Stormlands
Regions and Cultures of the Stormlands
The Stormlands is located to the south-east of Westeros, where autumn storms ravage its deep forests, stony mountains, and wind-battered cliffs. The Stormlands are nominally ruled by House Durrandon, but other Stormman Kings have risen up in recent centuries.
Life is harsh here, and success is largely defined by defiance against the elements and uncompromising stubbornness. While competition is fierce between the martial First Man houses, outsiders face a united front if they encroach on the hard-earned prosperity in the Stormlands.
The Men of the Storm
The Stormlands is a wild and violent place. Defiance and resilience are at the roots of every man who calls the Stormlands home - to build up castles in the face of hurricanes, to prosper in the shadow of thunderclouds, and rebuild when storm after storm destroys lives and livelihoods. Since the days of Durran Godsgrief, the Stormlands have fallen under the rule of House Durrandon, and many smallfolk boast of Durrandon blood through the bastards of Ronard Storm. The Storm Lords have grown long-acquainted with the fickleness of the weather, and the grasping hands of their neighbours who they war with frequently. They have endured through fire, blood, and tempest, and do not give up their power easily. The eldest of these House Evenstar of Tarth has rebelled many times, seeking independence as kings in their own right. House Wylde has ever consulted the Children before their King, upholding the laws of weirwood and root above bronze and stone. The names of Swann, and Caron, and their Marcher brothers, have been sung in the Dornish Marches for centuries. And the men of Shipbreaker Bay rail against the lightning rage of the Gods under the stubborn eye of the Durrandons and Konugtuns.