House Jordayne

**House Jordayne of the Tor** is one of the principal noble houses of Dorne. The Tor is placed on the southern coast of the Sea of Dorne.

Their blazon is a golden quill on checkered dark and light green. Their words are "Let it be Written".

## History

### Origin

House Jordayne was founded during the coming of the Andals to Dorne, along with Houses Allyrion, Martell, Qorgyle, Santagar, Uller, and Vaith.

At some point, House Martell bent the knee to the Jordayne kings of the Tor. By the time of Nymeria's War, House Jordayne was among the bannermen of King Yorick Yronwood, and they fought against Lord Mors Martell and his Rhoynar allies.

### Coming of the Dragons

During the first couple of years of the First Dornish War, King Aegon I Targaryen captured several Dornish castles, including the Tor, whose steward surrendered the castle peacefully to Aegon a short time after the death of Lord Jordayne. The Dornishmen quickly recaptured the castle in Aegon's absence. In 8 AC, Queen Visenya Targaryen mounted on Vhagar, burned Sunspear, Lemonwood, Ghost Hill and the Tor in retaliation for the Dornishmen's actions against the stormlands earlier that year.

### Third Dornish War

When Lord Leo Tyrell led an invasion of Dorne in 61 AC, House Jordayne answered the call of Prince Martell to gather their forces and march westward to relieve their fellow countrymen. Lord Rylen Jordayne and his heir Trebor both marched, leaving Trebor's brother Emric, who was six-and-ten at the time, to hold the Tor should each man fall in battle.

As the armies marched forth along the Greenblood, Trebor came to meet a beautiful maiden amongst the so-called Orphans, those that claimed to be the true descendants of the river Rhoyne and to this day hold fast to the Rhoynish faith. Fast smitten with the woman, Trebor claimed her first as a mistress, and so Meria left behind her home to travel with the Jordayne army, offering what she knew of botany and the healing arts along the way.

At Sandstone the combined armies of Dorne secured an easy victory against the invaders, then turned their attentions towards the ancestral seat of House Dayne. Given the natural defenses with which Starfall was blessed, the island redoubt had held against the interlopers, yet still needed reinforcements to drive the foreign foe away from their lands.

The battle at Starfall was a significant rout, with some 10,000 Reachmen estimated to have been felled by the Dornish. Despite this, tragedy did strike for House Jordayne, with Lord Rylen suffering a grievous blow. Despite Meria's best efforts, her lover's father perished and Trebor became Lord of the Tor.

Not all was grim, however, for there was a spark of joy even in the wake of his father's death. Meria revealed to Trebor that she was with child. Soon thereafter the two were wed, and the orphan found a home at the Tor.

### Peace Anew

Not long after Lord Trebor and his bride Meria were returned to the Tor, their first child Gerris was born. Both parents were naturally overjoyed that the gods blessed their union with a healthy child, and Trebor himself was particularly pleased to have a son.

For a long time afterwards, however, there was much concern that this may have ended up being their only child, as additional pregnancies resulted either in miscarriages or stillbirths. One of the few consolations during this time was that peace reigned in Dorne; neither Trebor nor his brother were called off to fight a war, and this allowed the often dismayed lord to turn his attentions towards rebuilding their castle and lands following the blight of the dragon kings in earlier decades.

Emric was wed to Alyse Ladybright in 67 AC and a year later the pair welcomed their first child, also a son whom they named Cassian. Five years later a daughter named Cera was welcomed to the family as well.

In 74 AC, Trebor and Meria finally found success in pregnancy once more, with the birth of Yavana. Given the toll that numerous miscarriages and stillbirths had brought to Meria, both physically and emotionally, Trebor gave her leave to return home to the Greenblood for a time. After her return, she quickly became pregnant for the final time and bore her last child Yessa in 80 AC.

Coincidentally, around the same time as Yessa's birth, Gerris himself was borne a child, albeit in the form of a bastard that would be named Mallor.

### Fourth Dornish War

As was perhaps inevitable, peace did not prevail forever, and in 83 AC the Lord of Yronwood decided to invade the Stormlands in what became known as the Fourth Dornish War. The conflict started with a series of border skirmishes that soon enough led to a siege at Blackhaven and an assault on Fawnton.

Whilst House Jordayne neither condoned nor aided in these aggressive actions, Lord Trebor and his heir Gerris answered House Martell's call to march in defense of Dorne - much as Trebor and his lord father once had done, years earlier.

It was at Skyreach where the promising young heir was felled, though it remains unknown to this day who brought him down. All that is known for certain is that when the battle was done and the Iron Throne's armies were in retreat, Gerris Jordayne was dead. Lord Trebor, who had already experienced the loss of his father in the Third Dornish War, was beside himself with grief, and so a knight in his retinue took command of the Jordayne armies for the remainder of the conflict.

### Interregnum

In the years that followed, House Jordayne withdrew in on itself, preferring to avoid much entanglement with the outside world, even their fellow Dornishmen. Damage from prior wars continued to be repaired; new ships were built to facilitate trade and to ensure the defense of their coastal demesne; and their lands grew to prosperity under Lord Trebor's steady guidance, aided expertly by his brother Emric's counsel.

Following a brief dalliance with Doran Dalt, the heir to Lemonwood, Yavana gave birth to a bastard daughter named Anora in 93 AC. To this day Doran has refused to acknowledge that he fathered the girl upon Yavana, which has led to some tension between the houses of Jordayne and Dalt.

## House Jordayne as of 98 AC

* Yavana Jordayne (b. 74 AC), the current Lady of the Tor.
	+ Anora Sand (b. 92 AC).
* Yessa Jordayne (b. 80 AC), sister to Lady Yavana.
* Danella Jordayne (b. 44 AC), aunt to Lady Yavana. Lady of Vaith.
* m. Doran Vaith (b. 44 AC), Lord of Vaith.
	+ House Vaith
* Emric Jordayne (b. 47 AC), uncle to Lady Yavana. Steward of the Tor.
* m. Gwynevere Wyl (b. 47 AC), wife of Emric Jordayne.
	+ Cassian Jordayne (b. 68 AC).
	+ m. Deria Manwoody (b. 70 AC).
		- Brennan Jordayne (b. 89 AC). Squire to Ser Edric Manwoody.
		- Donnic Jordayne (b. 93 AC).
	+ Cera Jordayne (b. 73 AC). Former ward of House Fowler.
* Mallor Sand (b. 80 AC), nephew to Lady Yavana. Paramour of Princess Maege Drumm.