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{{Noble House 	
| House_name = House Brax of Hornvale
| Rank = lordly
| image = House Brax.svg
| image_caption = 
| Coat_of_arms = A purple unicorn on silver<br>(''Argent, a unicorn purpure'')
| Words = 
| Seat = [[Hornvale]]
| Current_Lord = Lord [[Tytos Brax]]{{Ref|ADWD|Appendix}}
| Region = [[Westerlands]]
| Title = [[Lord of Hornvale]]{{Ref|ASOS|Appendix}}
| Heir = Ser [[Flement Brax]]{{Ref|ADWD|Appendix}}
| Overlord = [[House Lannister]]
| Ancestral_weapon =
| Cadet_branch =
| Founded_in = [[Andal invasion]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Westerlands}}
| Founder =
| Died_out =
}}	
'''House Brax of Hornvale''' is a noble house from the [[westerlands]], among the chief bannermen of [[House Lannister]] of [[Casterly Rock]]. Their seat is [[Hornvale]].{{Ref|ASOS|Appendix}}

Their shield depicts a purple [[unicorn]] on silver.{{Ref|AGOT|56}}<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/6/ Houses in the Westerlands]</ref> Their motto has not been revealed yet.

==History==
House Brax was established during the [[Andal invasion]] through the marriage of [[First Men]] and [[Andal]] nobles.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Westerlands}}

Lord [[Andros Brax]] once visited [[Riverrun]] attempting to arrange a [[marriage]] for one of his three sons to [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]] or [[Lysa Tully|Lysa]] of [[House Tully]], the daughters of [[Hoster Tully]], [[Lord Paramount of the Trident]].{{Ref|ACOK|45}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Among the gathered [[knight]]s at the [[Hand's tourney]] is one with the arms of House Brax.{{Ref|AGOT|30}} During the [[War of the Five Kings]], House Brax answers the call of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]. Ser [[Flement Brax]] commands the outriders that find [[Tyrion Lannister]] and his [[Vale mountain clans]] descending from the [[Mountains of the Moon]].{{Ref|AGOT|56}} Flement rides in the right flank during the [[battle on the Green Fork]].{{Ref|AGOT|62}}

Lord [[Andros Brax]] and his [[bannermen]] are in Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]'s host; he later commands the western camp during the siege of [[Riverrun]].{{Ref|AGOT|69}} Ser [[Tytos Brax]] is captured in the [[battle in the Whispering Wood]]. While crossing the river in an attempt to defend the other camps, Lord Andros drowns during the [[battle of the Camps]] after his raft overturns and the weight of his armor takes him under. Tytos becomes Lord of [[Hornvale]] after the death of his father, but spends the war in captivity at the [[Twins]].{{Ref|ASOS|Appendix}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Ser [[Rupert Brax]] is slain at the [[battle of Oxcross]].{{Ref|ACOK|32}} The Brax colors are seen by [[Arya Stark]] within Tywin Lannister's army when it leaves [[Harrenhal]].{{Ref|ACOK|38}} Ser [[Robert Brax]] dies at the [[battle of the Fords]].{{Ref|ASOS|Appendix}} His brother, Ser Flement, also tries to cross the fords, to no avail.{{Ref|ACOK|45}} Brax men take part in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]].{{Ref|ACOK|65}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Flement, now the heir of Hornvale, is one of the nobles that accompany [[Tyrion Lannister]] to welcome Prince [[Oberyn Martell]] at [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|ASOS|38}} Flement is called as a witness for the prosecution in the trial of Tyrion for the [[Purple Wedding|death]] of King [[Joffrey Baratheon]]. He tells of how he heard Tyrion threaten the king.{{Ref|ASOS|66}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Freed from his captivity, Lord [[Tytos Brax]] comes to King's Landing to escort [[Tywin Lannister]]'s corpse to the [[westerlands]].{{Ref|AFFC|16}} Ser [[Flement Brax]] accompanies Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] through the [[Riverlands]] to finish the [[siege of Riverrun]], commanding a company of two hundred heavy horse.{{Ref|AFFC|27}}

==House Brax at the end of the third century==
The known Braxes during the timespan of the events described in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are:
* Lord {[[Andros Brax]]}, Lord of [[Hornvale]]. Drowned at the [[Battle of the Camps]].{{Ref|ASOS|Appendix}}
** Lord [[Tytos Brax]], his eldest son.{{Ref|ASOS|Appendix}}
** Ser {[[Robert Brax]]}, his second son. Slain at the [[Battle of the Fords]].{{Ref|ASOS|Appendix}}
** Ser [[Flement Brax]], his third son, married to [[Morya Frey]].{{Ref|ACOK|Appendix}}{{Ref|ASOS|Appendix}}{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}}
*** [[Robert Brax (son of Flement)|Robert Brax]], Flement's eldest son, serving as a page at [[Casterly Rock]].{{Ref|ACOK|Appendix}}{{Ref|ASOS|Appendix}}{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}}
*** [[Walder Brax]], Flement's second son.{{Ref|ACOK|Appendix}}{{Ref|ASOS|Appendix}}{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}}
*** [[Jon Brax]], Flement's third son.{{Ref|ACOK|Appendix}}{{Ref|ASOS|Appendix}}{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}}
*Ser {[[Rupert Brax]]}, Andros' brother. Slain at the [[Battle of Oxcross]].{{Ref|ASOS|Appendix}}

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==Historical Members==
* Lady [[Cerissa Brax]] wife of [[Damon Lannister (lord)|Damon Lannister]], [[Lord of Casterly Rock]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|Appendix: Lannister Lineage}}

==References==
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