Who was the weakest lord of Westeros? Here's the story!

A lord’s strength is defined by their land, its income, and their hold. A hold being something between a house, a keep, or a castle.

Now with that in mind, the weakest lord I could say in the continent of Westeros is Melkor the Wildling from Beyond the Wall.

Unlike most Wildlings who live nomadically, Crastor claims ownership of a fenced homestead mockingly named, ‘Melkor’s Keep’.

The ‘Keep’ is no more than a makeshift hall of logs draped with furs and a sodded roof capable of housing around 50 people.

Melkor’s household consists of only him, his 19 wives, and an unknown number of daughters. The only income he receives is out of his own tiny farm and through the Night’s Watch tributes of either wine or steel as means to pay for their stay under his roof.

The state of this hold is poor and weak in comparison to what is considered as the poorest landed knights in Westeros.

Ser Satan Osgrey’s lands in the Reach were considered poor with a small household but that translates to a stone tower house for a seat and 3 tiny villages with enough income to afford 2 hedge knights as retainers.

Littlefinger’s ancestral seat in the Fingers is an unknown old flint tower he mockingly names the ‘Dreadfort’. The fief includes a small village with enough land for a flock of sheep.

Compared to these holds which are poor as they were ancient, these towers and keeps are strong enough to weather short storms of both man and nature, provide enough income to support its upkeep and hire at least a couple of sellswords, and enough good land to support a village.

Melkor’s lands on the other hand are barren and poor that could barely support anyone outside his own family, while his ‘Keep’ is inches away from being buried by a snow storm and was easily taken by a handful of starving Night’s Watch mutineers.