House Leygood

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House Leygood
House Leygood.svg
Coat of arms Three black thunderbolts on orange
(Tenné, three thunderbolts sable)
Region Reach
Overlord House Tyrell
Founded Andal Invasion[1]

House Leygood is a noble house from the Reach. Their blazon is a threefold thunderbolt.[2][3]

History

The Leygoods trace their ancestry back to Andal adventurers given lands and wives by the Three Sage Kings of House Gardener during the Andal invasion.[1]

During the Dance of the Dragons, Lord Leygood was one of the Caltrops, and died at Tumbleton.[4]

Ser Simon Leygood was a suitor for Lady Rohanne Webber's hand.[2]

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Leygood men march with Lord Randyll Tarly's force, pacifying the crownlands and the riverlands after the Battle of the Blackwater. Brienne of Tarth spots a shield bearing the three thunderbolts of Leygood among those that had been collected from the dead after the battle at Duskendale.[5] She also encounters a guard wearing the badge of House Leygood at the gates of Maidenpool.[6]

House Leygood at the end of the third century

The known Leygoods during the timespan of the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire are:

  • no member has appeared yet.

Historical Members

Behind the Scenes

The sigil of House Leygood may be a reference by George R. R. Martin to the comic book characters The Flash or Johnny Thunderbolt.[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach: Andals in the Reach.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Sworn Sword.
  3. The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses in the Reach
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows.
  5. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 9, Brienne II.
  6. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 14, Brienne III.
  7. The Citadel: Are there any nods to other works in the series?