House Tully

**House Tully of Riverrun** is a great house of Westeros, It's most senior member carries the title of Lord of Riverrun and Lord Paramount of the Trident. The current head is Lord Seymour Tully, son of the late host Walter Tully. The Tully sigil is a silver trout on a red and blue background. Their house words are "Family, Duty, Honor."

## History

### Pre-Conquest Era

House Tully is an old noble house of First Men origin, dating back to the Age of Heroes. Ser Edmure Tully and his sons were allies of Tristifer IV Mudd, the King of the Rivers and the Hills, but the Tullys knelt to the Andal conqueror Armistead Vance after Tristifer's death. Edmure's son, Axel Tully, received land at the confluence of the Red Fork and the Tumblestone, where he constructed Riverrun.

Unlike many Great Houses, the Tullys never ruled as kings, but held Riverrun for at least a thousand years as powerful vassals, they often defended the Trident for those who ruled over the lands.

### Aegon's Conquest & Targaryen Dynasty

House Tully rose to prominence during Aegon's Conquest, when Lord Edmyn Tully let the rebel riverlords who deserted Harren Hoare, King of the Isles and the Rivers, and instead supported House Targaryen. Following the Burning of Harrenhal, Edmyn was rewarded with dominion over the Riverlands by Aegon I Targaryen as the first Lord Paramount of the Trident. Despite being their new liege lords, the Tullys fielded smaller armies than the Blackwoods, Brackens, Freys and Vances. House Tully was also not as wealthy as the Mootoons, nor considered as prestigious as the Mallisters.

Edmyn served two years as Hand of the King to Aegon the Conqueror, the first King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men. King Aenys I Targaryen relied on the Tullys during the rebellion of Harren the Red, and King Maegor I Targaryen was supported by the Tullys and the Harroways against Prince Aegon Targaryen in the Battle Beneath the Gods Eye. The Tullys later supported Prince Jaehaerys Targaryen against Maegor. Lord Prentys Tully served Jaehaerys I as Master of Laws, while his wife, Lady Lucinda Tully, led the household for Queen Alysanne Targaryen.

In 101 AC during the Great Council, Lord Grover Tully spoke in favor of Prince Viserys Targaryen over Laenor Velaryon as the successor to Jaehaerys I. During the Dance of the Dragons, the Tullys ruled over, in name at least, the quarrelsome riverlords. The aged Lord Grover wanted to support the greens, but his son Elmo Tully and grandson Kermit Tully supported the blacks. Elmo led the riverlords to battle on the side of Rhaenyra during the Second Battle of Tumbleton. His father died soon after, and Elmo himself followed his father to the grave forty-nine days later after drinking bad water. His eldest son Kermit succeeded him, he lead the riverlords against the Baratheon host and slew Lord Borros Baratheon in the Battle of the Kingsroad. Kermit made House Tully prosper only to die in 136 AC at the age of 24. His younger brother Oscar Tully had already passed away five years earlier, leaving only the youngest brother Walter Tully to rule over the Riverlands.

Walter further developed House Tully and the Riverlands, bringing it to the height of it's power. The lands became stable under his rule and he was very popular with the people of the Riverlands. He married Jasmine Piper, and was blessed with a son named Seymour in 151 AC, securing the future of his house. In 181 AC he passed away at 63 years old, leaving Seymour Tully as new head of House Tully and Lord Paramount of the Trident.