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In the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels, the Royces are the most powerful family in the Vale after the Arryns. House Royce is descended from the [[First Men]], which is a very rare exception in the Vale, as the First Men were almost completely driven from the Vale during the [[Andal Invasion]] six thousand years ago. This extends to the point that in modern times the nobility of the Vale are considered to represent the purest [[Andal]] bloodlines, exterminating the local First Men instead of intermingling with them. However, House Royce managed to survive, and is very proud of their descent from the First Men, to the point that they include runes of the [[Old Tongue]] of the First Men in their sigil. |
In the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels, the Royces are the most powerful family in the Vale after the Arryns. House Royce is descended from the [[First Men]], which is a very rare exception in the Vale, as the First Men were almost completely driven from the Vale during the [[Andal Invasion]] six thousand years ago. This extends to the point that in modern times the nobility of the Vale are considered to represent the purest [[Andal]] bloodlines, exterminating the local First Men instead of intermingling with them. However, House Royce managed to survive, and is very proud of their descent from the First Men, to the point that they include runes of the [[Old Tongue]] of the First Men in their sigil. |
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| − | House Royce is extremely loyal to the Arryns, and hold a blood-relationship to [[House Stark]] of [[the North]]. Despite this being a distant and old connection, the Royces hold the Starks as distant kin. |
+ | House Royce is extremely loyal to the Arryns, and hold a blood-relationship to [[House Stark]] of [[the North]]. Despite this being a distant and old connection, the Royces hold the Starks as distant kin. After hearing of the [[Sack of Winterfell]], and the assumed death of his younger brothers, [[Robb Stark]]'s mother [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]] urged her son to officially name one of his distant cousins from House Royce as his heir. [[Arya Stark|Arya]] was also assumed dead at the time, and [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] had just been forced to marry [[Tyrion Lannister]], and both correctly feared that should he die, the Lannisters were planning on installing any child born between Sansa and Tyrion as their puppet to rule the North. Robb disagreed on the grounds that it was still a distant relationship, and said he would prefer to name his bastard half-brother [[Jon Snow]] as his heir, because given that Robb was a king he could simply declare Jon to be legitimized. The matter was rendered moot by Robb's sudden death at the [[Red Wedding]]. |
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House Royce is a vassal house which holds fealty to House Arryn of the Vale. Their seat is Runestone, located east of the Eyrie, on the coast of the Narrow Sea. Its head is the veteran Lord Yohn Royce.
House Royce's sigil is a shower of pebbles on an orange field surrounded by runes. Their motto is, "We Remember."
Members
- Lord Yohn Royce, known as "Bronze Yohn", Lord of Runestone
- Ser {Robar Royce}, his son, a member of Renly I's Kingsguard. Killed in self-defense by Brienne of Tarth.
- Ser {Waymar Royce}, his son, a Ranger of the Night's Watch. Killed by a White Walker.
Family tree
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In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, the Royces are the most powerful family in the Vale after the Arryns. House Royce is descended from the First Men, which is a very rare exception in the Vale, as the First Men were almost completely driven from the Vale during the Andal Invasion six thousand years ago. This extends to the point that in modern times the nobility of the Vale are considered to represent the purest Andal bloodlines, exterminating the local First Men instead of intermingling with them. However, House Royce managed to survive, and is very proud of their descent from the First Men, to the point that they include runes of the Old Tongue of the First Men in their sigil.
House Royce is extremely loyal to the Arryns, and hold a blood-relationship to House Stark of the North. Despite this being a distant and old connection, the Royces hold the Starks as distant kin. After hearing of the Sack of Winterfell, and the assumed death of his younger brothers, Robb Stark's mother Catelyn urged her son to officially name one of his distant cousins from House Royce as his heir. Arya was also assumed dead at the time, and Sansa had just been forced to marry Tyrion Lannister, and both correctly feared that should he die, the Lannisters were planning on installing any child born between Sansa and Tyrion as their puppet to rule the North. Robb disagreed on the grounds that it was still a distant relationship, and said he would prefer to name his bastard half-brother Jon Snow as his heir, because given that Robb was a king he could simply declare Jon to be legitimized. The matter was rendered moot by Robb's sudden death at the Red Wedding.
The members of House Royce are:
- Lord Yohn Royce, called Bronze Yohn, Lord of Runestone, the ruler of the main branch of the family.
- Ser Andar Royce, his eldest son and heir.
- Ser Robar Royce, his second son, known as Robar the Red since joining Renly Baratheon's Rainbow Guard
- Ser Waymar Royce, a ranger of the Night's Watch
- Ysilla Royce, his only daughter.
In the novels, House Royce has a cadet branch ruling from the Gates of the Moon. However, since the Gates of the Moon do not apparently exist in the TV series, it is unclear if this cadet branch has also been eliminated. This branch consists of:
- Nestor Royce, a cousin of Yohn's, Keeper of the Gates of the Moon, High Steward of the Vale, ruler of the cadet branch of the family.
- Albar Royce, Nestor's son and heir.
- Myranda Royce, Nestor's daughter.
Lady Jeyne of House Royce was Lord Jon Arryn's first wife who died delivering a stillborn daughter.
Two other members are the deceased Lady Perra of House Royce, Lord Walder Frey's first wife and Ser Stevron Frey's mother, and Lady Ryella of House Royce who is married to Ser Arwood Frey, Lord Walder Frey's grandson.
Image gallery
See also
- House Royce at A Wiki of Ice and Fire (MAJOR spoilers from the books)
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