House Belmore
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House Belmore of Strongsong | |
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Coat of arms | Six silver bells on purple |
Seat | Strongsong |
Head | Lord Benedar Belmore |
Region | The Vale |
Title | Lord of Strongsong |
Overlord | House Arryn |
House Belmore of Strongsong is one of the main noble houses from the Vale.
Their arms are Six silver bells on purple. Their words do not appear in the books.
The Belmore House at the end of the third century
The known Belmores during the timespan of the events described on A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- Lord Benedar Belmore: Lord of Strongsong. A fat grey-bearded man.
With unspecified familiar relationship with the lord of the house there is also:
- Ser Marwyn Belmore: A knight. Captain of the guards.
Finally, the mother of Ser Elbert Arryn, the darling of the Vale, was a Belmore.
References in the books
A Song of Ice and Fire
- The Belmores gave support to Yohn Royce when pressuring Lady Lysa to enter to the War of the Five Kings on behalf of Robb Stark.
- Ser Marwyn Belmore was Lysa's captain of the guards at the Eyrie.
- Ser Marwyn was usually mocked by Marillion, who named him Ser Ding-Dong.
- When Petyr Baelish married Lysa, he replaced Ser Marwyn with Ser Lothor Brune as the captain of the guards.
- Ser Marwyn went up to the Eyrie with Lord Nestor and Ser Albar Royce to question Petyr Baelish and Alayne about Lysa's death.
- Lord Belmore was one of the six Lords Declarant; the first who arrived at the Gates of the Moon and blocked the food supplies.
- Petyr Baelish did not consider Lord Belmore as a threat, since he was corrupt and could be bought.
- After the parley at the Eyrie, Lord Belmore befriended Petyr Baelish and attended the wedding of Lord Lyonel Corbray that most of the other Lord Declarants shunned.
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