House Tarly

House Tarly

Sigil

A striding huntsman, red on green.

Words

"First in Battle"

Titles

Lord of Horn Hill

Seat

Horn Hill

Region

The Reach

Lord

Randyll Tarly

Heir

Dickon Tarly

Allegiance

House Tyrell

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Ancestral weapon

Heartsbane

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House Tarly of Horn Hill is one of the most powerful vassal houses who swear fealty to House Tyrell of Highgarden. Their lands are in the southwest of the Reach. Their stronghold is a castle known as Horn Hill and the head of the house is the Lord of Horn Hill. House Tarly possess a rare Valyrian steel sword called Heartsbane.^[1]

The Tarly sigil is a striding huntsman, red on green. Their motto is "First in Battle".

MembersEdit

• Lord Randyll Tarly, the Lord of Horn Hill and head of the family.
  • Lady Melessa Tarly, formerly of House Florent, Randyll's wife.
    • Samwell Tarly, their eldest son and his former heir, disinherited when he was sent to join the Night's Watch.^[2]
    • Dickon Tarly, their youngest son and Samwell's brother. Likely made heir after his brother was sent to join the Night's Watch.
    • Talla Tarly, their daughter.

HistoryEdit

Season 1Edit

King Robert Baratheon relates the story of the first time he killed someone, a highborn member of House Tarly in a battle near Summerhall. This knight's relationship to Randyll Tarly is unknown.^[3] Samwell Tarly arrives at the Wall and tells Jon Snow about how disappointing he is to his hard-hearted and ruthless father.^[4]

Season 2Edit

At a meeting of Stannis Baratheon's war council on Dragonstone, Davos Seaworth points out that many powerful lords from the Stormlands and the Reach have declared their support for Renly Baratheon instead of Stannis, including Mace Tyrell and Randyll Tarly.^[5]

Season 3Edit

In order to explain the highborn naming customs to Gilly, Samwell uses his House as an example, mentioning that he inherited the "Tarly" name, but not "Randyll", the first name of his father. When she points out that Randyll is a handsome name, he asks her to please not give it to her newborn son.^[6]

Season 5Edit

Surprised that Samwell is Randyll's son, Stannis Baratheon recounts to Sam how Lord Randyll Tarly defeated Robert Baratheon in the Battle of Ashford —the only battle Robert ever lost, for which King Stannis considers Tarly a fine soldier.^[7] Later, Jon gives Sam permission to leave Castle Black to go and study at the Citadel so that he can learn more about the White Walkers. He is accompanied by Craster's daughter [Gilly]] and her child Sam.^[8]

Season 6Edit

Since the Citadel does not admit women and children, Samwell Tarly decides to send Gilly and her baby Sam to stay with his family at Horn Hill. While he does not get on with his father Randyll, he regards his mother Melessa Tarly and sister Talla as nice.^[9]

Image GalleryEdit

An alternative version of House Tarly's sigil, as shown in the Histories & Lore featurette "Valyrian Steel".

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Family treeEdit

Randyll Tarly

Melessa Tarly née Florent

Samwell Tarly Night's Watch

Talla Tarly

Dickon Tarly

In the booksEdit

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, House Tarly is a loyal vassal of the Tyrells. Lord Randyll Tarly has a formidable reputation as a general, and has been named the finest battlefield commander in all of the Seven Kingdoms. During Robert's Rebellion, Randyll Tarly was the only royalist general to win a decisive victory over Robert Baratheon, defeating his army at the Battle of Ashford despite being outnumbered. Randyll's skills were later squandered during the fruitless Siege of Storm's End, while Robert and Eddard Stark won great victories further north.

Lord Randyll is a hard, ruthless man. When his son Samwell showed a preference for songs, poetry, fine clothes and good food over martial valor and a love of warfare, Randyll disinherited him and sent him to the Wall to join the Night's Watch. His fiercer, younger son Dickon was made heir in Samwell's stead.

MembersEdit

• Lord Randyll Tarly, Lord of Horn Hill.
  • Melessa Florent, his wife.
    • Samwell Tarly, his eldest son. Steward of the Night's Watch.
    • Talla Tarly, his eldest daughter
    • Two other daughters.
    • Dickon Tarly, his younger son and youngest child. Made heir to Horn Hill after Randyll forced Samwell to join the Night's Watch.

See alsoEdit

• House Tarly on A Wiki of Ice and Fire (spoilers from the books)

ReferencesEdit

v • d • e House Tarly
Lord:	Lord Randyll Tarly	Heir:	Dickon Tarly
Seat:	Horn Hill	Lands:	The Reach
Title(s):	Lord of Horn Hill
Current members:	Melessa Tarly · Samwell Tarly · Talla Tarly
Overlord:	House Tyrell