House Tyrell

**House Tyrell of Highgarden** is a Great House of Westeros. It ruled over the Reach, a vast, fertile, and heavily-populated region of southwestern Westeros, from their castle-seat of Highgarden as Lords Paramount of the Reach and Wardens of the South after taking control of the region from House Gardener during the Targaryen conquest.

The Tyrell sigil is a golden rose on a pale green field. Their house words are "Growing Strong."

## History

### Background

House Tyrell began as a cadet branch of House Gardener, the ancient Kings of the Reach. The Tyrells became senior servants of the main Gardener line, serving for centuries as castellans of the royal castle at Highgarden. Over time they rose to prominence as one of the strongest noble Houses in the Reach, and even intermarried with the royal line - though so did many other powerful Houses from the Reach.

During the Targaryen Conquest, King Mern Gardener was burned alive at the Field of Fire by the Targaryen dragons, along with all of his immediate heirs. Subsequently, Mern's steward Harlen Tyrell voluntarily surrendered Highgarden to Aegon Targaryen. Aegon rewarded Harlen by making him Lord of Highgarden and Lord Paramount of the Reach - ahead of other Houses from the Reach which were actually more closely related to House Gardener. Chief among these is House Florent of Brightwater Keep, which claims direct male-line descent from the old Gardener kings, while House Tyrell only claim descent from House Gardener through the female line.

House Tyrell's overall disposition is adequately represented by their sigil of a rose: a rose's beauty often hides the fact that it has thorns. Though the Tyrells do try to be just and fair, their benevolent demeanor serves to lull their enemies into thinking that, like the Starks, they are utterly beholden to honorable conduct. In reality, the Tyrells are just as cunning as the Lannisters in court politics and intrigue, though they often prefer a more subtle approach. Thus they strike a pragmatic balance between the Starks' honor and the Lannisters' ruthlessness.

### Robert's Rebellion

With the outbreak of civil war, House Tyrell supports House Targaryen against the rebel forces. Supplying armies and supplies to House Targaryen. House Tyrell took part in the first engagements of the war, taking part in the Riverlands campaign and making up a large amount of the royalists forces.

## Military Strength

As the second richest house after House Lannister, House Tyrell can field a very large army alone and have the ability to call upon the forces of the Reach. Giving House Tyrell the manpower pool of 95,000 men.

Tyrell soldiers seem to be well-equipped yet still far behind to the Lannisters. This is particularly evidenced by the high quality swords and weapons purchased due to the Reach’s fertile lands thus allowing taxation for the region’s large population therefore supplying high-quality to the Tyrell soldiers.

Not only this, but commonly it is seen that the Tyrells are outfitted in high quality plate armor. Many of them protected by sturdy, bright colored dyed symmetrical cut leather augmented steel armor plates, in a striking combination. This design, is not aesthetically impressive but also symbolic, since the Tyrell men are often considered as the “Knights of Summer”. The design also provides practicality in warfare with the combination of leather and steel plates allows considerable protection and mobility for the wearer. This makes them nimble than other soldiers who might be wearing heavy plates of armor, while retaining the defensive properties of armor. Tyrell infantry helmets have a basic flower motif to the overall shape of their helmets, after the Tyrell sigil of a golden rose: the design gives the appearance that the entire helmet is a rose, with large metal ridges shaped like rose petals ringing the "crown" of the head. Tyrell infantry helmets also have cheek guards (unlike basic Stark helmets), which are an extension of the main body of the helmet (not a separate piece of metal like Lannister armor, which is more complex)

## Relationships

### Members

* Lord Luthor Tyrell, Lord of Highgarden, Lord Paramount of the Reach and Warden of the South. Died in a hawking accident.
* Lady Olenna of House Redwyne, Luthor's widow, called "the Queen of Thorns". The head of the family.
	+ Lord Mace Tyrell, their son. Lord of Highgarden, Lord Paramount of the Reach and Warden of the South. The head of the family.
	+ Lady Alerie, his wife of House Hightower.

* Ser Luthor Tyrell, King's Guard to Rhaegar I Targaryen, distant cousins to the main House Tyrell branch. Fought in Robert's Rebellion and the 6th Blackfyre Rebellion.

### Sworn to House Tyrell

* House Ashford of Ashford
* House Beesbury of Honeyholt
* House Bulwer of Blackcrown
* House Cuy of Sun House
* House Florent of Brightwater Keep
* House Fossoway of Cider Hall
* House Hightower of Oldtown
* House Leygood
* House Oakheart of Old Oak
* House Redwyne of the Arbor
* House Tarly of Horn Hill

## META

Information used from the Game of Thrones Wikia.