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[[File:HouseMillerCOA.png|thumb|Arms of House Miller]] | [[File:HouseMillerCOA.png|thumb|Arms of House Miller]] | ||
'''House Miller of Brushmill''' is an [[Andals|Andal]] house near the [[The Stormlands#The Kingswood and the Wendwater|Wendwater River]]. They are sworn to [[House Bywater]]. Their seat is Brushmill. | '''House Miller of Brushmill''' is an [[Andals|Andal]] house near the [[The Stormlands#The Kingswood and the Wendwater|Wendwater River]]. They are sworn to [[House Bywater]]. Their seat is Brushmill. As per the Andal tradition, the Millers are not lords, but are landed knights with the title of Ser. | ||
The Miller sigil depicts per cross blue and white shield, a quill and a hammer crossed. Their words are "''With Hammer and Quill''". | The Miller sigil depicts per cross blue and white shield, a quill and a hammer crossed. Their words are "''With Hammer and Quill''". | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
The Millers came over the sea from [[Andalos]], led by Morgan Miller alongside Kevan [[House Pyle|Pyle]] and Gylbert [[House Gaunt|Gaunt]] as a single fleet, seeking new lands in Blackwater Bay and the Baywater Woods in the first years of the [[Coming of the Andals]]. When they landed, all three adventurers and their followers warred with House Bywater to take their lands. | The Millers came over the sea from [[Andalos]], led by Ser Morgan Miller alongside Ser Kevan [[House Pyle|Pyle]] and Ser Gylbert [[House Gaunt|Gaunt]] as a single fleet, seeking new lands in Blackwater Bay and the Baywater Woods in the first years of the [[Coming of the Andals]]. When they landed, all three adventurers and their followers warred with House Bywater to take their lands. | ||
The Gaunts secured the most land and the Pyles gained the formidable fort at Greyhelm, but the Millers failed to take any castles. Desperate to secure a home for themselves, Morgan betrayed the other Andals and offered his blade to Gatrel Bywater as a vassal, and their combined forces, First Men and Andals united, stopped further conquest by the Gaunts and the Pyles. Since then the Millers have been regarded as pariahs and traitors of the Andal world, and the first of a race of strangers to the Stormmen. | The Gaunts secured the most land and the Pyles gained the formidable fort at Greyhelm, but the Millers failed to take any castles. Desperate to secure a home for themselves, Morgan betrayed the other Andals and offered his blade to Lord Gatrel Bywater as a vassal, and their combined forces, First Men and Andals united, stopped further conquest by the Gaunts and the Pyles. Since then the Millers have been regarded as pariahs and traitors of the Andal world, and the first of a race of strangers to the Stormmen. | ||
== Notable Members == | == Notable Members == | ||
* | * Ser Morgan Miller, an Andal adventurer who founded House Miller, betrayed his fellow Andals, and was welcomed into the Stormlands by the Bywaters as their vassals. He was the head of House Miller during the reign of [[Erich VII Durrandon]]. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
[[Category:Houses|Miller]] | [[Category:Houses|Miller]] | ||
Revision as of 05:21, 1 June 2025
-he repaid our faith with betrayal. - A Storm of Swords[1]
House Miller of Brushmill is an Andal house near the Wendwater River. They are sworn to House Bywater. Their seat is Brushmill. As per the Andal tradition, the Millers are not lords, but are landed knights with the title of Ser.
The Miller sigil depicts per cross blue and white shield, a quill and a hammer crossed. Their words are "With Hammer and Quill".
History
The Millers came over the sea from Andalos, led by Ser Morgan Miller alongside Ser Kevan Pyle and Ser Gylbert Gaunt as a single fleet, seeking new lands in Blackwater Bay and the Baywater Woods in the first years of the Coming of the Andals. When they landed, all three adventurers and their followers warred with House Bywater to take their lands.
The Gaunts secured the most land and the Pyles gained the formidable fort at Greyhelm, but the Millers failed to take any castles. Desperate to secure a home for themselves, Morgan betrayed the other Andals and offered his blade to Lord Gatrel Bywater as a vassal, and their combined forces, First Men and Andals united, stopped further conquest by the Gaunts and the Pyles. Since then the Millers have been regarded as pariahs and traitors of the Andal world, and the first of a race of strangers to the Stormmen.
Notable Members
- Ser Morgan Miller, an Andal adventurer who founded House Miller, betrayed his fellow Andals, and was welcomed into the Stormlands by the Bywaters as their vassals. He was the head of House Miller during the reign of Erich VII Durrandon.
References
- ↑ George R.R. Martin. (2000). A Storm of Swords - Jaime IV. Voyager Books.