House Willum

House Willum
Coat of arms	3 silver longswords crossed on black beneath a dragonbone skeleton on a white chief (Sable, three longswords crossed silver, on a chief white a dragonbone skeleton proper)
Head	Lord Willum
Region	Reach
Heir	Josua or Elyas Willum
Overlord	House Tyrell

House Willum is a noble house from the Reach. According to semi-canon sources, they blazon their shields with three silver longswords crossed on black beneath a dragonbone skeleton on a white chief.^[1]

History

Members of House Willum may have taken the black in the past, as shields displaying longswords had adorned the Shieldhall walls at Castle Black, according to Jon Snow.^[2]

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

House Willum declares for Renly Baratheon in the War of the Five Kings. Josua and Elyas Willum, sons of Lord Willum, attend the feast at Bitterbridge. The house joins Stannis Baratheon after Renly's death. Lord Willum, Josua and Elyas are captured during the Battle of the Blackwater and bend the knee to King Joffrey I Baratheon.^[3]

House Willum at the end of the third century

The known Willums during the timespan of the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire are:

• Lord Willum, the head of the house.
  • Josua Willum, his son.
  • Elyas Willum, his son.

Behind the Scenes

House Willum is a tribute by George R. R. Martin to the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series of his colleague Tad Williams. The story includes the feuding royal brothers Josua and Elias; the arms of House Willum refer to the magical swords that play an important part of the story, and to the first novel, The Dragonbone Chair.^[4][5]

References

v d e Houses of the Reach   At the start of A Game of Thrones Great House Tyrell Lordly Houses Ambrose Ashford Beesbury Blackbar Bulwer Caswell Chester Cockshaw Costayne Cuy Florent Footly Graceford Grimm Hewett Hightower Meadows Merryweather Mullendore Oakheart Peake1 Redwyne Risley Rowan Serry Stackhouse Tarly1 Varner Vyrwel Webber Willum Knightly Houses Fossoway of Cider Hall Osgrey of Standfast Other Houses (noble rank unknown) Appleton Ball Bridges Bushy Cobb Conklyn Cordwayner Crane Dunn Durwell Fossoway of New Barrel Graves Hastwyck Hunt Hutcheson Inchfield Kidwell Leygood Lowther Lyberr Middlebury Norcross Norridge Oldflowers Orme Pommingham Redding Rhysling Rodden Roxton Shermer Sloane Uffering Westbrook Woodwright Wythers Yelshire Exiled Houses Manderly Extinct Houses Gardener Osgrey of Leafy Lake   At the end of A Dance with Dragons Great House Tyrell of Highgarden Lordly Houses Ambrose Ashford Beesbury Blackbar Bulwer Caswell Cockshaw Costayne Cuy Footly Graceford Hightower Meadows Merryweather Mullendore Oakheart Peake1 Redwyne Risley Rowan Stackhouse Tarly1 Tyrell of Brightwater Keep Varner Vyrwel Webber Willum Knightly Houses Fossoway of Cider Hall Osgrey of Standfast Other Houses (noble rank unknown) Appleton Ball Bridges Bushy Cobb Conklyn Cordwayner Crane Dunn Durwell Fossoway of New Barrel Graves Hastwyck Hunt Hutcheson Inchfield Kidwell Leygood Lowther Lyberr Middlebury Norcross Norridge Oldflowers Orme Pommingham Redding Rhysling Rodden Roxton Shermer Sloane Uffering Westbrook Woodwright Wythers Yelshire Deposed Houses Chester Florent Grimm Hewett Serry Exiled Houses Manderly Extinct Houses Gardener Osgrey of Leafy Lake 1 Marcher Lords