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Harmund I Hoare

King **Harmund I Hoare**, also known as **Harmund the Host**, was a King of the Iron Islands and man of House Hoare.

## History

Harmund was one of an era of Hoare kings that were opposed by the Drowned Men, due to their tolerance of the Faith of the Seven, distaste for reaving, and encouragment of trade.

Harmund was the first literate king of the Iron Islands and enjoyed to read. He gained his nickname as he welcomed merchants and travellers to his seat on Great Wyk. He protected septons and septas of the Faith.
Jonos Bracken

**Lord Jonos Bracken** is the head of House Bracken, and Lord of Stone Hedge. He sides with Robb Stark during the War of the Five Kings, but bends the knee after the Red Wedding, albeit reluctantly.

## Appearance

Jonos is a man who is known for frequently glowering and blustering. He is not a tall man, but is heavier, with thick arms and shoulders. He has brown hair and brown eyes. He often wears a woolen tunic with the red horse of House Bracken embroidered on it. when readying for combat he wears plate armour with a greathelm that has a horsehair crest on top of it.

## Books

### A Game of Thrones

When she arrests Tyrion Lannister, Catelyn Stark mentions that Jonos is a good friend of her father, Hoster Tully. Jonos attends Robb's war council after the Battle of the Camps, suggesting an alliance between House Stark and King Renly Baratheon. He sides with his rival Lord Tytos Blackwood against Catelyn's suggestion of peace. he joins the other riverlords in proclaiming Robb King in the North.

### A Clash of Kings

Jonos returns to Stone Hedge to retake and rebuild his castle, which has been burned to the ground by the armies of House Lannister in his absence. He is wounded in the attempt and his nephew Hendry is slain by the Lannister armies.

### A Storm of Swords

Jonos' bastard son, Harry Rivers, has been murdered by Lannister forces, probably the army under the control of Ser Gregor Clegane, who also raped one of Jonos' daughters. Jonos loses a dozen good men at the Red Wedding and subsequently bends the knee to the Iron Throne.

### A Dance with Dragons

After Jonos bends the knee he besieges the Blackwood seat of Raventree Hall, because Tytos refuses to bend the knee initially. Upon the advice of Lord Karyl Vance Ser Jaime Lannister travels to Raventree to convince Tytos to surrender. Jonos demands that House Blackwood surrender land to House Bracken, as well as surrendering his daughter Bethany as a hostage to the Iron Throne. He is disappointed when Jaime doesn't secure all the land, and takes Hoster Blackwood as a prisoner instead.
Battle of the Bells

File:350px-Battle of the Bells2.jpg   **The Battle of Stoney Sept**, also called the **Battle of the Bells**, was a major battle in the War of the Usurper between royal and rebel forces. It took place in the city called Stoney Sept in the southern Riverlands.

It is named so, because at the beginning of the battle the town's Sept tolled its bells to warn the citizens of the battle and to persuade them to stay inside their houses.

## Battle

Robert Baratheon had been wounded and separated from Eddard Stark and the main body of the rebel army. He hid in the town of Stoney Sept while he healed from his injury. (It is implied that the whore Bella, whom Arya meets when travelling with the outlaws, is one of Robert's bastards.)

Jon Connington, then King Aerys's Hand, arrived in Stoney Sept with an army, having heard that Robert was hiding there. His troops began a systematic search of the town, but before they could find Robert, Eddard and Hoster Tully arrived with their own troops. When the fighting was joined, the Septons rang every bell in the town to warn the townspeople to hide, hence the name Battle of the Bells.

The battle raged throughout the streets and even rooftops of the town. Robert killed six men, including Rhaegar Targaryen's friend and former squire, Myles Mooton. Connington killed Ser Denys Arryn, a distant cousin of Lord Jon Arryn (who had also married Jon's niece), and also wounded Hoster Tully badly.

The rebels won in the end, however Connington was exiled by Aerys.

## Quotes

"Robert always said that your father won it, not him."

- Harwin to Arya Stark.
Garth Greenhand

**Garth Greenhand**, also known as **Garth Greenhair** and **Garth the Green**, was a legendary High King of the First Men during the Dawn Age. He is the common ancestor of several houses across Westeros, especially in the Reach.

## History

High King Garth, according to legend, was the one who led the First Men from Essos to Westeros, across the Arm of Dorne. According to other legends, he was in Westeros before the rest of the First Men crossed the Arm, making him the first human in Westeros, and also the only human in Westeros at the time. Other legends claim that he was a god in human form, who demanded blood sacrifice from his worshippers to ensure a bountiful harvest.

Garth held great wisdom, and it is said that he taught the First Men how to farm. Some claim that he also tried to do the same with giants and the Children of the Forest, but he failed, being mocked by the Children in the process.

In some myths he not only brought fertility to land, but also to women, making barren ones fruitful on touch, even old women who were no longer able to have their blood.

Garth supposedly planted the Oakenseat, the ancient throne of which the Gardener kings of the Reach sat upon. The Oakenseat was destroyed by a Dornish army thousands of years later, however.

Today, the Maesters of the Citadel strongly deny most of the details told in the legends of Garth the Green.

## Descendant Houses

* House Gardener, founded by his firstborn son, Garth the Gardener.
* House Oakheart, founded by the descendants of his son, John the Oak.
* House Redwyne, founded by his son, Gilbert of the Vines.
* House Florent, founded by a husband of his daughter, Florys the Fox.
* House Ball, founded by a son of his daughter, Florys the Fox.
* House Peake, founded by a son of his daughter, Florys the Fox.
* House Hightower, not directly founded by his descendants, but his daughter, Maris the Maid, married the founder of House Hightower, Uthor of the High Tower.
* House Fossoway, founded by his son, Foss the Archer.
* House Stark, founded by a descendant of his son, Brandon of the Bloody Blade, according to some tales.
* House Tarly, founded by a descendant of either two of his twin sons, Harlon the Hunter and Herndon of the Horn.
* House Bulwer, founded by his son, Bors the Breaker.
* House Crane, founded by descendants of his daughter, Rose of Red Lake.
* House Beesbury, founded by a son of his daughter, Ellyn Ever Sweet.
* House Rowan, founded by a daughter of his son, Rowan Gold-Tree.
* House Lannister, founded by the son of either Florys the Fox or Rowan Gold-Tree, according to some tales.

He also had another son, Owen Oakenshield, who did not found any known noble house.

## Quotes

> "*Garth liked to plant his seed in fertile ground, they say. I shouldn't wonder that more than his hands were green.*"
> ― Olenna Tyrell to Sansa Stark
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Accursed Years

The **Accursed Years** is a name given to the two thousand years of the first period of Sauron's rule over Middle-earth in the latter part of the Second Age. Also called the **Black Years** and The **Dark Years**. During this period, Numenor's power grew as the power of Men and Elves grew less from the wars and tyranny of Sauron's rule. The Dark Lord claimed the Rings of Power early on, later forging the One Ring for himself. It ended with the Last Alliance of Elves and Men and destroyed the Dark Tower.
Arianne Martell

## Arianne Nymeros Martell

### Features

Short, buxom, curvaceous, and beautiful, with olive skin and long and dark hair, falling into ringlets

Princess **Arianne Nymeros Martell** is the eldest daughter of Prince Doran Martell of Dorne and his wife, Mellario of Norvos. Under Dornish law, Arianne is also the heir to Doran's title.

Arianne is a minor POV character in *A Feast for Crows* and has two chapters, entitled 'The Queenmaker' and 'The Princess in the Tower'. She will have at least one POV chapter in *The Winds of Winter*.

## Appearance and Character

Arianne is described to be young (in her early twenties when she appears in the books) and to be physically gorgeous in a number of ways. She has olive skin typical of her house, big dark eyes and long, thick black hair that falls in ringlets to the middle of her back. Despite being short in stature, Arianne has an amazing figure and large, round breasts with huge dark nipples.

Arianne is extremely feisty and flirtatious on the outside, easily seducing Arys Oakheart and initiating a dominantly physical relationship with him. Even in her relationship, Arianne proves herself to be far more complicated than one would think: she is surprisingly intelligent and very manipulative, as evidenced by how she manages to control him using her words and her body. However, there are deeper meanings and complexities to her attitude: she is envious and angry at what she believes to be her father's distrust and disgust of her, and is motivated by the news that her younger brothers Quentyn and Trystane will succeed her, even though Dornish law cites Arianne as the rightful heir to Princedom of Dorne.

She is very protective over those she loves, but dangerous to those whom she views as enemies. When confronted with her actions, Arianne is fierce and angry, but once she learns her father's true purposes she begins to understand his treatment of her and becomes an invaluable asset alongside him in bringing the Targaryen dynasty back to Westeros and avenging the slaughter of her family by Tywin Lannister and his kind.
House Darklyn

**House Darklyn** is an extinct noble house of the Crownlands. Their sigil was fusily black and gold, 7 white escutcheons upon a red tierce.

## History

The Darklyns were a rich and powerful house who ruled Duskendale and the surrounding region as the Dusk Kings for more than a thousand years, at the height of their power exerting influence as far north as Crackclaw Point. They later bent the knee to Aegon the Conqueror and may have been among the first to do so, due to their proximity to the site of King's Landing.

The Darklyns served the Targaryens with distinction and honour. No less than seven sons of the house, more than any other, served in the Kingsguard. Ser Rolland Darklyn - the youngest member of the Kingsguard until Jaime Lannister - saved the life of one of the kings during a battle and was made a Kingsguard on the spot despite his grievous wounds. He died within the hour, but the king survived.

Circa 270 AL, Lord Denys Darklyn was convinced by his Myrish wife, Lady Serala, to stop paying taxes to the crown as a demonstration of his strength. King Aerys II Targaryen decided to handle the matter personally and came north to confront Lord Denys. Denys panicked and had the king seized. During this scuffle, Ser Gwayne Gaunt of the Kingsguard was killed by the Darklyn master-at-arms, Ser Symon Hollard. Lord Tywin Lannister, the Hand of the King, surrounded the town with a substantial host. The siege became known as the Defiance of Duskendale. Eventually, Ser Barristan Selmy of the Kingsguard led a sortie into the town which successfully rescued King Aerys.

At King Aerys' order, every member of House Darklyn was put to death. Their lands were confiscated (and later awarded to House Rykker). House Hollard, the Darklyns' closest allies, was likewise destroyed, with their castle being pulled down. The youngest member of the house, Dontos Hollard, was spared after the personal intervention of Barristan Selmy and grew up to be a knight before he was murdered during the War of the Five Kings.

For House Darklyn there was no such mercy. Lord Denys and his children were executed. Lady Serala was accounted a witch and her tongue and female parts were torn out before she was burned alive in the Targaryen fashion.

Although the Darklyns have been utterly destroyed, several families in Duskendale - the Darkes, Dargoods and Darkwoods - claim kinship to the house, perhaps in the hopes of eventually one day making a play for lordship.

## Historical Darklyn characters

* Denys Darklyn
* Rolland Darklyn
* Serala Darklyn, called the Lace Serpent, originally of Myr
Daven Lannister

Ser **Daven Lannister** is a knight of House Lannister, and Warden of the West. He is the son of Ser Stafford Lannister and Myranda Lefford.

## Appearance and Character

Ser Daven's eyes are hazel. He has a short nose with an upturned tip, and a large chin. Daven has long, golden hair and a thick mustache, and a beard.

## Recent Events

### *A Game of Thrones*

At the start of the War of the Five Kings, Daven requested to lead the foraging for the Lannister host. However, Tywin Lannister declined, as he believes that it is a lowly task for a Lannister. Instead, he sends Ser Gregor Clegane and Vargo Hoat to lead the foraging.

### *A Clash of Kings*

After the death of Daven's father, Ser Stafford Lannister, at the Battle of Oxcross, Ser Daven vows to never cut his hair until his father is avenged. He aims to kill Lord Rickard Karstark, the one who slew Ser Stafford.

### *A Storm of Swords*

Ser Daven gathers the Lannister army to prepare for a second invasion of the Riverlands.

Rickard Karstark is executed by Robb Stark, the King in the North, for treason. Despite this, Daven keeps his hair growing.

After the Red Wedding, Daven and Ser Forley Prester prepare to meet up at the Golden Tooth, and thereafter meet up with Ser Ryman Frey to besiege Riverrun, the ancestral home of House Tully.

### *A Feast for Crows*

Daven is named Warden of the West by Queen Cersei. He rides to lay siege to Riverrun, which is currently held by Ser Brynden Tully, the Blackfish. He wants to storm the castle, but his commanders think otherwise.

After a long while, Ser Jaime Lannister takes command of the siege, and Daven is pleased to let go of his task. Jaime notes that Daven looks like a lion with all his hair, and Daven says that it keeps his face warm in the night. Soon after, Jaime successfully makes Lord Edmure Tully surrender Riverrun to the Lannisters and Freys.
House of Tulkas

The **House of Tulkas** was the dwelling of Tulkas in Valmar, the city of the Valar in Valinor.

## History

The house is said to have sprung "*high into the air with many storeys*", and to sport a "*tower of bronze and pillars of copper in a wide arcade*". Tulkas's house also had a court, where champions engaged in athletic games. There would often Nessa, wife of Tulkas, appear to bring goblets of wine and drinks to the players.

## Notes

* The house could have been referenced by the Greek God of war Ares.

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## References

1. ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 1: The Book of Lost Tales, III: "The Coming of the Valar and the Building of Valinor"

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Harlindon

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**Harlindon** was the southern part of Lindon; a region which fell within the Elven lands of Lindon. The Elf-haven and harbour of Harlond in Harlindon lay on the northern coast of the region. Like the rest of Lindon, it was a remnant of Beleriand.

## Location

Harlindon was a green and fair land on the northwestern shores of Middle-earth. It was located west of the Blue Mountains and south of the Gulf of Lune which divided Lindon into the northern Forlindon and the southern Harlindon. At the head of the Gulf lay the seaport Grey Havens. There were woods at the foot of the Blue Mountains and a haven in a small inlet on the southern shores of the Gulf of Harlond.

At the beginning of the Second Age, Celeborn and Galadriel lived in Harlindon before they moved to Eregion in SA 750.

## References

1. ↑ *The Atlas of Middle-earth,* The Third Age, "Introduction"
2. ↑ *The Atlas of Middle-earth,* Regional Maps, "Eriador"

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Losgar

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**Losgar** was a region located at the mouth of the Firth of Drengist in Middle-earth.

## History

Losgar was the place that Fëanor and his followers landed and where he ordered the burning the Swanships that he stole from the Teleri of Alqualondë. Fingolfin observed this from Araman in Aman and realized that he had been betrayed thus forcing him and his followers to undergo a long and hard trek across the Helcaraxë to Middle-earth.

## References

1. ↑ *The Atlas of Middle-earth,* The First Age, The Elder Days, "The Flight of the Noldor"
2. ↑ *The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion,* Chapter IX: "Of the Flight of the Noldor"
3. ↑ *The Complete Guide to Middle-earth*

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House Locke

**House Locke of Oldcastle** is a noble house from the North and is sworn to House Bolton. They blazon their sigil with two bronze keys crossed on white and purple. Their seat is the castle of Oldcastle. The current head of the house is Lord Ondrew Locke.

## History

The Lockes are a house of First Men lineage, and ruled as kings after the Long Night. They were eventually made to bend the knee, and became vassals of the Kings of Winter, of House Stark.

After the extinction of House Greystark, the Flints held the Wolf's Den for tone century, and the Lockes held it for two.

Lady Marna Locke was married to Lord Edwyle Stark and was the mother of Lord Rickard Stark.
King under the Mountain

> "*Thorin, son of Thráin, son of Thrór, "King under the Mountain". Oh, but I'm forgetting; you don't have a mountain, and you're not a king, which makes you...nobody, really.*"
> ― The Great Goblin taunting Thorin Oakenshield of his title
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The **King under the Mountain,** also called the **King of Erebor,** was the hereditary title of the Dwarven ruler who resides at the Lonely Mountain. The King under the Mountain was also by right the King of Durin's Folk.

In *The Hobbit*, the Dragon Smaug was held to be the only "king" of Erebor. Thorin Oakenshield was in fact in line to be the only rightful King under the Mountain.

## References

1. ↑ *The Complete Guide to Middle-earth*
2. ↑ *The Hobbit*

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Cleos Frey

> "*He is not a bold one, this one.*"
> ― Catelyn Stark
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**Ser Cleos Frey** is the eldest son of Lord Emmon Frey and Genna Lannister. He is an anointed knight. Cleos fights in the War of the Five Kings, but is killed by outlaws between Duskendale and Maidenpool.

## Books

### A Clash of Kings

Cleos was captured at the Battle of the Whispering Wood alongside his cousin, Jaime Lannister. He is dispatched to King's Landing by Robb Stark to present the Stark peace terms. He returns with a counter offer, but is arrested again after some of his men try to free Jaime Lannister, which was a ruse concocted by Tyrion Lannister.

### A Storm of Swords

He is released by Catelyn Stark, and is assigned to accompany Brienne of Tarth and Jaime Lannister to King's Landing, to secure the survival of Sansa Stark.

The group is ambushed on the road between Duskendale and Maidenpool, and Ser Cleos is shot with arrows through his right arm and chest. When his horse freaks, Cleos foot gets caught in the stirrup and drags him along the ground, killing him.

## Aftermath of Death

Jaime Lannister takes Cleos' sword and uses it to fight Brienne, shortly after Cleos' death.

In A Feast for Crows both Jaime and Brienne think of Cleos. Jaime doesn't mourn him, but he does tell Emmon and Genna about the manner of their sons death, whilst Brienne thinks about Cleos whilst travelling between Duskendale and Maidenpool.
Last Desert

**The Last Desert** is a mysterious, possibly fictional land in Middle-earth.

Hobbit folklore described the Last Desert as being a realm at the very eastern end of Middle-earth, inhabited by wild Were-worms.

No factual accounts of such a place exist. However, Hobbit folklore frequently had some elements of truth in it, such as the stories of the Oliphaunts. It is possible that in the unexplored lands east of the Orocarni or in the Far Harad, there was a desert realm inhabited by Dragon-like monsters. In literature, a common folly of many writers is that all legends, rumours, and myths turn to be true, and Tolkien may not have been immune. If it was east of Orocarni, that probably meant that there was a second mountain range east of Orocarni, and that desert is a result of the rain-shadow effect.Template:Fact

## Translations around the World

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Jon Connington

Lord **Jon Connington** was the head of House Connington and briefly served as the Hand of the King during the reign of Aerys II Targaryen. Growing up as a squire in King's Landing, he became one of the few close friends of Rhaegar Targaryen. It is implied that he was in love with Rhaegar, as he refers to Rhaegar as his "Silver Prince." This theory is supported by Connington's distaste for Elia Martell, Rhaegar's wife.

Connington is a POV character in *A Dance with Dragons*.

## Fan Art Gallery

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Centrosaurus

***Centrosaurus*** was a genus of Ceratopsian dinosaurs. Like other centrosaurines, *Centrosaurus* had a single large horn over the nose. *Centrosaurus* could reach a length of 6 meters. It lived in Canada in the Cretaceous period, 76 million years ago. Many dozens of skeletons are known of this Dinosaur. In some cases, we have hundreds of individuals scattered bones, as evidence of a mass drowning in what must have been stampedes across torrentially charged and dangerously stormy rivers in migrational crossings gone wrong. *Daspletosaurus torosus* was one of its major predators.
Araman

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**Araman** was the narrow northern coastland of Aman, north of Valinor, that lay outside the mountain-fence of the Pelóri.

It was deserted, mountainous, and frozen because of its neighbouring with the Helcaraxë, joining it with Beleriand. The land may have consisted of tundra, but was dark in the age of the Two Trees, so might well have been totally desolate.

## History

Araman was the way Melkor, and later the Ñoldor, took after their exile. Araman was the place where the departing Noldor heard the Prophecy of the North from a dark figure standing on a rock. After hearing the doom that would lay upon them if they continued to rebel, the host divided into those following Fëanor who were resolved to return to Middle-earth after Morgoth to recover the Silmarils, and those who followed Finarfin who returned to Tirion and repented their rebellion and chose to live in peace ever after in the Undying Lands.

## Etymology

***Araman*** in Quenya meant 'Outside Aman'.

## References

1. ↑ *The Atlas of Middle-earth,* The First Age, The Elder Days, "The Flight of the Noldor"
2. ↑ *The Atlas of Middle-earth,* The First Age, The Elder Days, "Valinor"
3. ↑ *The Silmarillion*, *Quenta Silmarillion*, Chapter IX: "Of the Flight of the Noldor"
4. ↑ *The Silmarillion*, Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin names

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King of the West

"**King of the West**" was a title taken by Aragorn II Elessar on his accession to the throne of Gondor, signifying his kingship over all the Free Peoples of the West, from the North to the South.

In both the North- and South-kingdoms of the Dúnedain, there had been no king for many centuries. At the time of Aragorn's coronation, there had been no King of Gondor for 969 years and no king of a united Arnor for 2,158 years. The last King to rule both realms jointly had been Aragorn's distant ancestor Isildur, though his Kingship was cut short at the Disaster of the Gladden Fields before he could truly take up the rule of his twin realms.

From that time, when the Third Age was just two years old, the West had had no uniting King. Aragorn's coronation was thus the beginning of the new "Reunited Kingdom".

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Aegonfort

The **Aegonfort** was a fortress built by Aegon the Conqueror at the mouth of the Blackwater Rush, where the Red Keep now resides. It was the second known seat of House Targaryen.

## History

The construction of the Aegonfort began when Aegon landed to conquer Westeros. It was built atop a hill that would come to be known as Aegon's High Hill.

In 35 AC, Aegon realized that the Aegonfort was not fit as the seat of a royal family. He moved his family and household back to Dragonstone and ordered the Aegonfort to be burnt down. Around the surviving Iron Throne, a new castle which would become known as the Red Keep was constructed. And around the Red Keep, grew King's Landing.
Andal Invasion

*NOTE: This article is currently under construction.*

### Result

Migration success* Andals occupy the lands south of the Neck while the First Men keep the North
* The Pact ends
* The Children of the Forest disappear
* The Faith of the Seven becomes dominant in Westeros

Belligerents| **Andals*** House Grafton
* House Arryn
* House Vypren
* House Vance
* House Martell
* House Tyrell
* House Royce
* House Mudd
* House Durrandon
* House Gardener
* House Lannister

**Ironborn*** House Greyiron
* House Hoare
* House Drumm
* House Greyjoy
* House Orkwood

**Non-human races*** Children of the Forest

The **Andal Invasion** was a migration period where the Andals fled from Andalos to Westeros, to escape the Valyrian Freehold. The Maesters are at dispute on whether the migration occured 2,000, 4,000, or 6,000 years ago.

## The Invasion

The Andals of Andalos fled west to avoid the might of the Valyrians and their vast empire. When they crossed the Narrow Sea and landed in Westeros, they were met with heavy resistance from the inhabitants of the western continent.
House Lannister of Darry

**House Lannister of Darry** is a new noble house from Castle Darry in the Riverlands, and a cadet branch of House Lannister.

## Recent Events

### *A Clash of Kings*

After the Battle of the Blackwater, Ser Lancel Lannister is granted Castle Darry and its lands.

### *A Feast for Crows*

Lancel is betrothed to Amerei Frey, per the alliance between House Lannister and House Frey.

Lord Lancel renounces both lordship and marriage to join the Noble and Puissant Order of the Warrior's Sons, a knightly branch of the Faith Militant.

## Members

* Ser Lancel Lannister, the new Lord of Darry. Forsook lands, title and wife to join the Warrior's Sons.
	+ Lady Amerei Frey, called "Gatehouse Ami", his wife.
Enedwaith

Template:Location infobox**Enedwaith** (also spelled **Enedhwaith**) originally referred to both a region of Middle-earth and the men that inhabited it. The region of Enedwaith retained its name but the people of Enedwaith were long extinguished.

The boundaries of the Enedwaith, which is Sindarin for 'Middle-region' as well as 'Middle-folk', were defined in the north by the rivers Gwathló and Glanduin, to the east by the Hithaeglir, and to the west by Belegaer, 'The Great Sea'. The southern border was less clear, but was probably formed by the river Isen.

During the First and early Second Ages Enedwaith was deeply forested, but with the arrival of the timber-hungry Númenóreans, from the seventh century of the Second Age onwards, the landscape was devastated.

The Enedwaithrim themselves "were forest dwellers, scattered communities without central leadership." They were distantly related to the Haladin of old, but this wasn't recognized in time by Númenóreans, who were mainly descended from the First and Third Houses of the Edain, and therefore spoke a language which was not related. The Enedwaithrim were not ranked as Middle Men, friends and distant kin of the Edain, but were ranked among the "people of darkness", enemies and aliens.

The denuded forests of Enedwaith, and much of those to the north in Eriador, were finally destroyed by the War of the Elves and Sauron around SA 1700, during which much of what had survived the felling was burnt. Only remote corners like Eryn Vorn survived in Eriador, and the Old Forest still further north. Many surviving natives took refuge in the eastern highlands of Enedwaith, "the foothills of the Misty Mountains", which ultimately became Dunland.

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After SA 3320, Enedwaith formed the most northern part of the new Kingdom of Gondor, at least officially. The south-east was still "in places well-wooded", but elsewhere Enedwaith was by this time "mostly grassland." Following the Great Plague in TA 1636 however, Gondor's authority permanently lapsed throughout the region.

Tharbad, originally one of two ancient cities on the Gwathló, and the only one to survive beyond the early Third Age, was finally abandoned following devastating floods in TA 2912, and thereafter, only two groups survived in Enedwaith: the Dunlendings in the far east, and a "fairly numerous but barbarous fisher-folk" wandering the coast.

In the early Fourth Age, however, Enedwaith was absorbed into the Reunited kingdom, whose people "multiplied exceedingly", and many moved there.

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Hyarmendacil II

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**Hyarmendacil II** was the twenty-fourth King of Gondor.

## Biography

Hyarmendacil was the son of King Aldamir and reigned from TA 1540 until TA 1621. Born as Vinyarion, his father Aldamir was slain in a war with the Haradrim in TA 1540 and Vinyarion wished to avenge Aldamir's death. He accomplished this in TA 1551 by invading Harad and winning an astounding victory over the Haradrim and it was then when he proclaimed himself Hyarmendacil II, meaning in Sindarin "South-victor" after his famous ancestor from the twelfth century Third Age.

He died in TA 1621 after a rule of eighty-one years and two hundred thirty years of life and was succeeded by his son Minardil, who ruled for thirteen years before being slain at Pelargir.

## Etymology

Hyarmendacil was a Sindarin word that meant "South-victor".

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## Translations around the World

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## References

1. ↑ *The Lord of the Rings,* Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I: The Númenórean Kings, (iv): "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"
2. ↑ *The Lord of the Rings,* Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "The Third Age"
3. ↑ *The Complete Guide to Middle-earth*

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Lann

**Lann**, known to history as **Lann the Clever**, was the legendary founder of House Lannister, famous for swindling Casterly Rock from its founding family House Casterly.

## History

Though a great deal is unknown about the man, Lann was believed to be one of the First Men. Some say that he was a bastard born to Florys the Fox, or Rowan Gold-Tree, the legendary daughters of Garth Greenhand. He is also rumoured in the west to have deceived Garth by impersonating one of his many sons and taking some of the inheritance that belonged to the man's actual offspring. Some believe that he was an Andal who travelled across the sea, only centuries before the Andals came to Westeros.

Lann's method of taking the Rock from House Casterly differ broadly, but the majority of them portray him as exceptionally cunning. Some say that he stripped, bathed in butter and infiltrated a cleft in the stone within the Rock, before whispering threats to the sleeping Casterlys, howling like a demon, exchanging the treasures of one brother for another's, and even rigging traps throughout the fortress. Thus, he tricked the Casterlys into destroying themselves, or even that their home was haunted.

Some say that Lann infested the Rock with mice rats and other vermin, forcing them out of the Rock and taking it for himself; alternatively that he set a pride of lions on the Casterly men and had his way with their daughters and wives. His most popular and disturbing tale is that he impregnated Casterly women while they slept, and they produced golden-haired children while stating they never slept with a man before. Either way, Lann extinguished House Casterly once and for all and solidified himself as the founder of the great and powerful House Lannister.

Many claim that Lann lived for over three hundred years, sired a hundred strong sons and a hundred beautiful daughters with great features, and hair as golden as the sun. His descendants expanded to such a degree that they overpopulated Casterly Rock, spilling into what became Lannisport. Apparently he never wore the title of king in his life, however long it was, but since his death he has been called the first King of the Rock.

Maesters debate whether or not Lann even existed, to this day. He is one of the most enigmatic figures of the Age of Heroes.
Emerië

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**Emerië** was a region in the middle of Númenor.

Emerië was a land of green valleys, where sheep were kept. The people of Emerië were mainly of Bëorian origins, and they spoke an accented Adûnaic with many Bëorian words and some other oddities.

Erendis, wife of Tar-Aldarion, came from Emerië, and after their strife she returned here where she stayed until her death.

## Translations around the world

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Baela Targaryen

Lady **Baela Targaryen** was a daughter of Prince Daemon Targaryen and Lady Laena Velaryon. Her twin sister was Rhaena Targaryen. She was a dragonrider, whose dragon was Moondancer.

Baela's appearance is unknown. Baela was as fearless as her father.

Baela was born in Pentos. When she was half a year old, she and her mother and twin sister sailed from Pentos to Driftmark. In 117 AC she and Rhaena were presented to the King, Viserys I Targaryen, by their father, Prince Daemon Targaryen. Baela grew up on Dragonstone.

Towards the end of the civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons, as Dragonstone fell to King Aegon II Targaryen, Baela was able to escape from her bedchambers as the door was being smashed down. She managed to reach Moondancer in the stable where the castle dragons were kept. There she loosed her chains and strapped a saddle onto her. As Aegon II flew Sunfyre over Dragonmont's smoking peak and made his descent, Baela rose up on Moondancer to meet him.

The dragons fought in the pre-dawn sky, eventually slamming into the ground still fighting. Aegon jumped from the saddle twenty feet from the ground but Lady Baela stayed with Moondancer all the way down. Burned and battered she still found the strength to undo her saddle chains and crawl away from her dragon as Moondancer coiled into her death throes. Ser Alfred Broome drew his sword to slay Baela, but Ser Marston Waters wrenched the blade from his hand. Tom Tangletongue carried her to the maester.

Baela and her sister introduced Daenaera Velaryon to their half-brother Aegon III Targaryen, leading to the couple's marriage. Baela herself married her cousin Lord Alyn Velaryon and had issue.
Emmon Frey

> "*Lord Emmon does not need to breathe, so long as he can chew.*"
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**Lord Emmon Frey** is the second son of Lord Walder Frey and Perra Royce. He was married to Genna Lannister at age 14, when she was just 7. After the Red Wedding he was given all Tully lands, and became the Lord of Riverrun.

## History

He was married to Genna Lannister at the age of 14, and whilst she was 7. The announcement of their wedding prompted Roger Reyne to storm out of the hall in anger, and caused Ellyn Tarbeck to laugh. This started the dislike that Tywin Lannister held for House Reyne. After their wedding he spent most of his life living at Casterly Rock with his wife.

## Books

### A Game of Thrones

He is one of five of Lord Walder's sons to attend King's Landing for the Hand's Tourney. At the outbreak of the War of the Five Kings he goes against his father, who reluctantly follows his liege lord in following Robb Stark, and follows House Lannister into battle.

### A Storm of Swords

After the Red Wedding, Tywin Lannister and Walder Frey makes a deal that Emmon will be titled Lord of Riverrun, and shall be given all it's lands once Ser Brynden Tully yeilds.

### A Feast for Crows

He is present at the Siege of Riverrun after he is named the rightful lord of the castle. He tries to get Jaime Lannister to hang Edmure Tully repeatedly, hoping that Edmure's death would legitimize his claim more. After Riverrun falls he garrisons it with 200 Frey men, but is furious to hear that Brynden Tully escaped, worried about another Tully at large.
Calenardhon

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**Calenardhon** was the first name of the lands of Rohan, when it was still a part of the kingdom of Gondor.  The name, in Sindarin, means 'the Green Region' or 'the Green Province,' and was an area of great, grassy, sparsely-populated plains west of Anórien and to the north of the White Mountains.

This area of Gondor was an area of constant incursion, and, during the reign of the Steward Cirion, it came under attack from the Balchoth.  In order to drive back the invaders, Gondor called upon the Éothéod for aid; the horsemen, under Eorl the Young, were successful in vanquishing the enemy at the Field of Celebrant.

After the battle, what would become the people of the Rohirrim were ceded these lands by Cirion in return for their assistance in guarding the northern marches, as well as the Gap of Rohan, against invaders.

## References

* The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book 4, Ch. V: "The Window on the West"
* The Lord of the Rings, Appendices, A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, II: The House of Eorl

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Ice

**Ice** was the ancestralValyrian steel greatsword of House Stark of Winterfell. It is as wide across as a grown man's hand, and is taller than an adolescent Robb Stark. The blade itself has a dark-smokey appearance. It was destroyed by Lord Tywin Lannister and reforged into Widow's Wail and Oathkeeper.

## History

The name Ice is a legacy from The Age of Heroes, and pre-dates the current sword. About four hundred years before Robert Baratheon's reign, the sword was spell-forged in Valyria and acquired by the Starks, who named it after that legacy. It then became the sword of the Lord of Winterfell.

## Books

### A Game of Thrones

Eddard Stark Uses the greatsword in battles and personally executes condemned prisoners. Theon Greyjoy hands him the sword during the execution of Gared, a brother of the Night's Watch that had fled The Wall. He also uses it to execute the Direwolf, Lady, claiming that she deserves that as she is of The North.

After Stark's capture, Ser Ilyn Payne is given the sword and uses it to execute Stark himself.

### A Storm of Swords

Payne carries the blade for a short while until Lord Tywin Lannister takes it from him. Tywin then commissions Tobho Mott to melt down Ice and reforge it into two new swords:

* Widow's Wail Is given as a wedding gift to Tywin's grandson, King Joffrey, who dies at that same wedding feast without ever wielding the blade. It is then passed down to his younger brother and successor, King Tommen.

* The second sword is given to Ser Jaime Lannister, who in turn gives it to Brienne of Tarth, who names it Oathkeeper when Jaime charges her with finding Sansa Stark.
House Royce

**House Royce of Runestone** is a noble house from the Vale of Arryn. They are sworn to House Arryn, and their seat is the castle Runestone, north of Gulltown and south of the Fingers. They stand out as one of the strongest houses in all of the Vale.

The Royces blazon their arms with black iron studs on bronze, bordered with runes. Their words are "*We Remember*".

## History

House Royce is an ancient and powerful family, originally of the First Men. They began intermingling with the Andals after the Andal Invasion.

## Books

### A Game of Thrones

Ser Waymar Royce, a new ranger of the Night's Watch, is killed by an Other. He is reanimated as a wight before killing one of his fellow rangers, Will.

### A Clash of Kings

Ser Robar Royce joins Renly Baratheon's Rainbow Guard, then known as Ser Robar the Red. Shortly after the Assassination of Renly Baratheon, Robar lets Catelyn Stark and Brienne Tarth to escape, but soon after gets killed by Ser Loras Tyrell, who was blinded by rage after Renly's death.

## Members

* Lord Yohn Royce, called "Bronze Yohn". Lord of Runestone.
	+ Ser Andar Royce, his eldest son and heir.
	+ Ser {Robar Royce}.
	+ Ser {Waymar Royce}.
	+ Ysilla Royce.

### Historical members

* King Yorwyck VI Royce.
* High King Robar II Royce. Last Bronze King. Yorwyck VI's grandson.
* Lord Allard Royce. Lord of Runestone during the reign of Aenys I Targaryen.
* Lord Yorbert Royce, Lord of Runestone during the reign of Jaehaerys I Targaryen.
* Lady Rhea Royce, first wife of Daemon Targaryen.
* Ser Willlum Royce, a knight of the house during the Dance of Dragons. Perished during the Storming of the Dragonpit.
* Lady Perra Royce, first wife of Walder Frey.

## Vassals

* House Tollett of Grey Glen.
* House Coldwater of Coldwater Burn.

## Mentions within Sources

### A Song of Ice and Fire

* Ser Waymar Royce is a member of House Royce of Runestone. He was killed by the Others beyond the Wall.
* House Royce of Runestone is an ancient house.

## References and Notes

1. ↑ A Game of Thrones, Prologue
2. ↑ A Game of Thrones, Prologue
3. ↑ A Game of Thrones, Prologue
Atanatar I

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**Atanatar I** was the tenth King of Gondor.

## Biography

Atanatar was the son of Turambar and succeeded his father to the throne of Gondor in TA 667. His reign was uneventful and presumably peaceful. He died in TA 748 and was succeeded by his son Siriondil.

## Etymology

Atanatar was a Quenya word that meant 'man-father'.

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2. ↑ *The Complete Guide to Middle-earth*
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Aerys I Targaryen

King **Aerys I Targaryen** was the thirteenth king of the Targaryen dyansty to sit on the Iron Throne of Westeros

## Early life

Aerys I was the second son of King Daeron II Targaryen, and was not expected to succeed to the throne. His elder brother Baelor served as the King's Hand and heir. Aerys was bookish and had little interest in politics or war. He married Aelinor Penrose, of House Penrose of Parchments from The Stormlands. They never had children.

When Prince Baelor was killed in a tourney mishap at Ashford, Aerys' nephew Valarr became heir to the throne. However, within months the Great Spring Sickness had swept across Westeros. King Daeron, Prince Valarr and his younger brother were all killed, and Aerys unexpectedly found himself on the throne.

## Reign

Aerys' reign was troubled. From the start he did not particularly concern himself with running the realm. The expectation was that he would name his brother Maekar to the position of King's Hand, but instead he named his bastard uncle Brynden Rivers, better known as 'Bloodraven', to the role. Despite his leal service to King Daeron and his decisive turning of the tide at the Battle of Redgrass Field, Bloodraven was distrusted by many.

With Bloodraven proving an effective administrator, Aerys retired from the world and was rarely seen in public after about 211 AL, and even then all access to the King and Queen was strictly controlled by Bloodraven.

Aerys' reign ended with his death in 221 AL. Given that his next-youngest brother Rhaegel was a simpleton who choked on a lamprey pie, the crown passed instead to Maekar.

## Character and appearance

Aerys appears to have been bookish and studious to the point of absent-mindedness. His clothes were often soiled as he had forgotten to change them often, and frequently had red-rimmed and baggy eyes from reading too much and by poor light. He had a long straight face, thin hair, a thin moustache and a long pointed beard. He was rarely found without a book or parchment to hand. He wore the ornamented dragon crown of Aegon IV.
Alalminórë

**Alalminórë**, or **Land of Elms**, was a region in Tol Eressëa in the earlier forms of the legendarium.

## History

Alalminórë was a wooded area of elm trees situated in the center of the island. Many towns and villages were here ringed around the city of Kortirion (or *Koromas*), the island's principal city located in the center of the region. It was also where the Cottage of Lost Play was located, near Kortirion. It was known for being the fairest place on the island.

It was mentioned several times in the poem *Kortirion among the Trees*.

## Other Names

It was also known by its Gnomish (i.e. Sindarin) or Ñoldorin name ***Gar Lossion*** ('Place of Flowers').

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## References

1. ↑ *The Atlas of Middle-earth*, The Second Age, "Introduction"
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *The History of Middle-earth*, Vol. I: *The Book of Lost Tales Part One,* I: "The Cottage of Lost Play" Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name "History" defined multiple times with different content

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Bethany Bracken

**Bethany Bracken** was a lady of House Bracken and the seventh mistress of King Aegon IV Targaryen.

## History

Bethany's sister, Barba, was the fifth of Aegon's mistresses, and the girls' father had served as Hand of the King. Both of them had been displaced, however, when Aegon decided he preferred Melissa Blackwood. Lord Bracken trained Bethany with the specific purpose of replacing Melissa.

Bethany caught the eye of Aegon during one of his trips to Stone Hedge, visiting his bastard son with Barba, Aegor Rivers. The king was old, fat, and foul tempered, but found Bethany delighting, and he took her back to King's Landing. She found the embraces of the king distressing, however, and found solace in the arms of a handsome knight of the Kingsguard, Ser Terrence Toyne. When Aegon found out, he forced Bethany to watch as he had Terrence dismembered. Bethany and her father were both executed.
Bree-land

Template:Location infobox**Bree-land** was a region of Eriador located between the Midgewater Marshes and the Barrow-downs.

## Description

Bree-land was a lowland area with a hill and a small forested area in its northeastern part. The climate was moderate with warm and moist prevailing winds from the Sea. The prevailing language of the land, as far as is known, was Westron.

Bree-land was about twenty-five miles in diameter. Normally it could be approached via the Great East Road coming out of the Shire in the west, and from the Greenway from north or south.

The township of Bree lay within this land. Other villages were Combe, Staddle, and Archet, homes to a mixed population of both Men and Hobbits.

## History

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The area was settled in the Second Age by Men from Dunland. Surviving the wars and chaos of that time, it became part of the kingdoms of Arnor then Arthedain and then maintained a certain independence with the unknowing protection of the Rangers of the North. After the War of the Ring, Bree-land became part of the Reunited Kingdom and presumably prospered well into the Fourth Age.

## Portrayal in adaptations

The computer game *The Lord of the Rings Online* gives its own broader definition of Bree-land. The game counts Buckland, Old Forest, Midgewater Marshes, and the Barrow-downs as within its boundaries.

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## References

1. ↑ *The Atlas of Middle-earth*, Regional Maps, "Eriador"
2. ↑ *The Atlas of Middle-earth*, The Lord of the Rings, "At the Prancing Pony"
3. ↑ *The Atlas of Middle-earth*, Thematic Maps, "Landforms"
4. ↑ The Complete Guide to Middle-earth

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