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| == Shipbreaker Bay ==
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| [[File:Rocky-coastline-of-portugal.jpg|thumb|The rocky shores and jagged edges of Shipbreaker Bay have deterred many would-be invaders from the sea.]]
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| Rocky, wet, and wild, the storms that assault the stout stone keeps of Shipbreaker Bay are legendary. Here prosperity is ripped from the ground and sea in the form of stone, metal, and some of the finest sailors in all of Westeros<ref name="Stormlands231">George R.R. Martin. (2014). ''The World of Ice and Fire - The Stormlands: The Men of the Stormlands''. p.231. London: HarperVoyager.</ref>. The lords of arguably the most hostile lands in the kingdom have made them long-acquainted with the fickleness of the weather, and guest right here is oft sought-after and highly respected.
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| Dominated by the Stag Kings of House Durrandon, the lords of this region are at the nexus of royal power in the Stormlands, where guest right and hospitality has a centuries-spanning tradition. The lords of the bay regularly break bread with each other, sharing salt, hearth, and home to those in need, and are perhaps more attuned than most to the struggles of their leal smallfolk. Loyalty, brotherhood, and a shared sense of commitment dominate local politics due to the storms that threaten all, with proud families such as [[House Konugtun]], [[House Gale|Gale]], and [[House Reaper|Reaper]] coexisting for mutual benefit and support.
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| === Houses of Shipbreaker Bay ===
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| * [[House Buckler|Buckler]] of Bronzegate
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| * [[House Durrandon|Durrandon]] of Storm's End
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| * [[House Gale|Gale]] of Parchments
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| * [[House Grimsby|Grimsby]] of Shearfield
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| * [[House Hasty|Hasty]] of Hadlow Keep
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| * [[House Konugtun|Konugtun]] of Griffin's Roost
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| * [[House Reaper|Reaper]] of the Giant's Lair
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| * [[House Rooke|Rooke]] of Griffin River
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| * [[House Sorrow|Sorrow]] of the Grief
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| * [[House Staines|Staines]] of Pennon Hall
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| * [[House Straw|Straw]] of Strawcastle
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| * [[House Torrent|Torrent]] of Horncross
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| == The Cape of Wrath ==
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| [[File:Forest-tree-fog-mist.jpg|thumb|Misty and primeval, the Rainwood is a quiet place of ancient things and green magicks.]]
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| The largest peninsula within the Stormlands, Cape Wrath juts out into the Narrow Sea, bordering Shipbreaker Bay, the Eastern Marches, the [[Sea of Dorne]], and encompassing the Estermont Isles<ref>George R.R. Martin. (2005). ''A Feast for Crows - Cersei V''. Voyager Books.</ref>. Dominated by the primeval Rainwood, this region bears the brunt of storms sweeping through from the Summer Sea, and is rich in timber, furs, amber, and fertile soil. Though since the reign of the incompetent Durrandon king [[Durwald I Durrandon|Durwald the Fat]], most of the region has fallen away from the Storm Kings and are now under the influence of the mysterious [[Green Queen]], where many Stormmen houses pay greater heed to the words of this woods-witch rather than any missives from Storm's End.
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| The men of Cape Wrath are a varied lot. Those woodsmen of the Rainwood and the Estermont Isles dwell in quiet, murky subsistence in their wet forests - preferring to uphold the laws of weirwood and root above bronze and stone<ref name="Stormlands233">George R.R. Martin. (2014). ''The World of Ice and Fire - The Stormlands: The Men of the Stormlands''. p.233. London: HarperVoyager.</ref>, holding the [[The Pact|Pact]] signed on the [[Isle of Faces]] in especially high esteem. The scions of [[House Wylde]] and [[House Greenstone]] have learnt to live in tune with nature, to the beats of thunder on the coasts, and the breath of wood and branch - with most of Cape Wrath following suit. But for a few the ancient traditions of [[Durran Godsgrief]], that of the primordial god-couple of [[First Gods|sea and sky]]<ref>George R.R. Martin. (1998). ''A Clash of Kings - Catelyn III''. Voyager Books.</ref>, still hang heavy in the minds of Houses [[House Crow|Crow]] and [[House Slayne|Slayne]] - to appease and overcome the gods, and to grow strong in a often cruel and uncaring world.
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| === Houses of Cape Wrath ===
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| * [[House Brownhill (Brownshore)|Brownhill]] of Brownshore
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| * [[House Densmore|Densmore]] of Densmore
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| * [[House Gore|Gore]] of Goring Hill
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| * [[House Greenflight|Greenflight]] of the Crow's Nest
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| * [[House Greenstone|Greenstone]] of Greenstone
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| * [[House Hamfast|Hamfast]] of Bronzeaxe
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| * [[House Kellby|Kellby]] of Bluegrove
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| * [[House Lush|Lush]] of Amberly
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| * [[House Redwind|Redwind]] of Redwind
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| * [[House Shaw|Shaw]] of Greenpools
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| * [[House Slayne|Slayne]] of the Slaynefort
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| * [[House Tudbury|Tudbury]] of Tudbury Hall
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| * [[House Whitehead|Whitehead]] of the Weeping Tower
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| * [[House Wylde|Wylde]] of the Rain House
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| == The Eastern Marches == | | == The Eastern Marches == |