The Arryns are descended from the Kings of Mountain and Vale, one of the oldest and purest lines of Andal nobility. Their sigil is the moon-and-falcon, white, upon a sky blue field. The Arryn words are As High As Honor.
[JON ARRYN], Lord of the Eyrie, Defender of the Vale, Warden of the East, Hand of the King, recently deceased,
— his first wife, [LADY JEYNE, of House Royce], died in childbed, her daughter stillborn,
— his second wife, [LADY ROWENA, of House Arryn], his cousin, died of a winter chill, childless,
— his third wife and widow, LADY LYSA, of House Tully,
— their son:
— ROBERT ARRYN, a sickly boy of six years, now Lord of the Eyrie and Defender of the Vale,
— their retainers and household:
— MAESTER COLEMON, counselor, healer, and tutor,
— SER VARDIS EGEN, captain of the guard,
— SER BRYNDEN TULLY, called the Blackfish, Knight of the Gate and uncle to the Lady Lysa,
— LORD NESTOR ROYCE, High Steward of the Vale,
— SER ALBAR ROYCE, his son,
— MYA STONE, a bastard girl in his service,
— LORD EON HUNTER, suitor to Lady Lysa,
— SER LYN CORBRAY, suitor to Lady Lysa,
— MYCHEL REDFORT, his squire,
— LADY ANYA WAYNWOOD, a widow,
— SER MORTON WAYNWOOD, her son, suitor to Lady Lysa,
— SER DONNEL WAYNWOOD, her son,
— MORD, a brutal gaoler.
The principal houses sworn to the Eyrie are Royce, Baelish, Egen, Waynwood, Hunter, Redfort, Corbray, Belmore, Melcolm, and Hersy.