History Characters / ASongOfIceAndFireHouseDurrandon

!!!The Young, The Butcher Boy

* AChildShallLeadThem: Both his nicknames emphasize his youth.

* BastardBastard: Imprisoned his half-brother to usurp rule of the Stormlands.
* DragonAscendant: A bastard who became king.
* BrotherSisterIncest: His main wife/queen was the sister of Morden II, who was his predecessor and half-brother. You do the math

* ReallyGetsAround: Had 23 "wives" and 99 bastards.
* RoyalHarem: Kept 23 concubines.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Opinion is split about him. He helped restore the Stormlands to greatness but he is also TheUsurper.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Was already this before becoming king, having been de facto ruling the Stormlands even before usurping his half-brother.

* ChessMaster: Manipulated the petty Andal warlords and Kings into fighting each other.

* WarForFunAndProfit: Made the Andals fight each other rather than him.

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-->''"The old warrior king roared that he did not intend to die as Harren did, cooked inside his own castle like a suckling pig with an apple in his mouth. No stranger to battle, he would decide his own fate, sword in hand. So Argilac the Arrogant rode forth from Storm's End one last time, to meet his foes in the open field."''
--->--'''Archmaester Gyldayn, in ''The Conquest'''''

The last Storm King. History tells that he wanted to create a buffer zone between his kingdom and that of Harren the Black. He offered to Aegon the Conqueror the hand of his daughter, Argella, in marriage as well as dowry lands, though, much of the lands were in fact in the possession of Harren the Black. Aegon refused and instead offered the hand of his best friend and rumored bastard brother, Orys Baratheon. Argilac took this as a grave insult and had the hands of the envoy cut off. He sent them to Aegon with a message of "These are the only hands you will receive". Aegon sent Orys to subdue Argilac. Orys met Argilac in open battle, which became known as The Last Storm, and was killed in one-on-one battle.

* BattleInTheRain: The Last Storm.

* LastOfHisKind: Last of the Storm Kings.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Argilac's dismemberment of Aegon's messenger was the catalyst which led Aegon Targaryen to call his banners and begin his infamous conquest of the Seven Kingdoms.

-->''"You may take my castle, but you will win only bones and blood and ashes."''

The daughter of Argilac. When her father was defeated in the field by Orys Baratheon, she proclaimed herself the Storm Queen and planned to hold out against her enemies. She was betrayed by her men who brought her naked and in chains to Orys. He treated her gently, giving her his cloak and offering her food. They married and Orys took on her family's sigil and words.

* BadBoss: She was willing to send all of her men to die pointlessly at the hands of Orys Baratheon and the Targaryens. They responded by [[KnowWhenToFoldEm raising a peace banner]] and delivering her naked to Orys' camp.

* BoundAndGagged: Brought to Orys in chains.

* LastOfHisKind: Subverted. She would have been the last Storm Queen had her subjects accepted her claim. Still, like the description points out, she was the last Durrandon monarch and the last Storm Princess.

* SharedUnusualTrait [=/=] StrongFamilyResemblance: The characteristic Baratheon blue eyes are a trait that originated from Lady Argella, as Orys was dark of eyes.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She's never mentioned again after her marriage to Orys, aside from giving birth to at least Davos Baratheon. It remains unclear if she lived in King's Landing with Orys when he was Aegon's Hand, if she was alive during the Wyl of Wyl incident and if she was, how she handled Orys's SanitySlippage.

-->''"Ours Is The Fury"''

House Durrandon was the house of the Storm Kings from the Stormlands. Their seat was Storm's End; an ancient castle raised by Durran Godsgrief, the founder of their line. The Durrandon sigil was a crowned black stag on a field of gold. Their words were "Ours is the Fury". Both sigil and words were adopted by House Baratheon, who descend from House Durrandon through the female line, in the War of Conquest. They were the last house from the Stormlands to claim Kingship of any kind until House Baratheon deposed the Targaryen Kings.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Turns out the guards weren't exactly in love with the "We all die!" plan.

* WhatBeautifulEyes: The aforementioned Baratheon blue eyes.

* AnAxeToGrind: Durran Bronze Axe.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Even when she was betrayed, completely stripped of dignity, and rendered absolutely vulnerable, Orys Baratheon didn't make her a prisoner -- or worse -- but gave her cover, food, and shelter instead. She eventually married him.

* IncestIsRelative: Although not unexpected as the Durrandons were [[BlueBlood royalty]], they are one of the few houses besides the Targaryens with a case of brother-sister marriages.

* IncestIsRelative: Although not unexpected as the Durrandoms were [[BlueBlood royalty]], they are one of the few houses besides the Targaryen with a case of brother-sister marriages

* PetTheDog: Although the usurped and imprisoned his half-brother, he considered him harmless enough to let live

* TheCharmer: Probable, seeing as how his predecessor's
* TheManBehindTheMan: Was already this before becoming king, having been de facto ruling the Stormlands even before usurping his half-brother

* CultureClash: From his point of view, Aegon was making Argilac an ''incredibly'' generous offer by putting forward Orys; Argella would marry his most treasured companion after his two wives, an extremely competent warrior, and with the blood of the dragon in his veins. However Argilac misses all of that and only sees Aegon offering up his subordinate, bastard half-brother; by Westerosi standards it would indeed be an insult to offer such a match for a woman of Argella's rank.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Argilac doesn't like the terms that Aegon offers him, particularly that bit about his daughter marrying a bastard. So he chops the hands off the messenger who brought the terms.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Argilac's dismemberment of Aegon's messenger is the catalyst which leads Aegon Targaryen to call his banners and begin his infamous conquest of the Seven Kingdoms.

* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: She marries Orys after he has defeated and killed her father; it didn't turn nearly as badly for her as the trope suggests, as Orys treated her gently after her own retainers humiliated her.
* BadBoss: She was willing to send all her men to die pointlessly at the hands of Orys Baratheon and the Targaryens. They responded by [[KnowWhenToFoldEm raising a peace banner]] and delivering her naked to Orys' camp.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Even when she was betrayed, completely stripped of dignity and rendered absolutely vulnerable, Orys Baratheon didn't make her a prisoner - or worse - but gave her cover, food and shelter instead. She eventually married him.
* BodyguardBetrayal: Her own guards betray her to Orys to explicitly avoid suffering the same fate as Harrenhal. However, do note that their doing this ''hasn't'' gone down in Westerosi lore in quite the same way as other such betrayals have -- regardless of which side eventually won. As it turns out, the sheer common sense involved in avoiding a Harrenhal situation when facing an actual dragon trumps society's usual HonorBeforeReason expectations. While definitely not lauded, their actions are also certainly ''not'' vociferously condemned, either.

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: The ''whole point'' of her father facing Orys Baratheon one-to-one was to spare everyone at Storm's End from receiving the same fate as the occupants of Harrenhal. In grief and anger due to his death, though, Argella swore to fight to the last man, but her guards didn't quite agree with her.
* FallenPrincess: After her guards betray her, she is brought before her enemy naked and in chains.

* NakedFirstImpression: Argella is brought to Orys naked.
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Argilac and Argella rejected Aegon's proposal of marrying her to his "bastard" brother. Eventually after their categorical defeat, she recognized Orys for the man he was after he respected her dignity.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She's never mentioned again after her marriage to Orys, aside from giving birth at least to Davos Baratheon. It remains unclear if she lived in King's Landing with Orys when he was Aegon's Hand, if she was alive during the Wyl of Wyl incident and if she was, how she handled Orys's SanitySlippage.

* MixedAncestry: Durran XXIV was called Half-Blood because of his Andal mother. They were later mixed themselves with Orys' line to form House Baratheon.

* RealityEnsues: Turns out the guards weren't exactly in love with the "We all die!" plan.

* IncestIsRelativ: Although not unnexpected as the Durrandoms were [[BlueBlood royalty]], they are one of the few houses besides the Targaryen with a case of brother-sister marriages

* BrotherSisterIncest: His first/real wife was also the sister of Morden II, his predecessor and half-brother. You do the math

* Brother-SisterIncest: His first/real wife was also the sister of Morden II, his predecessor and half-brother. You do the math

* CultureClash: From his point of view, Aegon was making Argilac an ''incredibly'' generous offer by putting forward Orys; Argella would marry his most treasured companion after his two wives, an extremely competent warrior, and with the blood of the dragon in his veins. However Argilac misses all of that and only sees Aegon offering up his subordinate half-brother, and a bastard to boot; by Westerosi standards it would indeed be an insult to offer such a match for a woman of Argella's rank.

* CultureClash: From his point of view, Aegon was making Argilac an ''incredibly'' generous offer by putting forward Orys; Argella would marry his most treasured companion after his two wives, an extremely competent warrior, and with the blood of the dragon in his veins. Argilac, however, misses all of that and only sees Aegon offering up his subordinate half-brother, and a bastard to boot.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She's never mentioned again after her marriage to Orys, aside from giving birth at least to Davos Baratheon. It remains unclear if she lived in King's Landing with Orys when he was Aegon's Hand, if she was alive during the Wyl of Wyl incident and if she was, how she handled Orys' SanitySlippage.

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Aegon intended at first to marry Argilac's daughter off to Orys because he was already married and Orys was his half-brother and NumberTwo and the closest guy next to Aegon himself. King Argilac misunderstood and considered Orys not worthy of his daughter for his illegitimate birth.

* ShootTheMessenger: Mutilate the Messenger, to be more accurate. When Aegon the Conqueror sent a messenger to request his daughter Argella's hand for Orys Baratheon, Argilac cut off said messenger's hands and sent them back to Aegon, insulted at the offer of a bastard husband for his daughter.

[[folder: King Durran Durrandon "The Young"]]

* MixedAncestry: Durran XXIV was called Half-Blood because of his Andal mother.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: She intended to fight to the last man after Orys killed her father in single combat; that is, against the forces of Orys and Rhaenys Targaryen riding the dragon Meraxes. Of course, her guards said ''fuck that noise'' and dropped her chained and buck-naked at Orys' feet.

The last Storm King. History tells that he wanted to create a buffer zone between his kingdom and that of Harren the Black. He offered to Aegon the Conqueror the hand of his daughter, Argella, in marriage as well as dowry lands, though, much of the lands were in fact in the possession of Harren the Black. Aegon refused and instead offered the hand of his best friend and rumored bastard brother, Orys Baratheon. Argilac took this as a grave insult and had the hands of the envoy cut off. He sent them to Aegon with a message of "These are the only hands you will receive". Aegon sent Orys to subdue Argilac. Orys met Argillac in open battle, which became known as The Last Storm, and was killed in one-on-one battle.

* FrontlineGeneral: He led the charges against Orys lines during the Last Storm.

* BadassGrandpa: He was elderly during Aegon's Conquest, but no less a warrior. When Orys found him during the battle, he had half-a-dozen men dead at his feet and was holding off an equal number. Argilac even managed to wound Orys before falling to his sword.

* LastOfHisKind: Subverted. She would have been the last Storm Queen had her subjects accepted her claim. Still, like the description points out, she was the last Lady Durrandon and the last Storm Princess.