House Arryn
The Lords Of The Eyrie
As High As Honor
The Arryns are the descendants of the Kings of Mountain and Vale, one of the oldest and purest lines of Andal nobility. They are the Wardens of the East, a title they have held for three hundred years. Before that they were the Kings of the eastern kingdom of Westeros.
The Eyrie is built high in the mountains of the East, made of seven slender white towers so high that one can look down upon the clouds from their parapets. Though small by the Great Houses' standards, the Eyrie, because of the height at which it is built, is the most difficult of castles to storm, as like to defeat troops by causing them to suffer vertigo if naught else. The sigil of the Arryns is the moon-and-falcon, white, upon a sky blue field. The Arryn words are As High As Honor.
Lord Jon Arryn, recently deceased, childless for most of his life, fostered both Robert Baratheon and Eddard Stark at the Eyrie. He had been a second father to the both of them. He raised the East in revolt rather than give them up when King Aerys II Targaryen demanded their heads. After Robert took the Iron Throne, he named Jon Arryn the Hand of the King and he went with him to King's Landing. Lord Jon Arryn is also a brother by marriage to Lord Eddard Stark, as they are married to two sisters, the daughters of Lord Hoster Tully of Riverrun.
The Present Lords Of House Arryn
{LORD JON ARRYN}, Lord of the Eyrie, Defender of the Vale, Warden of the East, Hand of the King, recently deceased,
his wives:
- {LADY JEYNE, of House Royce}, his first wife, died in childbed, her daughter stillborn,
- {LADY ROWENA, of House Arryn}, his second wife, a cousin, died of a winter chill, childless,
- his third wife and now widow, LADY LYSA, of House Tully,
their son, ROBERT ARRYN, a sickly boy of six years, now Lord of the Eyrie and Defender of the Vale
his household:
- MAESTER COLEMAN, counselor, healer, tutor,
- SER VARDIS EGEN, captain of the guard,
- SER BRYNDEN TULLY, called the Blackfish, Knight of the Gate, and uncle to Lady Lysa,
- MORD, a brutal gaoler,
his lords bannermen:
- LORD YOHN ROYCE, called BRONZE YOHN,
his children:
- SER ANDAR ROYCE, his eldest son and heir,
- SER ROBAR ROYCE, his second son,
- SER WAYMAR ROYCE, his youngest son, a sworn man of the Night's Watch,
- LORD NESTOR ROYCE, High Steward of the Vale, brother of Lord Yohn,
his children:
- SER ALBAR ROYCE, his son and heir,
- MYRANDA, his daughter,
MYA STONE, a bastard girl in his service,
- LORD EON HUNTER, suitor to Lady Lysa,
- SER LYN CORBRAY, suitor to Lady Lysa,
his squire, MYCHEL REDFORT,
- LADY ANYA WAYNWOOD, a widow,
her children:
- SER MORTON WAYNWOOD, her eldest son and heir, suitor to Lady Lysa,
- SER DONNEL WAYNWOOD, her younger son.
The principle houses sworn to the Eyrie are Royce, Bælish, Egen, Waynwood, Hunter, Redfort, Corbray, Belmore, Melcolm, and Hersy
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