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.

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.

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 ever after 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 [xxxxxx]. It was never quite clear what went wrong but Tristifer's horse fell unexpectedly, throwing its rider. Tristifer landed on his head and despite his helmet he suffered a grievous blow to his skull. 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.