Elys Westerling

Elys Westerling
Biographical information
Born	The Crag
Political information
House(s)	Westerling
Affiliation(s)	House Lannister
Title(s)	Ser
Personal information
Culture	Westermen
Religion	Faith of the Seven

"My father's knights burst into the hall in time to see the last of it, so there was no way for me to vanish and let some bragger steal the glory or blame. I knew at once when I saw the way they looked at me. It would be blame. Lannister or no, I'd been one of Aerys's Kingsguard. I commanded them to announce that the Mad King was dead and to spare all those who yielded. They asked me if they should proclaim a new king as well. I knew what they meant. Would it be my father, or Robert Baratheon, or maybe the child Viserys who'd fled to Dragonstone?"

―Jaime Lannister

Elys Westerling was a knight of House Westerling during the reign of Aerys II Targaryen. He participated in the Sack of King's Landing.

Biography

After Jaime killed the Mad King, Ser Elys and more of Tywin's knights entered the Red Keep hall, and saw Jaime standing over Aerys's body. They incorrectly assumed Jaime killed the king in order to give the throne to his father, and asked him whether they should proclaim a new king. Jaime considered naming Viserys, but fearing that the boy would grow to be like his monstrous father, he just said "Proclaim who you bloody well like".

In the books

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Elys Westerling is mentioned only once and very briefly, in Jaime's flashback about the aforementioned event, as narrated in Histories & Lore.

It is unknown whether Ser Elys is still alive, and what is his exact kinship to the main branch of House Westerling.

Appearances

• – "Robert's Rebellion - Jaime Lannister" (illustrated)

External links

• Elys Westerling on A Wiki of Ice and Fire

House Westerling
Head	Unknown	Heir	Unknown
Seat	Crag	Region	Westerlands
Ancestors	Jeyne Westerling · Harrold Westerling · Johanna Westerling
Members	Elys Westerling
Overlords	House Lannister