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* '''[[House Kellington]]:''' ''Minor House''. A small coastal House.
 
* '''[[House Kellington]]:''' ''Minor House''. A small coastal House.
 
* '''[[House Mertyns]]:''' ''Minor House''. A small Rainwood House in the southeast of the Rainwood.
 
* '''[[House Mertyns]]:''' ''Minor House''. A small Rainwood House in the southeast of the Rainwood.
* '''[[House Morrigen]]:''' ''Minor House''. XX
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* '''[[House Morrigen]]:''' ''Minor House''. The Morrigen seat, Crow's Nest, is in the wooded mountain slopes overlooking the western Rainwood. House Morrigen is known for the knightly quality they instill in their sons.
* '''[[House Rogers]]:''' ''Minor House''. XX
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* '''[[House Rogers]]:''' ''Minor House''. Amberly, the Rogers seat, overlooks the southern Breakwater Bay from the tall cliffs where the northeast Rainwood suddenly ends.
* '''[[House Seaworth]]:''' ''Knightly House (Status 3)''. XX
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* '''[[House Seaworth]]:''' ''Knightly House (Status 3)''. A relatively young House founded by the former smuggler Davos Seaworth, who was knighted and landed by Stannis Baratheon for his aid during the Siege of Storm's End.
* '''[[House Staedmon]]:''' ''Minor House''. XX
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* '''[[House Staedmon]]:''' ''Minor House''. The Lord of Broad Arch, Lord Alesander, is sometimes called "Pennylover" for his spendthrift nature.
* '''[[House Tudbury]]:''' ''Minor House''. XX
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* '''[[House Tudbury]]:''' ''Minor House''. A small House along the southern coastal edge of the Rainwood.
 
* '''[[House Wylde]]:''' ''Minor House''. XX
 
* '''[[House Wylde]]:''' ''Minor House''. XX
  

Revision as of 03:58, 5 June 2013

Book One: The Marchwarden's Tourney
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Player Characters

House Graben: A noble House of ancient lineage, well known as defenders of the Boneway Pass. Their Seat is Marrowmont.

The Stormlands

The Stormlands
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Lords of the Stormlands

Houses of the Marchwater Vale

  • House Swann: Major House (Status 6). House Swann are the liege lords of the Houses of the March, and Lord Gulian is named the Marchwarden by House Baratheon.
    • House Lohaq: Knightly House (Status 3). In service to House Swann, the Lohaqi are originally from Lys, and bear some of the Valyrian traits of the Freehold.
  • House Kraedmyr: Minor House (Status 5). Masters of an all-but-abandoned domain, the "Mad Griffins" are notorious for their history of insanity and scandal. The mist-shrouded valley where Kradmyr Keep stands is considered by many to be haunted.
  • House Seraen: Minor House (Status 4). Powerful, wealthy and influential, the Seraen have been vassal lords to House Swann since their founder was elevated during the Rhoynar Invasion. Their mountain demesnes are well-defended and they are known for the high quality of their breeding mews and hawk-trainers.
  • House Velt: Minor House (Status 4). Founded around the same time as House Seraen, where the Seraen have risen steadily since their founding, House Velt as stumbled along, weathering ill luck and nurturing the occasional good. Today, they are known for their jealousy of House Seraen and for being quite grasping. They are also rumored to be impoverished.
  • House Grandison: Minor House (Status 5). An ancient House, the Grandisons hold the pass that leads out of the Marchwater Vale. They are well-known for the brother of the current lord having been one of the Kingsguard.
  • House Wachstrom: Minor House (Status 4). A House with an impressive fleet of river-going warships, House Wachstrom owes its allegiance to House Graben.

Houses of the Rainwood & Cape Wrath

  • House Bolling: Minor House. A minor House with some lineal claim to ancestry from either the Durrendons or the Baratheons.
  • House Estermont: Major House (Status 6). An important House and the lords of Estermont island, which is dominated by their seat, Greenstone. The Lord of Estermont, Eldon, is quite old, and has strong ties to the royal line - his niece, Cassana, was the mother of the king.
  • House Gower: Knightly House (Status 3). A small coastal House of knights in service to Storm's End.
  • House Herston: Minor House. A minor House tucked away in the southern reaches of the Rainwood.
  • House Kellington: Minor House. A small coastal House.
  • House Mertyns: Minor House. A small Rainwood House in the southeast of the Rainwood.
  • House Morrigen: Minor House. The Morrigen seat, Crow's Nest, is in the wooded mountain slopes overlooking the western Rainwood. House Morrigen is known for the knightly quality they instill in their sons.
  • House Rogers: Minor House. Amberly, the Rogers seat, overlooks the southern Breakwater Bay from the tall cliffs where the northeast Rainwood suddenly ends.
  • House Seaworth: Knightly House (Status 3). A relatively young House founded by the former smuggler Davos Seaworth, who was knighted and landed by Stannis Baratheon for his aid during the Siege of Storm's End.
  • House Staedmon: Minor House. The Lord of Broad Arch, Lord Alesander, is sometimes called "Pennylover" for his spendthrift nature.
  • House Tudbury: Minor House. A small House along the southern coastal edge of the Rainwood.
  • House Wylde: Minor House. XX

Houses of Shipbreaker Bay

Stormlands: Houses of the Kingswood

Stormlands: Houses of the Dornish Marches

The Reach

Houses of the Eastern Marches

  • House Willum: Minor House. A minor House with a past that nearly saw the end of its line.
  • House Appleton: Minor House. A minor House known for the lushness of their apple orchards.
  • House Ashford: Major House (Status 6). The town of Ashford is best known for the Battle of Ashford, the only battle of Robert's Rebellion that saw Robert defeated. House Ashford is an old lineage, and its lord Dunmar a man prickly about his honor.
  • House Cockshaw: Minor House. A minor House of relatively little repute.
  • House Hastwyck: Minor House. A minor House whose lands abut the Blueburn River.
  • House Meadows: Minor House. A minor House whose seat, Grassy Vale, watches over the western edge of the Kingswood.
  • House Pommingham: Minor House. A minor House in the northern foothills of the Dornish Marches whose lands are known for their vast pomegranate orchards.
  • House Sloane: Minor House. A minor House with a reputation for sending many of their sons to the Citadel.

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