The Tyrells rose to power as stewards to the Kings of the Reach, whose domain included the fertile plains of the southwest from the Dornish marches and Blackwater Rush to the shores of the Sunset Sea. Through the female line, they claim descent from Garth Greenhand, gardener king of the First Men, who wore a crown of vines and flowers and made the land bloom. When Mern IX, last king of House Gardener, was slain on the Field of Fire, his steward Harlen Tyrell surrendered Highgarden to Aegon the Conqueror. Aegon granted him the castle and dominion over the Reach. The Tyrell sigil is a golden rose on a grass-green field. Their words are Growing Strong.
Lord Mace Tyrell declared his support for Renly Baratheon at the onset of the War of the Five Kings, and gave him the hand of his daughter Margaery. Upon Renly’s death, Highgarden made alliance with House Lannister, and Margaery was betrothed to King Joffrey.
MACE TYRELL, Lord of Highgarden, Warden of the South, Defender of the Marches, and High Marshall of the Reach,
—his wife, LADY ALERIE, of House Hightower of Oldtown,
—their children:
—WILLAS, their eldest son, heir to Highgarden,
—SER GARLAN, called THE GALLANT, their second son,
—his wife, LADY LEONETTE of House Fossoway,
—SER LORAS, the Knight of Flowers, their youngest son, a Sworn Brother of the Kingsguard,
—MARGAERY, their daughter, a widow of fifteen years, betrothed to King Joffrey I Baratheon,
—Margaery’s companions and ladies-in-waiting:
—her cousins, MEGGA, ALLA, and ELINOR TYRELL,
—Elinor’s betrothed, ALYN AMBROSE, squire,
—LADY ALYSANNE BULWER, a girl of eight,
—MEREDYTH CRANE, called MERRY,
—TAENA OF MYR, wife to LORD ORTON MERRYWEATHER,
—LADY ALYCE GRACEFORD,
—SEPTA NYSTERICA, a sister of the Faith,
—his widowed mother, LADY OLENNA of House Redwyne, called the Queen of Thorns,
—Lady Olenna’s guardsmen, ARRYK and ERRYK, called LEFT and RIGHT,
—his sisters:
—LADY MINA, wed to Paxter Redwyne, Lord of the Arbor,
—their children:
—SER HORAS REDWYNE, twin to Hobber, mocked as HORROR,
—SER HOBBER REDWYNE, twin to Horas, mocked as SLOBBER,
—DESMERA REDWYNE, a maid of sixteen,
—LADY JANNA, wed to Ser Jon Fossoway,
—his uncles and cousins:
—his father’s brother, GARTH, called THE GROSS, Lord Seneschal of Highgarden,
—Garth’s bastard sons, GARSE and GARRETT FLOWERS,
—his father’s brother, SER MORYN, Lord Commander of the City Watch of Oldtown,
—Moryn’s son, [SER LUTHOR], m. Lady Elyn Norridge,
—Luthor’s son, SER THEODORE, m. Lady Lia Serry,
—Theodore’s daughter, ELINOR,
—Theodore’s son, LUTHOR, a squire,
—Luthor’s son, MAESTER MEDWICK,
—Luthor’s daughter, OLENE, m. Ser Leo Blackbar,
—Moryn’s son, LEO, called LEO THE LAZY,
—his father’s brother, MAESTER GORMON, a scholar of the Citadel,
—his cousin, [SER QUENTIN], died at Ashford,
—Quentin’s son, SER OLYMER, m. Lady Lysa Meadows,
—Olymer’s sons, RAYMUND and RICKARD,
—Olymer’s daughter, MEGGA,
—his cousin, MAESTER NORMUND, in service at Blackcrown,
—his cousin, [SER VICTOR], slain by the Smiling Knight of the Kingswood Brotherhood,
—Victor’s daughter, VICTARIA, m. {Lord Jon Bulwer}, died of a summer fever,
—their daughter, LADY ALYSANNE BULWER, eight,
—Victor’s son, SER LEO, m. Lady Alys Beesbury,
—Leo’s daughters, ALLA and LEONA,
—Leo’s sons, LYONEL, LUCAS, and LORENT,
—his household at Highgarden:
—MAESTER LOMYS, counselor, healer, and tutor,
—IGON VYRWEL, captain of the guard,
—SER VORTIMER CRANE, master-at-arms,
—BUTTERBUMPS, fool and jester, hugely fat,
—his lords bannermen:
—RANDYLL TARLY, Lord of Horn Hill,
—PAXTER REDWYNE, Lord of the Arbor,
—ARWYN OAKHEART, Lady of Old Oak,
—MATHIS ROWAN, Lord of Goldengrove,
—ALESTER FLORENT, Lord of Brightwater Keep, a rebel in support of Stannis Baratheon,
—LEYTON HIGHTOWER, Voice of Oldtown, Lord of the Port,
—ORTON MERRYWEATHER, Lord of Longtable,
—LORD ARTHUR AMBROSE,
—his knights and sworn swords:
—SER MARK MULLENDORE, crippled during the Battle of the Blackwater,
—SER JON FOSSOWAY, of the green-apple Fossoways,
—SER TANTON FOSSOWAY, of the red-apple Fossoways.