House Lorch

House Lorch is a house of landed knights from the Westerlands sworn to House Lannister. Their sigil is a black manticore on a white field, beneath a crimson chief with three gold coins.
== History ==
Ser Amory Lorch participated in the Sack of King's Landing, and stabbed Rhaenys Targaryen, the daughter of Crown Prince Rhaegar Targaryen, to death. 
== Books ==
=== A Clash of Kings ===
Ser Amory orders the attack on the holdfast that Yoren and his recruits, including Arya Stark and Gendry, hide in. 
When Tywin Lannister leaves Harrenhal to return to the Westerlands, he leaves Amory behind as castellan. When Harrenhal is seized by Northerners, under the command of Roose Bolton, and the Brave Companions, Amory is thrown in the bear pit and dies. 
=== A Storm of Swords ===
Lord Beric Dondarrion speaks of a time that Amory captured a pair of innocent beekeepers at Rushing Falls, and threatened to kill them if Beric did not surrender himself. Beric did, and was hanged to death in between the two beekeepers.
=== A Feast for Crows ===
Ser Roger Hogg tells Ser Jaime Lannister that Amory attacked his towerhouse at Sow's Horn, even though he was a bannerman of a house sworn to King's Landing.
== Members of House Lorch during the Books ==
* Ser Lorent Lorch, a landed knight.
With unknown familial relation:
* Ser {Amory Lorch}, a landed knight. Slain at Harrenhal.
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