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*[[Bran the Builder]] {{Ref|aGoT|27}} - who built the [[Wall]] and[[ Winterfell]].  He is accredited for other famous constructions, especially Storm's End.  
 
*[[Bran the Builder]] {{Ref|aGoT|27}} - who built the [[Wall]] and[[ Winterfell]].  He is accredited for other famous constructions, especially Storm's End.  
 
*[[Lann the Clever]] {{Ref|aGoT|27}} - who supposedly swindled [[Casterly Rock]] out from under the Casterlys using nothing but his wits.  
 
*[[Lann the Clever]] {{Ref|aGoT|27}} - who supposedly swindled [[Casterly Rock]] out from under the Casterlys using nothing but his wits.  
*[[Garth Greenhand]] - who founded House Gardener of the Reach, and from him sprung numerous other lines and families.  
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*[[Garth Greenhand]] - who founded [[House Gardener]] of the [[Reach]], and from him sprung numerous other lines and families.  
 
*[[Durran]] - first of the [[Storm King]]s, who raised [[Storm's End]] to check the wrath of the gods for wedding their daughter [[Elenei]]
 
*[[Durran]] - first of the [[Storm King]]s, who raised [[Storm's End]] to check the wrath of the gods for wedding their daughter [[Elenei]]
 
*The [[Grey King]] {{Ref|aGoT|27}} of the [[Iron Islands]] - ledgends hold that he wed a mermaid and became king of the western isles and all the sea beyond.  
 
*The [[Grey King]] {{Ref|aGoT|27}} of the [[Iron Islands]] - ledgends hold that he wed a mermaid and became king of the western isles and all the sea beyond.  

Revision as of 23:30, 10 November 2012

The Age of Heroes, an era during the history of Westeros which takes its name from the great men and women who lived in the years of peace that followed the forging of the Pact, to which many noble houses trace their family histories and many stories, Songs, and legends are told about. [1] It is an era that is shrouded in mystery, with more myth than fact known about it.

Overview

The Age of Heroes began with the signing of the Pact of the Isle of Faces. The Pact ended the War of the First Men and the Children of the Forest,[2] and lasted for nearly four thousand years.

During that time, a hundred kingdoms rose and fell. This was a rugged time where many ancient traditions and legacies forged by the First Men were established, with influence from the children. Many of these customs live on among the lords of the North, who still bear the blood of the First Men in their veins. The laws of hospitality, the obligation of a judge to also be the executioner, and the renowned Wall are all accredited to these ancestors of the northmen even the barrows of the First Men can still be found throughout the North. This was the time when many legendary kings and heroes walked the earth, such as:

While much was achieved during this ancient era, it was at a cost - in the midst of the Age of Heroes fell the longest and blackest of winters - the the Long Night which heralded the arrival of the Others.

During this time it was also recorded by the Night's Watch that the children of the forest gave the Night's Watch a hundred obsidian daggers every year. [4]

See Also

References and Notes