House Stonehouse
| House Stonehouse of Old Wyk | |
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| Coat of arms |
A black brazier on a grey masonry field (Cendrée masoned proper, a brazier sable) |
| Seat | Old Wyk |
| Current Lord | The Stonehouse |
| Region | Iron Islands |
| Overlord | House Greyjoy |
House Stonehouse of Old Wyk is a noble house from Old Wyk, one of the Iron Islands. They are one of the main houses sworn to Pyke.[1]
Neither their arms or their motto appear in the books. According to semi-canon sources they blazon their arms with a black brazier on a grey masonry field.[2]
Recent Events
A Clash of Kings
When Theon Greyjoy arrives at Pyke, Aeron Greyjoy tells him that Dagmer Cleftjaw has gone to Old Wyk to summon the Stonehouses and the Drumms.[3] The houses of Old Wyk agree to support Balon Greyjoy during the War of the Five Kings.[4]
A Feast for Crows
Red Ralf Stonehouse is one of the captains under the command of Lord Captain Victarion Greyjoy at Moat Cailin. He urges Victarion to make a claim on the Seastone Chair after Balon's death.[5]
The Stonehouse, head of House Stonehouse, attends the kingsmoot. He wears ragged sealskins.[6] Red Ralf champions Victarion during the kingsmoot, but Euron Greyjoy is instead chosen King of the Isles and the North.[6]
A Dance with Dragons
Red Ralf leads a squadron of the Iron Fleet toward Slaver's Bay, but he goes missing off the coast of Sothoryos.[7]
House Stonehouse at the end of the third century
The known Stonehouses during the timespan of the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- Lord Stonehouse, called The Stonehouse.
With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch there are also:
- Ralf Stonehouse, known as Red Ralf.
References
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Appendix.
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses on the Iron Islands
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 11, Theon I.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 24, Theon II.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 18, The Iron Captain.
- 1 2 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 19, The Drowned Man.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 56, The Iron Suitor.
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