House Durrandon

From their great citadel Storm's End, the Storm Kings of House Durrandon had once ruled the eastern half of Westeros from Cape Wrath to the Bay of Crabs, but their powers had been dwindling for centuries.
- The World of Ice and Fire

Arms of House Durrandon

House Durrandon of Storm's End is the First Man royal House of the Kingdom of the Storm, known as Storm Kings or Stag Kings. Their seat is Storm's End, an ancient fortress built by Durran Godsgrief on the eastern tip of Durran's Point over the cliffs of Shipbreaker Bay.

The Durrandon sigil is a crowned black stag on a field of gold. Their words are "Ours is the Fury".

History

House Durrandon was founded by the eponymous hero-king Durran Godsgrief, wedding Elenei, said to be the daughter of the sea god and the goddess of the wind. The Godsgrief was said to rule a thousand years, though whether he was truly long-lived or if these were simply a long line of kings bearing his name is unknown as it happened so long ago. What is not unknown is that he, and his descendants after, established a kingship over the region that would become the Stormlands, with their First Man followers becoming the Stormmen of the region today.

The power of the Durrandons ebbed and flowed during the Age of Heroes, the greatest of their Kings, such as Durran X Durrandon and Monfryd the Mighty extending the writ of Storm's End far beyond the borders of the Stormlands into the Blackwater and even the Riverlands.

But in recent centuries preceding the Coming of the Andals, House Durrandon has been wracked with many incompetent and terrible kings in back-to-back succession, the worst being King Durwald the Fat whose writ was said to not extend beyond the walls of Storm's End. With the decline of the house, their kingdom has also declined, and when the Andals came, King Erich VII Durrandon was embroiled in successive crises and struggled to maintain control over his own kingdom, let alone the arrival of outsiders whom he disregarded as a non-issue.

Notable Members

Age of Heroes

• King Durran Godsgrief, a legendary figure from the end of the Dawn Age who built Storm's End, married Elenei, and founded House Durrandon. He was said to live a thousand years.
  • 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 Bronze-Axe, who ruled roughly a century after Durran II, and who seized the Rainwood again for good and all.
• King Durran the Dour, who, as either Durran V or VI, slew Lun the Last, King of the Giants during the conquest of the Kingswood.
• King Durran the Ravenfriend, who expanded his kingdom into the Hook, and saw the founding of the castle Stonedance by the founder of House Massey, Maldon Massey.
• King Durran the Young, also called "the Butcher Boy", who turned back a Dornish invasion, before he was murdered by his brother.
  • Erich Kin-Killer, his brother who killed Durran after the king coveted Erich's own daughter.
• King Durran the Fair, who took the daughter of Edwyn Evenstar, founder of House 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 I Durrandon, called "the Beautiful", his son, 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 was said to not extend beyond the walls of Storm's End.
  • King Morden II Durrandon, his son, who was displaced by his bastard half-brother, Ronard the Bastard, and confined to a tower-cell.
  • King Ronard I Storm, called "the Bastard", who usurped his half-brother, Morden II, and ruled for thirty years.
    • King Monfryd IV Durrandon, his son, who reigned without note as the last Storm King before the Andal Invasion.

Coming of the Andals

The First Century A.I.

• King Erich VII Durrandon, called "the Unready", son of Monfryd IV, who did not pay much heed to the Coming of the Andals while he was fighting other wars. Reigned from 3867 A.H.-43 A.I.
• King Qarlton II Durrandon, called "Qarlton Halfhand", grandson to Erich. Lost a hand to Jon Crow after the latter slew his grandfather's messenger. Married to Rhialta Peasebury. Reigned from 43-75 A.I.
  • Rhialta Durrandon, eldest daughter of Qarlton. Known as the Witch of Tarth, she was struck by lightning at sea and given visions. Married to Tristifer Blacktyde.
• King Durran XIX Durrandon, called "Durran Stormcrowned," a legitimized bastard born of a lowborn Red Marcher Dornish woman named Arrsa and Qarlton II's first and only son. Married to Mora Harvest. Reigned from 75-110 A.I.
  • Durran the Kingslayer, firstborn son and a claimant during the Great Stag Duel.
  • Balder Stormblessed, second son and a claimant during the Great Stag Duel.

The Second Century A.I.

• King Beron I Durrandon, called "the Boring" and "the Bad", fourth son of Durran XIX and the victorious claimant during the Great Stag Duel. Married to Callista Wylde. Reigned from 113-149 A.I.
  • Silas Durrandon, the first Durrandon skinchanger in over a hundred years and Beron I's first heir-apparent. Died tragically at 25 in an accident.
• Queen Elenei I Durrandon, the first Storm Queen regnant and Beron I's second heir-apparent. Unmarried. Reigned from 149-180 A.I.
• Queen Vika I Durrandon, the second Storm Queen regnant and Elenei's preferred heir. Married to Durran Durrandon, a cousin of hers.

Houses Sworn to House Durrandon

• Blackheart of Gallowsgrey
• Blacktyde of Tarth
• Borrell of Wrathrock
• Buckler of Bronzegate
• Bywater of Bywater Watch
• Dondarrion of Blackhaven
• Dune of Broad Arch
• Fell of Felwood
• Gale of Galekeep
• Grand of Grandview
• Grimsby of Shearfield
• Harthwood of Harthwood Hall
• Harvest of Harvest Hall
• Konugtun of Griffon's Roost
• Reaper of Giant's Lair
• Slayne of the Slaynefort
• Sorrow of the Grief
• Swann of Stonehelm
• Torrent of Horncross
• Wendwater of Farring