House Dustin
From A Wiki of Ice and Fire
House Dustin of Barrowton | |
---|---|
Coat of arms | Or, two longaxes crossed, a black crown between sable |
Seat | Barrowton |
Head | Lady Barbrey Dustin |
Region | The North |
Overlord | House Bolton |
House Dustin of Barrowton is a noble house from the North.
Neither their arms or their words appear in the text. According to semi-canon sources they blazon their shield as two rusted longaxes with black shafts crossed, a black crown between their points, on yellow.[1]
House Stout of Goldgrass, a house of petty lords of Barrowton, are sworn to the Dustins.[2]
Contents
The Dustin House at the end of the third century
The known Dustins during the timespan of the events described on A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- Lady Barbrey Ryswell, widow of Late Lord Dustin. She now rules Barrowton.
- {Lord Willam Dustin}, Her late husband and lord of Barrowton. Slain at the end of Robert's Rebellion by the last members of Aerys II's Kingsguard in the Mountains of Dorne.
It is unknown whether Lady Barbrey has designated an heir to Barrowton.
References in the books
A Song of Ice and Fire
- Lord William Dustin is one of the six companions that fought with Eddard Stark at the Tower of Joy. In his dreams, Eddard remembers him riding a great red stallion.
- Catelyn Tully remembers that during her bedding, Lord William Dustin told Ned that her breasts were enough to make him wish he’d never been weaned.
- Maester Aemon sent a raven to Barrowton in a plea for help to defend Castle Black from wildlings.
- The Ryswells and the Dustins surprised the ironborn on the Fever River putting their longships to torch. [3] Both Ramsay Bolton and Hother Umber are riding south to join the Dustin-Ryswell forces, preparing an attack on Moat Cailin.[3]
Houses sworn to Barrowton
References and Notes
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: the North
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Appendix
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 15, Davos II.
|