The Tullys never reigned as kings, though they held rich lands and the great castle at Riverrun for a thousand years. During the Wars of Conquest, the riverlands belonged to Harren the Black, King of the Isles. Harren’s grandfather, King Harwyn Hardhand, had taken the Trident from Arrec the Storm King, whose ancestors had conquered all the way to the Neck three hundred years earlier, slaying the last of the old River Kings. A vain and bloody tyrant, Harren the Black was little loved by those he ruled, and many of the river lords deserted him to join Aegon’s host. First among them was Edmyn Tully of Riverrun. When Harren and his line perished in the burning of Harrenhal, Aegon rewarded House Tully by raising Lord Edmyn to dominion over the lands of the Trident and requiring the other river lords to swear him fealty. The Tully sigil is a leaping trout, silver, on a field of rippling blue and red. The Tully words are Family, Duty, Honor.
HOSTER TULLY, Lord of Riverrun,
— his wife, [LADY MINISA, of House Whent], died in childbed,
— their children:
— CATELYN, the eldest daughter, wed to Lord Eddard Stark,
— LYSA, the younger daughter, wed to Lord Jon Arryn,
— SER EDMURE, heir to Riverrun,
— his brother, SER BRYNDEN, called the Blackfish,
— his household:
— MAESTER VYMAN, counselor, healer, and tutor,
— SER DESMOND GRELL, master- at-arms,
— SER ROBIN RYGER, captain of the guard,
— UTHERYDES WAYN, steward of Riverrun,
— his knights and lords bannermen:
— JASON MALLISTER, Lord of Seagard,
— PATREK MALLISTER, his son and heir,
— WALDER FREY, Lord of the Crossing,
— his numerous sons, grandsons, and bastards,
— JONOS BRACKEN, Lord of the Stone Hedge,
— TYTOS BLACKWOOD, Lord of Raventree,
— SER RAYMUN DARRY,
— SER KARYL VANCE,
— SER MARQ PIPER,
— SHELLA WHENT, Lady of Harrenhal,
— SER WILLIS WODE, a knight in her service.
Lesser houses sworn to Riverrun include Darry, Frey, Mallister, Bracken, Blackwood, Whent, Ryger, Piper, Vance.