House Tarly

House Tarly of Horn Hill is a noble house from the Reach and a vassal of Lord Bronn of Highgarden. House Tarly has a militarist tradition,"The Reach" and possesses a Valyrian steel sword called Heartsbane."Valyrian Steel"
The Tarly sigil is a striding huntsman, red on green. Their house words are "First in Battle."
They swore allegiance to House Lannister, the new royal family after the extinction of House Baratheon of King's Landing, at the onset of the Last War, betraying House Tyrell. Lord Randyll Tarly fights alongside Ser Jaime Lannister under the promise of being named Warden of the South after the end of the war. After the executions of Randyll and his son Dickon Tarly in the aftermath of the Battle of the Goldroad, their allegiance is uncertain. Randyll's daughter Talla Tarly has become the new head of the House and Lady of Horn Hill, while his son, Samwell Tarly, is allied with Jon Snow and the Night's Watch. With the end of the war after the Battle of King's Landing, they become the vassals of Lord Bronn of Highgarden.
==History==
===Game of Thrones: Season 2===
At a meeting of Stannis Baratheon's war council, Davos points out that many powerful lords from the Stormlands and the Reach have declared their support for Renly Baratheon instead of Stannis, including Randyll Tarly.
===Game of Thrones: Season 7===
House Tarly is among houses of the Reach that pledge fealty to House Lannister in order to defend Westeros from Daenerys Targaryen and her allies.
==Members==
* Lord {Randyll Tarly}, former head of the family. Burned alive by Drogon after the battle of the Goldroad.
** Lady Melessa, his wife of House Florent.
*** Grand Maester Samwell, born Samwell Tarly, their oldest son and former heir. Disinherited when he was forced to join the Night's Watch. Currently serving as Grand Maester on Bran I the Broken's Small Council.
*** Lady Talla Tarly, their only daughter and successor. Becomes the Lady of Horn Hill after her father's death. Arranged to be married to Symun Fossoway.
*** {Dickon Tarly}, their youngest son. Made heir after his brother was sent to join the Night's Watch. Burned alive by Drogon after the battle of the Goldroad.
==Military==
House Tarly commands a formidable military, with a great martial tradition. They are renowned as being the House which produces the very finest of soldiers in the Reach (though House Tyrell once produced more by sheer numbers, albeit slightly less well trained than Lord Randyll Tarly's own unique forces). Horn Hill was able to field thousands of men, and their entire army remained unscathed during the War of the Five Kings. Like most Houses of the Reach, House Tarly is wealthy since the Reach is the most fertile and agriculturally productive region in Westeros. 
Tarly men-at-arms are well-equipped in a uniform fashion, and well-trained by House Tarly. They are also battle hardened from previous wars such as Robert's Rebellion, wherein Randyll Tarly caused Robert Baratheon's only defeat in the war. 
House Tarly, alongside their new overlords, House Lannister, easily managed to defeat House Tyrell's forces during the Fall of Highgarden, causing Olenna Tyrell's death as well as the extinction of House Tyrell.
However, their army (or at least a significant part of it) was destroyed at the Battle of the Goldroad, alongside the Lannister troops. Though exact numbers are not known for the original strength of the contingent of the House Tarly units involved in the battle, or for that matter their exact losses by the end of the battle, it can be clearly seen that losses for the Lannister-Tarly forces were severe, in an overall sense.
==Family tree==
==In the books==
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, House Tarly is a loyal vassal of the Tyrells. Lord Randyll Tarly has a formidable reputation as a general, and has been named the finest battlefield commander in all of the Seven Kingdoms. During Robert's Rebellion, Randyll Tarly was the only royalist general to win a decisive victory over Robert Baratheon, defeating his army at the Battle of Ashford despite being outnumbered. Randyll's skills were later squandered during the fruitless Siege of Storm's End, while Robert and Eddard Stark won great victories further north.
Lord Randyll is a hard, ruthless man. When his son Samwell showed a preference for songs, poetry, fine clothes and good food over martial valor and a love of warfare, Randyll disinherited him and sent him to the Wall to join the Night's Watch. His fiercer, younger son Dickon was made heir in Samwell's stead. One of the major reasons Randyll states behind forcing Sam out, was that he did not want Heartsbane, the ancestral Valyrian steel sword of House Tarly, to come into the hands of a craven. There is some irony in this, as Sam goes on to kill one of the White Walkers with a blade of obsidian, one of two materials, the other implied to be Valyrian steel, that can harm them.
===Members===
* Lord Randyll Tarly, Lord of Horn Hill.
**Melessa Florent, his wife.
***Samwell Tarly, his eldest son. Steward of the Night's Watch.
***Talla Tarly, his eldest daughter.
***Two other daughters.
***Dickon Tarly, his younger son and youngest child. Made heir to Horn Hill after Randyll forced Samwell to join the Night's Watch.
==Gallery==
Tarly soldiers lighting enhanced.png|Tarly men-at-arms (lighting enhanced) in Season 7, with the sigil of House Tarly on their shields
Tarly shield enhanced.png|Enhanced and zoomed-in image of the sigil on the Season 7 Tarly shields
Redwyne Tarly and Lefford heraldry PW.jpg|The banner of House Tarly (center) at the Purple Wedding.
House Tarly banner GOT exhibition.jpg|Behind-the-scenes photo of Tarly heraldry.
House Tarly Alternate.svg|The sigil of House Tarly, as seen in Season 4
Heartsbane.png|An alternative version of House Tarly's sigil, as shown in the Histories & Lore short "Valyrian Steel".
Tarly Credits sigil.png|The Tarly sigil as rendered in the opening credits.
Tarly sigil Conquest and Rebellion.png|The Tarly sigil as depicted in Game of Thrones: Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms
Randyll-Tarly-Profile.png|Randyll Tarly
606 Melessa Tarly.png|Melessa Tarly
Profile-DickonTarly.png|Dickon Tarly
Tally tarly infobox blood of my blood.jpg|Talla Tarly
Samwell Tarly.PNG|Samwell Tarly
H&L House Tarly.png|Randyll at the head of a Tarly army.
Tarly soldiers.jpg|Dickon Tarly surrounded by Tarly soldiers, after the Battle of the Goldroad
==References==
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Category:Houses from the Dornish Marches
Category:Houses from the Reach
Category:Houses of First Men origin
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