Today I will introduce two families: Greyjoy where Theon is and the Baratheon family of Geoffrey. These two families are very interesting. Although one has a long history, it has a relatively short rise time. The other is one of the top nobles with the shortest appearance on the continent of Westeros, and is also the noble with the shortest inheritance time. . First write the Baratheon family.
Baratheon Crest and Proverbs
The motto of the Baratheon family: a prairie fire; the emblem of the Baratheon family: the crowned stag; the current patriarch of the Baratheon family: none; the Baratheon family believes in religion: the seven gods.
Algira Duranden
To talk about the Baratheon family, one must mention another old family that has disappeared on the continent of Westeros: the Duranden family. The Duranden family is a traditional aristocrat in Westeros history. They have long ruled the storm and are known as the "Storm King." The first patriarch of the Durandon family was Durham. According to legend, he married the daughter of Fengshen and built the Fortress of Wind's Breath with the help of the ancestor of the Stark family, the "city builder" Brandon.
Imagination of Wind's Breath
The moment the castle was built, the wind ceased, so the castle was named Wind's Breath Fort. Durham and Brandon are both outstanding figures in the heroic era, but unfortunately the final fate of the two families is completely different. The Durandon family is the same as the gardener family mentioned yesterday. The history is stopped during Aegon’s conquest. The only difference is that the Durandon family left behind a daughter.
The last Storm King "proud" Argila Durandon provided an excuse for Aegon Targaryen to conquer the continent of Westeros. He stayed on Dragonstone Island and racked his brains to find an excuse to send troops. At that time, the emissary of Algila Durandon came. He kindly invited Aegon to join his staff, and promised a blockbuster piece of land that did not belong to the Durandon family and a Durandon girl.
Aegon kindly entertained the messenger and sent him back, and when he turned back, he sent the messenger to Wind's Breath to ask for Princess Durandon's hands as a gift. So Algila Durandon cut off the hands of Aegon's messenger and sent them back to Aegon. Aegon was very happy when he saw those hands. Zhengshou had no reason to go to war. He was just dozing off. Someone put a pillow on...
The ruins of Harrenburg in the second season of Game of Thrones
Before heading to the storm, Aegon's army first went to the riverland. At the time, the riverland stood the strongest castle in history: Herrenborg. Built by Blackheart Herron, the king of the Iron Islands and the Riverlands, it is indestructible. When Aegon led his army, Herron stayed behind closed doors and cleared the field, trying to use the tactics to drag down Aegon's army. After all, Aegon's foundation was unstable at that time, and logistics was also a big problem. Normally, this tactic is fine, but Aegon has dragons... the dragon flies over the high wall, and then breathes frantically. In the end, the impenetrable Herrenburg became an indestructible oven, and the black heart Herren was burned to death in the castle.
The last Storm King "proud" Algila Durandon heard about Herron's experience, and knew that he could not even hide in Wind's Breath, so he led his troops to head-on with Aegon's army. This time it was not Aegon himself who led the troops, but his right-hand man Oris Baratheon, Queen Reness and her dragon. Durandon's forces were stronger than Baratheon, and he had the upper hand in the early stages of the war until Reness appeared. Algila Duranden was defeated, but he didn't want to surrender, so Oris Baratheon killed him himself.
After the war, Aegon bestowed Wind's Breath and Argila's only daughter as a reward to Oris Baratheon. Oris inherited the Duranden family's emblem and motto, but he did not change his surname. After all, this was obtained through force by himself, so he naturally wanted to continue his surname. Therefore, in Westeros history, there are two families with the same clan emblem and motto.
The animation mentions the identity of the illegitimate child of Oris
There are rumors that Oris Baratheon is the illegitimate son of Aegon’s half-brother. Although it has not been confirmed in the original "A Song of Ice and Fire", it is an animation that explains the history of the American drama "Game of Thrones" produced by HBO. Which confirmed this fact. In addition, Auris Baratheon was also the hand of the first king of the Targaryen Dynasty.
Robert Baratheon
Apart from Oris Baratheon, the most famous of this family is Robert Baratheon, the fat man who only likes to drink in "Game of Thrones". Although he doesn’t seem to be very outstanding in "Game of Thrones", Robert was very powerful when he was young. Otherwise, he would not be able to knock Leigar to death with a hammer at Ruby Beach, and it would be impossible to bring him to death. Bing reported that Iris was successful. This shows that when he was young, Robert was not only outstanding in force, he was also good at leading soldiers in battle.
Robert on the Iron Throne
The reason why Robert was finally able to sit on the Iron Throne was that in the late period of the Targaryen Dynasty, Baratheon had been married to Targaryen, and the youngest daughter of King Aegon Targaryen V, Princess Reilei Targaryen Married to Robert's grandfather, Duke Mond Baratheon. After the Mad King died at the hands of the Kingslayer and Rega died at the hands of Robert, only the Baratheon family, Viselis and Daenerys were the only ones with the blood of Talgrian. Obviously Viselis and Daenerys cannot inherit, so Robert, the eldest brother of the Baratheon family, has to inherit.
Greyjoy Crest and Proverbs
Greyjoy family motto: force is better than hard work; Greyjoy family emblem: sea monster; Greyjoy family current patriarch: Euron Greyjoy; Greyjoy family believes in religion: Drowning God.
Theon Greyjoy
The Greyjoy family are the old nobles on the continent of Westeros, but they have not been promoted to the top nobles for a long time. Before the Andal invasion, among the iron people, the new leader was selected through the "King Election". The opportunities for each family were the same, but according to the Greyjoys themselves, except for the Greyain family Outside of the Gubler family, their family has the most kings.
Blackheart Herron
After the Andal invasion, the entire Iron Islands fell into the hands of the Hall family. Speaking of the Hall family, everyone may find it relatively unfamiliar, but I just mentioned some of them, that is, Black Heart Herron, whose full name is Herron Hall. As mentioned above, Blackheart Herron finally "fused" with his strong Herrenberg. Later, Aegon allowed the Tiemin to continue the tradition of the "Election of the King". It was from that time that the Greyjoy family was only Be regarded as the real ruler of the Iron Islands.
Iron Man Elected King
Speaking of the Iron Islands, one has to talk about the Iron Man. Tiemin should be an ethnic group that Martin adapted from the Vikings. The iron man has a sturdy style, does not produce, and lives by plunder. Therefore, the relationship with the surrounding areas has been very tense. It was not until Taglian became the co-lord of Westeros that this situation was relieved. Although they had converged a lot, they still yearned for the kind of unfettered life in their hearts.
The "Submerged" Ceremony in the Faith
The faith in the drowned gods of the iron people is also very interesting. After the Andals invaded Westeros, the beliefs of the seven gods they brought bloomed everywhere, and many old Westeros nobles abandoned their old beliefs in the gods and instead believed in the seven gods. Basically, except for the area north of the neck, the beliefs of the Seven Gods spread throughout the Westeros continent. What is interesting is that after the Andal people’s belief in the Seven Gods came to the Iron Islands, not only did it not spread, but the original belief in the Drowned Gods assimilated the Andals...
Of course, this statement is not absolute, because during the Hall family ruled the Iron Islands, the spread of the Faith of the Seven Gods was not prohibited. However, after the fall of the Hall family, the Iron Islands completely expelled the belief in the Seven Gods, so we only saw the Flooded God in "Game of Thrones", and there is no trace of the belief in the Seven Gods on the Iron Islands anymore.