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House Baelish of Harrenhal is a noble house from Harrenhal in the riverlands. A cadet branch of House Baelish of the Fingers, it is founded by Petyr Baelish, the new Lord Paramount of the Trident, in 299 AC. House Baelish of Harrenhal is a noble house from Harrenhal in the riverlands. A cadet branch of House Baelish of the Fingers, it was founded by Petyr Baelish, the new Lord Paramount of the Trident, in 299 AC.

## History

Lord Petyr Baelish was named Lord of Harrenhal and Lord Paramount of the Trident by the Iron Throne, a reward for arranging the alliance between Houses Lannister and Tyrell and the betrothal of Margaery Tyrell to King Joffrey I Baratheon. Petyr replaces Lord Hoster Tully of Riverrun as liege lord of the riverlands.

Lord Baelish wed Sansa Stark to Harrold Arryn.

## Recent History

Despite his obscure and humble origins, Petyr Baelish proved highly effective at reining in the ambitious and long-established houses of the Riverlands. Even as he spent much of his time as the Lord of Harrenhal serving Myrcella I at the Red Keep, Petyr still managed to bring peace to a region known for instability and infighting - a luxury, that bitterly enough, would not last all the same.

The War of the Five Kings engendered many a change in the Realm, one among them being the unprecedented rise of R'hllorism in the regions of rural Riverlands and the Bay of Crabs, thanks chiefly to the Brotherhood without Banners.

With a harsh winter and the clergy negligent to the smallfolk's woes, what had begun as a noticeable trickle in the Riverlands (and other places) soon turned into a full-blown cycle of conversion, with a worrying number of families adopting the way of R'hllor, to the mind of the High Septon. The latter sent missionaries to the Vale, Riverlands and Cracklaw to salvage the situation and prevent further strengthening of this alien religion. Progress was slow. So much so, in fact, that Lord Mooton, in his furious zeal, decided he would handle the heathens in his own manner.

Aggressive policies were enacted, but violence bred only more violence. A brutal revolt arose in the Riverlands, in the year of 314 AC, which claimed many highborn lives, including that of the Lord Mooton himself. The rebellion would eventually come to spread to Crownlands as well, fomenting the uprising of Duskendale, but most of the conflict was centred in the Riverlands.

After its conclusion, the spearheads of the rebellion were severely punished, but the Crown, having learned from its mistakes, prohibited the nobility from attempting to stop the spread of R'hllorism through anything but peaceful means.

This would not be the only rebellion the kingdom would have to suffer: during the tenure of Petyr Baelish's son, Rogin Baelish, dubbed 'the Guest' for his undue advances towards women upon each visit to his vassals, another conflict would rear its head. During one such visit in 342 AC, Minisa Bracken - who had recently been betrothed to House Blackwood's heir - went missing overnight. When the Bracken men went out to look for her, they found Baelish soldiers burying a body in the woods.

Outraged, House Bracken rose its arms against the Lord of Harrenhal. This bold, unilateral move inspired many of the other riverlords, who had no shortage of grievances against Rogin Baelish. Within days they were joined by the Freys of Riverrun, and the show of unity from Blackwood and Bracken inspired the twin branches of Vance to set aside their differences and join together in rebellion. It was not long before the Crown came to act and negotiated on Rogin's behalf.

What had become known as the Rivals’ Rebellion came to an anticlimactic end, with casualties numbering under fifty. With the Crown intervention, the rebellious houses of the Riverlands returned home, and so too did the Blackwoods and Brackens resume their feud. Lord Rogin Baelish never again left Harrenhal, where he contented himself with hired whores while allowing the King’s representative to govern in his stead.

Nevertheless, the riverlords could never truly forgive their wicked liege. Two years later, in 344 AC, the disgraced Lord of Harrenhal was slain by an assassin in the night. Not a single article of evidence emerged to point to the culprit, but neither did anyone care to investigate the murder. Nearly every man and woman in the Riverlands had long awaited the death of Rogin Baelish.