House Darry

**House Darry of Darry** is a noble house from Castle Darry in the riverlands. Historically it has been one of the more prominent and powerful houses of the Trident, reknowned for loyalty to House Targaryen. Their blazon is a black plowman on brown; the central building where the Darrys have their apartments is called the Plowman's Keep.

## History

### First Men and Andals

House Darry traces their rule to the days when the Andals cast down the First Men. During the Andal invasion, three sons of Lord Darry held back the Andals of Vorian Vypren at the Widow's Ford before being slain.

Lord Darry died fighting in King Arlan III Durrandon's campaign, which included the Battle of Six Kings.

### Targaryen Era

After King Maegor I Targaryen exterminated House Harroway in 44 AC, he divided up the Harroway holdings among his remaining supporters, granting Harrenhal to Ser Walton Towers, Lord Harroway's Town to Lord Alton Butterwell, and the rest of the Harroway holdings to Lord Darnold Darry. Lord Darry praised King Jaehaerys I Targaryen during the Golden Wedding.

House Darry supported Rhaenyra Targaryen during the Dance of the Dragons. The Darrys helped to capture Stone Hedge, but Ser Criston Cole later defeated Lord Darry, Lord Roote, and Ser Oswald Wode along the Gods Eye. Prince Aemond Targaryen had his dragon, Vhagar, burn Castle Darry and the surrounding fields. Lady Darry and her younger children survived below the keep, but Lord Darry and his heir were killed on the battlements. Lord Derrick Darry participated in the Second Battle of Tumbleton, and Lord Roland Darry was slain by Lord Borros Baratheon in the Battle of the Kingsroad.

During the regency of Aegon III, Ser Damon Darry and Ser Regis Groves marched to subdue Alys Rivers's rabble at Harrenhal. Damon was forced to flee back to Darry after Regis was slain. Rosamund Darry attended the Maiden's Day Cattle Show in King's Landing. Darrys participated in Ser Robert Rowan's host which supported Ser Joffrey Arryn in the Vale.

The Darrys were Targaryen loyalists, supporting King Daeron II Targaryen over the Daemon I Blackfyre in the First Blackfyre Rebellion. Lord Darry destroyed the black dragon sign of the Clanking Dragon, as he saw in it the sigil of House Blackfyre.

Ser Desmond Darry participated in the tourney at Ashford Meadow in 209 AC, his arms identified by Ser Duncan the Tall among the gathered heraldry of the tourney at Ashford Meadow.

The Demon of Darry became Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. The song of Lord Deremond at the Bloody Meadow may be about a Lord of Darry.

### The Council (233 AC)

In the Great Council, the Riverlands, as usual, presents much less than a united front. House Blackwood backs Aegon, House Darry backs Aemon, and House Bracken votes for Maegor, though one can imagine they intended to vote for Aenys before his "unfortunate accident." House Tully does not speak one way or another until is is clear the majority is for Aemon, after which they throw their support behind him. This pleases no one.

### A Tide of Red (302 AC - 304 AC)

Some would, almost two decades of seemingly unsubstantiated, come to see that they (or their fathers) had supposedly been right about House Hardy. Upon hearing of King Aemon's death and Viserys's ascension to the Throne, House Hardy promptly converted to the Red God. It is unclear whether the conversion was made in order to gain political power, or if Hardy was simply revealing long held beliefs now that he had an ally upon the Iron Throne. Regardless of the reason, it did not go over quite too well with many riverlords.

With Hardy's conversion came hope for many followers of R'hllor, and missionaries abound swept to the Riverlands, hoping to spread seeds of faith in fertile ground. Over the next few years, they found some success. House Darry, alongside some others, would join the Hardys in the Red Faith that their king worshipped. Not all people found the new religion so charming however. Notably, Houses Bracken and Blackwood, oftentimes enemies, found themselves alike in hatred towards the King's red men, and were known for executing missionaries on... less than solid grounds, though never without some sort of excuse for it. House Tully wavered between viewing R'hllor as a threat and a pest, and wandering septons and red priests often came to fisticuffs.