Mord]]
!!Mord
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Gaoler of the Eyrie. He is dim-witted and cruel.

* TheBrute: He enjoys beating prisoners and hitting them with a leather strap. He also likes to taunt them by holding their food out over the edge of the Sky Cell out of their reach before tossing it away.
* DumbMuscle: Putting two thoughts together to form a new third is very hard work for him, which is why he prefers pounding stuff. His degree of thickness actually causes Tyrion problems when trying to manipulate him.
* EarAche: Lost part of his left ear to an axe.
* FatBastard: He might be as strong as an ox, but he's ''also'' not the fittest guy in the books. And, there's no mistaking the size of his jerkass side.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a massive scar on the left side of his face from an axe cutting off part of his cheek.
* HulkSpeak: A result of both his very poor education and, probably, a congenital disorder of some description.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: '''Mord'''.
* NeverLearnedToRead: Hardly surprising, considering how dumb he is. Tyrion manages to get him to agree to deliver a message to Lysa Arryn by promising to put down in writing an agreement to pay him, which he notes an illiterate idiot like Mord would see as some sort of magic.
* ScaryTeeth: Prior to getting them all replaced with golden teeth, his teeth were brown and rotten.
* TortureTechnician: Serves as this under Littlefinger.
* VillainousGoldTooth: He gets a bunch of gold teeth, presumably using the money Tyrion gave him. He's a cruel man who serves as a TortureTechnician under Littlefinger.

[[folder:Marillion]]
!!Marillion

A traveling singer who accompanied Catelyn Stark to the Eyrie when she captured Tyrion, he quickly became a favorite of Lysa Arryn's and gained much power and influence in her court.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Being a {{Jerkass}} and SerialRapist offers him little sympathy when he winds up in the hands of Mord.]]
* BeautifulSingingVoice: Why Lysa keeps him around. [[spoiler:His singing can be heard all over the Eyrie even when he is imprisoned in a sky cell, and Sansa thinks to herself that somehow his voice sounds even richer, full of pain and fear and longing. She wonders why the gods gave a beautiful voice to such a wicked man as he.]]
* BullyingADragon: At the Eyrie, he would write mocking songs about knights and lords, using Lysa's favor to protect himself from retribution. Bites him in the ass later when [[spoiler:he's framed for shoving her out the Moon Door, and everyone hates him so much that they're happy to believe he did it.]]
* TheCasanova: The negative portrayal of this trope. He uses Lysa's favor to force female servants at the Eyrie to have sex with him, or he will get them dismissed and exiled from the castle. The only woman mentioned who willingly had sex with him was Myranda Royce, a choice she later regretted when she realized what a scumbag he is.
* ChekhovsGunman: Originally a minor supporting character in Catelyn's ''A Game of Thrones'' chapters, Marillion becomes much more important in ''A Storm of Swords'' as part of Sansa's POV.
* DirtyCoward: Can't get the nads to fight in battle and tries to hide, even when his and others' lives are at stake. He'd probably try to spin it as LovableCoward, though.
* DisproportionateRetribution: On the receiving end of this. Yes, he really wasn't a very nice person, but the final weeks of his life ''sucked'' perhaps beyond what misery he'd actually caused. And, he probably never got to find out most of why Littlefinger was so annoyed with him.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:After being tortured and held in a Sky Cell for weeks, he supposedly kills himself by throwing himself out of the cell, although it is likely that Littlefinger had him killed once his purpose had been served]].
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Mord takes his eyes out during the torture to convince him to confess to murdering Lysa]].
* {{Fingore}}: Tyrion makes sure to step on and crush a few of his fingers during the fight against the mountain clans so Marillion would stop playing his music and mocking him. [[spoiler:Mord also removes several of his fingers while torturing him.]]
* HatedByAll: He earned the ire of every knight at the Eyrie by singing insulting songs about them while using his status as Lysa's favorite singer to protect himself from retaliation. [[spoiler:Comes back to bite him when Littlefinger frames him for shoving Lysa out the Moon Door; because he is already so disliked, nobody bothers to speak up in his defense.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: He would force female servants at the Eyrie to have sex with him or else they would get dismissed from their positions. He also tries to rape Sansa and would mock all the knights at the Eyrie with insulting songs, knowing they could not retaliate without risking Lysa's wrath.
* RoyalFavorite: He becomes a favorite of Lysa Arryn. Since she is the Lady of the Eyrie, nobody dares cross Marillion in fear that he will influence Lysa, and Marillion fully takes advantage of this clout by singing songs mocking knights and lords and coercing servant girls into having sex with him. Karma hits him in a major way when Lysa is thrown out the Moon Door, with Marillion getting framed for it, tortured into insanity and eventually executed without anybody speaking on his behalf, as he had become so hated.
* TheScapegoat: Littlefinger easily pins [[spoiler:the murder of Lysa onto him, and it doesn't take much to convince the Lords of the Vale that Marillion is responsible.]]
* TooCleverByHalf: His plan to find advancement by attaching himself to those of greater station and inclined to adventure did, ultimately, work. [[GoneHorriblyRight Rather too well]]; it put him directly in the crosshairs of people you really shouldn't go out of your way to irritate without a get out of jail free card.
* TwoPlusTortureEqualsFive: [[spoiler:Littlefinger has Mord torture and mutilate him to get him to believe that he (Marillion) shoved Lysa out the Moon Door in a fit of jealousy.]]
* WanderingMinstrel: Before finding employment at the Eyrie. Heck, it's why he jumped at the chance to wander with Cat: he hoped to find a court to get permanently attached to.

!!Historical Arryns
[[folder:King Artys Arryn]]
!!King Artys Arryn, King of the Mountain and the Vale
!!!The Falcon Knight, the Winged Knight
-->''"My throne is made of saddle leather, and my castle is a tent."''

A legendary knight and one of the leaders of the Andal invasion. He defeated High King Robar II Royce at the Battle of Seven Stars to become the first Andal King of the Mountain and the Vale. King Artys spent much of his reign traveling the Vale, rarely spending time at his seat at the Gates of the Moon. He's Lord Robert's favorite hero.

* TheAce: Was said to be the finest warrior of his day, a master of swords, lances and morningstars, cunning, resourceful and loved by the Andals.
* AChildShallLeadThem: Was of age with Robar Royce, who was 16 and was made the leader of the Vale's andals.
* ArchEnemy: Of King Robar Royce.
* AlliterativeName: '''Ar'''tys '''Ar'''ryn
* TheBeastMaster:The legendary Winged Knight was said to have commanded eagles to fight for him.
* BodyDouble: During the Battle of Seven Stars, he had one of his knights wear his spare suit of armor to trick King Robar II Royce into thinking he was still at his main camp, while in reality he took five hundred of his best knights on horse through a goat track to fall on the First Men from behind during the battle. His plan worked brilliantly, although his body double was killed by King Robar.
* CompositeCharacter: In-universe, the historical Ser Artys Arryn, who unified the Vale under Andal rule and defeated King Robar II Royce, has been merged in tales and songs with "the Winged Knight", a legendary warrior of the First Men (even though chivalry is an Andal tradition), who took the Eyrie from the Griffin King and said to have lived centuries before the first Andals came to Westeros.
* CoolHelmet: He wore a silver helm with falcon wings, making him an unmistakable sight on the battlefield, a fact he took advantage of using a body double.
* FounderOfTheKingdom: He founded the Arryn dynasty.
* GiantFlyer: The legendary Winged Knight was said to have ridden atop a giant falcon
* InSeriesNickname: "The Falcon Knight", "The Winged Knight".
* KneelBeforeFrodo: He wasn't a lord or a king, but ended up ruling the Vale after several major Andal lords rallied behind him.
%%* LongDeadBadass
* UniversallyBelovedLeader: To the Andals of the Vale.
* TheUsurper: According to song and legend, the Winged Knight took the Eyrie from the Griffin King.

[[folder:King Roland II Arryn]]
!!King Roland II Arryn

Great-grandson of King Roland I, known for his passion for fighting and wenching. He stopped construction of the Eyrie to fund his campaign of conquest in the Riverlands. He ultimately failed, and a resulted ended up was betrayed and delivered to the King of the Rivers and the Hills.

* BloodKnight: The only thing he loved as much as fighting was women.
* TheConqueror: Averted. He aimed to become one but failed, as the Riverlands was united under Tristifer IV Mudd, the Hammer of Justice.
* OffWithHisHead: After being betrayed and sold out to Tristifer IV, Roland II ended up beheaded at Oldstones, the seat of House Mudd.
* WarriorPrince: Roland II personally took part in the campaign to conquer the Riverlands.

[[folder:Queen Sharra Arryn]]
!!Queen Regent Sharra Arryn
!!!The Flower of the Mountain

The mother of boy King Ronnel and his brother Jonos. She served as Queen Regent of the Kingdom of Vale and Sky during the War of Conquest, and surrendered to Queen Visenya.

* IWasQuiteALooker: By the time of Aegon's Conquest, she had lost some of her youthful beauty due to age - being 37 at the time - and childbirth.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Upon entering the throne room of the Eyrie to find Ronnel begging for a ride on Visenya's dragon, Sharra simply exchanged smiles with Visenya, sent for the three Arryn crowns, and offered them alongside the swords of her garrison.
* LadyOfWar: During the War of Conquest, she strengthened defenses in Gulltown to defend against an invasion. However, when the invaders have ''dragons...''
* WeCanRuleTogether: She sent a portrait of herself and offered to marry Aegon if he made Ronnel his heir. Aegon refused.
* TheWomanBehindTheMan: To her son.
* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: She was reputed to be the most beautiful woman in Westeros during her youth.

[[folder:King Ronnel Arryn]]
!!King Ronnel Arryn, King of the Mountain and the Vale
!!!The King Who Flew

The last King of House Arryn, a young boy. He surrendered the Vale to Aegon's sister Visenya, in exchange for a ride on her dragon.

* ArrangedMarriage: He married a woman of House Stark in a deal brokered by Queen Rhaenys in an effort to tie the two regions closer together.
* CainAndAbel: He ended up being killed by his brother Jonos Arryn, dubbed Jonos the Kinslayer.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: He gave his mother an awful fright when he climbed on [[DarkActionGirl Visenya's]] lap and begged her for a ride on her dragon. [[PetTheDog She granted him three.]]
* DestinationDefenestration: He was tossed out the Moon Door by his own brother.
* DistressedDude: He was imprisoned by his brother for most of Jonos' revolt, only to be killed near the end of it when Jonos realized he was going to lose.
* FamousAncestor: He became the first Arryn to bow to the Targaryens, but his later life also proved eventful, as his brother deposed and murdered him. The current Arryns aren't actually descended from him though, since he had no children to inherit his rule, so the rule of the Vale passed to another Arryn.
* IronicNickname: He was known as the King Who Flew after Visenya took him on three rides on her dragon following the surrender of the Vale to Aegon. Later Ronnel flew out of the Eyire as an adult through the Moon Door, murdered by his own brother.
* LastOfHisKind: He was the last Arryn to wear the Falcon Crown.
* PuppetKing: Due to his age, the true ruler of the Vale was his mother, Queen Sharra.

[[folder:Jonos Arryn]]
!!Jonos Arryn
!!!Jonos the Kinslayer

Younger brother of Lord Ronnel, Jonos attempted to usurp his brother and reclaim the independence of the Vale, but his revolt was crushed by Lord Allard Royce and Prince Maegor Targaryen.

* CainAndAbel: While initially only imprisoning his brother at the start of his revolt, Jonos later killed Ronnel by tossing him out the Moon Door.
* DestinationDefenestration: After Maegor appeared flying on Balerion, his followers threw Jonos through the Moon Door.
* InSeriesNickname: Jonos the Kinslayer.
* KarmicDeath: He dies the same way he killed his brother.
* RebelLeader: He deposed his brother and began a revolt against the Iron Throne. House Royce led the loyal Vale houses against him, crushing Jonos's rebellion and forcing him back to the Eyrie. When Prince Maegor appeared on the back of Balerion, the rebel lords backing him threw him out the Moon Door in the hopes of gaining mercy. Unfortunately for them, [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves the only mercy Maegor gave them was hanging them]], rather than letting Balerion eat or burn them alive.
* TheUsurper: Removed his own brother from his throne, revolted against the Targaryens and declared himself King of Mountain and Vale.

[[folder:Hubert Arryn]]
!!Lord Hubert Arryn

A kinsman of the late Ronnel and Jonos who became the new Lord Arryn.

* TheManBehindTheMan: His wife was a Royce, which clearly played a part in why he and not another Arryn cousin was chosen to become the new Lord of the Eyrie.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: He and his wife had at least six sons. This was a key factor in him being selected as the new Lord of the Eyrie, as his succession would be secure. Compare this to Ronnel Arryn, who was thrown through the Moon Door before he could have any heirs (he was wed to the daughter of Torrhen Stark, but their union produced no children).
* ReplacementGoldfish[=/=]YouAreInCommandNow: If it wasn't for the deaths of Ronnel and Jonos, Hubert would've faded into obscurity as a kinsman of the main branch. Instead, House Arryn carried on through Hubert.
* UnexpectedSuccessor: He never expected to become Lord of the Vale, nor that all subsequent Arryns would descend from him. He likely is also the ancestor of all Targaryen rulers (as well as Robert Baratheon) starting with Queen Rhaenyra and her sons, as he is likely the ancestor of Aemma Arryn, Rhaenyra's mother.

[[folder:Lord Rodrik Arryn]]
!!Lord Rodrik Arryn

Lord of the Vale during the reign of King Jaehaerys I, he married princess Daella Targaryen, having only one child together, Aemma Arryn.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: One of the reasons Daella wanted to marry him was because of how nice and reassuring he was to her.
* AChildShallLeadThem: Became Lord of the Eyrie at the age of 10.
* DarkHorseVictory: No one from the Royal Court actually expected he would be chosen by the princess as her husband, since he had two decades on her and wasn't particularly handsome. [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan Only for Daella to pick him on the grounds he looked nice and kind]].
* DueToTheDead:
** Rodrik apparently begged his wife's family to let him bury Daella in the Vale of Arryn, but Alysanne insisted Daella be cremated and her ashes interred at Dragonstone.
** The only reason he was even a candidate was because his first wife passed away and he was obligated to remarry.
* FamousAncestor: Considering the current Targaryens ultimately descend from his line through his great-grandson, Viserys II, he did earn a few points.
* GoodParents: He was a loving and caring father to his five children. Daella often wrote how much she loved his two young sons and younger daughter, even if his eldest child was a BrattyTeenageDaughter.
* LovedByAll: His tenure on the small council made him very popular with both the liege lords and smallfolk alike, he was well-regarded and respected by his bannermen and well-loved by his family and friends. He was also a leal and trusted ally to Jaehaerys and Alysanne, hence their decision to select him as a potential suitor for their daughter. Despite being the least suitable candidate (being significantly older than her, already a father and his looks were reportedly beginning to fade), it says a lot of his character that Daella chose to marry him and was by all accounts happy in the Eyrie with him.
* MayDecemberRomance: He might have been 20 years older that Daella Targaryen and had four children from his previous marriage, but they were very happy together.
* TheMourningAfter: He was left heartbroken by Daella's death.
* NiceGuy: The reason why he got to marry a princess, since said royal was a fragile flower and wanted a husband who would protect and cherish her. He was also well liked by the court.
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: He might have been 20 years older that Daella Targaryen and had four children from his previous marriage, but they were very happy together. Their marriage might have been arranged, but he was genuinely fond of his young dragon bride, and Daella found him reassuring. Sadly she died two years later.
* YouAreInCommandNow: He became Lord when his uncle Darnold and father Rymond were killed by Mountain Men.

[[folder:Queen Aemma Arryn]]
!!Queen Aemma Targaryen (née Arryn)

The first wife and cousin of King Viserys I. Daughter of Lord Rodrik Arryn and his wife, Princess Daella Targaryen. She and Viserys had several children, but only their daughter Rhaenyra survived past infancy.

* AlliterativeName: ''A''emma ''A''rryn.
* BabyFactory: Unlike the Targaryen women and wives who came before her and the ones that came after, her role is limited to only detailing ''her'' birth (and how it caused her mother's death) and her successful and unsuccessful pregnancies, ending in her death. Aemma was pregnant at least five times, though only three of those pregnancies were carried to term. Of the resulting children, only two lived long enough to be named, and only Rhaenyra lived for more than a day. Compare that to grandmother Alysanne's track record of bringing ''13'' children into the world with little trouble (including Princess Gael when Alysanne was 44).
* DeathByChildbirth: Though she was the queen consort with the best medical care anyone in Westeros could hope for (by their standards at least), she ultimately died giving birth to her son Baelon at age 23 and to put salt in the wound, he died a day later.
* FamousAncestor: The current Targaryen line descends from her through her grandson, Viserys II.
* GenerationXerox: Suffered DeathByChildbirth, same as her own mother. Daella's death contributed to the First Quarrel between her parents, Jaehaerys I and Alysanne. Aemma's death enabled Alicent Hightower to marry Viserys, which snowballed into the Dance of the Dragons.
* InTheBlood: She and her mother had difficulties giving birth which ultimately kill them. Might be the result of reality rearing its head, given the family line's fondness for incest. Sooner or later, complications ''had'' to crop up somewhere. Very early TeenPregnancy and repeated stillbirths and pregnancies for ''years'' probably didn't help either.
* KissingCousins: With Viserys I. His parents were brother ''[[BrotherSisterIncest and]]'' sister to Aemma's mother Princess Daella, and he had no sisters to take as wife, making Aemma his most ideal bride in Targaryen tradition. They were married for 12 years until her death.
* NearAndDearBabyNaming: Her distinctly Valyrian-looking name suggests Aemma may have been named for her uncle Prince Aemon, who was the heir to the Iron Throne at the time and lived for another 10 years after Aemma was born. Though in-universe historical records don't make any mention of Daella and Aemon being particularly close (Daella is noted to be close to their mother and idolized their sister Maegelle, Aemon was very close to their brother Baelon) and they ''were'' nine years apart in age in [[MassiveNumberedSiblings a rather big family]][[note]]For comparisons sake, siblings Princess Daenerys and Prince Viserys in the present are eight years apart[[/note]], what is recorded of Aemon's calm, quiet demeanor might support the idea Daella probably wouldn't have been as intimidated by him as she was with other members of their family and might think fondly enough of him to name her child after him. Fittingly enough, long after Aemon and Aemma's deaths, Aemon's daughter Princess Rhaenys goes on to support the claim of Daella's granddaughter Princess Rhaenyra in the Dance of the Dragons.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Her only child ends up being the protagonist of the Dance, yet we know virtually nothing about the woman herself except her relationship with others.
* YoungestChildWins: She's Rodrik's youngest child and got to be the queen to King Viserys I. Furthermore, the current Targaryen line descends from her through her grandson, Viserys II. By comparison, her half-siblings do not warrant mention again in in-universe accounts once Daella is born, and only two out of four of them are even named.

[[folder:Lady Jeyne Arryn]]
!!Lady Jeyne Arryn
!!!The Maiden of the Vale

Head of House Arryn and Lady of the Eyrie during the Dance of the Dragons. She supported Rhaenyra Targaryen's claim to the Iron Throne. Following the Dance of the Dragons, she served on the initial Council of Seven, who ruled as regents for the young King Aegon III. She died in Gulltown in 134 AC due to an illness.

* AChildShallLeadThem: Her father and brothers were killed by the Stone Crows, unexpectedly shooting her forward in the line of succession and making her Lady of the Vale at the tender age of ''three''. Downplayed though as this meant Lord Yorbert Royce ruled in her stead as regent until she came of age, making the young Lady Jeyne an AuthorityInNameOnly until she was 16.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Never got hitched despite being the most powerful marriage prospect in the Vale (keep in mind how many suitors Lysa Arryn had as regent), and was said to have preferred the company of women. Septon Eustace for his part flat-out denies this. That said, she [[DiedInYourArmsTonight died in the arms]] of "dear companion" Jessamyn Redfort.
* AmbiguouslyRelated: To Queen Aemma Arryn and in turn her descendants. Aemma was the youngest child of Rodrik Arryn, who was the Lord of the Eyrie in his time. Aemma was said to have had two older half-brothers by Rodrik's first wife, who would have been next in line to inherit after him (not to mention two older half-sisters who would've inherited should both brothers die childless). The next ruler of the Vale named is Jeyne Arryn, who inherited the Vale after her father and older brothers were killed, but her exact relation to Rodrik is not specified. It would be expected that after Rodrik, his eldest living son would inherit, so it is possible Jeyne was the child of one of his sons, making Aemma her aunt and Rhaenyra her first cousin. However, this is not stated to be the case even when it would be simpler to describe Jeyne and Rhaenyra as cousins, and officially the only link between the two is that Jeyne acknowledges Aemma was "an Arryn".
* EnemyMine: She, and most other nobles of the Vale, did not like Daemon Targaryen due to his brazenly disrespectful treatment of his first wife, Rhea Royce; in Jeyne's case, her dislike was probably a bit more personal as she would have essentially been raised by [[ParentalSubstitute Lord Yorbert Royce]] since she was a toddler, giving her even closer ties to House Royce than usual between the already-tight Royce and Arryn. Despite this, she allied with Daemon's niece and wife Rhaenyra in part because if she did not, her own claim to the Eyrie might be questioned (Rhaenyra's Arryn blood probably also helped balance the scales).
* HereWeGoAgain: The civil war triggered by her death started a few years after the end of the Dance of the Dragons, and was essentially the same conflict repeated in miniature - the old ruler passes over their traditional heir in favour of another they like better, some lords object and insist tradition takes precedent over the ruler's own wishes, and the realm descends into chaos.
* MakeAnExampleOfThem: Her cousin tried usurping her. [[GoodIsNotSoft She stuck him in a sky cell until he changed his mind.]]
* NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering: She was one of the regents on the Council of Seven who oversaw the early reign of King Aegon III. The council was often hamstrung by its members infighting or trying to quell the ambitions of one of its members.
* OldMaid: She never married. [[AmbiguouslyGay There may have been a reason for this.]]
* PlotTriggeringDeath: Her demise kickstarted a succession crisis between Joffrey, Arnold, and Isembard Arryn over the Vale Lordship (with the war that followed killing the husband of a Targaryen princess, Arnold's son and many others).
* SexForServices: Mushroom claims Lady Jeyne initially refused to support Rhaenyra unless Prince Jacaerys performed oral sex on her. [[UnreliableNarrator Keep in mind that it's Mushroom saying this]].
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only known Lady Regnant of the Eyrie (the other Ladies who ruled the Eyrie, like her ancestor Queen Sharra Arryn post-Aegon's Conquest and Lady Lysa Arryn in present day, ruled as regents in the name of their young sons), which directly contributed to her siding with Rhaenyra to reinforce her own position which had been likewise contested by some male Arryns several times already. Also the only woman among Aegon III's council of regents during his minority, and one of the few women to sit on the Small Council in any official capacity across all of history.[[note]]Visenya and Rhaenys were presumably part of Aegon I's Small Councils due to how close-knit the triad was. Alyssa Velaryon ruled as regent for Jaehaerys I during his minority, and Cersei Lannister for Joffrey-called-Baratheon and younger son Tommen. Tyanna of the Tower was Maegor's mistress of whisperers, and Mysaria was unofficially Rhaenyra's. Alysanne was an official advisor on Jaehaerys I's Small Council for many years, as was Alicent Hightower on Aegon III's during the Dance. Two women have also served unofficially as mistresses of coin, with their husbands holding the position in their name: Lady Florence Fossoway, wife of Lord Martyn Tyrell, for Jaehaerys I's Small Council, and Princess Elaena Targaryen, wife of Lord Ronnel Penrose and cousin of King Daeron II, for Daeron II's Small Council. Most recent will be Nymeria Sand sent to claim the Dornish seat on Tommen's Small Council.[[/note]]
* ThickerThanWater: In addition to strengthening her own position, another reason she joined Rhaenyra was because Rhaenyra's mother was an Arryn.

[[folder:Ser Arnold Arryn]]
!!Ser Arnold Arryn
!!!The Mad Heir

First cousin of Jeyne Arryn, he tried to depose her for which he was imprisoned.

* AlliterativeName: '''Ar'''nold '''Ar'''ryn
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: After spending years imprisoned in the Eyrie, he went mad.
* DeadGuyJunior: Seems likely he was named after his ancestor Darnold.
* KarmaHoudini: Apparently faced no punishment for his insurgency beyond merely forfeiting the Vale. Considering his heir was dead and he had gone half-mad because of the imprisonment, the regents might have seen no point in punishing him.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: His son Elric was executed while he was imprisoned.
* PassedOverInheritance: Despite having closer blood ties than Joffrey, he was skipped as successor of the Lordship of the Vale.
* PuppetKing: Implied to be one to his son, Elric, until the latter was executed.
* StayInTheKitchen: Had this attitude towards his cousin Jeyne ruling the Vale- because, of course, that meant he would be Lord instead.

[[folder:Lord Joffrey Arryn]]
!!Lord Joffrey Arryn

Fourth cousin of Jeyne Arryn and named her heir in her will. However this was contested by other Arryn branches.

* RightfulKingReturns: Well whether he was rightful Lord was up for dispute but eventually his cousins' will was upheld and the other claimants accepted him.
* UnexpectedSuccessor: Probably not many thought he was going to be named heir of the Vale.

[[folder:Lord Jasper Arryn]]
!!Lord Jasper Arryn

Former Lord of the Eyrie and father of Jon, Alys, and Ronnel Arryn.

* DeadGuyJunior: His short-lived grandson Jasper Waynwood was named after him.
* MinorMajorCharacter: Despite being father of one of the most important men of his time and ruler of one of the Seven constituent regions of Westeros, almost nothing is known about him.
* PosthumousCharacter: We don't even know when he passed, only that he's been dead for decades.

[[folder:Ser Denys Arryn]]
!!Ser Denys Arryn
!!!The Darling of the Vale

A knight of the Vale and Jon Arryn's distant cousin and heir until his untimely death at the Battle of the Bells during Robert's Rebellion.

* DuelToTheDeath: Denys was killed in one of these, fighting Jon Connington at the Battle of the Bells.
* GateGuardian: He was once steward of the Gates of The Moon
* GloryHound: According to Littlefinger, he was killed by a combination of this and the axe Jon Connington buried in his skull.
* HappilyMarried: He and his wife apparently had a strong relationship given Littlefingers claims that she "perished of grief" after his death.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: Described as coming from a "poor, proud" branch of House Arryn.
* KissingCousins: His wife was a niece of Jon Arryn, although it's unclear exactly how many generations removed they were.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Implied to have been this; he was described as "a renowned jouster, handsome and gallant and brimming with courtesy".
* PosthumousCharacter: Killed in battle long before the events of the main series.
* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: He left behind a pregnant wife when he went off to war, and the baby was born around the time of his death but, according to Littlefinger, died shortly after being born.
* UnexpectedSuccessor: Was promoted to Jon Arryn's heir after Jon's nephew Elbert died along with Brandon Stark.

[[folder:Elbert Arryn]]
!!Ser Elbert Arryn

A young knight of the Vale and Jon Arryn's nephew and heir. He was one of Brandon Stark's companions who accompanied him to King's Landing to demand Rhaegar return Lyanna.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: While the nature of his death is not known, given what happened to Brandon and Rickard Stark, it's fairly likely the Mad King didn't give Elbert a clean death.
* DisappearedDad: His father died the day he was born. According to Littlefinger, while Elbert was being born noisily in one room, his father Donnel was dying noisily in the next.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: A combination of Elbert's death, along with the demand his wards Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon be handed over to him for execution, is largely implied to be the final straw that tipped Jon Arryn into rebelling against Aerys Targaryen.
* TooDumbToLive: Being part of Brandon's plan to go to King's Landing and threaten the Mad King's heir with death in earshot of Rhaegar's extremely volatile father wasn't a good idea for Elbert.
* TrueCompanions: With Brandon Stark, given he willingly went with Brandon to King's Landing to demand Rhaegar return Brandon's sister.

A possibly legendary member of the house who supposedly lived six-thousand years before the series

* CrypticBackgroundReference: Why was her family killed? Why didn't she cry? Why did the gods punish her?
* FamousAncestor: She is believed to be one for the Arryns. There is a statue of her in the Eyrie.

* ShroudedInMyth: Whether she even existed or not is up for debate.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: One of only two known Lady Regnants of the Eyrie (the other being her ancestor Queen Sharra Arryn post-Aegon's Conquest). Also one of only two women to sit on the Small Council across all of history, barring Queen Regents.