House Yronwood

House Information

Warden of the Stone Way

High King of Dorne (formerly)

King of the Greenbelt (formerly)

King of Redmarch (formerly)

Knight of the Wells (formerly)

Lord of the Stone Way (formerly)

Master of the Green Hills (formerly)

House Yronwood and Yronwood is the second most powerful house in Dorne after House Martell. Their seat, Yronwood, is the last and the biggest of the castles guarding the Boneway, and is a massive sprawl on the mountainside above the pass. For this, they hold the title Warden of the Stoneway. House Yronwood claimed the title of High King of Dorne before the arrival of the Rhoynar.

The words of House Yronwood is *We Guard the Way.* Their Blazon is a black Portcullis grill over sand.

## History

### 4th Century AC

#### Second War of Conquest

During the Second War of Conquest, House Yronwood sided with their overlord, and fought under the red dragon. Lord Anders Yronwood, led a army of Dorne through the Boneway and played an vital role against the many skirmishes against the lords of the Reach, he died to a infected arrow wound.

#### Year of the False Banners

House Yronwood would never miss the chance to gain independence from the Martells. Lord Mors Yronwood fancied himself protector of Dorne, and many lesser lords flocked to his banner. Although young and strong, Lord Mors soon died to a mysterious stroke a couple months later, and his successor immediately bent his knee to the Martells.

#### The Summer Sickness

House Yronwood closed their gates and shut off the Boneway when the plague started,, and called many of the smallfolk under his rule into his castle. Thousands of refugees from towns in the Stormlands and even the faraway Reach flocked to Yronwood's gates, remembering how the Great Spring Sickness of 209AC spared Dorne. However, Lord Yoren Yronwood did not budge and kept the gates closed for the duration of the plague, sparing the house from the Sickness, and was one of the few houses in Westeros not to be affected by the plague. His people did not thank him for this, and Lord Yoren was called "the Butcher of Boneway" until his death.

#### The Royal Tour

House Yronwood was the last of the Dornish Houses to be visited by Prince Aenys Taragryen. The young, charismatic prince gained the friendship of Lord Edgar and his younger brother, Yorick.

#### Death of a Dragon

When Aenys commited suicide, House Yronwood was angered. Lord Edgar was so shocked by the news that he died a few days later, leaving no son. Yorick Yronwood became the new Lord of Yronwood.

#### The Great Famine

House Yronwood was again spared by the disaster, and instead profited by increasing tariffs in the Boneway, to the distaste of the Stormlords. House Yronwoods's wealth increased greatly during this period.

#### The War of the Three Theives

Lord Yorick was against fighting alongside the Targaryens, not willing to forget the shameful death of his friend, Aenys. On the pretext of his old age, he was charged to guard Dorne from possible invasions while Lord Martel led the Dornish forces into war.

### 5th Century AC

#### The Warmaker's Peace

For the first time in many years, House Yronwood had a navy. However the conflicts between the settlers and the Dornish increased day by day, and finally led to strife. Lord Yorick's son, Ormond led the Dornish forces and fought against the settlers from Essos.

#### The Scarlet Winter

The snows and frost of winter never traveled past the Red Mountains, and Dorne became a safe haven for those in the north. Like his predecessor, Lord Yorick charged heavy tariffs and taxes for goods and people going from and into Dorne through the Boneway, again to the disgust of the Stormlords. Banditry became a popular way to survive, preying on the merchants passing through the Boneway. House Yronwood sent out knights and men to guard the merchants, for a price.

## Recent Events

### 407 AC - today

Lord Nymor Yronwood, in the midst of courting the woman Lysa Lannister, a powerful grand-niece of Lord Loreon, found his power challenged in Yronwood by his uncle, Brynden, who sought to bring all the Dornish lords together in an uprising against House Martell. His wishes were met on deaf ears, and most of the Dornish lords spurned Lord Brynden.

Attempting to burn the Lords of Dorne in the tower he hosted them thereafter, he failed in that as well; he even failed to throw himself from the building at the end of the night. When Lord Nymor returned to Yronwood, with his wife, Lysa, he found a threatening letter in his solar from Laenor Targaryen.

Though the letter's contents were vague, Lord Nymor had his uncle executed immediately, and sent his head to Sunspear. It did not deter the Prince-Consort of Dorne, however, as he arrived not a month later on the back of Starfyre, bringing fire and blood to House Yronwood.

> "*The line of Bloodroyals is a proud one, the Maesters of Oldtown say. Their lineage has spanned centuries, their defiance against Nymeria legendary in the stories told to their children. They have stood tall throughout the centuries, and yet it was the fire of a single dragon that would bring them to the precipice of the end.*"
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Lord Nymor was slain in the ensuing blaze, the keep of Yronwood all but destroyed. Those left alive were Ashira Yronwood, and Nymor's widow, Lysa. Shortly after, Lord Wyl sieged the keep, and the women were brought to Sunspear thereafter.

After surviving the cruelties of Meria Martell and Laenor Targaryen, Ashira Yronwood regained her seat and rebuilt the castle and under her rule Yronwood and it's lands prospered. She married the Myrman Lysono Drahar The House participated in the War of Stone and Sky on the side of the Vulture King Tommen Blackmont, but was pardoned and got off lightly after she betrayed the Vulture King at the behest of Prince Trystane Martell. Lady Ashira lost her husband in the war.

After a hawking accident in the Third Moon of 438 AC, Lady Ashira lay comatose, and her son and heir Olyvar Yronwood assumed the title of regent of Yronwood while her mother lay between life and death.

## Family

* Lord Ormond Yronwood, b. 362 AC, d. 401 AC,
* m. Ysilla Dayne, b. 382 AC, d. 427 AC,
	+ Lord Nymor Yronwood b. 386 AC, d. 407 AC,
	+ Lady Ashira Yronwood, b. 390 AC,
	+ m. Lysono Drahar, b. 388 AC, d. 435 AC,
		- Quentyn Yronwood, b. 416 AC,
		- Yoren Yronwood, b. 416 AC
		- Yorick Yronwood, b. 420 AC,
		- Gwyn Yronwood, b. 421 AC

### Past Members

* + Lord Anders Yronwood b. 268 AC, d. 305 AC,

* + Lord Mors Yronwood, b. 287 AC, d. 315 AC, acting Master of Law from 305-312, nephew of Lord Anders, died to a stroke in Yronwood.

* + Lord Yoren Yronwood, b. 305 AC, d. 357 AC, son of the youngest brother of Lord Anders, cousin of Lord Mors, died of old age in Yronwood
		- Lord Edgar b. 338 AC, d. 368 AC, eldest son of Lord Yoren, died to shock in Yronwood
		- Lord Yorick, b. 340 AC, d. 399 AC, second son of Lord Yoren, died of old age in Yronwood, married to Lady Tylla Redwyn
		- Ser Clayton Yronwood, youngest son of Lord Yoren, half-mad, d. 420 AC