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'''Mathis Rowan''' is Lord of [[Goldengrove]] and is the head of [[House Rowan]]. He is married to [[Bethany Redwyne]] and has three children by her.{{ref|AGOT|71}}
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'''Mathis Rowan''' is the Lord of [[Goldengrove]] and the head of [[House Rowan]]. He is married to Lady [[Bethany Redwyne]] and has three daughters by her.{{Ref|AGOT|71}}<ref name=CG>''[[A Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide]]'': Banners of the Reach</ref>
  
==Character and Appearance==
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==Appearance and Character==
Mathis is stout and florid{{ref|ACOK|22}} and clean-shaven.{{ref|ASOS|19}} According to Ser [[Kevan Lannister]], he is sensible, prudent and well liked.{{ref|AFFC|7}}
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Mathis is stout, florid, and clean-shaven.{{Ref|ACOK|22}}{{Ref|ASOS|19}} He wears a snowy doublet with a great tree worked upon the breast in gold thread.{{Ref|ACOK|65}}
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According to Ser [[Kevan Lannister]], Mathis is sensible, prudent, well liked, able, and loyal.{{Ref|AFFC|7}} [[Tyrion Lannister]] thinks Mathis is gruff, blunt, and to the point.{{Ref|ASOS|19}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
During [[Robert's Rebellion]], Mathis stayed loyal to King [[Aerys II Targaryen]]. He assisted his liege lord [[Mace Tyrell]] in laying [[Siege of Storm's End|siege]] to [[Stannis Baratheon]] at [[Storm's End]], but bends the knee to [[Robert Baratheon]] after Lord [[Eddard Stark]] lifted the siege following the [[Sack of King's Landing]].{{ref|ACOK|33}}
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During [[Robert's Rebellion]], Mathis stayed loyal to King [[Aerys II Targaryen]]. He assisted his liege lord, [[Mace Tyrell]], during the [[siege of Storm's End]], which was defended by [[Stannis Baratheon]]. Lord [[Eddard Stark]] lifted the siege following the [[Sack of King's Landing]], and Rowan bent the knee to the new king, [[Robert I Baratheon]].{{Ref|ACOK|33}}
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Lord Mathis found [[Dareon]] in bed with his daughter, who was two years older than the singer. Under the eyes of her father, she claimed rape and Dareon was sent to the [[Wall]] to join the [[Night's Watch]]. Dareon insists the relationship was consensual.{{Ref|AGOT|26}}
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
 
Lord Mathis found [[Dareon]] in bed with his daughter. She was two years older than him and he claimed it was consensual, however, under the eyes of her father, she claimed rape and Dareon was sent to the [[Wall]].{{ref|AGOT|26}}
 
 
 
===''A Clash of Kings''===
 
===''A Clash of Kings''===
At the outset of the [[War of the Five Kings]], Mathis Rowan joins his liege lord [[Mace Tyrell]] in declaring for King [[Renly Baratheon]] and marches with his army to [[Bitterbridge]]. After the melee where [[Brienne of Tarth]] wins a spot in the [[Rainbow Guard]], Mathis and several other nobles are with Renly when he meets with [[Catelyn Tully]], who has come as an envoy for her son [[Robb Stark]]. Mathis is dismayed to learn Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] was not executed after being captured by Robb's army. He later sits next to Catelyn during a feast at the castle. He remarks to her on how young most of the knights surrounding Renly are, and is surprised when she says she pities them. Mathis notes that they are all young, strong, and lustful, and questions why she feels pity for them. Catelyn opines that it will not last, since "they are the nights of summer, and winter is coming".{{ref|ACOK|22}}
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At the outset of the [[War of the Five Kings]], Mathis joins his liege lord, [[Mace Tyrell]], in declaring for King [[Renly Baratheon]]. After the [[melee at Bitterbridge]] where [[Brienne of Tarth]] wins a spot in the [[Rainbow Guard]], Mathis and several other nobles are with Renly when he meets with [[Catelyn Stark]], who has come as an envoy for her son, [[Robb Stark]], the [[King in the North]]. Mathis is dismayed to learn Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] was not executed after being captured by Robb's army in the [[battle in the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]]. He later sits next to Catelyn during a feast at [[Bitterbridge]].{{Ref|ACOK|22}}
  
After the parley with King [[Stannis Baratheon]] beneath the walls of [[Storm's End]], Mathis advises Renly to leave Stannis to besiege the formidable Storm's End and instead go on to take [[King's Landing]]. His opinion is overruled, however, as Renly decides to deal with Stannis before the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]]. Mathis is placed in command of the center in the coming battle with Stannis's forces.{{ref|ACOK|31}} Shortly before dawn, Mathis and Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] make final battle preparations with Renly. Mathis suggests attacking before dawn, but Renly refuses since he had agreed with Stannis to begin the battle at dawn. When Randyll asks what they should do if Stannis surrenders, Mathis laughs and tells him that Stannis would sooner die than surrender. After receiving their final orders from Renly, Mathis and Randyll depart to ready their soldiers. Before the battle can take place, Renly is assassinated.{{ref|ACOK|33}}
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After the parley with King [[Stannis Baratheon]] beneath the walls of [[Storm's End]], Mathis advises Renly to leave Stannis to besiege the formidable Storm's End and instead go on to take [[King's Landing]]. His opinion is overruled, however, as Renly decides to deal with Stannis before the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]]. Mathis is placed in command of the center in the coming battle with Stannis's forces.{{Ref|ACOK|31}} Shortly before dawn, Mathis and Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] make final battle preparations with Renly. Mathis suggests attacking at once, but Renly refuses since he had agreed with Stannis to begin the battle at dawn. After receiving their final orders from Renly, Mathis and Randyll depart to ready their soldiers. Before the battle can take place, however, [[Siege of Storm's End (299)|Renly is assassinated]].{{Ref|ACOK|33}}
  
Mathis is among the lords who, like Lord Tyrell, do not side with Stannis.{{ref|ACOK|36}} He is one of the leaders of the Reach that joins Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] at the headwaters of the [[Blackwater Rush]], marching alongside him until [[Tumbler's Falls]] where [[Mace Tyrell]] waits with an even larger force. They embark on barges and sail to just outside [[King's Landing]], where they take Stannis's army in the rear.{{ref|ASOS|14}} After the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] is done, Mathis is made an advisor of the [[small council]].
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Mathis is among the lords who, like Lord Tyrell, do not side with Stannis.{{Ref|ACOK|36}} He is one of the leaders of the Reach that joins Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] at the headwaters of the [[Blackwater Rush]], marching alongside him until [[Tumbler's Falls]], where Mace waits with an even larger force. They embark on barges and sail to just outside [[King's Landing]], where they take Stannis's army in the rear during the [[Battle of the Blackwater]].{{Ref|ASOS|14}} As a hero of the Blackwater, Lord Rowan is rewarded by King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] in the throne room.{{Ref|ACOK|65}}
  
 
===''A Storm of Swords''===
 
===''A Storm of Swords''===
As a guest at King [[Joffrey Baratheon]]'s [[Purple Wedding|royal wedding]], Mathis gives the king a red silk tourney pavilion as a wedding gift.{{ref|ASOS|59}}
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Mathis attends a [[small council]] meeting after the [[Battle of the Blackwater]]. Queen [[Cersei Lannister]], Joffrey's mother, attempts to influence Rowan by jests and smiles. Tywin Lannister, Joffrey's grandfather and the [[Hand of the King]], grants lesser tracts of land to the Rowans. Mathis appears upset when Tywin mentions the unresolved deaths of [[Elia Martell]] and her children in the [[Sack of King's Landing]].{{Ref|ASOS|19}}
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During the wedding feast of [[Sansa Stark]] and [[Tyrion Lannister]], Mathis dances with Cersei and Sansa.{{Ref|ASOS|28}}
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As a guest at Joffrey's [[Purple Wedding|royal wedding]], Mathis gives the king a red silk [[tourney]] pavilion as a wedding gift.{{Ref|ASOS|59}}
  
 
===''A Feast for Crows''===
 
===''A Feast for Crows''===
After the death of the [[Hand of the King]], Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] mentions Lord Mathis as a possibility to fill the vacant position.{{ref|AFFC|7}} Instead, Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] chooses the tractable Ser [[Harys Swyft]], and removes Mathis from the council. Mathis rides with Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] to [[Siege of Storm's End (300)|besiege]] [[Storm's End]], still held by Stannis's man [[Gilbert Farring]].{{ref|AFFC|16}} When Mace hears that his daughter [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]] has been arrested by the [[High Sparrow]], he returns to the capital and leaves Lord Rowan in command of the siege. Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] thinks Mathis would make an able Hand of the King.{{ref|AFFC|44}}
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After the death of the Hand of the King, Lord Tywin, Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] mentions Lord Mathis as a possibility to fill the vacant position.{{Ref|AFFC|7}} Cersei considers Mathis to be one of Mace's cronies,{{ref|AFFC|3}} however, and she chooses the tractable Ser [[Harys Swyft]] as Hand and removes Mathis from the council.
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Mathis rides with Lord Tyrell to [[Storm's End]], still held by Stannis's man, Ser [[Gilbert Farring]].{{Ref|AFFC|16}} When Mace hears that his daughter [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]] has been arrested by the [[High Sparrow]], he returns to the capital and leaves Lord Rowan in command of [[Siege of Storm's End (300)|the siege]]. Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] thinks Mathis would make an able Hand of the King.{{Ref|AFFC|44}}
  
 
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
 
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
The [[Golden Company]] lands in the Stormlands and quickly seizes several castles, gaining a beachhead for [[Aegon Targaryen|Aegon VI]]. Their next target is Storm's End, where Mathis still holds the command<ref>"Mathis Rowan" entry in ''[[A World of Ice and Fire]]''</ref> of a token force.{{ref|ADWD|61}}
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The [[Golden Company]] lands in the [[stormlands]] and quickly seizes several castles, gaining a beachhead for [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon VI Targaryen]]. Their next target is Storm's End,{{Ref|ADWD|61}} where Mathis still holds the command of a token force laying siege to the castle.{{Ref|AWOIAF| Mathis Rowan}}
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==Quotes==
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{{Quote|'''Mathis''': They are all so young.<br>
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'''Catelyn''': War will make them old, as it did us. I pity them.<br>
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'''Mathis''': Why? Look at them. They're young and strong, full of life and laughter. And lust, aye, more lust than they know what to do with. There will be many a [[bastard]] bred this night, I promise you. Why pity?<br>
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'''Catelyn''': Because it will not last. Because they are the knights of summer, and winter is coming.{{Ref|ACOK|22}}|Mathis and [[Catelyn Stark]]}}
  
 
==Family==
 
==Family==
 
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==References and Notes==
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Mathis Rowan
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Title Lord of Goldengrove
Allegiance House Rowan
Culture Reach
Spouse Lady Bethany Redwyne
Issue 3 daughters[1]
Books

Mathis Rowan is the Lord of Goldengrove and the head of House Rowan. He is married to Lady Bethany Redwyne and has three daughters by her.[2][1]

Appearance and Character

Mathis is stout, florid, and clean-shaven.[3][4] He wears a snowy doublet with a great tree worked upon the breast in gold thread.[5]

According to Ser Kevan Lannister, Mathis is sensible, prudent, well liked, able, and loyal.[6] Tyrion Lannister thinks Mathis is gruff, blunt, and to the point.[4]

History

During Robert's Rebellion, Mathis stayed loyal to King Aerys II Targaryen. He assisted his liege lord, Mace Tyrell, during the siege of Storm's End, which was defended by Stannis Baratheon. Lord Eddard Stark lifted the siege following the Sack of King's Landing, and Rowan bent the knee to the new king, Robert I Baratheon.[7]

Lord Mathis found Dareon in bed with his daughter, who was two years older than the singer. Under the eyes of her father, she claimed rape and Dareon was sent to the Wall to join the Night's Watch. Dareon insists the relationship was consensual.[8]

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

At the outset of the War of the Five Kings, Mathis joins his liege lord, Mace Tyrell, in declaring for King Renly Baratheon. After the melee at Bitterbridge where Brienne of Tarth wins a spot in the Rainbow Guard, Mathis and several other nobles are with Renly when he meets with Catelyn Stark, who has come as an envoy for her son, Robb Stark, the King in the North. Mathis is dismayed to learn Ser Jaime Lannister was not executed after being captured by Robb's army in the Whispering Wood. He later sits next to Catelyn during a feast at Bitterbridge.[3]

After the parley with King Stannis Baratheon beneath the walls of Storm's End, Mathis advises Renly to leave Stannis to besiege the formidable Storm's End and instead go on to take King's Landing. His opinion is overruled, however, as Renly decides to deal with Stannis before the Lannisters. Mathis is placed in command of the center in the coming battle with Stannis's forces.[9] Shortly before dawn, Mathis and Lord Randyll Tarly make final battle preparations with Renly. Mathis suggests attacking at once, but Renly refuses since he had agreed with Stannis to begin the battle at dawn. After receiving their final orders from Renly, Mathis and Randyll depart to ready their soldiers. Before the battle can take place, however, Renly is assassinated.[7]

Mathis is among the lords who, like Lord Tyrell, do not side with Stannis.[10] He is one of the leaders of the Reach that joins Lord Tywin Lannister at the headwaters of the Blackwater Rush, marching alongside him until Tumbler's Falls, where Mace waits with an even larger force. They embark on barges and sail to just outside King's Landing, where they take Stannis's army in the rear during the Battle of the Blackwater.[11] As a hero of the Blackwater, Lord Rowan is rewarded by King Joffrey I Baratheon in the throne room.[5]

A Storm of Swords

Mathis attends a small council meeting after the Battle of the Blackwater. Queen Cersei Lannister, Joffrey's mother, attempts to influence Rowan by jests and smiles. Tywin Lannister, Joffrey's grandfather and the Hand of the King, grants lesser tracts of land to the Rowans. Mathis appears upset when Tywin mentions the unresolved deaths of Elia Martell and her children in the Sack of King's Landing.[4]

During the wedding feast of Sansa Stark and Tyrion Lannister, Mathis dances with Cersei and Sansa.[12]

As a guest at Joffrey's royal wedding, Mathis gives the king a red silk tourney pavilion as a wedding gift.[13]

A Feast for Crows

After the death of the Hand of the King, Lord Tywin, Ser Kevan Lannister mentions Lord Mathis as a possibility to fill the vacant position.[6] Cersei considers Mathis to be one of Mace's cronies,[14] however, and she chooses the tractable Ser Harys Swyft as Hand and removes Mathis from the council.

Mathis rides with Lord Tyrell to Storm's End, still held by Stannis's man, Ser Gilbert Farring.[15] When Mace hears that his daughter Margaery has been arrested by the High Sparrow, he returns to the capital and leaves Lord Rowan in command of the siege. Ser Jaime Lannister thinks Mathis would make an able Hand of the King.[16]

A Dance with Dragons

The Golden Company lands in the stormlands and quickly seizes several castles, gaining a beachhead for Aegon VI Targaryen. Their next target is Storm's End,[17] where Mathis still holds the command of a token force laying siege to the castle.[18]

Quotes

Mathis: They are all so young.

Catelyn: War will make them old, as it did us. I pity them.
Mathis: Why? Look at them. They're young and strong, full of life and laughter. And lust, aye, more lust than they know what to do with. There will be many a bastard bred this night, I promise you. Why pity?

Catelyn: Because it will not last. Because they are the knights of summer, and winter is coming.[3]

—Mathis and Catelyn Stark

Family

 
 
Mathis
 
Bethany
Redwyne
 
 
Rhonda
 
Baelor
Hightower
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Daughter
 
Child
 
Child
 


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