Larys Strong

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Larys Strong
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Alias Larys Clubfoot
Titles
Allegiances
Culture Rivermen
Born In 91 AC or before[1]
Books

Larys Strong, known as Larys Clubfoot, was the Lord of Harrenhal and head of House Strong during the latter part of the reign of King Viserys I Targaryen and the reign of King Aegon II Targaryen. He served on the small council as the master of whisperers for both Viserys I and Aegon II.[2]

Appearance and Character

The Clubfoot rarely spoke, preferring to listen. When he did speak it was either to be glib or share words of great importance. As with most masters of whisperers, he was enigmatic and cunning.

History

In 105 AC, Larys was brought to court by his father, Lord Lyonel Strong, alongside his older brother, Harwin, and two sisters. Larys joined the confessors of King Viserys I Targaryen,[3] a position he still held by 120 AC.[4]

In 120 AC, Larys's father and older brother died in a fire at Harrenhal, leaving Larys to inherit his father's seat and title. Although the cause of the fire was never determined, one of the suggestions to have been put forth was that Larys had caused the fire.[3][4][5] Other suggested culprits were Prince Daemon Targaryen, Lord Corlys Velaryon, King Viserys I himself, and the curse of Black Harren.[3][4]

Larys had become the master of whisperers by 129 AC, when King Viserys I died. Larys was part of the green faction at court and gave his support to King Aegon II Targaryen during the Dance of the Dragons. When Aegon II's older half-sister Rhaenyra took King's Landing in 130 AC, Larys escaped capture by spiriting both himself as well as King Aegon II, still recovering from severe wounds, and the king's two remaining children, Maelor and Jaehaera, from the Red Keep through a secret passage which led them out of the city while bypassing the city's gates.[2] Larys insisted the group part ways. He ordered Ser Rickard Thorne to bring Prince Maelor to Lord Hightower at Oldtown and Ser Willis Fell to escort Princess Jaehaera to Lord Borros Baratheon at Storm's End, while disguising King Aegon II as a commoner and sending him to Dragonstone under the care of a bastard knight, believing her own stronghold would be the last place she would think to search for her brother.[2][6]

After the poisoning of King Aegon II Targaryen, Larys was one of the twenty-two people charged with and subsequently arrested for the king's murder by Lord Cregan Stark. During the Judgement of the Wolf, Lord Cregan presided over Larys's trial. Larys chose death over the Wall and was subsequently executed. As he was the last of his line, his death brought an end to House Strong.[7]

Family

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unknown
Strong
 
Unknown
wife
 
Simon
 
Unknown
wife
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unknown
woman
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lyonel
 
Unknown
three wives
 
Unknown
Strong
 
Unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unknown
man
 
Alys Rivers
[Note 1][Note 2]
 
Aemond
Targaryen
 
Harwin
 
Larys
 
Two
daughters
 
Grandsons
 
Bastards
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stillborn
children
 
Son
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Notes:
  1. Both Grand Maester Munkun and Septon Eustace believed Alys Rivers to have been the bastard daughter of Lord Lyonel Strong.
  2. In 132 AC, Alys claimed to have wed Prince Aemond before his death.


References

  1. See the Larys Strong calculation.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Princess and the Queen.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Rogue Prince.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I.
  5. The World of Ice & Fire, The Riverlands: House Tully.
  6. The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II.
  7. The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III.