House Durrandon

House Durrandon of Storm's End
Ours is the Fury
Coat of arms	A crowned stag black on a golden field (Or, a stag crowned sable)
Seat	Storm's End
Regions	Stormlands Riverlands (~400BC - ~100 BC)
Title	Storm King
Heir	Extinct
Cadet branches	House Bolling (possibly) House Wensington (possibly)
Founder	Durran Godsgrief
Founded	Age of Heroes
Died out	~2 BC/1 BC

House Durrandon of Storm's End was the house of the Storm Kings from the stormlands.^[1] Their seat was Storm's End, an ancient castle raised by Durran Godsgrief, the founder of their line. The Durrandon sigil was a crowned black stag on a field of gold.^[2] Their words were Ours is the Fury. Both sigil and words were adopted by House Baratheon, who descend from House Durrandon through the female line, during Aegon's Conquest.

Customs

Traditionally, the Storm Kings named their firstborn son and heir after the founder of their House, Durran Godsgrief.^[3]

History

Ancient History

The line of the Storm Kings dates back to the Age of Heroes when their kingdom was founded by King Durran Godsgrief, a legendary hero.^[3] The First Men warred with Andals when the newcomers invaded the stormlands, but the two peoples eventually made peace and intermarried.^[4]

The Storm Kings at times^[5] ruled much of the eastern half of Westeros, an area reaching from Cape Wrath to the Bay of Crabs.^[6] Their dominion was protected from Dorne and the Kingdom of the Reach by the Dornish Marches,^[5] and they conquered the riverlands from House Teague.^[7] The riverman resented Durrandon rule, however, and some joined Harwyn Hoare, King of the Iron Islands, when he took the Trident from Arrec Durrandon.^[7]

The Conquest

Orys Baratheon facing Argilac Durrandon in the Last Storm, by Douglas Wheatley ©

The Storm Kings' power dwindled in the centuries before Aegon's Conquest. The Kings of the Reach from House Gardener nibbled at their domains in the west, Dornishmen were threats to the south, and Harren Hoare, King of the Isles and the Rivers, took lands north of the Blackwater Rush. King Argilac Durrandon managed to stop this decline for a while, but by the time of the Conquest Argilac had grown old and his prowess at arms had faded.^[1]

During the Conquest, Orys Baratheon, one of Aegon Targaryen's fiercest generals and his rumored bastard brother, slew Argilac the Arrogant, last of the Storm Kings, in the Last Storm.^[1] Orys married Argilac's daughter Argella Durrandon and adopted the sigil and words of his wife's ancestral line, creating House Baratheon of Storm's End, with his descendants having the blood of the Durrandons flowing in their veins.^[8]

Historical Members

• King Durran Godsgrief, a legendary figure from the Age of Heroes who built Storm's End and founded House Durrandon.
  • King Durran II Durrandon, called "the Devout", his son who gave the rainwood back to the children of the forest after his father had taken it.
• King Durran Durrandon, called "Bronze-Axe", who finally seized the rainwood for good and all.
• King Durran Durrandon, called "the Dour", who, as either Durran V of VI, slew Lun the Last, King of the Giants.
• King Durran Durrandon, called "the Ravenfriend", who saw the founding of the castle Stonedance by Maldon Massey.
• King Durran Durrandon, called "the Young", also called "the Butcher Boy", who turned back a Dornish invasion.
  • Erich Durrandon, called "Kin-Killer", who may have been his brother.
    • Erich's daughter.
• King Durran Durrandon, called "the Fair", who took the daughter of Edwyn Evenstar to wife and so brought Tarth into his realm.
  • King Erich III Durrandon, called "the Sailmaker", his grandson, who claimed Estermont and the isles further south.
• King Durran X Durrandon, who extended his reign to the shores of the Blackwater Rush.
  • King Monfryd I Durrandon, called "the Mighty", his son, who conquered Duskendale and Maidenpool.
    • King Durran XI Durrandon, called "the Dim", his son, who lost his father's gains and more besides.
      • King Barron Durrandon, called "the Beautiful", who lost even more domains his grandfather had earned.
• King Durwald I Durrandon, called "the Fat", whose long reign saw many revolts and whose writ did not extend beyond the walls of Storm's End.
• King Morden II Durrandon, who was displaced by his bastard half-brother and confined to a tower-cell.
  • King Ronard Storm, called "the Bastard", who usurped his half-brother's rule and ruled for stable thirty years.
• King Erich VII Durrandon, called "the Unready", who did not pay much heed to the news of the Andal Invasion, while he was fighting other wars.
  • King Qarlton II Durrandon, called "the Conqueror", his grandson, who was the first Storm King to face the Andals in battle.
    • King Qarlton III Durrandon, his successor, who continually fought the Andals throughtout his reign.
      • King Monfryd V Durrandon, his son, who defeated the Holy Brotherhood of the Andals at the Battle of Bronzegate at the cost of his own life.
• King Baldric I Durrandon, called "the Cunning", who played the Andals against each other.
• King Durran XXI Durrandon, who sought out the children of the forest to form the Weirwood Alliance against the Andals.
• King Cleoden I Durrandon, who made an Alliance with three Dornish kings against the Andals.
• King Maldon IV Durrandon, who took an Andal maiden as his wife.
  • King Durran XXIV Durrandon, called "Half-blood", his son, who continued his father's policy of intermarriage with the Andals.
• King Ormund III Durrandon, who took the Faith of the Seven as his own religion and cast aside worship of the Old Gods.
• King Durran the Third, who invaded Dorne twice, and was defeated by Nymeria.^[9]
• King Arlan I Durrandon, called "the Avenger", who expanded his kingdom as far as the Blackwater Rush and the headwaters of the Mander.^[4]
  • King Arlan III Durrandon, who conquered the riverlands.^[7] Great-grandson of Arlan I.^[4]
• King Arrec Durrandon, who lost the riverlands to House Hoare.
  • King Arlan V Durrandon, eldest son and heir of Arrec.
    • King Argilac Durrandon, called "the Arrogant", last of the Durrandon Storm Kings. Killed by Orys Baratheon during the Last Storm.
      • Princess/Queen Argella Durrandon, his daughter and heir. Married to Orys Baratheon.^[1]

Quotes

Today, the writ of House Baratheon runs to the south bank of the Wendwater and lower reaches of the kingswood, and along the stony shores of the narrow sea up to the base of Massey's Hook...but before Aegon's Conquest, before even the coming of the Andals, the warrior kings of House Durrandon pushed their borders considerably farther.^[5]

—writings of Yandel

It is said that Baratheon unchained her with his own hands, wrapped his cloak around her, poured her wine, and spoke to her gently, telling her of her father's courage and the manner of his death. And afterward, to honor the fallen king, he took the arms and words of the Durrandon for his own. The crowned stag became his sigil, Storm's End became his seat, and Lady Argella his wife.^[6]

—writings of Gyldayn

References

v d e Houses of the Stormlands   At the start of A Game of Thrones Great House Baratheon Lordly Houses Buckler Cafferen Caron1 Dondarrion1 Errol Estermont Fell Grandison Mertyns Morrigen Peasebury Penrose Selmy1 Staedmon Swann1 Tarth Whitehead Wylde Knightly Houses Bolling Brownhill Connington Hasty Seaworth Other Houses (noble rank unknown) Gower Herston Horpe Kellington Lonmouth Musgood Rogers Swygert Trant Tudbury Wagstaff Wensington Extinct Houses Cole Durrandon Toyne   At the end of A Dance with Dragons Great House Baratheon Lordly Houses Buckler Cafferen Connington Dondarrion1 Errol Estermont Fell Foote of Nightsong1 Grandison Mertyns Morrigen Peasebury Penrose Seaworth Selmy1 Staedmon Swann1 Tarth Whitehead Wylde Knightly Houses Bolling Brownhill Hasty Other Houses (noble rank unknown) Gower Herston Horpe Kellington Lonmouth Musgood Rogers Swygert Trant Tudbury Wagstaff Wensington Deposed Houses Caron Extinct Houses Cole Durrandon Toyne 1 Marcher Lords