House Casterly

House Casterly of Casterly Rock is an extinct Great House of Westeros from the time of the First Men. It was founded by the huntsman Corlos, who slew a lion and its mate that were terrorizing his village in a cave within a nearby mountain. It is said that when he spared the cubs, the Old Gods sent a beam of sunlight to reveal gold within the mountain. Corlos built a ringfort atop the mountain and named it Casterly Rock. House Casterly would rule until they were swindled from their castle by the legendary trickster Lann the Clever.
==Known members==
*{Corlos}, Lord of Casterly Rock, founder of House Casterly and builder of Casterly Rock. Discovered the gold mines under Casterly Rock while hunting a pair of lions that terrorized his village.
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==In the books==
In A Song of Ice and Fire, the background of House Casterly is the same. Their sigil depicts a lion or lions.https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2022/12/23/a-couple-of-rocks/ Their motto and ultimate fate remains unknown, though they clearly no longer existed by the time of Aegon's Conquest. That is, even within the narrative, there are rival myths about exactly what happened to the Casterlys. Some say that Lann tricked them into killing each other, then may have finished off the survivors. Others say that Lann infested their castle with rats, or even lions, to drive them out. The more pragmatic story is that Lann was simply a man-at-arms in their castle who impregnated the current Lord Casterly's daughter, and with no other heirs this left Lann as the new Lord of Casterly Rock through his child. There is also the possibility that he impregnated and married a minor member of the family, then "used his wits" to manipulate his way into a position of greater power.
The Casterlys were very rich, but did not call themselves "kings", nor did Lann the Clever call himself "king". The Lannisters only started calling themselves "kings" many generations later, after their steady accumulation of wealth made them very powerful.
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Category:Extinct houses
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Category:Houses from the Westerlands
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