House Sunglass

House Sunglass of Sweetport Sound is a noble house of the Crownlands of Westeros, sworn to the Lords of Dragonstone. Members of House Sunglass are known for their devotion to the Faith of the Seven. Their words are Piety, Prayer and Devotion.

Holdings
The Lords of House Sunglass rule from Sweetport Sound, a holdfast on the southern shores of Blackwater Bay due east of the Kingswood. The castle is named after the body of water upon which it sits, on an island connected to the mainland by a stone bridge. The castle is modestly sized but elegant and modern in design, reflecting the architectural interests of generations past.

Not far from the castle is the market town of Sweetport, which is also part of the Sunglass domain. This small settlement survives on fishing and passing trade from ships travelling to and from King's Landing or Duskendale.

The lands of House Sunglass incorporate a number of sleepy villages, smallhold farms and a few tin mines. The main industries are fishing, sheep farming and mining.

300-301AC - The Second War of Conquest
House Sunglass played little part in the invasion of the new Targaryen claimants, most men of the family having been killed by their liege Stannis Baratheon under the influence of the Red Priestess Melisandre. When Lord Guncer Sunglass was burned alive by Melisandre and Selyse Florent his brother Gerion fled to Volantis, where he remained until the new Targaryen dynasty was declared and he returned to bend the knee.

315AC – The Year of False Banners
Lord Gerion Sunglass was killed while leading an anti-rebel patrol in the Kingswood. His son Ryman succeeded him, buoyed by the elevated reputation of his house following his father's death for the crown. Ryman's younger brother Ser Aethan would later become a knight of Rhaegar I Targaryen's Kingsguard.

330AC – Departure of Queen Daenerys
Daenerys Targaryen, joint conqueror of Westeros, left the realm flying East on her great dragon, Drogon. She flew directly over Sweetport Sound and for the rest of his short life Ryman Sunglass claimed to have been the last Lord in the Seven Kingdoms ever to have seen her, offering his salute from the battlements as she headed into the lands of morning.

331-334AC – The War in the Narrows
House Sunglass added its fleet to the strength of Rhaegar Targaryen's forces, rallied against his estranged brother Baelon. Lord Ryman captained the warship Piety in the climactic battle of the conflict, and acquitted himself well by all accounts. His ship was set alight towards the end of the battle, and Ryman's crew rammed the Lyseni flagship taking it out of action. The body of Ryman Sunglass was never recovered, and his younger brother Martyn succeeded him as Lord of Sweetport Sound.

335AC – The Red God Revival
The flood of Essosi refugees following the war against Baelon was particularly felt in King's Landing and the Crownlands. Martyn Sunglass felt a keen hatred of the Red God, and refused to tolerate the religion in his demesne. He funded an effort by the Faith of the Seven to aggressively convert new arrivals in King's Landing, and was henceforth known as Martyn the Missionary. His harsh line found him out of step with many of his neighbouring Lords and with the High Septon, but the Starry Sept in Oldtown held him as an example of aristocratic piety.

346 - 349AC – The Southern Schism
Despite his personal religious convictions, Lord Martyn found it politically prudent to support the Sept of Baelor when the schism split the faithful in twain. He was however slow to condemn the Starry Sept and its followers, many of whom were his friends and religious allies. He threw himself into any and all efforts to mend relations within the Faith, and worked himself ragged to support the proposed conclave at Bitterbridge. The great strain of these efforts, and a bout of the Summer Sickness, left him prematurely aged and a shadow of his former self.

353AC – Martyn Sunglass died in his bed. His son Guncer succeeded him.

370AC – After a largely uneventful reign, Lord Guncer Sunglass died suddenly in what was rumoured to be a suicide following the death of his wife. He was succeeded by his son Tristifer, a boy of fourteen.

377AC – Lord Tristifer's son Garlan was born. Lord Tristifer and his wife had other children but Garlan was the only son to survive to adulthood and so became his heir.

379AC – The Kingswood Tourney
Lord Tristifer, by this time a celebrated tourney knight, rode to the Kingswood to take part in this event intended to heal the wounds of recent political crises. He excelled in the lists, winning tilt after tilt, until he came to face with Cregan Stark, the Black Wolf of the Dreadfort. Tristifer's horse stumbled unexpectedly and he took the Stark's lance hard to the side of his head, suffering a grievous injury despite his helmet. A maester and a septa attended him for a day and a night and to the surprise of all he survived, but was rendered permanently insensible. He could no longer speak clearly, nor feed nor dress himself. Many present privately agreed it was unseemly for a knight to live on in this condition, but live he did. Tristifer was returned to Sweetport Sound to live out his days attended by servants and maesters. While still technically Lord the actual running of his estate was passed over to his wife, while his heir Garlan was to represent House Sunglass in the wider realm once he came of age.

396 - 402AC – The War of the Three Thieves
Garlan Sunglass, now a man grown, captained the Sunglass flotilla against Ormollen's pirates. He fought valiantly against the enemy, making a name for himself when he slew Thoridor the Wicked who was one of Ormollen's most fearsome lieutenants. For this and other heroic deeds Garlan was knighted by Prince Maekar Targaryen.

Lords of House Sunglass

 * Lord Guncer Sunglass (239-299), burned at the stake by Stannis Baratheon


 * Lord Gerion Sunglass (252-315), Lord Guncer's younger brother, killed by Kingswood rebels


 * Lord Ryman Sunglass (299-234), eldest son of Lord Gerion, missing presumed dead fighting Prince Baelon's invasion
 * Lord Martyn Sunglass, called Martyn the Missionary (300-353), Lord Ryman's younger brother, died of a sickness
 * Lord Guncer Sunglass (333-370), eldest son of Lord Martyn, died suddenly
 * Lord Tristifer Sunglass (356-), only son of Lord Guncer

Members today (407AC)

 * Lady Maia, formerly of House Hayford, Lord Tristifer's wife
 * Ser Garlan, their only surviving son and heir to Sweetport Sound
 * Brienne, their only surviving daughter, a Septa of the Faith
 * Tanda, formerly of House Brax, Ser Garlan's wife
 * Ryman and Roanne, Ser Garlan and Tanda's infant twin children