My brother, Robert Baratheon had raised the banners of Storm’s End, our ancestral castle, against the Mad King, Aerys. Jon Arryn of the Vale and Eddard Stark of the north stood with him, and Hoster Tully of the Riverlands would join. But their lands were far from ours, and separated by the combined strength of the west, the Reach, and King’s Landing itself. Even Robert’s own lords were against him. It was the hardest choice I’ve ever made. My brother or my king. Blood or honor. Aerys ruled by right of all the lords in Westeros. Everyone knew the price of defiance, but there are deeper, older laws. The younger brothers bows before the elder. I followed Robert. Early in the war, Mace Tyrell’s indecisive victory at Ashford cut Robert off from Storm’s End. Instead of pursuing Robert and risking his record, Mace Tyrell turned east and laid siege to our home. His vast army and navy encircled us and prevented any resupply by land or sea. If a wagon tried to reach us, it was burnt. If a ship tried to land, it was sunk. We were locked in Storm’s End to starve, but Robert commanded me to hold the castle no matter the cost. He could ill afford to lose his ancient seat which had never fallen. While Robert smashed Rhagar on the Trident, my men ate the dogs, because the horses had already been devoured. While the Lannisters sacked King’s Landing, we ate the rats. If the smuggler Davos had not slipped through the Tyrell blockade with his onions, we’d have eaten our own dead. But I held the castle until Lord Eddard remembered us and marched to lift the siege. The Tyrells didn’t even put up a fight. And Robert threw a feast to celebrate Lord Eddard’s victory. I was sent to the royal island stronghold of Dragonstone to deal with Viserys and Daenerys, the last surviving Targaryen children. Before I arrived, however, they escaped across the narrow sea. Robert was furious. He stripped me of Storm’s End and gave it to that prancing fool, Renly, my younger brother. I could keep Dragonstone. Now, Robert is dead and a bastard pretender soils my throne while the realm fills with schemers and traitors. But the rightful king is coming for them all. And I will not stop until I have scoured this land clean of abomination. The Baratheons say, “Ours is the fury.” I will show them fury burns.
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Dark Horse Deluxe has launched a line of Game of Thrones glassware today, featuring shot glasses and pint glasses with various house sigils. We are giving away four total sets of glassware: two sets of house sigil pint glasses (featuring Stark, Targaryen, Baratheon and Lannister glasses) and two sets of house sigil shot glasses (featuring the same).
Leave a comment on the linked post between now and Friday at 8 PM EST. This contest is open to US and international readers.
We will draw four winners and email them over the weekend. Be sure to check your inbox and spam folder then to see if you’ve won. More official rules found at WiC. Good luck!
Visit WiC to enter!
ASOIAF Houses Part 1 of 3 by Juan026 at DeviantArt. The same artist has also done posters of Harry Potter. :)
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Game of Thrones House Poster - by Harshness
- robert: hey bro
- robert: thanks for you know
- robert: keeping my castle for me
- stannis: yeah
- stannis: it was tough
- stannis: we would've died or resorted to eating each other if not for davos
- stannis: but you know
- stannis: i am loyal to my king and brother
- robert: yeah cool
- robert: awww lookit baby renly
- renly: gurgles
- robert: i hereby decree that this baby will inherit storm's end instead of stannis
my game of thrones tea set i made while having nothing to do.
๑ game of thrones meme » five houses [baratheon] {3/5}
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Game of Disney
Three great ASOIAF houses
Black and Yellow: Baratheon Edition
“A hip-hop homage to the three Baratheon brothers from Game of Thrones and their claims to the Iron Throne of Westeros. The song takes place roughly between book/season one and two.”





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