Their expanding dominion would also repel incursions of pirates and raiders, and secure control of the Neck through their vassals of House Reed. For prizing honor and devotion to duty, House Stark is the closest of the noble houses to heroism.ĭescended from Bran the Builder, the architect of the Wall, House Stark is the chief First Men dynasty in Westeros due to their successful repulsion of the Andal invasion and became the ruling house in the North after defeating the Barrow Kings and slowly uniting the North into one kingdom, contesting for dominance with House Bolton of the Dreadfort, the second-most powerful Northern house with a sinister reputation for their flaying tradition. House Stark had ruled as the Kings in the North for thousands of years until House Targaryen conquered Westeros, whereafter the Starks were known as the Lords of Winterfell and Wardens of the North. Bastards born in the North are given the surname "Snow". Its coat of arms displays a grey direwolf running on a white field, and its words are Winter is Coming. Its seat is at Winterfell, one of the oldest castles in the Seven Kingdoms. House Stark is one of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms and the principal house of the North. House Stark Coat of arms of House Stark ( Argent, a direwolf courant cendrée) Beginning with nine POV characters in A Game of Thrones (1996), a total of thirty-one such characters have narrated over the course of the first five volumes of the series. A massive wall of ice and old magic separates the Seven Kingdoms from the largely unmapped area in the most northern portion of the continent.Įach chapter is narrated in the third-person limited point of view through the eyes of a single character. The Great Houses of Westeros represent the Seven Kingdoms which exist on the continent: the North, the Iron Islands, the Vale of Arryn, the Westerlands, the Stormlands, the Reach, and Dorne. The series follows three interwoven plotlines: a dynastic war for control of Westeros by several families the rising threat of the superhuman Others beyond the northern border of Westeros and the ambition of Daenerys Targaryen, the exiled heir of the previous ruling dynasty. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire saga features a large cast of characters. For the main characters of the television series, see List of Game of Thrones characters. Paramour to Prince Oberyn Martell and mother of four of his bastard daughters.This article is about the novels. The known Ullers during the timespan of the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire are: House Uller at the end of the third century They did not drink when Ricasso raises a toast to King Tommen Baratheon. The Ullers are present at the feast when Ser Balon Swann arrives in Sunspear to deliver the head of Ser Gregor Clegane. While locked in the tower of Sunspear after the collapse of her conspiracy, Arianne ponders trying to ask for help from the Ullers, but rules it out as being too dangerous. A Feast for CrowsĪrianne Martell plans to crown Myrcella Baratheon at the Hellholt when conceiving her conspiracy, trusting the Ullers to join her cause due to their relation with Oberyn, the Red Viper. Ellaria is the longtime paramour of Oberyn. Lord Harmen Uller, his brother Ser Ulwyck Uller, and his natural daughter Ellaria Sand are among the Dornish nobility that accompany Prince Oberyn Martell to King's Landing. During the Dragon's Wroth, four consecutive Lords of the Hellholt were murdered for the Iron Throne's ransom on their heads. The queen's body was never recovered by the Targaryens, however, and some said she survived her fall and was tortured by the Ullers. Queen Rhaenys Targaryen and Meraxes both died at the Hellholt in 10 AC. When the Dornishmen rebelled later in the war, Harlan and his garrison disappeared in the sands after leaving the Hellholt to retake Vaith and Sunspear. Īt the start of the First Dornish War, Lord Harlan Tyrell's army found the Ullers had fled the Hellholt rather than give battle. After the death of her first husband, Nymeria was married to Lord Uller and then to Ser Davos Dayne, her final husband. The Ullers supported House Nymeros Martell against House Yronwood during Nymeria's War. The Hellholt is named after an event in which rivals were invited to the castle, locked within, and burned to death. The Ullers were Andal adventurers who settled along the Brimstone. 3 House Uller at the end of the third century.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |