History Characters / ASongOfIceAndFireHouseDurrandon

* BadassPrincess: She refuses to give up, even after her father dies in battle and plans to pick up where he left off.

* BoundAndGagged: Brought to Orys this way.
* DefiantToTheEnd: How she intended to go when she barred the gates of Storm's End. Her garrison didn't exactly support this decision. And, turned on her. Fortunately for her, Orys had no wish of hurting her, and fell for her instead.
* 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 to Orys' feet.

* {{Expy}}: To the Dwarven House of Durin from Creator/JRRTolkien's ''[[Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium Legendarium]]'', in their house name and in their kings' naming customs (as the kings of the Dwarfs from the line of Durin The Deathless were often named Durin). Also similarly, the creations of House Durrandon of ASOIAF and the Dwarves in the ''Legendarium'' were due to an affront to the Gods (Durran stole his wife from her divine parents; Durin and the Fathers of the Dwarves were created by the Vala Aulë because he was too impatient to wait for the Children of Ilúvatar, men and elves, to be revealed to him and his fellow Valar).

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: She was originally suggested by Aegon to marry his bastard half-brother Orys. Her father considered it an insult refused, faced Orys in duel and died. Argella refused tu surrender too but was betrayed by her guards and handed over to Orys, who "surprise, surprise!" treated her respectfully, fell for her and married her.

!!!This is a listing of the members of House Durrandon who appear in the {{Fantasy}} series ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. Visit [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFire here]] for the main character index.
!!!For the main Stormlands entry, [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireStormlandsHouses see here]].

* {{Expy}}: To the Dwarven House of Durin from Creator/JRRTolkien's ''[[Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium Legendarium]]'', in their house name and in their kings' naming customs (as the kings of the Dwarfs from the line of Durin The Deathless were all named Durin). Also similarly, the creations of House Durrandon of ASOIAF and the Dwarves in the ''Legendarium'' were due to an affront to the Gods (Durran stole his wife from her divine parents; Durin and the Fathers of the Dwarves were created by the Vala Aulë because he was too impatient to wait for the Children of Ilúvatar, men and elves, to be revealed to him and his fellow Valar).

* DefiantToTheEnd: How she intended to go when she barred the gates of Storm's End. Her garrison didn't exactly support this decision. And, turned on her.

* 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 humilliated her.

* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: She marries Orys after he has defeated and killed her father; it didn't turn nearly as bad for her as the trope suggests, as Orys treated her gently after her own retainers humilliated her.

* BadAss: A fearsome warrior and able administrator, who restored the Stormlands to greatness.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Even when she was betrayed, completely ridden out 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.

* DefiantToTheEnd: How she intended to go when she barred the gates of Storm's End. Her garrison didn't exactly support this decision and turned on her.

* GoYeHeroesGoAndDie: She proclaimed that House Durrandon would be DefiantToTheEnd, and that Storm's End would gladly choose fiery annihilation before surrender. Her soldiers were... less than receptive to this.

* RoyalHarem: Kept 23 concubines

* DivineRightOfKings: One of the only pre-Andal Invasion houses that [[{{Pride}} claimed actual divine blood lineage]], as Durran Godsgrief's spouse was Elenei, the daughter of the Storm God, having stolen her from her god father.

* {{Expy}}: To the Dwarven House of Durin from Creator/JRRTolkien's ''[[Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium Legendarium]]'', in their house name and in their kings' naming customs (as the kings of the Dwarfs from the line of Durin The Deathless were all named Durin). Also similarly, the creations of House Durrandon of ASOIAF and the Dwarves in the ''Legendarium'' were due to an affront to the Gods (Durran stole his wife from her father, the Storm God; Durin and the Fathers of the Dwarves were created by the Vala Aulë because he was too impatient to wait for the Children of Ilúvatar, men and elves, to be revealed to him and his fellow Valar).

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

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

--->--'''Archmaester Glydayn, in ''The Conquest'''''

* 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, Argillac cut off said messenger's hands and sent them back to Aegon.
* WorthyOpponent: Orys considered him one, trying multiple times to get him to surrender instead of fighting, and later told Argella how brave and strong Argilac was during their duel. Argillac was also one of the few Westerosi kings who found a way to (temporarily) neutralize Aegon's one big advantage, attacking Orys and Visenya's forces from downwind during a massive rainstorm that kept Visenya's dragon grounded.

Argella was the last Lady Durrandon, the last Storm Princess and the first Lady Baratheon.

* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: She marries Orys after he has conquered and killed her father; it didn't turn nearly as bad for her as the trope suggests, but she had to be dragged through the mud and pegged down a few levels for her to see an actual decent man in Orys, who rose her up from the dirt. She did marry him eventually by her own volition.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Even when she was betrayed, completely ridden out of dignity and rendered absolutely vulnerable, Orys Baratheon didn't make her a prisoner but gave her food and shelter instead. He could have just easily taken the castle anyway, but she yielded and chose to marry him and support him through and through for this token of basic human decency and finally recognizing that this "bastard" she and her father had rejected was absolutely worthwhile.

* 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 gave her back her dignity when he didn't have to.

* WhatBeautifulEyes: The aforementioned Baratheon blues.

* TragicallyMissingThePoint: 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.

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.

* {{Expy}}: To the Dwarven House of Durin from Creator/JRRTolkien's ''[[Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium Legendarium]]'', in their house name and in their kings' naming customs (as the kings of the Dwarfs from the line of Durin The Deathless were all named Durin). Also similarly, the creation of House Durrandon of ASOIAF and the Dwarves in the ''Legendarium'' was due to an affront to the Gods (Durran stole his wife from her father, the Storm God; Durin and the Fathers of the Dwarves were created by the Vala Aulë because he was too impatient to wait for the Children of Ilúvatar, men and elves, to be revealed to him and his fellow Valar).

* {{Expy}}: To the Dwarven House of Durin from Creator/JRRTolkien's ''[[Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium Legendarium]]'', in their house name and in their kings' naming customs (as the kings of the Dwarfs from the line of Durin The Deathless were all named Durin). Also similarly, the creation of House Durrandon of ASOIAF and the Dwarves in the ''Legendarium'' was due to an affront to the Gods.

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.

* 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 Westeroi lore in quite the same way as other such betrayals have -- regardless of who eventually won. Turns out that the sheer common sense involved in avoiding a Harrenhal situation when facing an actual dragon trumps society's usual HonorBeforeReason expectations. While not lauded, their actions are also certainly ''not'' vociferously condemned, either.

* BodyguardBetrayal: Her own guards betray her to Orys to avoid suffering the same fate as Harrenhal. However, do note that their doing this ''hasn't'' gone down in Westeroi lore in quite the same way as other such betrayals. Turns out that the sheer common sense in avoiding a Harrenhal situation when facing an actual dragon trumps society's usual HonorBeforeReason expectations. While not lauded, their actions are also ''not'' condemned.

* BodyguardBetrayal: Her own guards betray her to Orys to avoid suffering the same fate as Harrenhal.

!!!For the main Northern entry, [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireStormlandsHouses see here]].

!!House Durrandon of Storm's End

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Not to be confused with House Dondarrion, listed previously on this entry.

* DragonInChief: To the PuppetKing Morden II.

* PrettyBoy: Durran the Fair Barron the Beautiful.

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

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