House Fowler
North and east, beyond a great gap in the mountains that provided the shortest and easiest passage from Dorne to the Reach, House Fowler carved its own seat into the stony slopes overlooking the pass. Skyreach, that seat became known, for its lofty perch and soaring stone towers. At the time, the pass it brooded over was commonly known as the Wide Way (today we name it the Prince's Pass), so the Fowlers took for themselves the grandiose titles of Lords of Skyreach, Lords of the Wide Way, and Kings of Stone and Sky. - The World of Ice and Fire[1]
House Fowler of Skyreach is a First Men royal house of the Kingdom of Stone and Sky in Dorne. Their seat is Skyreach, a mountain castle overlooking the Wide Way famed for its lofty perch and soaring stone towers.
Their sigil is a hooded blue hawk on silver. Their words are "Let Me Soar".
History edit
Background edit
The Fowlers have reigned over the Wide Way, one of only two passes through the Red Mountains, for thousands of years. Titling themselves "Kings of Stone and Sky," as well as "Lords of the Wide Way,"[1] the Fowlers have fought many Reachmen armies who attempted to cross the Red Mountains. Perhaps more prominently, however, they are renowned for their ancient feud with House Yronwood, the Bloodroyals of the Bone Way.
Seat and Region edit
"North and east [from Starfall], beyond a great gap in the mountains that provided the shortest and easiest passage from Dorne to the Reach, House Fowler carved its own seat into the stony slopes overlooking the pass. Skyreach, that seat became known, for its lofty perch and soaring stone towers." [1] This location high up in the pass known as the Wide Way has given the Fowlers the perfect position to repel invaders; and if the name 'Skyreach' is any indication, may have inspired the ancient Fowlers to take a blue hawk for their sigil.
Coming of the Andals edit
During the early onset of the Coming of the Andals, the Fowlers saw internal division that eventually led to the vassalization of Skyreach by the Bloodroyals of Yronwood. Their time as Lords of the Wide Way only lasted the life of Roryn Fowler, however, as Owen Fowler was backed by the Torrentine and Brimstone to reassert their independence.
Notable Members edit
Age of Heroes edit
- King Ferris Fowler[2] – Invaded the Reach with 10,000 men.
The Coming of the Andals edit
- King Caswald Fowler - The King of Stone and Sky during the onset of the Coming of the Andals.
- Prince Ferris Fowler - Notorious exiled Prince known as the "Desert Hawk."
- Lord Roryn Fowler - Succeeded Caswald Fowler. Remembered for bending the knee to the Yronwoods.
- King Owen Fowler - After the death of his uncle, Lord Roryn, he couped Skyreach and led a rebellion against the Bloodroyal to regain a crown for the Wide Way.