White Wedding

"*In the eyes of the Gods, old and new, I now proclaim Gendry of the House Baratheon, and Arya of the House Stark, one flesh, one heart, one soul. Cursed be those who would seek to tear them asunder.*"
―High Septon
The **White Wedding** was the downscale but significant royal wedding held in the months following the Battle of King's Landing, between the recently ascendant King Gendry Baratheon, and Arya Stark.

## History

### Prelude

Shortly before the Fall of Winterfell, Queen Daenerys Targaryen legitimised Gendry, a bastard of King Robert Baratheon, as Lord Gendry Baratheon of Storm's End. Furthermore, Daenerys named Gendry as heir presumptive to the Iron Throne, ostensibly because she lacked a clear heir of her own, but in actuality to spite Jon Snow, who had revealed to her that he was in fact the trueborn son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark and could thus come to rival her own claim on the Throne.

Nonetheless, both Daenerys and Jon perished during the Battle of King's Landing, the final battle of the Great War against the White Walkers, seemingly leaving Gendry Baratheon to become the new monarch of the Seven Kingdoms. In reality, Gendry's claim was far from certain, and many feared the Seven Kingdoms would fracture entirely.

As King's Landing began rebuilding, Gendry was advised to name House Hightower as the new Lords Paramount of the Reach, and invite them alongside the Martells to attend a tourney, to celebrate the victory of the living over the dead. In reality, the invitation served to gather the surviving Great Houses together to formalise the status of the Seven Kingdoms following the Great War, and settle any outstanding grievances.

In particular, many in the North sought to see it’s restoration as an independent kingdom, something Lady Sansa Stark tacitly supported. Such an action was opposed by her sister, Arya Stark, as she and King Gendry were lovers, and the concession of the North could present Gendry as a weak and ineffective ruler, inviting further secession efforts or attempts to dispose of Gendry from power.

As the issue of Northern independence threatened to drive a wedge between the Stark sisters, Arya ultimately decided to accept a proposal of marriage from Gendry. Such a decision did not come naturally to the unladylike Arya, but she none-the-less felt confident that she could define her role as Queen Consort on her own terms.

### The wedding

Compared to the extravagant royal weddings of kings past, the wedding ceremony was simple and surrounded by little fanfare, owing to the still omnipresent destruction caused by the Great War.

The wedding itself takes it's name from the ceremony's venue; the still ruined Great Hall of the Red Keep in King's Landing. Open to the sky, the ceremony was bathed in white sunlight and further dusted by a gentle flurry of spring snow.

### Aftermath

Like Arya had hoped, her marriage to Gendry ended the North's desire for independence, thus securing her new husband's position and safety.

Gendry and Arya would go on to have two children, the future King Robert II Baratheon, and Princess Lyanna Baratheon, before Arya's death during the War of the Narrow Sea.

## Attendees

### Royal Household

* King Gendry Baratheon
* Arya Stark
* Lord Hand Bran Stark
* Lord Commander Brienne of Tarth
* Ser Jaime Lannister
* Ser Podrick Payne
* Ser Arys Oakheart
* Ser Balon Swann
* High Septon

### From the North

* Lady Sansa Stark
* Lord Howland Reed
* Meera Reed
* Lord Asher Forrester
* Mira Forrester
* Talia Forrester

### From the Stormlands

* Lord Edric Baratheon
* Lord Davos Seaworth
* Ser Devan Seaworth
* Lord Eldon Estermont
* Ser Aemon Estermont
* Lord Gulian Swann

### From the Riverlands

* Lord Edmure Tully
* Lord Bronn Blackwater
* Hot Pie

### From the Vale

* Lord Robin Arryn
* Lord Yohn Royce

### From the Reach

* Lord Baelor Hightower
* Ser Garlan Hightower
* Lord Samwell Tarly
* Gilly Tarly

### Foreigners

* Commander Grey Worm
* Missandei
* Varys

### Others

* Tormund
* Lord Commander Gared Tuttle

## See also

* Great Council of 305 AC on Wiki of Westeros