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'''Durran the Young''', also known as the '''Butcher Boy''', was the sixth-known [[House Durrandon|Durrandon]] [[The Stormlands|Storm King]] after [[Durran the Ravenfriend]] during the [[Age of Heroes]]. In his brief reign he turned back a [[Dorne|Dornish]] invasion led by the [[House Yronwood|Yronwoods]] and [[House Wyl|Wyls]], before growing besoted with his own niece and was murdered by his brother Erich Kin-Killer<ref name="Stormlands224">George R.R. Martin. (2014). ''The World of Ice and Fire - The Stormlands: House Durrandon''. London: HarperVoyager. p.224</ref> | '''Durran the Young''', also known as the '''Butcher Boy''', was the sixth-known [[House Durrandon|Durrandon]] [[The Stormlands|Storm King]] after [[Durran the Ravenfriend]] during the [[Age of Heroes]]. In his brief reign he turned back a [[Dorne|Dornish]] invasion led by the [[House Yronwood|Yronwoods]] and [[House Wyl|Wyls]], before growing besoted with his own niece and was murdered by his brother Erich Kin-Killer<ref name="Stormlands224">George R.R. Martin. (2014). ''The World of Ice and Fire - The Stormlands: House Durrandon''. London: HarperVoyager. p.224</ref>. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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Durran ruled [[Storm's End]] at a young age, and likely immediately upon his ascendence as a Storm King the [[The Stormlands#The Eastern Marches|Eastern Marches]] fell under attack by the Bloodroyal [[Yoren Yronwood]] and the warrior maid Wylla of Wyl<ref name="Stormlands224">George R.R. Martin. (2014). ''The World of Ice and Fire - The Stormlands: House Durrandon''. London: HarperVoyager. p.224</ref> who penetrated as far as [[The Stormlands#The Cape of Wrath|Cape Wrath]] to the river Slayne. There he turned back the invaders, killing so many he dammed the river with Dornish corpses at the massacre later named the Battle by the Bloody Pool. | Durran ruled [[Storm's End]] at a young age, and likely immediately upon his ascendence as a Storm King the [[The Stormlands#The Eastern Marches|Eastern Marches]] fell under attack by the Bloodroyal [[Yoren Yronwood]] and the warrior maid Wylla of Wyl<ref name="Stormlands224">George R.R. Martin. (2014). ''The World of Ice and Fire - The Stormlands: House Durrandon''. London: HarperVoyager. p.224</ref> who penetrated as far as [[The Stormlands#The Cape of Wrath|Cape Wrath]] to the river Slayne. There he turned back the invaders, killing so many he dammed the river with Dornish corpses at the massacre later named the Battle by the Bloody Pool. | ||
Shortly after his victory and his return to Storm's End, he fell in love with his own niece and proposed they be married. His brother, Erich, grew furious at the suggestion and in an act of spite murdered his brother with his own hands, earning the name Erich "Kin-Killer" | Shortly after his victory and his return to Storm's End, he fell in love with his own niece and proposed they be married. His brother, Erich, grew furious at the suggestion and in an act of spite murdered his brother with his own hands, earning the name Erich "Kin-Killer". Because Durran's reign was remarkably short-lived, he was forever named Durran "the Young". | ||
== References == | == References == | ||