| 1 | !!!This is a listing of houses in the Crownlands that appear in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' that do not have enough members or tropes to justify their own page (yet). |
| 2 | !!!For the main character index, see [[AC:[[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFire here]]]] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | !The Crownlands |
| 5 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/crownlands.png]] |
| 6 | |
| 7 | The lands surrounding the capital of King's Landing are known as the Crownlands. Having never been a separate kingdom, it was carved out of disputed lands claimed by the Riverlands and Stormlands. The houses of the Crownlands are sworn directly to the crown instead of a Great House, except for the houses of Blackwater Bay, who are sworn to the Lord of Dragonstone. It was originally the home of House Targaryen before Robert's Rebellion killed most members of that house and sent the rest into exile. Bastards in the Crownlands are given the surname "Waters". |
| 8 | |
| 9 | The Crownlands are the most recently established regional division of Westeros, the smallest region of the continental division (excluding the Iron Islands), and second to the Riverlands, they're the region that is most affected by the War of the Five Kings. King's Landing itself is one of the most important shipping ports of the Narrow Sea. During the reign of King Robert I Baratheon, the region was closely associated with the Stormlands due to familial links and to the Vale of Arryn due to Lord Arryn's position as the King's Hand. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 12 | |
| 13 | [[folder:Tropes Relating to the Crownlands]] |
| 14 | |
| 15 | * AtTheCrossroads: Many of the major roads of Westeros converge at King's Landing. Justified because they were built by King Jaehaerys I specifically to connect the rest of the kingdom to the capital city. |
| 16 | * TheCityNarrows: The King's Landing neighborhood of Flea Bottom, nestled between Aegon's Hill and Visenya's Hill, is noted to be a crime-ridden slum with some of the most appalling living conditions in the kingdom. |
| 17 | * CityOfSpies: King's Landing is home of the royal court, and so many of the nobles hire spies to keep tabs on both their allies and opponents. |
| 18 | * EnemyCivilWar: Most of the mainland lords remain loyal to Joffrey, while the insular ones declare for Stannis. |
| 19 | * TheGenericGuy: The Crownlands as a whole doesn't have a distinct culture because it wasn't an autonomous region until recently. Other regions had millennia to develop their unique cultural identities, while the Crownlands has only existed for about 300 years and much of it was previously disputed territory between the storm kings, river kings, and ironborn. |
| 20 | ** Consider that the ''World of Ice & Fire'' sourcebook doesn't even have a regional history chapter on the crownlands. It has eight: one for each of the "Seven Kingdoms" plus the riverlands (the wildlings beyond the Wall get covered in sidebars during the North's chapter). Even then, most of the narrative focus is on King's Landing itself, not its hinterlands. |
| 21 | * WretchedHive: King's Landing, the capital of the Seven Kingdoms and it's largest city, is noted to be filthy, overcrowded, and dangerous to live in if you can't afford bodyguards. |
| 22 | |
| 23 | [[/folder]] |
| 24 | |
| 25 | !!Royal House |
| 26 | |
| 27 | [[folder:House Baratheon]] |
| 28 | !!House Baratheon of King's Landing |
| 29 | House Baratheon of King's Landing is the royal line of House Baratheon of Storm's End, from which it comes. It was founded by Robert I Baratheon after his successful rebellion against King Aerys II Targaryen. When he became king, Robert moved from Storm's End to King's Landing. The Great House receives the support of the mainland houses from the crownlands. |
| 30 | |
| 31 | --> See the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseBaratheonOfKingsLanding House Baratheon of Kings Landing]] page. |
| 32 | |
| 33 | !!!Cadet Branch |
| 34 | !!House Baratheon of Dragonstone |
| 35 | |
| 36 | House Baratheon of Dragonstone is a cadet branch of House Baratheon of Storm's End. Its seat is Dragonstone, the island castle that sits off the mainland to the northeast of King's Landing, and the Great House commands the allegiance of the lords of the narrow sea. Its founder and current head is Lord Stannis Baratheon, who seized the island at the end of Robert's Rebellion and received it as a reward from his brother, King Robert I Baratheon. |
| 37 | |
| 38 | --> See the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseBaratheonOfDragonstone House Baratheon of Dragonstone]] page. |
| 39 | [[/folder]] |
| 40 | |
| 41 | !!Exiled Houses |
| 42 | |
| 43 | [[folder:House Targaryen]] |
| 44 | |
| 45 | !!House Targaryen of King's Landing |
| 46 | |
| 47 | -->'''Fire and Blood''' |
| 48 | -->--Targaryen words |
| 49 | |
| 50 | House Targaryen is a noble family of Valyrian descent that escaped the Doom. They lived for centuries on the island of Dragonstone until Aegon the Conqueror and his sisters rode their dragons in their conquest of the Seven Kingdoms. |
| 51 | |
| 52 | House Targaryen ruled as the kings on the Iron Throne and as the Great House of the crownlands for nearly 300 years, until their ouster in Robert's Rebellion, which they call the War of the Usurper. Their seats were the Red Keep in the capital city of King's Landing, the castle of Dragonstone, and the summer residence of Summerhall. |
| 53 | -->See the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseTargaryen House Targaryen]] page. |
| 54 | [[/folder]] |
| 55 | |
| 56 | !!Noble Houses |
| 57 | [[folder:House Blount]] |
| 58 | House Blount is a noble house from the Crownlands. They blazon their arms with a red bend sinister between two black porcupines on green. |
| 59 | ---- |
| 60 | * NoodleIncident: One of their own was involved in the Knight of the Laughing Tree incident. |
| 61 | * OutOfFocus: We have no idea if this family still even exists. |
| 62 | |
| 63 | !!Ser Boros Blount |
| 64 | See the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireTheKingsguard Kingsguard]] page. |
| 65 | [[/folder]] |
| 66 | |
| 67 | [[folder:House Bourney]] |
| 68 | House Bourney is a noble house from the Blackwater Rush. Their words, arms and seat are unknown. |
| 69 | |
| 70 | !!Lord Owain Bourney |
| 71 | |
| 72 | Head of House Bourney during the Dance of Dragons. During the First Battle of the Tumbleton, he and Ser Roger Corne betrayed the blacks and opened the gates of the town to the green's host. |
| 73 | ---- |
| 74 | * EyeScream: Unwin Peake stabbed him in the eye. |
| 75 | * RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: When he tried to assume command of the host, Unwin Peake eventually got fed up with him and stabbed him in the eye, saying a turncloak is always a turncloak. |
| 76 | * TurnCoat: Secretly supported the greens and when the Two Betrayers started to act, he opened the gates of the castle, killing Ser Merrell the Bold in the process. |
| 77 | |
| 78 | [[/folder]] |
| 79 | |
| 80 | [[folder:House Byrch]] |
| 81 | House Byrch is a noble house from the Crownlands. According to semi-canon sources they blazon their arms with quarterly, gyronny white and black, a silver axe on green. |
| 82 | |
| 83 | !!Ser Balman Byrch |
| 84 | |
| 85 | A knight of House Byrch and Falyse Stokeworth's husband. |
| 86 | ---- |
| 87 | * AlliterativeName: |
| 88 | * AssholeVictim: He's a pompous jerk, and the report of his death is presented pretty comically (to the reader, anyway). |
| 89 | * BadassDecay: InUniverse: Cersei notes how he was once a famed jouster, but age has robbed him of much of his skill. |
| 90 | * DumbBlond: His wavy blond hair is starting to recede, putting it on the path to become as non-existent as his brain. |
| 91 | * EyeScream: [[spoiler: Bronn kills him with a dagger through the eye]]. |
| 92 | * FatIdiot: No longer in the prime of his physical fitness. And, an idiot. |
| 93 | * HonorBeforeReason: Cersei very specifically told his wife and he to make Bronn's attempted murder look like an accident. A HuntingAccident, poisoning, anything. Balman, the fool he was, decides instead to be honorable about it and challenged Bronn to a proper joust to do away with him. It ended badly for the fat old fool. |
| 94 | * IWasQuiteALooker: According to Cersei, Balman was once considered one of the most handsome knights in the Seven Kingdoms. He has not aged well, becoming fat and balding, although apparently he still has a nice mustache. |
| 95 | * MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Ordered by Cersei to do this to Bronn. He instead falls prey to HonorBeforeReason and tries to do it by challenging Bronn to a joust, considering it more honorable than a "hunting accident", planning on killing his horse and then stabbing him when he's on the ground. Bronn does it to him instead. |
| 96 | * MauveShirt: We knew you a little. |
| 97 | * TooDumbToLive: Qualifies with flying colors. Tackling a known, capable ProfessionalKiller and CombatPragmatist in ''a jousting contest''? Not very bright. |
| 98 | * TortureForFunAndInformation: It's implied Bronn tortured Balman until he gave up the information it was Cersei who ordered Balman to kill Bronn. |
| 99 | * UnderestimatingBadassery: Thinks Bronn would have no idea how to joust due to being an up-jumped sellsword. Turns out he does know how, and is quite adept at cheating before his opponent does, too. |
| 100 | |
| 101 | !!Falyse Stokeworth |
| 102 | |
| 103 | Ser Balman's wife and the eldest daughter and heir of Lady Tanda Stokeworth. |
| 104 | ---- |
| 105 | * TheAlcoholic: She drinks a ton, and has a particular fondness for hippocras. |
| 106 | * AlphaBitch: Well, she comes across this way by how she treats poor Lollys. Or, anybody else she sees as beneath her. Anybody above her, and she turns into a toadying suck-up. |
| 107 | * AnimalMotifs: According to Cersei, she looks like a fish and drinks like one too. Even though her House sigil is a lamb. |
| 108 | * AwfulWeddedLife: Her husband shuns her bed and they have no children. |
| 109 | * BigSisterBully: She is cruel to her younger sister, Lollys. |
| 110 | * EmptyShell: [[spoiler: After handing Falyse over to Qyburn, Cersei briefly entertains the notion of sending Falyse back to Stokeworth with an army to oust Bronn, but Qyburn reveals his experiments on Falyse, [[ForScience while informative,]] have reduced Falyse to this. In his words, she's no longer capable of even feeding herself]]. |
| 111 | * TheExile: After [[spoiler:Bronn kills Ser Balman, he bans Falyse from Stokeworth]]. |
| 112 | * FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Cersei gives her to Qyburn after she and her husband fail to kill Bronn. After a few months of... whatever it is that Qyburn does in the Black Cells, the appendix of ''A Dance With Dragons'' notes that Falyse "died screaming"]]. |
| 113 | * GetOut: Bronn tells her this, saying that if she wasn't gone from Stokeworth by sundown, he'd kill her like her husband, but only after [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil making a gift of her to the castle garrison]], [[EvenEvilHasStandards if any would have her]]. When Falyse ordered her guards to arrest Bronn, [[CavalryBetrayal they merely laughed and told her to do as "Lord Stokeworth" said]]. |
| 114 | * SkewedPriorities: [[spoiler:After Bronn kills her husband and kicks her out of Stokeworth, she's more upset about having to leave her pretty gowns behind than, say, ''not having a home anymore.'']] |
| 115 | * SmugSnake: Described as having "an acid tongue". |
| 116 | * TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:You and your husband fail at what you were instructed to do. And, you turn up in King's Landing expecting hugs, help and kind words from ''[[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Cersei]]'' on the event of his untimely death? Lannisters do pay their debts, remember.]] |
| 117 | * TrademarkFavoriteDrink: She drinks so much hippocras that Jaime comments it's a wonder she doesn't piss the stuff. |
| 118 | * UnwantedSpouse: It is rumored that her husband, Ser Balman Byrch, shuns her bed. |
| 119 | * UpperClassTwit: Why, yes. Yes, she is. To say she's ill-equipped to dabble in the game of thrones thanks to wearing blinkers is a bit of an understatement. |
| 120 | * YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:The cause of her imprisonment]]. |
| 121 | |
| 122 | !!!Historical Byrchs |
| 123 | !!Ser Balon Byrch |
| 124 | |
| 125 | A knight of House Byrch who served in the City Watch of King's Landing during the Dance of the Dragons. He was loyal to Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen. |
| 126 | ---- |
| 127 | * AlliterativeName: Like his descendant Balman. |
| 128 | * TheCaptain: Was captain of the Old Gate. He later became captain of the entire City Watch following the death of Ser Luthor Largent. |
| 129 | * LongDeadBadass: He was a skilled warrior and leader, being one of the few officers who managed to restore some measure of peace during the King's Landing riots. He died after being hit by an arrow when Broken Men ambushed Rhaenyra's party after they fled the city. |
| 130 | * RankUp: After Ser Luthor was killed in the King's Landing riots, Balon was promoted in light of his loyal and effective service. |
| 131 | * UndyingLoyalty: Even after Rhaenyra lost control of King's Landing and fled the city, Balon remained loyal to her and attempted to help escort her to safety. |
| 132 | [[/folder]] |
| 133 | |
| 134 | [[folder:House Bywater]] |
| 135 | House Bywater is a noble house from the Crownlands. |
| 136 | |
| 137 | According to semi-canon sources, they blazon their shields with fretty blue on white, three silver fish on a blue chief. |
| 138 | |
| 139 | !!Ser[=/=]Lord Jacelyn Bywater |
| 140 | !!!Ironhand |
| 141 | |
| 142 | A knight and member of the City Watch of King's Landing. Promoted to commander by Tyrion after sending Janos Slynt to the Wall. |
| 143 | ---- |
| 144 | * BrutalHonesty: When telling Tyrion that the common people of King's Landing hate him more than [[TheCaligula Joffrey]] or [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Cersei]], simply because he is the newest member of the King's court, a Lannister, and a dwarf. |
| 145 | * TheCaptain: Of the Mud Gate, and later the whole City Watch. |
| 146 | * {{Foil}}: To the corrupt Janos Slynt; they both come from humble beginnings, but Jacelyn is honest and reasonable. |
| 147 | * HonestAdvisor: To Tyrion, who ordered him to fulfill this role when appointing him commander. |
| 148 | * InUniverseNickname: Ironhand. |
| 149 | * KnightInShiningArmor: Unlike most members of the City Watch, he is not corrupt, which is why Tyrion recruits him to command it and be one of his key allies. |
| 150 | * LanternJawOfJustice: He has a square jawline. |
| 151 | * TheMutiny: [[spoiler:He's killed by his own men when he's trying to keep them from deserting after Joffrey flees the Battle of the Blackwater]]. |
| 152 | * RagsToRiches: He's from a poor branch of House Bywater, earned his knighthood during the Siege of Pyke, and later a lordship from Tyrion. |
| 153 | * RedRightHand: An iron hand strapped to his right wrist, having lost the original during the Siege of Pyke. |
| 154 | * TokenGoodCop: His rigid honesty makes him an anomaly amongst the [[BadCopIncompetentCop thugs and graft-takers]] who make up the bulk of the King's Landing City Watch. |
| 155 | * TokenGoodTeammate: He is the most honorable member of Tyrion's allies. |
| 156 | [[/folder]] |
| 157 | |
| 158 | [[folder:House Chelsted]] |
| 159 | House Chelsted is a noble house from the Crownlands. They blazon their arms with per bend green and white, a crossed spiked mace and a silver dagger. |
| 160 | |
| 161 | !!Lord Qarlton Chelsted |
| 162 | !!!The Mace-and-Dagger Hand |
| 163 | Initially serving as King Aerys II Master of Coin, he was appointed Hand of the King after Ser Jon Connington's failure at the Battle of the Bells. |
| 164 | ---- |
| 165 | * TheDragon: For Aerys after Aerys exiled Jon Connington. He was not an especially good one, as he apparently did very little to quell Robert's Rebellion. |
| 166 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: While he had long served Aerys as an adviser and manipulated him for his own means, Qarlton was horrified by Aerys's plot to [[spoiler:destroy King's Landing with [[GreekFire wildfire]]]]. |
| 167 | * FailedASpotCheck: Averted; Chelsted got suspicious that members of the Alchemists' Guild were constantly coming and going from the Red Keep and started investigating until he found out why. |
| 168 | * HiddenDepths: Jaime, who had always considered Chelsted [[YesMan a sycophant]], [[spoiler: admits that he admired the man for finding the courage to try and defy Aerys]]. |
| 169 | * HighTurnoverRate: Jaime refers to him as "The mace-and-dagger Hand" because Aerys went through so many Hands he couldn't remember their names. |
| 170 | * TheManBehindTheMan: Along with Lucerys Velaryon and Symond Staunton, he stoked Aerys' paranoia about conspiracies against him, particularly ones instigated by Prince Rhaegar. He did this in order to convince Aerys to disown Rhaegar and make Viserys heir instead, which would guarantee a regency Qarlton and the others advisers could run. |
| 171 | * MyNaymeIs: Carlton but with a Q. |
| 172 | * PosthumousCharacter: Burned alive by the Mad King and Wisdom Rossart. |
| 173 | * ProfessionalButtKisser: He's described by Maester Yandel as one of the lickspittles that surrounded the Mad King to benefit from his favor. |
| 174 | * RedemptionEqualsDeath: His first sympathetic action is to condemn Aerys' wildfire plot, which results in his death. |
| 175 | * ReplacementGoldfish: For Jon Connington, who had been exiled as [[YouHaveFailedMe punishment]] for his defeat at the Battle of the Bells. |
| 176 | * ResignInProtest: After learning of [[spoiler:Aerys' plan to burn the city if Robert's rebellion was successful]] Chelsted was aghast and tried to talk Aerys out of the horrific plan. When that failed, he furiously resigned his position on the spot. Aerys responded in his favorite way; burning Chelsted alive with wildfire. And to add insult to injury, he promptly named his favorite pyromancer (who had probably been the one to burn Chelsted) the new Hand of the King. |
| 177 | -->'''Jamie:''' I'd thought the man craven, but the day he confronted Aerys he found some courage somewhere. He did all he could to dissuade him. He reasoned, he jested, he threatened, and finally he begged. When that failed he took off his chain of office and flung it down on the floor. Aerys burnt him alive for that, and hung his chain about the neck of Rossart, his favorite pyromancer. |
| 178 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Resigned his post [[spoiler:after failing to dissuade Aerys from going along with the Wildfire Plot]], which resulted in his [[YouHaveFailedMe execution]]. |
| 179 | [[/folder]] |
| 180 | |
| 181 | [[folder:House Chyttering]] |
| 182 | House Chyttering is a noble house of the Crownlands sworn to House Baratheon of King's Landing. During the War of the Five Kings, they side with Stannis Baratheon. According to semi-canon sources their arms depict three golden bendlets enhanced on white. Their motto is unknown. |
| 183 | !!!Tropes related to House Chyttering: |
| 184 | * BitCharacter: The first Lord Chyttering in the series, who isn't even named. |
| 185 | * KillItWithFire: Lord Chyttering was burned to death at the Battle of the Blackwater. |
| 186 | |
| 187 | !!Lord Lucos Chyttering |
| 188 | !!!Little Lucos |
| 189 | |
| 190 | Lord Chyttering's sixteen-year-old son and heir. |
| 191 | ---- |
| 192 | * AChildShallLeadThem: Called "Little Lucos" because of his youth. |
| 193 | * UndyingLoyalty: Regarded by Stannis as one of the few good men that remained to him after the defeat at the Blackwater. |
| 194 | * YouAreInCommandNow: Takes command of House Chyttering following the death of his father at the Blackwater. |
| 195 | [[/folder]] |
| 196 | |
| 197 | [[folder:House Darke]] |
| 198 | House Darke is a noble house of the Crownlands. They are a branch of the now extinct House Darklyn, and they remain at Duskendale since the extinction of their more famous kin. Their arms and words are unknown. |
| 199 | ---- |
| 200 | * FamousAncestor: Ser Harrold Darke, who interceded on Queen Rhaenyra's behalf when she sought shelter with House Darklyn, and later advised her to go to the Vale rather than back to Dragonstone. |
| 201 | * TheClan: They are a branch of the once large Darklyn family. |
| 202 | * TheGhost: They haven't appeared on the main books yet. |
| 203 | * TheRemnant: Like Houses Darkwood and Dargood, they are remnants of House Darklyn. |
| 204 | !!!Historical Darkes: |
| 205 | |
| 206 | !!Jonquil Darke |
| 207 | !!!The Scarlet Shadow, the Serpent in Scarlet |
| 208 | |
| 209 | A warrior woman and sworn shield of Queen Alysanne Targaryen, who traveled with her to the North. There she fought against a wilding woman that was being fostered by Lord Manderly as an exhibition match. |
| 210 | ---- |
| 211 | * ActionGirl: Before she became Queen Alysanne's personal bodyguard, she participated in a tourney as a mystery knight. While she didn't win, she stayed in the competition long enough to become well known to the spectators, which means she beat several trained knights. |
| 212 | * DesignatedGirlFight: Against the wilding woman fostered at White Harbor as a spectacle for the Westerosi; girls raised by the free folk as "spearwives" is commonplace beyond the Wall, but women warriors are a curiosity in the Seven Kingdoms. |
| 213 | * HeroicBastard: She was born as the bastard daughter of one Lord Darklyn and bastard half-sister to the next, and was seemingly accepted and trusted at court, loyally serving at least 33 years[[note]]she was made Alysanne's protector in 51 AC and still a royal bodyguard by the time of Princess Saera's scandal in 84 AC[[/note]] with no scandals to her name or mentioned bad blood between her and members of Jaehaerys' court for being both a bastard and a [[StayInTheKitchen woman]] essentially made honorary Kingsguard. |
| 214 | * FamousAncestor: She had the rare honor of being a warrior woman and sworn shield of her beloved Queen, which is almost unheard of in Westeros. As she is the earliest Darke mentioned thus far and is specifically called a bastard of ''Darklyn'', not Darke, it is implied she may have been the ''first'' Darke and thus founded her own branch of House Darklyn, passing her own name on to her children and descendants, which if true is even more vanishingly rare for Westerosi women. |
| 215 | * ForcedToWatch: At the command of King Jaehaerys, Jonquil imposed this on Princess Saera Targaryen, forcing her to watch her father's DuelToTheDeath with Braxton Beesbury, the worst of the three men she'd taken as lovers, so Saera would know whoever died in that duel, the blood would be on her hands. |
| 216 | * NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Likely named for [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireLegendaryFigures Florian's Jonquil]]. As fate would have it, she was first enlisted to be Queen Alysanne's sworn shield after Alysanne was attacked at Jonquil's Pool named for the same legend. In modern times, the two Jonquils make for an interesting parallel with the Stark daughters: ladylike Sansa's favorite song is about the romance of Florian and Jonquil, while tomboyish Arya strives to be an ActionGirl and would likely admire Jonquil the Scarlet Shadow as she does the warrior queen Princess Nymeria she names her wolf after... but gives no indication she's ever heard of her, and overall Jonquil Darke doesn't seem a very famous figure nowadays, unmentioned by any of the characters living 200 years later, despite being renowned in her own time as a Queensguard in all but name and having definitely existed unlike [[AnachronismStew Florian and Jonquil]]. |
| 217 | * PraetorianGuard: The closest to the Kingsguard by virtue of being Alysanne's sworn shield. Jonquil was chosen as Alysanne's personal bodyguard after an assassination attempt on the Queen in a women-only bathhouse; Alysanne argued she needed protection in places where the Kingsguard were forbidden on account of being men. |
| 218 | * RedBaron: The Serpent in Scarlet as a mystery knight, the Scarlet Shadow as Alysanne's bodyguard. |
| 219 | * SamusIsAGirl: The only mystery knight in (known) Westeros history confirmed to be female[[note]]Lyanna Stark is oft theorized to have been the mystery knight known as the Knight of the Laughing Tree, which would make Lyanna the ''second'' female mystery knight in history[[/note]]. She posed as the Serpent in Scarlet in a tourney for the extremely populated, luxurious Golden Wedding where hundreds of knights competed to try to win a spot in Jaehaerys' Kingsguard, but was eventually unmasked on her defeat. Luckily, she did well enough to be remembered and be awarded a spot as Alysanne's sworn shield two years later specifically on account of her gender, when the need for a female warrior to accompany Alysanne in times and places male Kingsguard could not became clear. |
| 220 | |
| 221 | !!Ser Harrold Darke |
| 222 | -->See the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireCourtOfRhaenyraI Court of Rhaenyra I]] page. |
| 223 | |
| 224 | [[/folder]] |
| 225 | |
| 226 | [[folder:House Farring]] |
| 227 | House Farring is a noble house of the Crownlands. During the War of the Five Kings, they support Stannis Baratheon's claim to the Iron Throne. According to semi-canon sources, they blazon their arms with per pale purple and white, two knights combatant with swords, counter-charged. |
| 228 | |
| 229 | !!Ser Gilbert Farring |
| 230 | |
| 231 | A knight of House Farring, Ser Gilbert is a knight loyal to Stannis and the commander of the Storm's End garrison. |
| 232 | ---- |
| 233 | * TheGhost: Has been mentioned several times but has yet to actually appear in the series. |
| 234 | * MouthOfSauron: Holding Storm's End in Stannis' name. |
| 235 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler: His son Bryen dies during Stannis' march to Winterfell]]. |
| 236 | * UndyingLoyalty: He remains loyal to Stannis even after the defeat at the Battle of the Blackwater and the fall of Dragonstone, holding Stannis' last mainland stronghold in the south. |
| 237 | |
| 238 | !!Bryen Farring |
| 239 | |
| 240 | Ser Gilbert's son and Stannis Baratheon's squire. |
| 241 | ---- |
| 242 | * BitCharacter: He is mostly present in scenes that involve large numbers of Stannis' followers. |
| 243 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Succumbed to cold and hunger during the march from Deepwood Motte to Winterfell]]. |
| 244 | * ChildSoldier: Participates in Stannis' campaign in the North. |
| 245 | * TheSquire: One of two who serve Stannis, alongside Devan Seaworth. |
| 246 | |
| 247 | !!Ser Godry Farring |
| 248 | -->See the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireQueensMen Queen's Men]] page. |
| 249 | |
| 250 | !!Annara Farring |
| 251 | |
| 252 | The seventh wife of Lord Walder Frey. |
| 253 | ---- |
| 254 | * MamasBabyPapasMaybe: Is rumored to have slept with Black Walder Frey, her husband's great-grandson, which cast doubts on the parentage of her children. |
| 255 | * MassiveNumberedSiblings: Had six children with Walder Frey; Arwyn, Wendel, Colmar, Waltyr, Elmar and Shirei. |
| 256 | * PosthumousCharacter: Died before the story began. |
| 257 | [[/folder]] |
| 258 | |
| 259 | [[folder:House Follard]] |
| 260 | !!House Follard |
| 261 | -->"''None So Wise''" |
| 262 | ---> --'''House Follard's words''' |
| 263 | A noble house from the Crownlands. According to semi-canon sources they blazon their arms with gyronny of twelve red and white; on a gold canton, a two-peaked fool's cap of red and white with silver bells. |
| 264 | ---- |
| 265 | * BitCharacter: Both Perkin and Dick Follard play minor roles in their respective storylines. |
| 266 | * IChooseToStay: An unnamed Lord Follard who accompanied Manfryd Mooton to Braavos during the regency of Aegon III chose to remain in the Free City to be with a courtesan he had become enamored with. |
| 267 | * OneDegreeOfSeparation: Deaf Dick Follard is a ranger of the Night's Watch, while Perkin Follard is a knight at the service of Stannis Baratheon and a Queen's Man, but by the time Perkin arrives to The Wall Dick is already dead, so their exact relationship is never explored. |
| 268 | |
| 269 | !!Dick Follard |
| 270 | -->See [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireTheNightsWatchRangers the Night's Watch Rangers character page]] |
| 271 | [[/folder]] |
| 272 | |
| 273 | [[folder:House Harte]] |
| 274 | House Harte is a noble house of the Crownlands. Neither its arms nor words have appeared in the books, but according to semi-canon sources they blazon their arms with three red hart's heads caboshed on a white bend on vair. |
| 275 | ---- |
| 276 | * AlliterativeName: '''Ha'''zel '''Ha'''rte. |
| 277 | * FamousAncestor: Lady Hazel Harte, the wife of Ser Daeron Velaryon and mother of Queen Daenaera Velaryon. |
| 278 | ** Ser Denys Harte, who according to Mushroom, hired a Faceless Men while in Braavos to kill a rival at King's Landing. |
| 279 | * KnowWhenToFoldThem: Ser Elwood Harte surrendered to Ser Donnel Swann after being injured during the Battle of Blackwater. |
| 280 | * NoNameGiven: The head of the house during the Dance of Dragons. |
| 281 | * UndyingLoyalty: Lord Harte was executed for refusing to renounce his loyalty to Rhaenyra Targaryen. |
| 282 | [[/folder]] |
| 283 | |
| 284 | [[folder:House Hayford]] |
| 285 | !!House Hayford of Hayford |
| 286 | |
| 287 | House Hayford of Hayford is a noble house from Hayford in the Crownlands, less than a day's ride from King's Landing. It is sworn directly to the Iron Throne, while House Hogg are their vassals. Their blazon is green fetty over gold, a green pale wavy. |
| 288 | |
| 289 | !!!Tropes related to House Hayford: |
| 290 | * NoNameGiven: Several Hayfords have been mentioned but their first names haven't. |
| 291 | * NumberTwo: The unnamed Lord Hayford that served as Hand of the King for Daeron II until his death at the Battle of the Redgrass Field. |
| 292 | * SiblingMurder: Lyra Hayford was accused of having smothered her baby brother out of jealousy, although this may have just been MaliciousSlander spread by Unwin Peake. |
| 293 | * TooDumbToLive: Towards the end of Maegor the Cruel's reign, with half the realm rising up in revolt in support of his nephew Jaehaerys, Maegor summoned what few lords he had still loyal to him, only for a handful to answer his call, certainly not enough to defeat the combined armies of the Vale, Stormlands and Westerlands who had declared for Jaehaerys. Seeing the writing on the wall, Lord Hayford advised Maegor to abdicate and take the black to save himself; Maegor, [[HairTriggerTemper unsurprisingly]], had Lord Hayford [[OffWithHisHead beheaded on the spot]], then continued his war council with [[DecapitationPresentation Hayford's head on a spike]] next to the Iron Throne. |
| 294 | * UndyingLoyalty: The Lord Hayford at the time of the Dance of Dragons refused to renounce his loyalty to Rhaenyra, even at the cost of his life. |
| 295 | |
| 296 | !!Lady Ermesande Hayford |
| 297 | |
| 298 | The Lady of Hayford. She's last of her family, and also a baby still being nursed. She's married to Tyrek Lannister as part of House Lannister's plans to extend their domains and influence. |
| 299 | ---- |
| 300 | * ArrangedMarriage: To Tyrek Lannister. |
| 301 | * AChildShallLeadThem: An extreme version of the trope, since she's unable to actually "lead". |
| 302 | * LastOfHerKind: The last known member of House Hayford, and no other distant relatives have even been mentioned. |
| 303 | * LordCountry: Lady Hayford. |
| 304 | * UnwittingPawn: Being a baby, she cannot exactly help the fact that the Lannisters use her as a pawn in their schemes to expand their power. |
| 305 | * TheUnreveal: The circumstances behind her being the last living member of House Hayford are not explained. |
| 306 | [[/folder]] |
| 307 | |
| 308 | [[folder:House Mallery]] |
| 309 | !!House Mallery |
| 310 | |
| 311 | A noble house from the Crownlands. According to semi-canon sources they blazon their arms with six white stars on violet. |
| 312 | |
| 313 | !!Lord Lothar Mallery |
| 314 | |
| 315 | The head of House Mallery. |
| 316 | ---- |
| 317 | * BitCharacter |
| 318 | * RedShirt: He's one of the lords and knights assigned by Ned Stark with the task of bringing the King's justice to Ser Gregor Clegane. |
| 319 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: The next thing we learn about Lord Lothar is that he was ridden down and drowned during the Battle at the Mummer's Ford. |
| 320 | |
| 321 | !!!Historical Mallerys |
| 322 | !!Ser Raymund Mallery |
| 323 | -->See the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireTheNightsWatch Night's Watch]] page. |
| 324 | |
| 325 | [[/folder]] |
| 326 | |
| 327 | [[folder:House Massey]] |
| 328 | !!House Massey of Stonedance |
| 329 | |
| 330 | A noble house descended from the First Men seated at Stonedance, a castle in Massey's Hook, a peninsula east of the Kingswood. While the house was established as a vassal to the Storm Kings of House Durrandon, for a time they ruled Massey's Hook as kings after revolting against King Durwald I the Fat. They blazon their arms with a triple spiral; red, green and blue, on white, an ancient sigil for an ancient House. |
| 331 | |
| 332 | !!!Tropes related to House Massey: |
| 333 | * DragonAscendant: For a time, they broke away from the Stormlands and became their own kings. |
| 334 | * FamousAncestor: |
| 335 | ** Lord Triston Massey was the first Master of Laws during the Conquest. |
| 336 | ** Alarra Massey the wife of Lord Aethan Velaryon and mother of Daemon and Alyssa Velaryon. |
| 337 | ** Lady Elinor Massey, one of the hundred maidens presented to the recently widowed Aegon III Targaryen. She was a victim of Unwin Peake's MaliciousSlander. |
| 338 | * LesCollaborateurs: Could never defeat the Storm Kings so the Masseys resorted to finding allies. Josua had his daughter married to an Andal warlord. Lord Triston sided with House Targaryen during the Conquest. |
| 339 | |
| 340 | !!Ser Justin Massey |
| 341 | -->See the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireQueensMen Queen's Men]] page. |
| 342 | |
| 343 | !!!Historical Masseys |
| 344 | !!Lord Maldon Massey |
| 345 | Lord Maldon Massey was the founder of House Massey and builder of their castle Stonedance. |
| 346 | ---- |
| 347 | * AlliterativeName: His names both start with M. |
| 348 | * OurFounder |
| 349 | |
| 350 | !!King Justin Massey |
| 351 | !!!Milk-Eye |
| 352 | Justin Massey was a pirate-king. He lived during the Andal invasion. |
| 353 | ---- |
| 354 | * RapePillageAndBurn: He was a pirate after all. |
| 355 | |
| 356 | !!King Josua Massey |
| 357 | !!!Softspear |
| 358 | |
| 359 | King Josua Massey, also known as Softspear, was the last King of House Massey. |
| 360 | ---- |
| 361 | * AltarDiplomacy: Josua had his daughter married to an Andal warlord to cement an alliance against the Storm Kings. It worked for a time but eventually the Masseys were made subjects of the Storm Kings again. |
| 362 | * EmbarrassingNickname: Softspear. |
| 363 | * LastOfHisKind: The last Massey king. |
| 364 | |
| 365 | !!Lord Lucifer Massey |
| 366 | Lucifer Massey was Lord of Stonedance during the early days of Maegor I. |
| 367 | ---- |
| 368 | * HonorBeforeReason: He only sided with Team Maegor during the Trial of Seven to not look like a coward. He dies in the battle. |
| 369 | * MutualKill: Massey hacked off Harys Horpe's arm. Massey took an axe right between the eyes. |
| 370 | |
| 371 | !!Lord Albin Massey, Master of Laws |
| 372 | |
| 373 | Lord of Stonedance during the early reign of Jaehaerys I, who was chosen as Master of Laws to replace Lord Prentys Tully. He died from the Shivers in 59 AC. |
| 374 | ---- |
| 375 | * DeadpanSnarker: When Jaehaerys reached his majority, one of his first acts as king in his own name was to boot Septon Mattheus out of keep and city for how he had opposed the king's marriage to his sister Alysanne. When the infamously fat Mattheus protests, Lord Massey is reported to quip that the three people being brought in to replace him as the Faith's presence in court were needed to "balance the scales". |
| 376 | * GeniusCripple: He was born with a twisted spine and a limp, but he certainly didn't lack wits. He was even training to be a Maester when a fever killed his father and brothers. |
| 377 | * ReplacementGoldfish: Brought to replace Prentys Tully after his dismissal in 50 AC. |
| 378 | * UnexpectedSuccessor: He was studying to become a Maester when disease took his father and siblings, forcing him to become Lord of Stonedance. |
| 379 | |
| 380 | !!Lord Gormon Massey |
| 381 | Gormon Massey was Lord of Stonedance during the early days of the Dance of the Dragons. |
| 382 | ---- |
| 383 | * ManOnFire: He got barbecued while trying to tame a dragon. |
| 384 | * UndyingLoyalty: To Rhaenyra. |
| 385 | |
| 386 | !!Elinda Massey |
| 387 | Elinda Massey was the youngest and gentlest of Rhaenyra Targaryen's ladies-in-waiting, who accompanied her in her fleeing of King's Landing. |
| 388 | ---- |
| 389 | * BreakTheCutie: In the worst way. |
| 390 | * EyeScream: It is sad that she gouged out her own eyes at the sight of her queen being devoured by Sunfyre. |
| 391 | |
| 392 | !!Ser Robin Massey |
| 393 | Ser Robin Massey was a knight of House Massey during the early reign of Aegon III. |
| 394 | ---- |
| 395 | * ReplacementGoldfish: He was appointed to the Kingsguard after several members died from winter fever. |
| 396 | * SeriousBusiness: He was killed by Unwin Peake's mercenary Tessario the Tiger due to a dispute over a horse they both wanted. |
| 397 | * ShortLivedLeadership: He was anointed Lord Commander of the Kingsguard by Aegon III, only for the decision to be overturned by Unwin Peake. |
| 398 | [[/folder]] |
| 399 | |
| 400 | [[folder:House Rambton]] |
| 401 | !!House Rambton |
| 402 | |
| 403 | A noble house from the Crownlands sworn to House Sunglass. They blazon their arms with a white ram's head with golden horns on red. |
| 404 | |
| 405 | !!!Tropes related to House Rambton: |
| 406 | * HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:The two surviving sons of Ser Hubard Rambton are burned alive as sacrifices to R'hllor under orders of Queen Selyse]]. |
| 407 | |
| 408 | !!Ser Hubard Rambton |
| 409 | |
| 410 | A pious knight with four sons. |
| 411 | ---- |
| 412 | * RealMenLoveJesus: Loves the Seven so much that he's killed along two of his sons while defending the sept at Dragonstone from the Queen's Men who sought to burn it. |
| 413 | * RedShirt: Besides being a devout knight, nothing is known of Ser Hubard. |
| 414 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: He was barely even mentioned before his death off-page. |
| 415 | [[/folder]] |
| 416 | |
| 417 | [[folder:House Rosby]] |
| 418 | !!House Rosby of Rosby |
| 419 | |
| 420 | A noble house from the Crownlands. They rule the castle of Rosby and its village, which are located just northeast of King's Landing along the Rosby Road. The Rosbys are not known for their robustness. |
| 421 | |
| 422 | Their blazon consists into three red chevronels on ermine. Their motto is not mentioned in the books. |
| 423 | !!!Tropes related to House Rosby: |
| 424 | * TheDogBitesBack: During the Dance of the Dragons, the Lady of Rosby at the time asked Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen to put her ahead of her younger brother in the line of succession, and was refused. That same Lady Rosby refused to shelter Rhaenyra when she fled from King's Landing. |
| 425 | * DrivenToSuicide: The Lord Rosby who remained loyal to Maegor the Cruel until the end committed suicide by drinking a cup of hemlock when the fall of the king was all but certain. |
| 426 | * KnowWhenToFoldThem: They were among House Targaryen's first vassals when they surrendered as soon as Rhaenys Targaryen and her dragon landed at their front door. |
| 427 | * LordCountry: Rosby is the name of the land they control. |
| 428 | * NoNameGiven: Many Rosbys have been mentioned, but their first names were unrevealed. |
| 429 | * PosthumousCharacter: Bethany Rosby, the sixth wife of Walder Frey and mother of Perwyn, Benfrey, Willamen, Olyvar and Roslin Frey. |
| 430 | |
| 431 | !!Lord Gyles Rosby, Lord Treasurer |
| 432 | !!!The Cougher |
| 433 | |
| 434 | Head of House Rosby and Lord of Rosby. He is a very sickly person who spends most of his time in King’s Landing as part of the Royal Court. Briefly holds the position of Lord Treasurer (the renamed office of Master of Coin) for Queen Cersei. |
| 435 | ---- |
| 436 | * AlwaysMurder: [[spoiler:Dies in ''Literature/AFeastForCrows'' from his disease and the pressure brought about by his new position, but Cersei's paranoia convinces her that the Tyrells had him assassinated]]. |
| 437 | * ButtMonkey: In the fourth book. |
| 438 | * IncurableCoughOfDeath: He suffers from a disease that also causes BloodFromTheMouth by the fourth book. |
| 439 | * LastOfHisKind: Seems that Lord Gyles is the last Rosby as it is mentioned he has no immediate heirs. |
| 440 | * RecurringExtra: In the first three books, but in the forth book he becomes a major part of the political maneuverings in King's Landing. |
| 441 | * StealthPun: Lord Gyles is a cougher who is put in charge of the kingdom's coffers. |
| 442 | * SuccessionCrisis: [[spoiler: His death in ''Literature/AFeastForCrows'' causes a minor one, with six different claimants (and his ward, who is according to Cersei not blood-related to Gyles) claiming the land and the title.]] |
| 443 | * YesMan: To Cersei Lannister, and she eventually rewards him by making him [[spoiler:Master of Coin to prevent the Tyrells from taking the post]]. |
| 444 | |
| 445 | !!!Historical Rosbys |
| 446 | !!Lord Jon Rosby, Warden of the Sands and Castellan of Sunspear |
| 447 | |
| 448 | Lord Jon Rosby was head of House Rosby during the first Dornish Wars. |
| 449 | ---- |
| 450 | * DisneyVillainDeath: He was thrown from a window by Princess Meria Martell herself. It became known as the Defenestration of Sunspear. |
| 451 | * ShortLivedLeadership: Was appointed the new ruler of Dorne by Aegon I but he was instead killed by sneaky Dornishmen. |
| 452 | |
| 453 | !!Ser Rayford Rosby |
| 454 | |
| 455 | Ser Rayford Rosby was a knight during the early reign of Maegor I. |
| 456 | ---- |
| 457 | * AlliterativeName: His first and last name begin with R. |
| 458 | * HonorBeforeReason: He only sided with Team Maegor during the Trial of Seven to not look like a coward. He dies in the battle. |
| 459 | [[/folder]] |
| 460 | |
| 461 | [[folder:House Rykker]] |
| 462 | !!House Rykker of Duskendale |
| 463 | |
| 464 | A noble house from the crownlands. Their seat is the castle of the Dun Fort in Duskendale. House Rykker received Duskendale following the Defiance of Duskendale and the fall of House Darklyn. Their sigil depicts two black warhammers crossed on a white saltire on blue. |
| 465 | |
| 466 | !!Lord Renfred Rykker |
| 467 | |
| 468 | The Lord of Duskendale and head of House Rykker. |
| 469 | ---- |
| 470 | * AlliterativeName: ''R''enfred ''R''ykker |
| 471 | * TheGhost: Has yet to make an appearance. He's with Lord Randyll Tarly at Maidenpool. |
| 472 | |
| 473 | !!Ser Rufus Leek |
| 474 | |
| 475 | An elderly knight of House Leek, Ser Rufus serves as Lord Renfred's castellan at the Dun Fort. |
| 476 | ---- |
| 477 | * AnArmAndALeg: His left leg is amputated. |
| 478 | * NeverLearnedToRead: He relies on the Dun Fort's maester for it. |
| 479 | * NumberTwo: To Lord Renfred. |
| 480 | * RetiredBadass: Can no longer fight due to the loss of his left leg. |
| 481 | |
| 482 | !!Ser Jaremy Rykker |
| 483 | |
| 484 | -->See [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireTheNightsWatchRangers the Night's Watch Rangers character page]] |
| 485 | |
| 486 | [[/folder]] |
| 487 | |
| 488 | [[folder:House Staunton]] |
| 489 | !!House Staunton of Rook's Rest |
| 490 | |
| 491 | A noble house from Rook's Rest in the Crownlands. Neither their arms nor their motto have appeared in the books, but according to semi-canon sources they blazon their arms with two black wings upon a white fess on checkered black and grey. |
| 492 | ---- |
| 493 | * TheAlcoholic: Ysabel Staunton was said to have been fond of wine, which Unwin Peake used to spread rumors about her and reduce her chances of being chosen as King Aegon III Targaryen's bride. |
| 494 | * AlliterativeName: Most of the known members have names that start with S's. |
| 495 | * FamousAncestor: |
| 496 | ** Casella Staunton, one of the three '[[AmbiguouslyGay Close Companions]]' of Princess Rhaena Targaryen who was poisoned by Androw Farman. |
| 497 | ** Simon Staunton was one of the four young squires sent to court young Princess Daella Targaryen, but after he tried to give her wine she decided that she hated him. |
| 498 | ** Ysabel Staunton was one of the many maids presented to young Aegon III, and one of the many victims of Unwin Peake's MaliciousSlander. Her fondness for wine was much gossiped about. |
| 499 | ** Ser Joffrey Staunton was a Kingsguard knight who helped "procure" women for Aegon the Unworthy. |
| 500 | * TheGhost: While the house still officially exists, no member has appeared on the main books yet. |
| 501 | * NoNameGiven: The Lord Staunton who was killed at the start of the Dance of the Dragons. |
| 502 | * UndyingLoyalty: An unnamed Lord Staunton was one of the last supporters of Maegor the Cruel. |
| 503 | |
| 504 | !!Symond Staunton |
| 505 | |
| 506 | Master of Laws during the reign of the Mad King. |
| 507 | ---- |
| 508 | * TheManBehindTheMan: Along with Qarlton Chelsted and Lucerys Velaryon, he stoked Aerys' paranoia about conspiracies against him, particularly ones instigated by Prince Rhaegar. He did this in order to convince Aerys to disown Rhaegar and make Viserys heir instead, which would guarantee a regency Symond and the other advisers could run. |
| 509 | * ProfessionalButtKisser: He's described by Maester Yandel as one of the lickspittles that surrounded the Mad King to benefit from his favor. |
| 510 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: His fate during Robert's Rebellion hasn't been mentioned yet. |
| 511 | |
| 512 | !!!Historical Stauntons |
| 513 | !!Septon Sefton Staunton |
| 514 | |
| 515 | Septon of the Coldmoat and brother-in-law of Lady Rohanne through her third husband. He appears in ''The Sworn Sword''. |
| 516 | ---- |
| 517 | * AlliterativeName: Which he admits is a bit unfortunate, given that he is also a Septon. |
| 518 | * TheAlcoholic: If the wine stains on his robe are an indication. |
| 519 | * DeadpanSnarker: His tongue is almost as sharp as his sister in law's, but of a more goodnatured manner. |
| 520 | * FatAndSkinny: He first appears alongside the tall, slender Ser Lucas Inchfield and resembles a round, white pudding. |
| 521 | * {{Gasshole}}: Farts when he tries to plea to Dunk to repent his evil ways under the mistaken belief that the latter is a brigand. He admits that his diet consists of beans and barley bread. |
| 522 | * HiddenDepths: He may be fat and likes to drink too much, but he is one of Lady Rohanne's few advisers who speaks sense and is quite observant. |
| 523 | * NiceGuy: Willing to hear Dunk out. |
| 524 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Is willing to let Dunk plead his case to Lady Webber, and pleas with her to drop the feud against Ser Eustace. |
| 525 | |
| 526 | !!Ser Simon Staunton |
| 527 | Ser Simon Staunton was a knight from House Staunton. He was married to Lady Rohanne Webber becoming her third husband. |
| 528 | ---- |
| 529 | * PosthumousCharacter: Choked on a chicken bone. |
| 530 | * SiblingYinYang: Simon was a knight. His brother Sefton is an alcoholic priest. |
| 531 | [[/folder]] |
| 532 | |
| 533 | [[folder:House Stokeworth]] |
| 534 | !!House Stokeworth of Stokeworth |
| 535 | |
| 536 | -->"''Proud to be Faithful''" |
| 537 | ---> --'''House Stokeworth's words''' |
| 538 | |
| 539 | A noble house from the Crownlands. Sworn to King's Landing, they live at nearby Castle Stokeworth north of the capital. |
| 540 | |
| 541 | They blazon their arms with a white lamb holding a golden goblet on a green field. |
| 542 | |
| 543 | !!!Tropes related to House Stokeworth: |
| 544 | * ButtMonkey: The current family consists of an ugly old woman and her two daughters, one a childless alcoholic, the other overweight, mentally handicapped and DefiledForever after being raped half a hundred times and left with a bastard in her belly. |
| 545 | * FamousAncestor: Currently, the Stokeworths aren't really found in positions of much important: of most recent note has been Manly Stokeworth, head of the Goldcloaks before he croaked and Jonas Slynt got given the position. But, historically, they were quite a bit more important. Interestingly, they have a few connections with Harrenhal. |
| 546 | ** Lady Samantha Stokeworth, Alyn's daughter, was one of Princess Rhaena Targaryen's [[AmbiguouslyGay 'close companions']], who refused to abandon her to the mercy of Maegor the Cruel. |
| 547 | ** Lady Maia Stokeworth is alleged to have begun the rumors that King Baelor I was poisoned by his uncle Viserys so he could claim the Iron Throne himself. |
| 548 | ** Before Falena Lothston became 1) a Lothston and 2) Lady of Harrenhal -- she was Lady Falena Stokeworth. Note that she got bundled off to the Riverlands for a quickly arranged marriage because 3) she was the first of King Aegon IV "The Unworthy" Targaryen's mistresses when he was just a teen and she quite a bit older. And, don't forget that she had a daughter... and... well... |
| 549 | ** Ser Samwell Stokeworth was a knight participating at Ashford's Tourney. |
| 550 | * KnowWhenToFoldThem: They quickly surrendered to House Targaryen and became their first vassals when Visenya set the roof of their castle on fire. |
| 551 | * LordCountry: They rule over Castle Stokeworth. |
| 552 | * PutOnABus: The current family leaves King's Landing in book 4. |
| 553 | |
| 554 | !!Lady Tanda Stokeworth |
| 555 | |
| 556 | Head of House Stokeworth and Lady of Stokeworth. |
| 557 | ---- |
| 558 | * AlwaysMurder: [[spoiler: It's implied Bronn had something to do with her riding accident.]] |
| 559 | * ArrangedMarriage: She spends three books desperately trying to marry off Lollys, with possible candidates including Littlefinger and Tyrion. She finally manages to arrange a marriage to [[spoiler:Bronn]]. |
| 560 | * TheGhost: In the first book, she is only mentioned a few times by Littlefinger. She appears for the first time in the second book. |
| 561 | * MyBelovedSmother: She's overprotective of her (fully grown) daughter Lollys, but given how fragile Lollys is, its justified. |
| 562 | * SheCleansUpNicely: Although not very attractive, Sansa notices at the celebration in the throne room after the Battle of the Blackwater that even Lady Tanda and her daughters looks pretty in gowns of turquoise silk and vair. |
| 563 | * ThroughHisStomach: She tries to persuade Tyrion to marry her daughter by inviting him to lavish meals. |
| 564 | |
| 565 | !!Lady Lollys Stokeworth |
| 566 | |
| 567 | Tanda's second daughter, a lackwit maid of thirty three years who her mother has been trying to marry off for years. Becomes Lady of Stokeworth after the death of her mother and sister. |
| 568 | ---- |
| 569 | * ButtMonkey: Lollys is a mentally challenged fat girl who is a universal object of derision and her gang rape is pretty much considered a joke by everyone, with the possible exception of Sansa. It says a lot that probably the best thing that's happened to her so far is her marriage to the [[spoiler:amoral sellsword Bronn]], who despite marrying her as a MealTicket, seems to have some fondness for her. |
| 570 | * DefiledForever: She wasn't much of a catch to begin with, but several characters note that she lost all hope of finding a husband after being raped during a riot in King's Landing. Subverted later when Cersei marries her off to a newly-knighted [[spoiler:Bronn]], who [[GoldDigger isn't interested in anything but her inheritance]]. |
| 571 | * JabbaTableManners: Her handmaid Shae complains that she does nothing but sleep, eat, and fall asleep while eating. Sometimes she rolls in the food and then has to be cleaned. |
| 572 | * LastOfHerKind: [[spoiler:She's the last Stokeworth following the deaths of her mother and sister.]] |
| 573 | * MealTicket: For [[spoiler:Bronn, the new Lord Protector of Stokeworth.]] |
| 574 | * OldMaid: Remains unwed at the age of 33 despite her mother's best efforts to find her a match. It doesn't help when she's gangraped by dozens of rioters, leaving her pregnant and emotionally fragile. Finally she settles for [[spoiler:Bronn, who quickly works his position into a lordship by making Lollys's elder sister into a widow.]] |
| 575 | * TheShutIn: After being raped, she becomes afraid to leave her chambers. |
| 576 | * SleepyDepressive: After a traumatic experience during which she is raped by dozens of rioters, she does almost nothing but sleep and eat. |
| 577 | * WeightWoe: Whenever she is mentioned, there is usually at least one mocking comment made about her size. |
| 578 | %%* YouAreInCommandNow |
| 579 | |
| 580 | !!Tyrion Tanner |
| 581 | |
| 582 | Lolly's bastard child by gang rape. It is unknown for sure why he isn't given the surname of "Waters", the possibility remains that unwed gang rape or not, he's been recognised as legitimate from even before his birth: Grandma was ''desperate'' for grandkids to carry on her line, after all. |
| 583 | ---- |
| 584 | * AlliterativeName: '''T'''yrion '''T'''anner. |
| 585 | * ChildByRape: He was conceived when his mother was gang-raped during a riot in King's Landing. |
| 586 | * NearAndDearBabyNaming: He was named after Tyrion Lannister, his stepfather's former employer. Before that, his grandmother Tanda tried to ask permission to name him after Tyrion's father Tywin, who she admired, but Cersei refused. |
| 587 | * PunnyName: Named by Bronn in a twisted homage to Tyrion Lannister and possible TakeThat to Queen Cersei. His surname seems to derive from the fact his mother was raped behind a tanner's shop. |
| 588 | * SketchySuccessor: Subverted all to hell. Ordinarily, an established House like the Stokeworth one wouldn't look twice at little Tyrion to carry the bloodline forward: being a bastard is bad enough, let alone ''how'' he came to be conceived. Except... he's the only child they're likely to get in this generation (Falyse is not young and hasn't any children, either). And, he ''is'' a boy. Unless Bronn can convince Lollys to try for, at best, a couple more shots, he's the only game in town. However, he hasn't been given the name of Stokeworth, which was an option upon being declared a legitimate descendant (see the Mormonts). Desperate enough to take him; proud enough to not let him have the name? |
| 589 | |
| 590 | !!Manly Stokeworth |
| 591 | Manly Stokeworth was a member of House Stokeworth. |
| 592 | ---- |
| 593 | * AwesomeMcCoolname |
| 594 | * PosthumousCharacter: He was Janos Slynt's predecessor. |
| 595 | |
| 596 | !!Ser Bronn of the Blackwater, Lord Protector of Stokeworth |
| 597 | * See the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireOtherWesterosi Other Westerosi]] page |
| 598 | |
| 599 | !!!Household |
| 600 | !!Maester Frenken |
| 601 | |
| 602 | House Stokeworth's plump Maester. |
| 603 | ---- |
| 604 | * TheMedic: He is a skilled healer, and has treated Sansa, Lancel, and Tyrion during the series. He was trusted enough to help perform the autopsy on [[spoiler:Joffrey]]. |
| 605 | * NiceGuy: He is a decent man, from what little we see of him. Frenken kindly tries to comfort Sansa after treating her wounds when Joffrey has Ser Meryn Trant and Boros Blount beat her, and Tyrion trusts him enough to have Frenkin deliver messages and treat his own wounds from the Blackwater. |
| 606 | |
| 607 | !!!Historical Stokeworths |
| 608 | !!Lord Alyn Stokeworth |
| 609 | Lord Alyn Stokeworth was Lord of House Stokeworth during the reign of Aenys I Targaryen. |
| 610 | ---- |
| 611 | * FrontlineGeneral: Alyn personally led the campaign against Red Harren and successfully caught and cornered the Outlaw King. Harren killed Alyn but was then slain by Alyn's squire. |
| 612 | * HypercompetentSidekick: Seems to have been one, as Aegon tasked him with overseeing the construction of the Red Keep and he later led the fight against Harren the Red |
| 613 | * NumberTwo: As Aegon's and Aenys' Hand. |
| 614 | * ReplacementGoldfish: He replaced the late Ser Osmund Strong as Hand of the King. |
| 615 | |
| 616 | !!Falena Stokeworth |
| 617 | See the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireLordsOfHarrenhal Lords Of Harrenhal]] page listed under House Lothston. |
| 618 | [[/folder]] |
| 619 | |
| 620 | [[folder:House Thorne]] |
| 621 | House Thorne is a noble house from the Crownlands. |
| 622 | |
| 623 | According to semi-canon sources, they blazon their shields with a silver flail on red within a black border rayonne. |
| 624 | ---- |
| 625 | * BadassFamily: Only three members are known and they are all knights. |
| 626 | * EpicFlail: Their sigil. |
| 627 | * MyNaymeIs: Thorne. The "E" is silent. |
| 628 | * ProudWarriorRaceGuy: In case their sigil doesn't hammer home the point. |
| 629 | |
| 630 | !!Ser Alliser Thorne |
| 631 | Ser Alliser Thorne is a sworn brother of the Night's Watch. |
| 632 | -->See the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireTheNightsWatchRangers Night's Watch Rangers]] page. |
| 633 | |
| 634 | !!!Historical Thornes |
| 635 | !!Ser Rickard Thorne |
| 636 | Ser Rickard Thorne was a knight of the Kingsguard to Kings Viserys I Targaryen and Aegon II Targaryen. |
| 637 | -->See [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireCourtOfAegonII Aegon II's]] page. |
| 638 | |
| 639 | !!Ser Adrian Thorne |
| 640 | A knight of House Thorne who became the new Commander of the City Watch during the end of the regency of Aegon III Targaryen. |
| 641 | ---- |
| 642 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: He was explicitly the only captain of the gates of King's Landing who ''wasn't'' in on the conspiracy against Thaddeus Rowan and the Rogare. |
| 643 | * TokenGoodTeammate: The only guard captain not to side with Unwin Peake's conspiracy. |
| 644 | * YouAreInCommandNow: Because he was the only one of the seven captains not involved in the conspiracy against House Rogare, he was made the new Commander of the City Watch after the death of Lucas Leygood and the arrest or fleeing of all the other captains. |
| 645 | [[/folder]] |
| 646 | |
| 647 | !!Landed Knights |
| 648 | |
| 649 | [[folder:House Hogg]] |
| 650 | !!House Hogg of Sow's Horn |
| 651 | |
| 652 | A house of landed knights sworn to House Hayford. Sow's Horn is located in the Crownlands near the border with the Riverlands; the lands of House Wode are nearby. |
| 653 | |
| 654 | !!!Tropes related to House Hogg: |
| 655 | * ButtMonkey: Their lands were attacked by the Karstarks, and before that they were sacked by Ser Amory Lorch, despite the Hogg's remaining loyal to the Iron Throne, and then wolves - the real kind, not Northmen - came and ate the sheep Lorch had left. |
| 656 | * PunnyName: House ''Hogg'' of ''Sow's Horn''. |
| 657 | |
| 658 | !!Ser Roger Hogg |
| 659 | |
| 660 | The Knight of Sow's Horn. |
| 661 | ---- |
| 662 | * AnimalMotifs: Not only the ''Hogg'' name, Jaime also considers him as big and bristly as his sigil. |
| 663 | * TheBigGuy: He's described as a tough, large and [[OldSoldier old knight]]. |
| 664 | * LongLostRelative: Discussed, Kennos of Kayce suggest to Lyle Crakehall that he question Roger about his ancestry, to see if they're dealing with a long lost member of house Crakehall. A conclusion has not been revealed. |
| 665 | !!!Historical Hoggs |
| 666 | !!Ser Jon Hogg |
| 667 | !!!Big Jon Hogg |
| 668 | |
| 669 | A knight of House Hogg who fought for Maegor Targaryen during the Faith Militant Uprising. |
| 670 | ---- |
| 671 | * TheBigGuy: He wouldn't have been called ''Big Jon'', if he didn't had the size to back it up. |
| 672 | * ColonelBadass: Led his men ''blinded'' at the battle of the Great Fork and sent the Poor Fellows flying. |
| 673 | * EyeScream: His eyes were slashed early in the battle of the Great Fork |
| 674 | * HandicappedBadass: Despite getting blinded during the Battle at the Great Fork, he still managed to rally his men and break through the lines of the Warrior's Sons and Poor Fellows. |
| 675 | * MyNaymeIs: Alternatively called either Jon or John. |
| 676 | |
| 677 | !!Ser Harys Hogg |
| 678 | !!!Harry the Ham |
| 679 | |
| 680 | A young knight of House Hogg who competed at the tourney celebrating King Jaehaerys I's tenth year on the throne, where he was unhorsed by a young Ser Ryam Redwyne. |
| 681 | ---- |
| 682 | * AlliterativeName: '''H'''arys '''H'''ogg |
| 683 | * CoolHelmet: Wore a pig's head helm. |
| 684 | * InSeriesNickname: Harry the Ham because of his house's name and the helm he wore. |
| 685 | |
| 686 | !!Priscella Hogg |
| 687 | A lady of House Hogg involved in the conspiracy to poison King Aegon III and Queen Daenaera Velaryon. She was forced to join the Faith as punishment. |
| 688 | ---- |
| 689 | * GreenEyedMonster: She was jealous of Larra Rogare and believed Viserys would marry her if she died. |
| 690 | * LovingAShadow: When questioned, it was clear she only had an obsessive crush on Viserys, who most likely didn't even know she was attracted to him. |
| 691 | * MyNaymeIs: Priscella instead of Priscilla. |
| 692 | * TakingTheVeil: It was either that or losing her nose like Lucinda Penrose. |
| 693 | * UnwittingPawn: Most people agreed that she was only being used by the other conspirators, so her punishment was relatively light. |
| 694 | [[/folder]] |
| 695 | |
| 696 | [[folder:House Kettleblack]] |
| 697 | House Kettleblack is a knightly house from the Crownlands. According to semi-canon sources they blazon their arms with a black kettle on red, within a black orle. Physically, the Kettleblacks are tall, with dark hair and hooked noses. The Kettleblacks are known for their unscrupulous behavior. |
| 698 | |
| 699 | !!!Tropes related to House Kettleblack: |
| 700 | * AlliterativeFamily: All members of the family have names starting with "Os". |
| 701 | * DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: Cersei recruits them to counter Tyrion's sellswords and hill tribesmen, but they're being paid by Tyrion to spy on Cersei. [[spoiler:Then Tyrion falls from power, so they become Cersei's catspaws for real. All the time they're secretly working for Littlefinger. Who himself is worried about their loyalty now one of them has joined the Kingsguard.]] |
| 702 | * HiredGuns: To several people. |
| 703 | * NeverLearnedToRead: Any of them, which annoys Cersei a few times. |
| 704 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: In the end, their only loyalty is to whoever offers them the most, and they are perfectly willing to play all sides against each other to get more. |
| 705 | * WildCard: Who they are ultimately going to wind up in service too is very much up in the air. |
| 706 | |
| 707 | !!Oswell |
| 708 | !!!Kettleblack |
| 709 | |
| 710 | Father of the Kettleblack brothers. He is a man-at-arms who serves [[spoiler:Littlefinger]]. |
| 711 | ---- |
| 712 | * OnlyOneName: Oswell. "Kettleblack" is his nickname. |
| 713 | * ThePatriarch: Of the Kettleblack family. |
| 714 | * TheStoic: Has stoic demeanor. |
| 715 | |
| 716 | !!Ser Osmund Kettleblack |
| 717 | -->See [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireTheKingsguard The Kingsguard page]] |
| 718 | |
| 719 | !!Ser Osfryd Kettleblack |
| 720 | |
| 721 | Second son of Oswell. |
| 722 | ---- |
| 723 | * BeardOfEvil: A bearded jackass. |
| 724 | * BewareTheQuietOnes: The quietest Kettleblack brother, but possibly even crueler than the other two. |
| 725 | * TheCaptain: Becomes commander of the Goldcloaks after Ser Addam Marbrand leaves King's Landing with Ser Jaime Lannister for the Riverlands campaign. |
| 726 | * CoDragons: With his brothers to Cersei. |
| 727 | * SinisterSchnoz: Has a prominent hooked nose. |
| 728 | * TheQuietOne: Quieter and less boastful than his brothers, but no less vile. |
| 729 | |
| 730 | !!Ser Osney Kettleblack |
| 731 | |
| 732 | Third son of Oswell. |
| 733 | ---- |
| 734 | * AmbitionIsEvil: Cersei manages to convince him to seduce Margaery Tyrell and be sent to the Wall for it in order to kill Jon Snow by promising him a pardon and a lordship.[[note]]Of course, she also expects him to be killed by the Night's Watch after killing Jon, but she leaves out that part of the deal.[[/note]] |
| 735 | * AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Although the High Sparrow is a nasty piece of work himself, it is hard to get too upset with his brutal treatment and torture of Osney.]] |
| 736 | * BadLiar: [[spoiler:He doesn't do a good job of convincing the High Sparrow that he slept with Margaery Tyrell. Though we don't see it, his "confession" is so suspicious that the old man has him dragged down to the dungeons and whipped to get the truth out of him, which he spills in short order.]] |
| 737 | * CoDragons: With his brothers to Cersei. |
| 738 | * ColdBloodedTorture: [[spoiler:Suffers this at the hands of the new High Septon after being sent to "confess" to sleeping with Margaery Tyrell and the High Septon thought how odd it was to hear someone so pleased to confess their sins. After a lengthy bout of torture he admits many of the crimes he committed under Cersei's orders, including sleeping with her and murdering the previous High Septon]]. |
| 739 | * CoolHorse: Owns a black stallion that he named Midnight. Cersei barely restrains herself from laughing about how cheesy it is. |
| 740 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: He clearly didn't consider that one is supposed to be ''contrite'' when confessing their sins, [[spoiler: and flat out ''brags'' to the High Sparrow about supposedly having slept with Margaery. Smelling a rat, the High Sparrow promptly has him seized and tortured to find out what's really going on.]] |
| 741 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He's nastier than he seems. |
| 742 | * GoodScarsEvilScars: Osney has the typical cool anti-hero scars under his eye, but the origin of them is hardly heroic- he and his brothers were beating up a HookerWithAHeartOfGold and she scratched him. Basically, the scars represent how despite his pretensions to being a cool rogue, he's just a thug. |
| 743 | * TheHedonist: Gratifying his desires is the only thing he cares about, and his desires mostly revolve around sex. |
| 744 | * IgnoredEpiphany: He briefly balks at Cersei's plan for him to lie to the High Sparrow that [[spoiler:he bedded Margaery]], commenting that "I think you go to one of them hells for that." However, he changes his mind when he hears the reward she promises him for doing so. |
| 745 | * SinisterSchnoz: Like his older brothers, he has a prominent hooked nose. Several of Margaery's cousins make fun of it. |
| 746 | * TallDarkAndHandsome: Described as tall, dark-haired and pretty. |
| 747 | * TooDumbToLive: He's apparently so satisfied with himself after banging Cersei that he misunderstands her instructions "Go to the High Sparrow and confess your sins of having slept with Queen Margaery" as "Go to the High Sparrow and ''brag'' about having slept with Queen Margaery". [[spoiler:The High Sparrow finds his attitude so suspicious that he has Osney seized and flogged until he gets the truth out of him.]] |
| 748 | -->'''The High Sparrow:''' I have heard many men confess, Your Grace, but seldom have I heard a man so pleased to be so guilty. |
| 749 | * VorpalPillow: How he kills the High Septon that Tyrion got appointed. |
| 750 | * WouldHarmASenior: He smothers the old High Septon to death at Cersei's behest, which he is later forced to confess to the High Sparrow. |
| 751 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Cersei's plan is for him to confess to banging Margaery, get himself sent to the Wall, and kill Jon Snow, after which she promises to give him a pardon and lordship. She actually hopes he'll get killed when he's at the Wall, conveniently tying up a loose end. |
| 752 | [[/folder]] |
| 753 | |
| 754 | !!Extinct Houses |
| 755 | |
| 756 | [[folder:House Blackfyre]] |
| 757 | |
| 758 | House Blackfyre is an extinct noble house from the Crownlands. A cadet branch of House Targaryen, House Blackfyre was founded by Daemon Blackfyre, a legitimized Great Bastard of King Aegon IV Targaryen. House Blackfyre is named for the Valyrian steel sword of the same name. |
| 759 | |
| 760 | Their sigil was a black three-headed dragon, breathing black fire on red, the Targaryen sigil with the colours reversed. Their motto is unknown. Among the traits passed on to the Blackfyres by the Targaryens were platinum blond hair, violet eyes and the premonition-like dragon dream ability. |
| 761 | |
| 762 | -->See the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseBlackfyre House Blackfyre]] page. |
| 763 | [[/folder]] |
| 764 | |
| 765 | [[folder:House Darklyn]] |
| 766 | !!House Darklyn of Duskendale |
| 767 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/house_darklyn.PNG]] |
| 768 | |
| 769 | House Darklyn of Duskendale ruled the town of Duskendale and the surrounding lands in the Crownlands for centuries. Their keep was the Dun Fort, at the top of a hill that dominates the town. The lordly Darklyns are now extinct as a result of the Defiance of Duskendale. |
| 770 | |
| 771 | !!!Tropes related to House Darklyn: |
| 772 | * CavalryBetrayal: During the Battle of the Kingsroad, the last major battle of the Dance of the Dragons between a Stormlands army loyal to Aegon II and a Riverlands force fighting to put Rhaenyra's son Aegon on the Iron Throne, when Lord Borros Baratheon signaled for his reserve to join the battle, most of the troops from the Crownlands either [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere fled the field]] or [[BetrayalByInaction refused to enter the fray]]; the Darklyn forces from Duskendale, however, attacked the Stormlanders in the rear, tipping the battle in the Riverlords' favor. |
| 773 | * TheClan: The related Darkes, Darkwoods and Dargoods still live in the town. |
| 774 | * TheDogBitesBack: Related to the Cavalry Betrayal example above. The Darklyns were forced to join the Greens but they seethed with resentment. Their time came when they betrayed the Greens at the Battle of the Kingsroad. |
| 775 | * FamousAncestor: Ser Robin Darklyn, called Darkrobin, one of the first seven members of the Kingsguard. |
| 776 | ** Lady Meredyth Darklyn, who led the house after her husband Gunthor was killed early in the Dance of Dragons. |
| 777 | ** Ser Robert Darklyn was briefly anointed to the Kingsguard by Aegon III, only to be dismissed by Unwin Peake for not consulting his regents. |
| 778 | * LegacyOfService: The Darklyns contributed seven knights to the Kingsguard, more than any other family. This is reflected in their coat of arms featuring seven white shields. |
| 779 | * PosthumousCharacter: Due to the Mad King's cruelty. |
| 780 | |
| 781 | !!Lord Denys Darklyn |
| 782 | |
| 783 | The last Lord Darklyn, leading his House to doom in the Defiance of Duskendale. |
| 784 | ---- |
| 785 | * AintTooProudToBeg: Immediately opened his gates and pleaded for his life after Aerys was rescued by Ser Barristan. It didn't work. |
| 786 | * AlliterativeName: ''D''enys ''D''arklyn. |
| 787 | * FlawExploitation: How he managed to get King Aerys to come to Duskendale: he noticed that Aerys had begun doing the opposite of whatever Lord Tywin recommended, so he demanded that King Aerys come to Duskendale and hear his petition for a town charter. When Tywin told Aerys not to go, the king naturally declared he would solve the problem personally and headed off to Duskendale with a small escort. |
| 788 | * HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Despite the woe he brought upon them, the smallfolk of Duskendale have nothing but good things to say about Lord Denys. Instead, all his terrible decisions were blamed on his foreign wife. |
| 789 | * InsaneTrollLogic: He honestly believed that holding the king hostage for half a year, as well as killing a member of his Kingsguard, would end with Tywin peacefully approving a new town charter for Duskendale. |
| 790 | * OffWithHisHead: He was beheaded for treason after the Defiance was ended. |
| 791 | * TooDumbToLive: Aside from taking a king hostage in the first place, he thought that Lord [[TheUnfettered Tywin]] [[TheDreaded Lannister]] would falter before he would. Boy, was he wrong about that. |
| 792 | * UnderestimatingBadassery: |
| 793 | ** Severely underestimated the lengths Tywin was willing to go to win the siege of Duskendale, even though Tywin had already established his reputation by crushing Houses Reyne and Tarbeck. |
| 794 | ** He also took the claim that Tywin was the true ruler of Westeros much too literally and didn't take into account how terrible Aerys' vengeance upon both him and his family would be. |
| 795 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: His actions accelerated Aerys' decline into madness and paranoia, which eventually led to Robert's Rebellion and the fall of House Targaryen. |
| 796 | |
| 797 | !!Lady Serala of Myr |
| 798 | !!!The Lace Serpent |
| 799 | |
| 800 | Wife of Denys Darklyn, commonly blamed for inciting him into the Defiance of Duskendale. |
| 801 | ---- |
| 802 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: Aerys ordered her tongue and female parts torn out before she was burned alive. And according to the smallfolk, even that was still "too kind to her". |
| 803 | * HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Aside from her gruesome death, she's nothing more than a footnote in the history of the Defiance. Yet most of Westeros views her as an seductive witch who manipulated her husband into rebellion. |
| 804 | * KillItWithFire: She was burned alive after being tortured. |
| 805 | * LadyMacbeth: To the people of Duskendale, although some Maesters believe that their hatred of her is due to her foreign origins and that her role in the Defiance of Duskendale is heavily exaggerated. Given the generally misogynist nature of Westeros and the bad reputations enjoyed by the likes of Tyrion and others, it's possible that she was unfairly made TheScapegoat. |
| 806 | * NoodleIncident: It's never explained why Aerys saw fit to make her execution so terrible while her husband was given a relatively quick death by beheading. |
| 807 | * ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Posthumously nicknamed "the Lace Serpent" for supposedly putting the seed of rebellion in her husband's ear with Myrish poison. |
| 808 | * TheVamp: It was said she bewitched her husband with her "lady parts". |
| 809 | |
| 810 | !!Ser Rolland Darklyn |
| 811 | Ser Rolland Darklyn was a knight of House Darklyn. He was a member of the Kingsguard at an unknown time, one of seven members from House Darklyn. |
| 812 | ---- |
| 813 | * ChildSoldiers: He was given his white cloak on a battlefield. Until the naming of Jaime Lannister to the Kingsguard, he had the distinction of being the youngest to ever don the white cloak. He died within an hour of receiving it. |
| 814 | * CrypticBackgroundReference: Which king he served and died for is not known. |
| 815 | |
| 816 | !!Ser Steffon Darklyn |
| 817 | See the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireCourtOfRhaenyraI Queen Rhaenyra's]] page. |
| 818 | [[/folder]] |
| 819 | |
| 820 | [[folder:House Hollard]] |
| 821 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/house_hollard.PNG]] |
| 822 | |
| 823 | An ancient noble house from the Crownlands, historically sworn to House Darklyn, who had three daughters wedded to Darklyn kings during the Age of Heroes. Following the Defiance of Duskendale, all of the House was executed at Aerys II's command, except for the young Dontos Hollard who was allowed to live at Ser Barristan Selmy's request. |
| 824 | |
| 825 | They blazoned their arms with barry red and pink, three golden crowns on a black chief. |
| 826 | ---- |
| 827 | * BullyingADragon: Literally. The squire Robin Hollard used to taunt the captive Aerys and even pull his beard. Robin later died on the rack. |
| 828 | * TheDragon: To House Darklyn. |
| 829 | * LegacyOfService: The Hollards served the Darklyns for centuries |
| 830 | * PosthumousCharacter: Long dead thanks to the Mad King. There's also Dontos' father Ser Steffon who was dead long before. |
| 831 | |
| 832 | !!Ser Dontos Hollard |
| 833 | !!!Dontos the Red, Dontos the Drunk, Florian |
| 834 | -->''"I know it’s queer, but... all those years I was a knight, I was truly a fool, and now that I am a fool I think... I think I may find it in me to be a knight again, sweet lady. And all because of you… your grace, your courage. You saved me, not only from Joffrey, but from myself."'' |
| 835 | |
| 836 | An alcoholic former knight, Dontos was nearly executed by Joffrey because of his showing up drunk to a joust honoring Joff’s name-day. He was saved by Sansa's quick thinking and made a fool instead. Dontos has vowed to help Sansa escape from the Lannisters to repay her for her kindness. |
| 837 | |
| 838 | Ser Dontos is the last survivor of both the offending party and House Hollard in the aftermath of the Defiance of Duskendale, spared in his childhood by King Aerys II at the request of Ser Barristan Selmy. |
| 839 | ---- |
| 840 | * AffectionateNickname: Sansa calls him her "Florian," based on a fool from a story who was also a knight and who fell in love with a maiden. He sometimes responds in kind, calling her the maiden's name, Jonquil. |
| 841 | * TheAlcoholic: Even when his drinking led to him losing his knighthood, and nearly his life, he's still usually drunk when interacting with Sansa. |
| 842 | * AssholeVictim: Maybe. [[spoiler:Littlefinger has him killed after Sansa is rescued, insisting that he is of low character and would sell them out for gold as soon as Littlefinger's payment runs out. We only have [[ConsummateLiar Littlefinger's]] word for this, however, and Dontos taking the risk of wearing knightly garb may hint at genuine intentions]]. |
| 843 | * DeathByIrony: Almost. Joffrey tries to have him drowned in a cask of wine as punishment for showing up drunk to the king's tournament, but Sansa convinces him to turn Dontos into his new fool instead. |
| 844 | * DirtyOldMan: He asks Sansa to give him kisses way too much. |
| 845 | * DisappearedDad: His father, Ser Steffon Hollard, died of a fever several years before the Defiance of Duskendale. |
| 846 | * FailureKnight: Claims he failed in his duties as a knight and Sansa saving his life opened his eyes to this. His freeing Sansa is an attempt to make amends for his poor behavior. [[spoiler:Turns out it's just a role he's playing to manipulate her. Maybe]]. |
| 847 | * FalseFriend: [[spoiler:To Sansa - at least according to [[UnreliableExpositor Littlefinger]].]] |
| 848 | * FatBastard: [[spoiler:When his true colors are revealed.]] |
| 849 | * FateWorseThanDeath: Sansa invokes this when convincing Joffrey to spare his life, arguing that it would be far crueler to Dontos. |
| 850 | * IOweYouMyLife: The reason he tells Sansa why he's helping to free her. [[spoiler:Littlefinger insists it was all an act and that gold was at the root of it, but this may be just to allay Sansa's horror after he [[HeKnowsTooMuch ties up a loose end]] ]]. |
| 851 | * InSeriesNickname: Ser Dontos the Red, which may refer to the red stripes on his House's coat of arms or to the color his face turns when he's drunk. |
| 852 | * LastOfHisKind: The only living member of House Hollard, who were retainers to House Darklyn and were wiped out by King Aerys II during the Defiance of Duskendale (during which King Aerys was held prisoner by the Darklyns). Dontos was only a child at the time and Ser Barristan Selmy took pity on him; Selmy leveraged his rescue of Aerys into Aerys letting Dontos live. |
| 853 | * MeaningfulName: "Dontos" is a homonym of the Spanish word ''tontos'', meaning "fools" or "idiots." |
| 854 | * TheMole: [[spoiler:He acts as one for Littlefinger. Dontos tells Littlefinger of Margaery Tyrell and Olenna Redwyne's plan to take Sansa to Highgarden and marry her to Willas Tyrell. Littlefinger then tells the Lannisters, and Tywin has Sansa married to Tyrion so she could still be used as a hostage]]. |
| 855 | * NakedPeopleAreFunny: At Joffrey's name-day tournament, he is so drunk that he shows up wearing nothing but his breastplate and helmet. Unfortunately for him, the only person in the audience who ''doesn't'' find it funny is [[TheCaligula Joffrey]], who almost orders him drowned in a cask of wine until Sansa convinces him to make Dontos a fool instead. |
| 856 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: [[spoiler:He's been promised ten thousand golden dragons from Littlefinger if Dontos delivers Sansa to him]]. |
| 857 | ** [[spoiler:Or at least, this is what Littlefinger wants Sansa to believe. Dontos wearing his knight's outfit when he helps Sansa escape King's Landing implies that he actually bought into the gallant knight role, or at least [[BecomingTheMask Became the Mask]]. Note that Littlefinger brings up the payment, not Dontos, in a way that sounds almost like a reminder.]] |
| 858 | * RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: [[spoiler:Littlefinger has him executed immediately after he outlives his usefulness and because it's too risky to let someone whose loyalty belongs to the highest bidder live. At least, that's the story he spins to Sansa]]. |
| 859 | * UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler:Even though Sansa saved his life, Dontos sells her to Littlefinger, and Littlefinger implies when Dontos's gold ran out, he would've told the Lannisters where she was for another reward. It bears remembering, [[UnreliableNarrator we only have Littlefinger's word for this]]]]. |
| 860 | * YouWillBeSpared: After the Defiance of Duskendale, every member of House Hollard was executed for their role in the plot, except Dontos, who was just a child. He was spared at the request of Barristan Selmy. |
| 861 | |
| 862 | !!Robin Hollard |
| 863 | |
| 864 | A squire of House Hollard at the time of the Defiance of Duskendale who died during its aftermath. |
| 865 | ---- |
| 866 | * BullyingADragon: He taunted Aerys when he was taken prisoner and even dared to pull the King's beard. [[DoNotTauntCthulhu Boy did Aerys make him pay for that]]. |
| 867 | * ColdBloodedTorture: Was tortured to death in the dungeons of the Red Keep. |
| 868 | * DisproportionateRetribution: On the receiving end of this; the Mad King had Robin tortured to death for taunting him during his captivity in Duskendale. |
| 869 | |
| 870 | !!Ser Symon Hollard |
| 871 | |
| 872 | A knight of House Hollard in the service of House Darklyn during the Defiance of Duskendale. He was the twin brother of Ser Steffon Hollard, making him uncle of Dontos Hollard. |
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| 874 | * TheDragon: To Lord Denys Darklyn |
| 875 | * HeroKiller: When Lord Darklyn ordered Aerys seized, Symon killed Ser Gwayne Gaunt of the Kingsguard when he tried to defend the King. |
| 876 | * LaserGuidedKarma: At the start of the Defiance of Duskendale, Symon killed Gwayne Gaunt of the Kingsguard as he tried to defend King Aerys. At the end of it, he was killed by Barristan Selmy of the Kingsguard as he led Aerys to safety. |
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