- "Lord Cerwyn refused to pay. He said the Warden of the North would always be a Stark, and he’d be damned if he’d kiss a traitor’s boot...I flayed him living, along with his wife and brother. Made his son watch...The new Lord Cerwyn paid his taxes. "
- ―Ramsay Bolton
House Cerwyn[1] of Cerwyn is a vassal house that holds fealty to House Stark of Winterfell. Their seat, Castle Cerwyn, is located east of the Kingsroad, south of Winterfell.
House Cerwyn's heraldry is a battle-axe on silver.
History[]
Game of Thrones: Season 5[]
Ramsay Bolton kills Lord Medger Cerwyn, alongside his wife and brother, for remaining loyal to the Starks. Medger's son Cley succeeds his father as Lord Cerwyn.[2]
Game of Thrones: Season 6[]
While making plans to reclaim the North, Jon Snow lists the Cerwyns as one of the houses that have not yet declared for the Boltons.[3]
After the Starks' victory over the Boltons, House Cerwyn is among the northern houses that declare Jon as the new King in the North.[4]
Members[]
- Lord {Medger Cerwyn}, Lord of Castle Cerwyn. The former head of the family. Flayed alive by Ramsay Bolton.
- {Lady Cerwyn}, his wife. Flayed alive by Ramsay Bolton.
- Lord Cley Cerwyn, their son and successor. Lord of Castle Cerwyn and current head of the family.
- {Lady Cerwyn}, his wife. Flayed alive by Ramsay Bolton.
- {Lord Cerwyn's brother}. Flayed alive by Ramsay Bolton.
Family tree[]
Medger Cerwyn Deceased |
Lady Cerwyn Deceased |
Brother Deceased | |||||||||||||||||||||
Cley Cerwyn | |||||||||||||||||||||||
In the books[]
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, House Cerwyn is one of closest bannermen to the Starks. Castle Cerwyn being just a half day's ride from Winterfell.
Following the deaths of Lord Medger Cerwyn and his son Cley, Lady Jonelle, past thirty, swears fealty to the new Warden of the North, Lord Roose Bolton. Cerwyn men are present at Winterfell for the wedding of Ramsay Bolton.
Members[]
- Lord {Medger Cerwyn}, Lord of Cerwyn. Taken captive by the Lannisters at the battle on the Green Fork, and later died of his injuries at Harrenhal.
- Lady Jonella Cerwyn, his daughter. A homely maid, past thirty.
- Lord {Cley Cerwyn}, his son. Killed by the Boltons during the Sack of Winterfell.
The Cerwyn heraldry is slightly different in the TV series. In the novels, it is a black battle-axe on a white background. In the TV series, it is a silver-bladed battle-axe with a black shaft, on a grey background.
Cerwyn bannerman Ser Kyle Condon was in command of one of the only Northern armies that may have survived after the Red Wedding - not counting the Stark-loyal River Lord houses such as the Tullys. When Roose Bolton marched the eastern half of the Stark army back to the Twins, he intentionally advanced slow enough to allow Gregor Clegane to fall on his rear guard in the Battle of Ruby Ford - intentionally sending Stark loyalists on suicide missions while leaving his own Bolton forces unblooded and intact. After crossing the Trident, his remaining army consisted of around 3,500 Bolton men, and 600 men from other Northern Houses. Not wanting these remaining Stark-loyal men to interfere in the betrayal at the Twins, he left them to command the northern bank of the Trident, under the command of Ser Kyle Condon and Ronnel Stout (the Stouts being bannermen of House Dustin). Oddly, no mention at all was made afterward of what happened to Kyle Condon and his small army detachment, even though they were not present at the Red Wedding.
In A Dance with Dragons, following the fight by Deepwood Motte, surviving Cerwyn soldiers from the earlier siege of Winterfell join Stannis in his campaign against the Boltons - though it is unclear if Lady Jonelle has openly switched sides as the Mormonts and Glovers did.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Game of Thrones: Season 6, Episode 5: "The Door" (2016).
- ↑ "High Sparrow"
- ↑ "The Door"
- ↑ "The Winds of Winter"
Notes[]
- ↑ In "Winter Is Coming," which takes place in 298 AC, Sansa Stark tells Cersei Lannister that she is 13 years old and Bran Stark tells Jaime Lannister that he is 10 years old. Arya Stark was born between Sansa and Bran, making her either 11 or 12 in Season 1. The rest of the Stark children have been aged up by 2 years from their book ages, so it can be assumed that she is 11 in Season 1. Arya is 18 in Season 8 according to HBO, which means at least 7 years occur in the span of the series; therefore, each season of Game of Thrones must roughly correspond to a year in-universe, placing the events of Season 3 in 300 AC.
- ↑ In "Winter Is Coming," which takes place in 298 AC, Sansa Stark tells Cersei Lannister that she is 13 years old and Bran Stark tells Jaime Lannister that he is 10 years old. Arya Stark was born between Sansa and Bran, making her either 11 or 12 in Season 1. The rest of the Stark children have been aged up by 2 years from their book ages, so it can be assumed that she is 11 in Season 1. Arya is 18 in Season 8 according to HBO, which means at least 7 years occur in the span of the series; therefore, each season of Game of Thrones must roughly correspond to a year in-universe, placing the events of Season 6 in 303 AC.
External links[]
- House Cerwyn on A Wiki of Ice and Fire (potential spoilers for House of the Dragon)
House Cerwyn
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Head
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Cley Cerwyn | Heir
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Unknown | ||
Seat
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Castle Cerwyn | Region
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North | ||
Deceased |
Medger Cerwyn | ||||
Overlords |
House Stark |
Houses from the North | |
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Royal house | |
Noble houses |
Cerwyn · Dormand · Dustin · Flint · Glover · Hornwood · Manderly · Mazin · Tallhart |
Neck houses | |
Lesser houses | |
Extinct houses |
Amber · Bolton · Frost · Greenwood · Karstark · Mormont · Towers · Umber |