House Wylde
| House Wylde of the Rain House | |
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| Coat of arms |
A blue-green maelstrom, on a gold field (Or, a gurges aquamarine) |
| Seat | Rain House |
| Head | Lord Casper Wylde[1] |
| Region | Stormlands |
| Title | Lord of the Rain House[1] |
| Overlord | House Baratheon |
House Wylde of the Rain House is a noble house from the Rain House in the stormlands. It is one of the principal houses sworn to House Baratheon.[2] According to semi-canon sources they blazon their arms with a blue-green maelstrom on gold.[3]
Contents
History
The life of Coryanne Wylde is recorded in a scandalous book, A Caution for Young Girls.[4]
Lord Jasper Wylde was the master of laws during the reign of Viserys I Targaryen and the civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons, in which he supported the greens. He was executed as a traitor by Rhaenyra Targaryen when she took King's Landing in 130 AC.[5]
The Wylde arms were spotted by Ser Duncan the Tall among the gathered heraldry at the tourney at Ashford Meadow in 209 AC. Ser Willem Wylde was a member of Daeron II Targaryen's Kingsguard. He fought on behalf of Prince Aerion Targaryen during the trial of seven at Ashford.[6]
During the siege of Storm's End, Ser Gawen Wylde attempted to sneak out of the castle and surrender to the besieging army of Lord Mace Tyrell. He was captured and later died in his cell.[7]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Ser Gladden Wylde is part of the force that Lord Eddard Stark sends out to arrest Ser Gregor Clegane. However, Gladden is killed by Lannister forces in the battle at the Mummer's Ford.[8][9]
A Clash of Kings
According to a semi-canon source, Lord Casper Wylde supports first Renly Baratheon and then Stannis Baratheon during the War of the Five Kings.[10]
A Dance with Dragons
Ser Ormund Wylde remains loyal to Stannis after the Battle of the Blackwater, and joins him on his campaign in the north.[11]
Ser Laswell Peake leads the taking of Rain House by the Golden Company.[11]
House Wylde at the end of the third century
The known Wyldes during the time span described in A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- Lord Casper Wylde, Lord of the Rain House.[1]
- Ser Ormund Wylde, his uncle, an aged knight.[1]
With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch there are also:
- Ser {Gladden Wylde}, a knight. Slain in the riverlands in the battle at the Mummer's Ford.[9]
- Ser {Gawen Wylde}, a former master-at-arms at Storm's End. Perished during the siege of Storm's End.[7]
- {Tyana Wylde}, the wife of Ser Aenys Frey. Died in childbed.[12]
- Ser Jon Wylde, married Lady Elyana Vypren.[13]
- Rickard Wylde, their son, a boy of four.[13]
Historical Members
- Lord Morgan Wylde, Lord of the Rain House during the reign of King Jaehaerys I Targaryen.[4]
- A son.[4]
- A daughter, Lord Morgan's elder daughter.[4]
- Coryanne Wylde, Lord Morgan's younger daughter. She bore a bastard and was instructed to seduce the king before she eloped with Ser Howard Bullock. Her life is recorded in a scandalous book, A Caution for Young Girls.[4]
- Lord Jasper Wylde, known as Ironrod, Lord of the Rain House and the master of laws during the reign of King Viserys I Targaryen and King Aegon II Targaryen.[14][15]
- Ser Willem Wylde, a knight of the Kingsguard during the reign of King Daeron II Targaryen.[6]
- Ser Criston Wylde, a participant in the tourney at Ashford Meadow in 209 AC.[16]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 A Dance with Dragons, Appendix.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Appendix.
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses from the Stormlands
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Fire & Blood, A Surfeit of Rulers.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Hedge Knight.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 33, Catelyn IV.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 43, Eddard XI.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 17, Arya III.
- ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Rain House.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 61, The Griffin Reborn.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Appendix.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 A Feast for Crows, Appendix.
- ↑ The Princess and the Queen.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Fire & Blood, Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession.
- ↑ The Hedge Knight, Graphic Novel edition.
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