This is a listing of vassals of House Hightower who appear in the Fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire. Visit here for the main character index.
For the main Reach entry, see here.
The vassals of House Hightower are many and strong.
House Beesbury of Honeyholt
- Beware our Sting—Beesbury house words
House Beesbury of Honeyholt is a noble house from the Reach, sworn to the Hightowers. Honeyholt is located next to the Honeywine river, which flows towards Oldtown and the Whispering Sound.
Their arms are three yellow beehives on a black pale over a paly black and yellow field.
Tropes related to House Beesbury:
- Bit Character: A couple:
- Ser Bertram, a fat red-faced knight who tells Ser Jaime Lannister and Brienne of Tarth about the Red Wedding.
- Ser Hugh participated in the bet among Renly' knights over who could take Brienne of Tarth's virginity.
- The Ghost: Lord Warryn, who has yet to appear in the series.
- Heroic Lineage: They boast descent from the legendary Ellyn Ever-Sweet, daughter Garth Greenhand, who supposedly invented honey making.
Lord Ben Beesbury
Lord Ben Beesbury was a minor lordling.- Alliterative Name: Fittingly, B's.
- Posthumous Character: Prince Doran Martell tried to marry his daughter Arianne to him, but he died before the betrothal could be completed.
- Romantic False Lead: He was one of many insulting, old prospective husbands Doran arranged for Arianne to throw off the Iron Throne's suspicion of their loyalty.
Historical Beesburys
Lord Lyman Beesbury
- "I am an old man, but not so old that I will sit here meekly whilst the likes of you plot to steal her crown."
Head of the house at the start of the Dance of the Dragons. He served as Master of Coin for both Jaehaerys I Targaryen and Viserys I Targaryen. He was the only member of the Small Council who supported Rhaenyra's claim to the Iron Throne and got killed for it.
- Conflicting Loyalties: Stayed true to the will of his late king rather than the command of his liege lord, and paid with his life.
- Honor Before Reason: Even surrounded by political opponents, he defended Rhaenyra's right to the Iron Throne.
- Karmic Death: Spoke out against the Greens taking Rhaenyra's so his throat was cut to silence him.
- "Rashomon"-Style: How he died differs, but almost everyone agrees that Ser Criston Cole of the Kingsguard had a hand in it.
- Death Row: Grand Maester Orwyle claims he was seized and imprisoned in the black cells of the Red Keep, and died while awaiting trial. Orwyle, unlike his contemporaries, was a direct witness to what happened—but at the same time, he was known to portray himself in the most favorable light when recounting the events of the Dance.
- Destination Defenestration: According to the fool Mushroom, Lyman was killed after being thrown out a window by Ser Criston.
- Slashed Throat: According to Septon Eustace, Lyman's throat is cut by Ser Criston when he tried to leave the Small Council chamber after declaring his support of Rhaenyra over Aegon II.
- Sacrificial Lamb: The first casualty of the Dance.
Ser Alan Beesbury
Ser Alan Beesbury was a knight and member of House Beesbury during the Dance of the Dragons.- Famous Ancestor: A rather unfortunate one.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: He was captured in the Battle of the Honeywine but nothing else is known about him.
Ser Humfrey Beesbury
See the Dunk & Egg characters page.
House Bulwer of Blackcrown
- Death Before Disgrace—Bulwer house words
House Bulwer of Blackcrown is a noble house from the Reach, sworn to the Hightowers. Blackcrown is located on the northern coast of Whispering Sound.
According to semi-canon sources their arms depict a bull's skull, bone over blood.
Tropes related to House Bulwer:
- Heroic Lineage: The boast descent from the legendary Bors the Breaker, son of Garth Greenhand.
Lady Alysanne Bulwer
Lady Alysanne Bulwer is Lady of Blackcrown and head of House Bulwer. Daughter of Lord Jon Bulwer and Lady Victaria Tyrell, distant cousin of Lord Mace Tyrell. Succeeded her father, after he died of a sickness.Alysanne is a Lady-In-Waiting of Margaery Tyrell in King's Landing.
- A Child Shall Lead Them: The current head of the house is nine-years old.
- Accidental Hero: She and Margaery play come-into-my-castle together. It is one of the things Ser Osney Kettleblack claims is preventing him from seducing Margaery.
Lord Jon Bulwer
Lord Jon Bulwer was Lord of Blackcrown and head of House Bulwer during the reign of Robert Baratheon. He married Victaria Tyrell and had one child with her, Alysanne.- Disappeared Dad: To Alysanne
- Posthumous Character: Died of a summer fever shortly before the series began.
Jack Bulwer
A ranger of the Night's Watch.See the Night's Watch Rangers page.
Historical Bulwers
Ser Buford Bulwer
The Old Ox
See the Noble Houses In Tales Of Dunk And Egg page.
House Costayne of Three Towers
House Costayne of Three Towers is a noble house from Three Towers in the Reach, sworn to the Hightowers. Three Towers is located on the southern coast of the Whispering Sound.
They blazon their shield with quartered: a silver chalice on black, a black rose on gold. Their words do not appear in the text.
Tropes related to House Costayne:
- The Conspiracy: House Costayne was one of the houses which attended the Whitewalls Tourny, which was intended to kick-start the Second Blackfyre Rebellion. It failed, and all the conspiring lords were punished.
- Famous Ancestor
- Owen Costayne was Lord of Three Towers and head of House Costayne during the Dance of the Dragons. Owen died slowly from a wound given by Bold Jon Roxton's blade, Orphan-Maker.
- Ser Leo Costayne, Lord Admiral of the Reach during the Dance of the Dragons, who was persuaded by Lady Johanna Lannister to use his fleet to transport her warriors to the Iron Islands in revenge for their attacks on the Westerlands. Ser Leo was killed in the fighting and only part of his fleet returned, but it was filled with valuables looted from the islands.
- "Long Tom" Costayne served the Kingsguard for 60 years.
- The Ghost: The current lord of the house, Lord Tommen Costayne.
- Wandering Minstrel: Aemon Costayne, who was meant to be one of the seven singers who performed at Joffrey Baratheon and Margery Tyrell's wedding. He never got the opportunity to do so because of Joffrey's death.
Historical Costaynes
Queen Elinor Costayne
Elinor Costayne was one of King Maegor the Cruel's Black Brides and one of the two wives who survived him.- Death of the Hypotenuse: Her first husband was tried and executed for conspiracy to dethrone Maegor. A day later she was summoned and made one of his brides.
- The Dog Bites Back: If she was the one to push Maegor onto the sharp edges of the Iron Throne.
- Taking the Veil: She was one of the septas recruited to travel Westeros winning over the people to Jaehaerys and Alysanne's marriage, and joined a motherhouse afterward.
- Teen Pregnancy: Already a mother of three even when she was just 19.
House Cuy of Sunhouse
House Cuy of Sunhouse is a noble house from Sunhouse in the Reach, sworn to the Hightowers. Sunhouse is located by the town Cuy, along the coast southeast of Oldtown.
Neither their arms or their words appear in the text. According to semi-canon sources they blazon their shield as six yellow flowers on blue.
Ser Emmon Cuy
Emmon the Yellow
A knight of House Cuy. He is a member of Renly Baratheon's Rainbow Guard, and is known as Emmon the Yellow.
- Badass Cape: His rainbow cape, which all members of the Rainbow Guard wore.
- Bling of War: Wears yellow plate armor covered in sunflowers.
- Character Death: Executed by Ser Loras Tyrell after Renly was killed and he was blamed for letting Brienne of Tarth escape.
- Inseries Nickname: Emmon the Yellow, due to wearing yellow armor as a member of the Rainbow Guard.
- Praetorian Guard: As a member of the Rainbow Guard.
- Red Shirt: His only major scene is the one where he mistakes Brienne for Renly's assassin and tries to kill her.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: He only gets one major scene.
House Mullendore of Uplands
House Mullendore of Uplands is one of the principal noble houses from the Reach. Their seat, Uplands, is east of Oldtown. They are sworn to the Hightowers.
Their arms depict a field of black-and-orange butterflies strewn over white. Their motto does not appear in the books.
Tropes related to House Mullendore:
- Alliterative Family: The only two named members of the family mentioned so far have names beginning with an "M".
- In-Series Nickname: A bastard of House Mullendore competed in tournaments as a mystery knight entitled Blackshield.
Ser Mark Mullendore
A knight from House Mullendore. He owns a monkey.
- Alliterative Name: Mark Mullendore.
- An Arm and a Leg: Loses part of his left arm in the Battle of the Blackwater.
- Bit Character: He is a minor recurring character.
- Butt-Monkey: He loses his arm and monkey in the Battle of the Blackwater, and gets captured and forced to bend the knee to the Iron Throne. Later on he gets thrown into the dungeons of the Red Keep after Cersei falsely accuses him of sleeping with Margery Tyrell as part of her plot to kill the young queen.
- Frame-Up: He is framed by Cersei as one of the false lovers of Margery named by The Blue Bard.
- Turn Coat: From Renly, then to Stannis and then swears loyalty to Joffrey after being captured at the Battle of the Blackwater.
