House Arryn       

House Arryn of the Gulltown is one of the Great Houses of Westeros. It has ruled over the Vale of Arryn for millennia, originally as the Kings of Mountain and Vale

and more recently as Defenders of the Vale and Wardens of the East

under the Targaryen, Baratheon, and Lannister dynasties. The nominal head of House Arryn is Robin Arryn, the Lord of the Eyrie, with Yohn Royce holding actual power over the house.

Their lands are in the central-eastern region of the continent. Their seat is the Eyrie

a castle on the shoulder of the Giant's Lance. House Arryn's sigil is a white crescent moon and falcon on a blue field. Their house words are "As High as Honor."

History

According to legend, the house was founded by Ser Artys Arryn, the Winged Knight. He is said to have flown atop a giant falcon, landing on the topmost mountain of the Vale,

and defeated the Griffin King, the last of the First Men Mountain Kings. Afterward, he took the Eyrie

and became the first King of Mountain and Vale. His descendants continued to rule the Vale ever since. The Eyrie has never fallen to invaders. During the War of Conquest,

House Arryn repulsed a Targaryen invasion at Gulltown with Braavosi's aid but ultimately bent the knee peacefully to Queen Visenya after young boy-king Ronnel yielded the crown and Queen Regent Sharra ordered Vale's army to stand down, for which Ronnel was allowed to ride Vhagar with the Queen. By submitting peacefully instead of being conquered, they were allowed to continue to rule as Lords Paramount of the Vale and Wardens of the East in the name of the Iron Throne.

The Eyrie is considered impregnable and defends House Arryn from the violent Hill tribes of the Mountains of the Moon.

Jon Arryn is the most recent head of House Arryn, Lord of the Eyrie, Warden of the East, and Defender of the Vale. He was a respected nobleman and both Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon fostered him.The Mad King condoned the kidnap of Eddard's sister and Robert's betrothed, Lyanna Stark. The Mad King had Eddard's father and brother killed for protesting against the kidnapping. When he then demanded that Eddard be turned over to the King's justice, Lord Arryn rebelled, calling his banners to war. House Stark

and House Baratheon

followed suit. The rebels allied with House Tully through marriage,

with Eddard married to Catelyn Tully and the then-elderly Jon to the young Lysa.

After the rebel victory in the war, Robert became King and appointed Jon as his Hand.

Jon served the realm well for many years at the Hand of the King. He died immediately before the events of the series, sparking King Robert's search for a replacement. Jon is survived by his wife Lysa and their six-year-old son, Robin. Jon was investigating the legitimacy of the children of Cersei

when he died. He found that they were not Robert's offspring by comparing their appearance to Robert's bastards based on the genetic preponderance of dark hair in House Baratheon.

Lysa Arryn writes to Catelyn, falsely claiming that House Lannister was behind Jon's death. Lysa flees King's Landing

with her son seeking the refuge of Eyrie. Robert Baratheon arrives at Winterfell and asks Eddard to replace Jon as Hand of the King. Eddard accepts and begins an investigation into Jon's death. He learns that Jon may have been poisoned, and uncovers Jon's findings about Cersei's infidelity and Robert's lack of a trueborn heir.

Catelyn arrests Tyrion,

and brings him to the Eyrie. Lysa is attempting to isolate Robin from the rest of the Kingdom and use her role as regent to have the Vale lords protect him. Tyrion tricks Lysa and is set free.

Following King Robert's death and Eddard's arrest, Catelyn implores Lysa to lend her armies to march on King's Landing along with the forces of House Stark, but Lysa refuses.

Tywin sends Littlefinger to marry Lysa so that the Iron Throne can acquire the support of the Vale.

After privately admitting her role in the death of her husband, Lysa marries Littlefinger. Later, she attempts to kill Sansa,

but is killed by Littlefinger. Littlefinger convinces the lords of the Vale that Lysa committed suicide, and becomes Lord Protector of the Vale until Robin comes of age.

Littlefinger convinces Robin to use the knights of the Vale to help Sansa. The Arryn troops camp at Moat Cailin, while Baelish travels north to offer his assistance to Sansa. Though she initially denies his help, she later requests the support of the Arryn soldiers.

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