A Game of Thrones

{JON ARRYN}, Lord of the Eyrie, Defender of the Vale, Warden of the East, Hand of the King, recently deceased,

— his first wife, {LADY JEYNE, of House Royce}, died in childbed, her daughter stillborn,

— his second wife, {LADY ROWENA, of House Arryn}, his cousin, died of a winter chill, childless,

— his third wife and 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,

— their retainers and household:

— MAESTER COLEMON, counselor, healer, and tutor,

— SER VARDIS EGEN, captain of the guard,

— SER BRYNDEN TULLY, called the Blackfish, Knight of the Gate and uncle to the Lady Lysa,

— LORD NESTOR ROYCE, High Steward of the Vale,

— SER ALBAR ROYCE, his son,

— MYA STONE, a bastard girl in his service,

— LORD EON HUNTER, suitor to Lady Lysa,

— SER LYN CORBRAY, suitor to Lady Lysa,

— MYCHEL REDFORT, his squire,

— LADY ANYA WAYNWOOD, a widow,

— SER MORTON WAYNWOOD, her son, suitor to Lady Lysa,

— SER DONNEL WAYNWOOD, her son,

— MORD, a brutal gaoler,

The principal houses sworn to the Eyrie are Royce, Baelish, Egen, Waynwood, Hunter, Redfort, Corbray, Belmore, Melcolm, and Hersy.

HOUSE TULLY

The Tullys never reigned as kings, though they held rich lands and the great castle at Riverrun for a thousand years. During the Wars of Conquest, the riverlands belonged to Harren the Black, King of the Isles. Harren’s grandfather, King Harwyn Hardhand, had taken the Trident from Arrec the Storm King, whose ancestors had conquered all the way to the Neck three hundred years earlier, slaying the last of the old River Kings. A vain and bloody tyrant, Harren the Black was little loved by those he ruled, and many of the river lords deserted him to join Aegon’s host. First among them was Edmyn Tully of Riverrun. When Harren and his line perished in the burning of Harrenhal, Aegon rewarded House Tully by raising Lord Edmyn to dominion over the lands of the Trident and requiring the other river lords to swear him fealty. The Tully sigil is a leaping trout, silver, on a field of rippling blue and red. The Tully words are Family, Duty, Honor.

HOSTER TULLY, Lord of Riverrun,

— his wife, {LADY MINISA, of House Whent}, died in childbed,

— their children:

— CATELYN, the eldest daughter, wed to Lord Eddard Stark,

— LYSA, the younger daughter, wed to Lord Jon Arryn,

— SER EDMURE, heir to Riverrun,

— his brother, SER BRYNDEN, called the Blackfish,

— his household:

— MAESTER VYMAN, counselor, healer, and tutor,

— SER DESMOND GRELL, master-at-arms,

— SER ROBIN RYGER, captain of the guard,

— UTHERYDES WAYN, steward of Riverrun,

— his knights and lords bannermen:

— JASON MALLISTER, Lord of Seagard,

— PATREK MALLISTER, his son and heir,

— WALDER FREY, Lord of the Crossing,

— his numerous sons, grandsons, and bastards,

— JONOS BRACKEN, Lord of the Stone Hedge,

— TYTOS BLACKWOOD, Lord of Raventree,

— SER RAYMUN DARRY,

— SER KARYL VANCE,

— SER MARQ PIPER,

— SHELLA WHENT, Lady of Harrenhal,

— SER WILLIS WODE, a knight in her service,

Lesser houses sworn to Riverrun include Darry, Frey, Mallister, Bracken, Blackwood, Whent, Ryger, Piper, Vance.

HOUSE TYRELL

The Tyrells rose to power as stewards to the Kings of the Reach, whose domain included the fertile plains of the southwest from the Dornish marches and Blackwater Rush to the shores of the Sunset Sea. Through the female line, they claim descent from Garth Greenhand, gardener king of the First Men, who wore a crown of vines and flowers and made the land bloom. When King Mern, last of the old line, perished on the Field of Fire, his steward Harlen Tyrell surrendered Highgarden to Aegon Targaryen, pledging fealty. Aegon granted him the castle and dominion over the Reach. The Tyrell sigil is a golden rose on a grass-green field. Their words are Growing Strong.

MACE TYRELL, Lord of Highgarden, Warden of the South, Defender of the Marches, High Marshal of the Reach,

— his wife, LADY ALERIE, of House Hightower of Oldtown,

— their children:

— WILLAS, their eldest son, heir to Highgarden,

— SER GARLAN, called the Gallant, their second son,

— SER LORAS, the Knight of Flowers, their youngest son,

— MARGAERY, their daughter, a maid of fourteen years,

— his widowed mother, LADY OLENNA of House Redwyne, called the Queen of Thorns,

— his sisters:

— MINA, wed to Lord Paxter Redwyne,

— JANNA, wed to Ser Jon Fossoway,

— his uncles:

— GARTH, called the Gross, Lord Seneschal of Highgarden,

— his bastard sons, GARSE and GARRETT FLOWERS,

— SER MORYN, Lord Commander of the City Watch of Oldtown,