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| == The Eastern Marches ==
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| [[File:Pisa Range.webp|thumb|Dry and windy, the hilly grasslands of the Eastern Marches have witnessed many centuries of conflict, and will likely witness many more.]]
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| Hundreds of leagues of grassland, moors, and plains stretch across the northern border of the Red Mountains. Existing in a constant state of battle-readiness, the marchers of these lands have fought back and forth with the [[Dorne|Dornish]] and each other for thousands of years, and have garnered a reputation for their grinding martial culture and century-long feuds<ref>George R.R. Martin. (2000). ''A Storm of Swords - Tyrion III''. Voyager Books.</ref>. The harsher sister of the [[The Reach#Western Marches|Western Marches]], the Stormlords of the Eastern Marches keep a tight grip on their power and maintain some of the finest fighting men in Westeros<ref name="Stormlands232">George R.R. Martin. (2014). ''The World of Ice and Fire - The Stormlands: The Men of the Stormlands''. p.232. London: HarperVoyager.</ref>.
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| Harsh, stubborn, and avenging, marchers are slow to forgot slights and pursue vengeance for misdeeds true or false at great cost to themselves. The continuous wars and raids from both sides of the marches has left little room for higher culture or religion, bar lengthy ballads of conflict in the marches<ref>George R.R. Martin. (2000). ''A Storm of Swords - Arya II''. Voyager Books.</ref>. They have a highly secular approach to ruling - trusting in themselves above any god and tree. As such they keep their godswoods neat, small, and pragmatic, and weirwoods do not take easily to the dryer soil here.
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| === Marcher Houses ===
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| * [[House Caron|Caron]] of Nightsong
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| * [[House Dondarrion|Dondarrion]] of Blackhaven
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| * [[House Ginett|Ginett]] of Nailstone
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| * [[House Harvest|Harvest]] of Harvest Hall
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| * [[House Lambert|Lambert]] of Dead Rise
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| * [[House Peck|Peck]] of Thrushcastle
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| * [[House Ripping|Ripping]] of Ressview
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| * [[House Spurn|Spurn]] of Sour Hill
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| * [[House Swann|Swann]] of Stonehelm
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| * [[House Polander|Polander]] of Sever Watch
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| == The Kingswood == | | == The Kingswood == |