History Characters / ASongOfIceAndFireStormlandsHouses

* EmbarrassingNickname: Unimpressed by Hasty's stern devotion to The Seven, Jaime refers to him as Baelor Butthole.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Believes this, as he holds a great deal of respect for Robert Baratheon, who slew Harwood's grandfather in single combat. While normally such a thing would make House Fell and Baratheon FeudingFamilies, instead Harwood believes it made Robert worthy of being king and gave his loyalty to his house.

* FamousAncestor: Lord Morton Caron was present at the wedding of Lord Rogar Baratheon and Alyssa Velaryon.

* FamousAncestor: Ser Manfred Dondarrion turned down Dunk's plea to fight with him in the Trial of Seven.

* FamousAncestor: Denys Swann, one of the four squires sent to court Princess Daella Targaryen.

See the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireQueensMen Queen's Men]] page.

See [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireCourtOfAegonII Aegon II's]] page.

-->'''House Toyne words'''

* SleepyHead: Hugh Grandison goes off for a kip between courses when he meets with Arianne.

See the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireQueensMen Queen's Men]] page.

Ser the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireFaithMilitant Faith Militant]] page.

* FieryRedhead

* WidowWoman: She outlived both her known husbands.

* AnAxeToGrind: Fought Leo Longthorn with one and lost.

* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The Stormlanders have a reputation for in-fighting. During the Rebellion, when Robert called his banners, several of them remained loyal to the Crown; Robert had to win three successive battles on the same day at Summerhall to win them over. During the War of the Five Kings, they are divided by a SuccessionCrisis between Joffrey, the supposed son of Robert's issue, his elder brother Stannis and the younger brother Renly. [[spoiler:The invasion the Golden Company under Aegon's banner has led to further divisions, with some minor knights and lords already declaring for them]].

* PosthumousCharacter: Lord Bryen Caron, the father of Bryce Caron and Rolland Storm, who died of a fever alongside his wife, second son and daughters of a fever in 269 AC.

* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: Ser Manfred's father, Old Lord Dondarrion.

** Ser Gyles Morrigan, nephew of Damon and Lord Commander of [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireCourtOfJaehaerysI King Jaehaerys I]]'s [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHistoricalKingsguard Kingsguard]].

!!! Pennylover

* OldSoldier: Ser Ormund Wylde is old that he is the heavy favorite among the squires in Stannis' army to be the next person to die from the cold during the campaign towards Winterfell.

-->'''Ours is the Fury'''
-->--House Baratheon words

%% * MayDecemberRomance: He is in his seventies while his bride Sylva is in her very early twenties.

-->'''Rouse Me Not'''
-->--House Grandison words

-->'''So End Our Foes'''
-->--House Trant words

A daughter of Lord Morgan Wylde who lived during the early reign of Jaehaerys I Targaryen. Believed to be the author of ''A Caution for Young Girls''

-->'''Fly High, Fly Far'''
-->House Toyne words

The daughter of Lord Royce Caron and wife of Lord Borros Baratheon. She and Borros had five children, Cassandra, Maris, Floris, Ellyn and Olyver Baratheon. She would later marry Ser Steffon Connington until his death in the Dornish Marches.

Ser the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireFaithMilitant Faith Militant]] page

* InSeriesNickname: "Ironrod" due to his uncompromising nature. Mushroom, however, claims it was due to the stiffness of his member, given [[ReallyGetsAround he fathered twenty nine children on four separate women]].

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Highborn bastards in the Stormlands are all given the surname "Storm." Any Stormlord's bastard invariably gains this upon being acknowledged.

* GateGuardian: The Marcher Lords defend the Stormlands' southern border from the Dornish.

* BaldOfAwesome

* BadassBeard: He has a long pointy black beard and is a capable knight.

* BadassBeard

* BloodKnight: The Stormlanders have a history of being militant and for thousands of years have fought the neighbouring Kingdoms for territory. Under the Durrandon dynasty, they conquered much of the southern half of Westeros, including the future Crownlands, the Riverlands, and parts of the eastern Reach and Dorne.

* UndyingLoyalty: After Orys Baratheon, Aegon I Targaryen's most trusted general and close comapnion, conquered the Stormlands and married Queen Argella Durrandon, the Stormlords became the fiercest and most loyal vassals of House Targaryen. This loyalty lasted for nearly three hundred years until Robert Baratheon led the Stormlords in rebellion against Aerys II.

* BloodKnight: The Stormlanders have a history of being militant and for thousands of years have fought the neighbouring Kingdoms for territory. Under the Durrandon dynasty, they conquered much of the southern half of Westeros, including the future Crownlands, the Riverlands, and parts of the eastern Reach and Dorne. After Orys Baratheon conquered the Stormlands and married Queen Argella Durrandon, they became the fiercest and most loyal vassals of House Targaryen until Robert Baratheon led the Stormlords in rebellion against Aerys II.

* BloodKnight: The Stormlanders have a history of being militant and for thousands of years have fought the neighbouring Kingdoms for territory. Under the Durrandon dynasty, they conquered much of the southern half of Westeros, including future Crownlands, the Riverlands, and parts of the eastern Reach and Dorne. After Orys Baratheon conquered the Stormlands and married Queen Argella Durrandon, they became the fiercest and most loyal vassals of House Targaryen until Robert Baratheon led the Stormlords in rebellion against Aerys II.

* BloodKnight: The Stormlanders have a history of being militant and for thousands of years have fought the neighbouring Kingdoms for territory. They conquered the Riverlands until the Ironborn pushed them out. Orys Baratheon conquered the Stormlands and married their Queen. Afterwards they became TheDragon to House Targaryen and among the first in battle until Robert Baratheon led the Stormlords in Rebellion against the Targaryens.

* {{Determinator}}: The Stormlords are a resilient people.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Though ''much'' less pronounced than any of the other regions, the Stormlands as a whole are loosely like medieval Germany. Like medieval Germany, the Stormlands have low urbanization and are the most densely forested part of the Seven Kingdoms (of the three major forests, two are located in the Stormlands, the third in the North; but while the North is vast, those two forests take up most of the Stormlands). The other similarities have more to do with their history, which is a lot like the Kingdom of Germany within the Holy Roman Empire.[[note]]Before the Targaryen Conquest, the Stormlands under the Durrandon dynasty conquered the Riverlands, the future Crownlands, and bits of the eastern Reach, and expanded further into the Dornish Marches. This Durrandon super-kingdom controlled essentially the entire eastern half of southern Westeros, and it held these lands for a full three centuries. They had over-expanded, however, because now they shared hostiles borders with ''all six'' of the other Kingdoms. Most kingdoms could handle having two powerful bordering kingdoms: the Westerlands border the Reach and are right near the Iron Islands, Dorne borders the Reach and the Stormlands, etc. The Reach gets away with having four powerful neighbors (the Westerlands, the Stormlands, Dorne, and the nearby Iron Islands to the north) because it’s the most fertile part of Westeros, has twice the population, and can field twice as many armies (though this balances out because they have twice as many hostile borders). The old Storm Kingdom’s westward expansion, however, meant it wasn’t just fighting its traditional enemies of the Reach and Dorne: now it had to defend its conquests against the Westerlands, the Vale, the North, and particularly the Iron Islands pressing from the west -- ''nor'' did they have the numbers advantages the Reach did. This is much like what happened to the medieval Holy Roman Empire – basically centered around Germany, but also trying to hold on to the eastern parts of France, northern Italy, fighting Slavs to the east and Vikings to the north. Its borders were so amorphous, and faced so many powerful rivals on every side, that its lands got chipped away over time. Similarly, about three generations before the Targaryen Conquest, King Harwyn Hoare led the Ironborn to conquer the Riverlands from the Stormlands. In the next generation his son kicked them out of the future Crownlands, while the Gardener Kings of the Reach from the southwest chipped away at their lands on the upper Mander, and the Dornish edged them back in the Marches. The remaining core territories of “the Stormlands”, ruled from Storm’s End, got taken over by the Baratheons during the Conquest, when a Targaryen general named Orys Baratheon married the daughter of the last Durrandon king. Finally, the southern half of the Crownlands, which used to be a core part of the Stormlands, got folded with the now-lost northern half into... well, the Crownlands; lands directly under the control of the Targaryen crown. Other points going towards considering the Stormlands to be a fantasy counterpart to Germany are their long history of wars across a poorly defined border to the west with the Reach (which is much more clearly fantasy France). One difference is that Germany doesn’t border Spain, but the Stormlands do have contested mountainous borders with Dorne (fantasy Muslim Spain) – though the Holy Roman Empire at its height did compete with Spain for control of the southern parts of France. Again, the similarity to a real life counterpart isn’t quite as pronounced as in other regions.[[/note]]
* GateGuardian: The Marcher Lords defend The Stormlands from the Dornish.
* UndyingLoyalty: Robert earned their loyalty by [[AuthorityEqualsAssKicking crushing anyone who dared oppose him]].

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Though ''much'' less pronounced than any of the other regions, the Stormlands as a whole are loosely like medieval Germany. Like medieval Germany, the Stormlands have a fairly cold climate, low urbanization, and are the most densely forested part of the Seven Kingdoms (of the three major forests, two are located in the Stormlands, the third in the North; but while the North is vast, those two forests take up most of the Stormlands). The other similarities have more to do with their history, which is a lot like the Kingdom of Germany within the Holy Roman Empire.[[note]]Before the Targaryen Conquest, the Stormlands under the Durrandon dynasty conquered the Riverlands, the future Crownlands, and bits of the eastern Reach, and expanded further into the Dornish Marches. This Durrandon super-kingdom controlled essentially the entire eastern half of southern Westeros, and it held these lands for a full three centuries. They had over-expanded, however, because now they shared hostiles borders with ''all six'' of the other Kingdoms. Most kingdoms could handle having two powerful bordering kingdoms: the Westerlands border the Reach and are right near the Iron Islands, Dorne borders the Reach and the Stormlands, etc. The Reach gets away with having four powerful neighbors (the Westerlands, the Stormlands, Dorne, and the nearby Iron Islands to the north) because it’s the most fertile part of Westeros, has twice the population, and can field twice as many armies (though this balances out because they have twice as many hostile borders). The old Storm Kingdom’s westward expansion, however, meant it wasn’t just fighting its traditional enemies of the Reach and Dorne: now it had to defend its conquests against the Westerlands, the Vale, the North, and particularly the Iron Islands pressing from the west -- ''nor'' did they have the numbers advantages the Reach did. This is much like what happened to the medieval Holy Roman Empire – basically centered around Germany, but also trying to hold on to the eastern parts of France, northern Italy, fighting Slavs to the east and Vikings to the north. Its borders were so amorphous, and faced so many powerful rivals on every side, that its lands got chipped away over time. Similarly, about three generations before the Targaryen Conquest, King Harwyn Hoare led the Ironborn to conquer the Riverlands from the Stormlands. In the next generation his son kicked them out of the future Crownlands, while the Gardener Kings of the Reach from the southwest chipped away at their lands on the upper Mander, and the Dornish edged them back in the Marches. The remaining core territories of “the Stormlands”, ruled from Storm’s End, got taken over by the Baratheons during the Conquest, when a Targaryen general named Orys Baratheon married the daughter of the last Durrandon king. Finally, the southern half of the Crownlands, which used to be a core part of the Stormlands, got folded with the now-lost northern half into... well, the Crownlands; lands directly under the control of the Targaryen crown. Other points going towards considering the Stormlands to be a fantasy counterpart to Germany are their long history of wars across a poorly defined border to the west with the Reach (which is much more clearly fantasy France). One difference is that Germany doesn’t border Spain, but the Stormlands do have contested mountainous borders with Dorne (fantasy Muslim Spain) – though the Holy Roman Empire at its height did compete with Spain for control of the southern parts of France. Again, the similarity to a real life counterpart isn’t quite as pronounced as in other regions.[[/note]]

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Though ''much'' less pronounced than any of the other regions, the Stormlands as a whole are loosely like medieval Germany. Like medieval Germany, the Stormlands have a fairly cold climate, low urbanization, and are the most densely forested part of the Seven Kingdoms (of the three major forests, two are located in the Stormlands, the third in the North; but while the North is vast, those two forests take up most of the Stormlands). The other similarities have more to do with their history, which is a lot like the Kingdom of Germany within the Holy Roman Empire.[[note]]Before the Targaryen Conquest, the Stormlands under the Durrandon dynasty conquered the Riverlands, the future Crownlands, and bits of the eastern Reach, and expanded further into the Dornish Marches. This Durrandon super-kingdom controlled essentially the entire eastern half of southern Westeros, and it held these lands for a full three centuries. They had over-expanded, however, because now they shared hostiles borders with ''all six'' of the other Kingdoms. Most kingdoms could handle having two powerful bordering kingdoms: the Westerlands border the Reach and are right near the Iron Islands, Dorne borders the Reach and the Stormlands, etc. The Reach gets away with having four powerful neighbors (the Westerlands, the Stormlands, Dorne, and the nearby Iron Islands to the north) because it’s the most fertile part of Westeros, has twice the population, and can field twice as many armies (though this balances out because they have twice as many hostile borders). The old Storm Kingdom’s westward expansion, however, meant it wasn’t just fighting its traditional enemies of the Reach and Dorne: now it had to defend its conquests against the Westerlands, the Vale, the North, and particularly the Iron Islands pressing from the west -- ''nor'' did they have the numbers advantages the Reach did. This is much like what happened to the medieval Holy Roman Empire – basically centered around Germany, but also trying to hold on to the eastern parts of France, northern Italy, fighting Slavs to the east and Vikings to the north. Its borders were so amorphous, and faced so many powerful rivals on every side, that its lands got chipped away over time. Similarly, about three generations before the Targaryen Conquest, King Harwyn Hoare led the Ironborn to conquer the Riverlands from the Stormlands. In the next generation his son kicked them out of the future Crownlands, while the Gardener Kings of the Reach from the southwest chipped away at their lands on the upper Mander, and the Dornish edged them back in the Marches. The remaining core territories of “the Stormlands”, ruled from Storm’s End, got taken over by the Baratheons during the Conquest, when a Targaryen general named Orys Baratheon married the daughter of the last Durrandon king. Finally, the southern half of the Crownlands, which used to be a core part of the Stormlands, got folded with the now-lost northern half into... well, the Crownlands; lands directly under the control of the Targaeryn crown. Other points going towards considering the Stormlands to be a fantasy counterpart to Germany are their long history of wars across a poorly defined border to the west with the Reach (which is much more clearly fantasy France). One difference is that Germany doesn’t border Spain, but the Stormlands do have contested mountainous borders with Dorne (fantasy Muslim Spain) – though the Holy Roman Empire at its height did compete with Spain for control of the southern parts of France. Again, the similarity to a real life counterpart isn’t quite as pronounced as in other regions.[[/note]]

The Dondarrion line was founded when a messenger from the Storm King was ambushed by two Dornishmen while riding on a stormy night. An arrow killed his horse and his sword broke when he fell. When he thought he was doomed, a bright purple lightning bolt struck the Dornishmen killing both. The man was thus able to deliver his crucial message on time. For this, the Storm King raised him to lordship, and he became the first Dondarrion. The marcher lords' castle is located in the Dornish Marches near the Boneway, controlling the pass to Dorne. Their sigil is a forked purple lightning bolt on black field speckled with four-pointed stars. Their motto is unknown.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Tried imitating the legendary Serwyn of the Mirror Shield's deed with Urrax. Problem is, what works for a fantasy hero doesn't work in the more cynical reality of Westeros, since unlike in the tales, dragons aren't ''stupid'', and a mirror is not actually a good defence against flames.

Neither their arms or their words appear in the books, but according to semi-canon sources their arms are blazoned per fess, a white crescent moon in the first on black above a green field, a sprucetree line between.

* OldSoldier: He has several decades of experience as a knight, having first risen to promienence before the reign of Aerys II even began.

* PetTheDog: Is polite and courteous when he addresses Davos amongst Stannis's entourage.

* InSeriesNickname: "Ironrod" due to his uncompromising nature. Mushroom, however, claims it was due to the stiffness of his member, given [[ReallyGetsAround he fathered twenty nine children on four seperate women]].

Myles Toyne, also known as Blackheart, was a captain-general of the Golden Company and an exiled descendent of House Toyne.