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== History == | == History == | ||
House Oakheart like many houses of the Reach claims descent from a child of [[Garth Greenhand]], his son John The Oak, fathered from a Giantess, a huge man said to be 8 or 12 feet tall in some tales. <ref name="Reach208">George R. R. Martin, ''The World of Ice and Fire'', (London: HarperVoyager, 2014) p. 208</ref> The Oakhearts have a particularly long and bloody history with the dornish, being involved in multiple wars between the Reach and the various [[First Men]] kings of Dorne. | House Oakheart like many houses of the Reach claims descent from a child of [[Garth Greenhand]], his son John The Oak, fathered from a Giantess, a huge man said to be 8 or 12 feet tall in some tales. <ref name="Reach208">George R. R. Martin, ''The World of Ice and Fire'', (London: HarperVoyager, 2014) p. 208</ref> The Oakhearts have a particularly long and bloody history with the dornish, being involved in multiple wars between [[the Reach]] and the various [[First Men]] kings of [[Dorne]]. | ||
The petty kings of Old Oak became part of the realm of [[King_Garth_III_Gardener|King Garth III Gardener]] of the Reach by forging an alliance based on friendship and shared protection. <ref name="Reach211">George R. R. Martin, ''The World of Ice and Fire'', (London: HarperVoyager, 2014) p. 211</ref> | The petty kings of Old Oak became part of the realm of [[King_Garth_III_Gardener|King Garth III Gardener]] of the Reach by forging an alliance based on friendship and shared protection. <ref name="Reach211">George R. R. Martin, ''The World of Ice and Fire'', (London: HarperVoyager, 2014) p. 211</ref> |