House Merryweather

### Coat of arms

A golden horn of plenty spilling out apples, carrots, plums, onions, leeks, turnips, and fruits of many colors on a white field bordered in gold*(Argent, a cornucopia or overflowing with apples, carrots, plums, onions, leeks, turnips and fruits variegated all proper within a bordure of the second)*

### Ancestral weapon

Bounty

**House Merryweather of Longtable** is one of the Noble Houses of Westeros located in the Reach proper. Their seat of Longtable is located at the meeting of the Mander and the Blueburn.

Their blazon is a golden horn of plenty spilling out apples, carrots, plums, onions, leeks, turnips, and fruits of many colors, over a white field bordered in gold. Their words are "*Behold our Bounty.*"

In the past century the house has regained much of it's wealth and prestige which it lost as a consequence of Robert's Rebellion in 282 AC.

## History

### Targaryen Era: 1 AC - 283 AC

In 43 AC at the Battle Beneath the Gods Eye Lords Merryweather, Caswell, and Peake joined King Maegor I Targaryen's army against Prince Aegon the Uncrowned. As Lord Merryweather and Lord Caswell attacked Prince Aegon's force from the south, King Maegor slew his nephew turning the battle into a rout. Lord Merryweather was killed the following year in 44 AC the Warrior's Sons loyal to Ser Joffrey Doggett.

In 129 AC following the death of King Viserys I Targaryen, Lord Merryweather was executed by the King's Justice for refusing to bend the knee to King Aegon II Targaryen. In the Dance of the Dragons, Lord Ormund Hightower led the siege to Longtable. When widowed Lady Merryweather yielded the castle it was stripped of it's wealth and food before the Green army marched on Bitterbridge. At the First Battle of Tumbleton levies from House Merryweather joined the Black army in the fortification of the town against the Hightowers.

During the regency of King Aegon III Targaryen, Jeyne Merryweather was a prospective bride for the king. Thinking Jeyne as a rival to Myrielle Peake, Lord Unwin Peake organized rumors to defame Jeyne. In 136 AC, Lord Marq Merryweather was chosen by a vote of a Great Council to serve as regent to King Aegon III Targaryen. Marq served as the final regent of the king until his dismissal later than year when the king came of age.

Following the resignation of Lord Tywin Lannister as Hand of the King to King Aerys II Targaryen, Lord Owen Merryweather was appointed Hand of the King. Known as "the Horn-of-Plenty Hand", Lord Owen served as Hand of the King until 282 AC when he was stripped of the office for his failure to prevent Robert's Rebellion. Lord Owen was exiled, and House Merryweather was stripped of all titles and lands.

### Baratheon Era: 283 AC - 305 AC

After the conclusion of Robert's Rebellion, Orton Merryweather, the grandson of Lord Owen Merryweather, petitioned King Robert I Baratheon for the restoration of House Merryweather's titles and lands. The king accepted the petition making Orton the Lord of Longtable and restoring most of House Merryweather's lands, however he emptied Longtable's treasury as compensation.

Following the ascension of King Tommen I Baratheon in 300 AC Lord Orton Merryweather is appointed to the Small Council as Lord Justiciar and Master of Laws by the Queen Regent Cersei Lannister. After Ser Harys Swyft's demotion by the Queen Regent, Lord Orton Merryweather is elevated to Hand of the King. When the Queen Regent is imprisoned by the Faith of the Seven Lord Orton resigns his post and returns to Longtable with his wife Taena. He is succeeded as Hand of the King by Lord Mace Tyrell.

### Electoral Era: 305 AC - Present

In 318 AC Lord Orton Merryweather fainted and tumbled down a flight of stairs at Longtable, later dying in his sleep. Lord Russell Merryweather reigned somewhat peacefully at Longtable, owing largely to the prosperity experienced in the wider realm during the reign of King Brandon I Stark. In the same year as his ascension as Russell's Lord of Longtable, his firstborn son Orthar Merryweather was born at Longtable. Two years later, in 320 AC, Karys Merryweather was born at Longtable.

Orthar and Karys attended a hunt in 338 AC with the aged Lord Lorent Caswell and his grandsons, Larys and Loris Caswell. During their hunt near the boundary of House Caswell's hold with that of House Footly's, Orthar and Karys became separated from the hunting party and rested by creek near a low rock face. There they found an old sword trapped under a large stone. With Karys' help Orthar pulled the sword from under the boulder, revealing it to be made of Valyrian Steel. Orthar decided to keep the sword, naming it "Bounty", and bringing the blade back to Longtable.

The following year in 339 AC, Lord Russell Merryweather met a fate akin to his father's when he, in a drunken state, fell down a flight of stairs. In 342 AC, inspired by the finding of Bounty, tales of heroics, and longing for adventure, Lord Orthar Merryweather founded the Brotherhood of the Long Table, a knightly order with a not wholly defined purpose. The next year in 343 AC the Brotherhood departed Longtable for King's Landing, leaving Marq Merryweather to hold Longtable as Castellan. While in King's Landing, Orthar met his future wife, Quinne Estermont, who joined the Brotherhood on a ship to Essos.

Marq Merryweather died of age in 346 AC, leaving Longtable in the hands of his adopted son Persy. When the Brotherhood returned the following year in 347 AC, Persy, who had begun styling himself as the Lord of Longtable, denied Lord Orthar entry. With the assistance of Maester Lymon, the Brotherhood entered the castle by a hidden tunnel alongside the Mander unknown to Persy. With the assistance of a handful of loyalists in the garrison, the Brotherhood overpowered Persy's supporters and Lord Orthar slew him on the riverside wall. Persy was thrown by Ser Loris Caswell into the Mander.

Soon after returning to Longtable, Lord Orthar Merryweather and Ser Quinne Estermont marry. In 348 AC Olevar Merryweather is born at Longtable. Lord Orthar intended for Olevar to marry Ser Loris Caswell's daughter, Lora Caswell, however this did not happen when Olevar instead married a servant girl named Jaeny in 364 AC after he had impregnated her out of wedlock. In 365 AC Orwen Merryweather was born at Longtable. Lord Orthar died in 368 to an infection.

Lord Olevar and Jaeny had a daughter, Olevea, in 369 AC. Lord Olevar dies in 383 AC when he, for an unknown reason, falls down a flight of stairs. In 385 AC, Lord Orwen Merryweather marries Lady Keira Caswell. The next year, in 386 AC, Oscar Merryweather-Caswell is born. In 388 AC, Ophelia Merryweather-Caswell is born. At age 6, while climbing a tree, Oscar falls and breaks his neck; subsequentially making his sister Ophelia the heir presumptive. In 392 AC a third child is born to Orwen and Keira.

## Merryweather Family

Lord Orwen Merryweather

Lady Keira Caswell

### Non-Player Characters

**Ser Ophelia Merryweather-Caswell**

Ophelia, born in 388 AC, is a Knight of the Long Table and the current heir presumptive to both House Merryweather and House Caswell.

**Ser Raena Merryweather**

Raena, born in 369 AC, is a Knight of the Long Table and along with her brother, Judwell, is a courtier at Longtable. Unmarried, Raena serves her lord and cousin as the Marshal of the Lord's Granary; a prestigious post at Longtable. As a hobby, Raena is a curator of fine wine.

**Judwell Merryweather**

Judwell, born in 371 AC, is the younger brother of Ser Raena and a courtier at Longtable. Judwell has a young son, Samwell, and serves his lord and cousin as Marshal of the Lord's Stable. Though the son of Ser Orwell Merryweather, a Knight of the Long Table, Judwell never pursued the knight's path.

**Samwell Merryweather**

Samwell, more commonly called Sam, was born in 401 AC and is the son of Judwell Merryweather and MOTHER. He is the page of Lord Orwen Merryweather.

**Olevea Merryweather**

Olevea, born in 368 AC, is the younger sister of Lord Orwen Merryweather.

**Olira Merryweather**

## Brotherhood of the Long Table

### Living Members

Lord Orwen Merryweather, Lord Commander

Ser Tobias Pyre, Knight Commander

Ser Raena Merryweather, Knight-Sister

Ser Roderick Rivers, Knight-Brother

Ser Ophelia Merryweather, Knight-Sister

### Former Members

Lord Orthar Merryweather

Ser Karys Merryweather

Ser Loris Caswell

Ser Tystam the Thornbush

Ser Lon Flowers

Ser Ormund Tableton

Lady Quinne Merryweather

Lord Olevar Merryweather

Ser Orwell Merryweather