House Banefort

House Banefort is a noble house from Banefort in the Westerlands. They are a principal vassal of House Lannister. Their sigil is a black hooded man, on a grey field, within a fiery tressure. The current head of the house is Lord Quenten Banefort.
== History ==
The Baneforts were petty First Men kings, who claimed their descent from the Hooded Man. The last Hooded King was Morgon Banefort, whose thralls were defeated after twenty years of war with Loreon I Lannister, King of the Rock.
The Baneforts stayed loyal to House Lannister during the Reyne-Tarbeck Rebellion.
== Books ==
=== A Game of Thrones ===
Lord Quenten Banefort is taken prisoner during the Battle of the Whispering Wood.
=== A Clash of Kings ===
The colours of House Banefort are spotted by Arya Stark, leaving Harrenhal with Tywin Lannister's army.
=== A Storm of Swords ===
Lord Banefort spends the War of the Five Kings as a prisoner of Lord Jonos Bracken, and is presumably released when House Bracken bends the knee to King Joffrey I Baratheon.
=== A Feast for Crows ===
Lord Banefort is one of the lords who escort the corpse of Tywin Lannister from King's Landing to Casterly Rock.
== Members of House Banefort during the Books ==
* Lord Quenten Banefort, head of the house. 
== Historical members of House Banefort ==
* The Hooded Man, the legendary founder of the house. 
* King Morgon Banefort, the last of the Hooded Kings.
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