House Darke

House Darke is a house from the crownlands. They are said to be distant kin to the extinct Darklyns of Duskendale.

History

The Darkes sided with the blacks in the Dance of the Dragons. Ser Harrold Darke was killed at Dragonstone in defense of Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen.^[1]

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

The servant with a liver-colored birthmark who assists Brienne of Tarth at the Seven Swords in Duskendale claims she is a Darke by birth.^[2]

House Darke at the end of the third century

The known Darkes during the timespan of the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire are:

• no member has appeared yet.

Historical Members

• Ser Harrold Darke, a member of Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen's Queensguard.^[1]

References

v d e Houses of the Crownlands   At the start of A Game of Thrones Royal House Baratheon of King's Landing Noble Houses Blount Buckwell Byrch Bywater Chelsted Chyttering Cressey Darke Edgerton Farring Follard Gaunt Harte Hayford Langward Mallery Manning Massey Pyle Rambton Rollingford Rosby Rykker Staunton Stokeworth Thorne Wendwater Landed Knights Brune of Brownhollow Hogg Longwaters Narrow Sea Houses Baratheon of Dragonstone Bar Emmon Celtigar Sunglass Velaryon Crackclaw Point Houses Boggs Brune of Brownhollow Brune of the Dyre Den Cave Crabb Hardy Pyne Other Houses Dargood Darkwood Hollard Exiled Houses Targaryen Extinct Houses Blackfyre Cargyll Darklyn   At the end of A Dance with Dragons Royal House Baratheon of King's Landing Noble Houses Blount Buckwell Byrch Bywater Chelsted Chyttering Cressey Darke Edgerton Farring Follard Gaunt Harte Hayford Langward Mallery Manning Massey Pyle Rambton Rollingford Rosby Rykker Slynt Staunton Stokeworth Thorne Wendwater Landed Knights Brune of Brownhollow Hogg Kettleblack Longwaters Narrow Sea Houses Baratheon of Dragonstone Bar Emmon Celtigar Sunglass Velaryon Crackclaw Point Houses Boggs Brune of Brownhollow Brune of the Dyre Den Cave Crabb Hardy Pyne Other Houses Dargood Darkwood Exiled Houses Targaryen Extinct Houses Blackfyre Cargyll Darklyn Hollard