History Characters / ASongOfIceAndFireHouseWesterling

* {{Expy}}: To the Woodville family. A house of ImpoverishedPatrician nominally serving the Lancaster family but whose youngest daughter catches the eye of King Edward IV. Jeyne and Robb's romance and the consequences thereof parallel the Edward IV's controversial marriage to Elizabeth Woodville.

* WalkingSpoiler: Her role in setting up [[spoiler:the Red Wedding]] makes her one.

* TheBusCameBack: She reappears in one of Jaime's chapters on the fourth book. [[spoiler:To Jaime she looks nothing like Catelyn described her, raising questions to who did Jaime actually saw.]]
* [[DeadGuyJunior Dead Gal Junior]]: She is not only the second Jeyne Westerling in ASOIAF, she is also the second ''Queen Jeyne Westerling''. Just like her namesake, she's not a particularly lucky girl considering that the first one was married to Maegor I Targaryen ''The Cruel'', who had married her after her Tarbeck husband died, for her ability to have babies.

* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Jeyne fell in love with Robb after nursing him back to health from an arrow wound.

* SexForSolace: Leads to a ShotgunWedding at his own insistence.

* WelcomeBackTraitor: Jeyne is rather unceremoniously given back to her family after Jaime Lannister lifts the siege of Riverrun. As she is a Westerling, a vassal house to the Lannisters, she is pretty much a traitor in the Westerlands.

* AristocratsAreEvil: She plotted [[spoiler:the murder of her son-in-law and most of his bannerman in order to gain more power for her houses]].

!!Historical Westerlings

->''"Honor Not Honors"''
-->--'''Westerling House Words'''

* DefectingForLove: Originally on the side of the Lannisters, until her marriage to Robb. It doesn't last long.

* HoneyTrap: ZigZaggedTrope. Robb's dalliance with Jeyne ended up being his AchillesHeel, but most people agree that their feelings for each other were genuine, and that Jeyne was never involved in the plots against him. Jeyne holds on to the crown Robb had made for her and rips part of her dress - a sign of mourning - when leaving Riverrun.

* [[spoiler:AbusiveParents]]: [[spoiler:Forcefully takes Jeyne's crown from her after Robb is killed, which results in Jeyne getting cut on the forehead. She later tries to slap Jeyne for saying she loved Robb, but Jaime Lannister stops her.]]

* [[spoiler:AristocratsAreEvil]]
* [[spoiler:BitchInSheepsClothing]]: [[spoiler:She at first appears to be nice and a good mother, but her true colors are shown after the Red Wedding.]]
* [[spoiler:EvilMatriarch]]: [[spoiler:She was complicit in the Red Wedding, and ensured that Jeyne did not get pregnant by Robb by giving her potions that decreased her fertility rather than ones that enhanced it.]]

* [[spoiler:ManipulativeBitch]]

** [[spoiler:FakeDefector: She remains in contact with Tywin Lannister, and joins the conspiracy to kill Robb and end the Northern rebellion. Her role is to keep Jeyne from getting pregnant.]]
* [[spoiler:TokenEvilTeammate]]: [[spoiler:Sybell and her brother Rolph serve as this to the Westerlings, being complicit in the Red Wedding while the rest of their family members were actually loyal to Robb.]]
* WalkingSpoiler

* HoneyTrap: ZigZaggedTrope. Robb's dalliance with Jeyne ended up being his AchillesHeel, but most people agree that their feelings for each other were genuine, and that Jeyne was never involved in the plots against him. Jeyne holds on to the crown Robb had made for her and, rips part of her dress - a sign of mourning - when leaving Riverrun.

* CheerfulChild

* {{Expy}}: To the Woodville family. A house of ImpoverishPatrician nominally serving the Lancaster family but whose youngest daughter catches the eye of King Edward IV. Jeyne and Robb's romance and the consequences thereof parallel the Edward IV's controversial marriage to Elizabeth Woodville.

* [[DeadGuyJunior Dead Gal Junior]]: She is not only the second Jeyne Westerling in ASOIAF, she is also the second ''Queen Jeyne Westerling''. Just like her namesake, she's not a particularly lucky girl considering that the first one was married to Maegor I Targaryen ''The Cruel'', who had married her for her ability to have babies after her Tarbeck husband died.

!Historical Westerlings

* TheBusCameBack: She reappears in one of Jaime's chapters on the fourth book. [[spoiler:She looks nothing like Catelyn described her.]]

* TheBusCameBack: She reappears in one of Jaime's chapters on the fourth book.

* HotConsort: Catelyn begrudgingly admits that she is a 'very pretty girl', with wide, birthing hips indicating her fertility. Jaime, on the other hand, dismisses her as a girl not worth losing a kingdom over, and with narrow hips (which, according to Catelyn, causes difficult child birth).

* BitCharacter: Has only appeared once during the series.* DistressedDude: Captured at the Battle of the Whispering Wood. He's released after Jeyne marries Robb.

[[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseStark See the House Stark page]].
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[[folder:Rollam Westerling]]
!!Rollam Westerling

Second son and fourth child of Gawen and Sybell. He serves as Robb's squire after he and Jeyne are married. [[spoiler:Now heir of the Crag following Raynald's death]].

* CheerfulChild
* TheSquire: To Robb.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Catelyn thinks Robb is using Rollam as one for Bran, who was left behind in Winterfell [[spoiler:and whom they believe to be dead]].

* DistressedDude: Captured at the Battle of the Whispering Wood. He's released after Jeyne marries Robb.
* MinorMajorCharacter: Has only appeared once during the series.

[[folder:Elenya Westerling]]
!!Elenya Westerling

Second daughter and third child of Gawen and Sybell.
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* BitCharacter
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-->''"Honor Not Honors"''
--->--'''Westerling House Words'''

!!This is a listing of members of House Westerling who appear in the {{Fantasy}} series ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. Visit [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFire here]] for the main character index.

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->''"Honor Not Honors"''
-->--'''Westerling House Words'''

* ImpoverishedPatrician: They are a very old house who were once so powerful and influential that one of its heads became a Regent of the realm in the past century. In the 250 years since then, they have their (crumbling) castle and their pride, but not much else. This is the reason why Gawen married Sybell Spicer, daughter of a NouveauRiche house looked down for being founded by a spice merchant and an eastern fortune teller.

* BadassMustache

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Raynald is believed dead after having been struck with crossbow bolts and apparently falling into the river gravely wounded. His body hasn't been located.]]
* [[spoiler:NeverFoundTheBody]]: [[spoiler:He was shot with several crossbow bolts freeing Grey Wind from his bonds during the Red Wedding, but the only sign of him afterwards was a blood trail leading to the river.]]

* ImpoverishedPatrician: They are a very old house who were once so powerful and influential that one of its heads became a Regent of the realm in the past century. In the 250 years since then, they have their (crumbling) castle and their pride, but not much else.

A noble house seated at the Crag. They are an old house, dating back to the Age of Heroes, that has dwindled in influence and wealth over the centuries, to the point where they can no longer keep their castle's defenses fixed, but are still a prideful family. While initially loyal to House Lannister in the War of Five Kings, they defect to House Stark when Robb Stark took the Crag and married Jeyne Westerling after having sex with her. Their sigil is six white shells on a yellow background.

** Ser Harrold Westerling, Lord Commander of the Kingsguard during the reign of Viserys I.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: They are a very old house who were so powerful and influential that Maegor I married another Jeyne Westerling. In the 250 years since then, they have their (crumbling) castle and their pride, but not much else.

* [[spoiler:TokenEvilTeammate]]: [[spoiler:Sybell and her brother Rolph serve as this to the Westerlings, being complicit in the Red Wedding while the rest of their family members were completely loyal to Robb.]]