House Reyne

House Reyne of Castamere is an extinct vassal house of the Westerlands, formerly sworn to House Lannister of Casterly Rock. Their seat was the castle of Castamere until it was torched during the Reyne Rebellion, along with all members of the family.
== Historical members ==
* Lord Roger Reyne, known as the "Red Lion of Castamere". Killed in the Reyne Rebellion.
* Ser Reynard Reyne, Roger’s younger brother. Killed in the Reyne Rebellion.
* Lady Ellyn Reyne, Roger’s younger sister, formerly betrothed to Tywald Lannister, married first to Ser Tion Lannister, and later to Lord Walderan Tarbeck, with whom she had three children. Killed in the Fall of Tarbeck Hall.
With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch there is also:
* {Alys Reyne}, crowned queen of love and beauty by Ser Arthur Dayne at the Tourney of Brightwater Keep.
== History ==
=== Background ===
For a time, House Reyne was the second wealthiest family in Westeros, behind House Lannister. They were not content with being the second wealthiest, however, and the last Lord Reyne built a castle as grand as Casterly Rock, and gave his wife diamonds to wear which were bigger than any that Tywin Lannister's wife Joanna ever wore.
Eventually, House Reyne openly challenged their liege-lords, feeling that House Lannister's rule over the Westerlands had grown weak under Tywin's ineffectual father Tytos Lannister. In response, however, the capable young Tywin Lannister marched his forces against the upstart Lord Reyne. At the end of the Reyne Rebellion, Tywin's army put Castamere castle to the torch, and had all surviving members of House Reyne put to the sword - man, woman, and child - as an example to any vassals who would dare challenge the Lannisters in the future. Tywin subsequently had the corpses of the executed Reynes hanged from the gates of Casterly Rock on public display, where he left them to rot for the entire summer (it was a long summer, which lasted many years).
The destruction of House Reyne was immortalized in the song The Rains of Castamere.
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