House Bolling
House Bolling | |
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Coat of arms |
Vairy orange and blue, upon a black canton, a golden stag beneath an orange bend sinister (Vairy tenné and azure, on a canton sable a stag or debruised by a bend sinister of the first) |
Region | the Stormlands |
Overlord | House Baratheon |
House Bolling is a noble house from the Stormlands. According to semi-canon sources, their arms are vairy orange and blue; upon a black canton, a golden stag beneath an orange bend sinister.[1] Their motto has not appeared.
Contents
History
The upper left side of the arms shows the Baratheon or Durrandon colors reversed beneath a bend sinister, an indication that the founder of the house was either a bastard or a descendant of a bastard of one of those lines.
Recent Events
A Clash of Kings
Presumably in the War of the Five Kings, the Bollings first support Renly Baratheon before going over to Stannis Baratheon's cause. It is unknown whether they remain with Stannis after the Battle of the Blackwater.
A Feast for Crows
The hedge knight Ser Creighton Longbough claims to have killed Ser Herbert Bolling in the Battle of the Blackwater.[2]
House Bolling at the end of the third century
The known Bollings during the timespan of the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- Ser Herbert Bolling
Historical Members
- Ser Theo Bolling, married to Elinor Costayne.[3]
- Three unknown children.[3]
References and Notes
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses from the Stormlands
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 4, Brienne I.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Brides of Maegor the Cruel.
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