House Mallister

House Mallister of Seagard is a noble house within the Riverlands. Their seat of power lies in the keep of Seagard which sits on the western shores of the Riverlands. Ever vigilant for the Ironborn to return.The current head of House Mallister is Lady Augusta Mallister.

House Mallister is a house that can trace it's lineage back to the time of the petty river kings if not before then. However with the Fourth war of the Kraken. House Mallister as it was known at the time ended in horror. Following the fall of the castle and the imprisonment, torture and gelding Lord Jordan Mallister the Lasts family the line was thought to be extinguished. Though Carolei the Salt Eagle never gave up hope. When the keep was retaken by the forces of house Frey. Carolei was the last Mallister living. Taking Dickon Frey as a husband, House Mallister as it's known now came to be.

The Fourth War of the Kraken
Just over half a decade earlier, after the defeat of Dagon the Skinner in the Westerlands during the Red Reaving, his younger brother, Regnar, limped away with the last of his forces, and disappeared from Westeros. When he returned, it was with an intent to carve out a kingdom.

Maesters oft site Regnar's madness as the cause of the war. Quietly, underneath the nose of Lord Greyjoy, Regnar gathered support in the Iron Islands, and from far away as well. Those who did not serve him were put to death, or worse. But his supporters were legendary in and of themselves, with names such as Qarl the Maidenhammer and Marik Riversbane at his side.

As the year 337 AC waned, dozens of ships landed on the Riverlands western-most shores with a force that was said to be ten-thousand strong.

The Siege and Battle of Seagard (338 AC)
House Mallister was slow to respond to Regnar's reavers, who plundered the land for miles around. Crowned once in this lifetime, Regnar decreed that he shall be crowned once more, and crowned he was. Atop a makeshift throne of splintered wood and cobbled stones, Regnar was proclaimed King of Salt and Rock and the Riverlands. It was a title that would not last long.

The Ironborn set up for a siege around Seagard, and as they did so, Regnar employed a dangerous plan of his. Taking the town was one thing, taking the castle another, and so he employed treachery and deceit over conventional warfare. Using peasants captured during the earlier raids on villages surrounding Seagard, he disguised himself and his closest followers amidst their ranks early in the morn, and at the quietest part of the evening, snick up to the gates of the town, and demanded entry. The gates opened, though just barely enough for the peasant rabble to enter before it shut once more.

No one heard of Regnar for three hours, until the gates of the town opened once again, and Seagard was flooded by Ironborn. The castle was much easier to storm. Employing hooks and ladders, Regnar Twice-Crowned led his men up a incredible slope towards the castle proper, where they used hooks and ladders to breach the barely-defended walls. Lord Jordan's men fought hard and bravely. But in the end, it was for nought. The keep had fallen and his family was taken hostage by the Ironborn

The Sack of Seagard
After Seagard opened to the forces of Regnar Twice-Crowned, his sons: Patrick, Godric, and Rollam were brought in chains next to their father as the Ironborn jeered the defeated Rivermen. The Mallister men were forced to watch, bearing witness to the rape of Lord Jordan's daughters as they were taken for Salt Wives, being victimized in brutal and degrading ways.

They then took all men of House Mallister and made them into eunuchs. They were to live out there days as thralls to the new lords of Seagard. After the cruelty bestown upon the Mallister men and women, Lord Jordan, broken by angst and despair, was brought to the beheading block, where he uttered his final words: "Let me die in this old castle in which my ancestors fought their battles. May the Gods forgive me for ever having lost one."

In the months that followed, the remaining Mallisters were brutalized by their captors, as an act of revenge for the Mallister's centuries old defiance and sentinel to Ironborn raids. The women were raped and beaten. The men were given tortures and beatings. The prisoners from the castle were executed daily.

Rollam was the first, unable to bear what was happening in his home he threw himself from a tower one morning. Sarra was the second, she lost her life giving birth to her hunsband's child. In an act of defiance or perhaps of the gods themselves the child perished with her. Talia became broken and embraced her captors as her new family, helping subject Patrick and Godric through various brutalities.

The Second Battle of Seagard (339 AC)
'Tis was not but upon the arrival of the forces of House Frey did hope shined again in Seagard. As the Freys launched their attack on the castle. Alys, Patrick, and Godric were put to the blade. Carolei took a sword from one of the fallen Ironborn and cut down her husband. Talia, in her madness embracing the Ironborn as her kin, fought against the Riverlanders and died as the castle was stormed. Lord Frey entered the war just as it seemed the Ironborn were on the losing end. As they descended upon the occupied Seagard, Lord Frey and his host had no issue securing the castle, having a minimal amount of casualties, they then swept southward.

Lady Carolei "the Salt Eagle" Mallister (339-389 AC)
In an act of reparation for their actions during the War of the Five Kings against House Mallister, House Frey offered a son, Dickon Frey, to Lady Carolei, so she would be able to restore the main Mallister line. Carolei's first child was a boy, and was met with great joy. Though rumors were around that Cedrick was born of Regnar and not of Dickon. As the boy grew, however, he was shown to be his fathers' son, even if the rumors still passed from mouth to mouth.

Not long after her second and third sons were born. Andros and Michael Mallister respectively with each being a spitting image of their father. Along with her first daughter, Alys Mallister.

Half Blood Incursion (365 - 366 AC)
When the forces of Maron and Mara Halfblood took to the shores of the Riverlands. Cedrick Mallister, and unknown half-brother to the pair took to the defense of his home. Riding with him, was a thousand Mallister men and his younger half-brother Andros Mallister. Catching a group of raiders as they had finished a town on the cape of eagles. The Mallister forces drove the Ironborn back into the sea though not without a cost. Andros the second born son of Carolei was killed in the fight.

The Kingswood Tournament (379 AC)
During the melee of the Kingswood Tournament. Michael Mallister, third-born child of Lady Carolei Mallister, was killed during an infamous fight.

Lord Cedrick Mallister (389 - 394 AC)
Lord Cedrick Mallister was a calm, stern and reserved man. His short rule over Seagard was one of calm, peace and rebuilding, asserting House Mallister again as a firm house of the Riverlands and a principal bannermen of the Lord Paramount of the Trident.

The War of the Three Thieves (396 - 402 AC)
In the years leading to the War of the Three Thieves, Cedrick Mallister perished quietly in his sleep. His son, Jonos Mallister, who had wed Lady Kyra of House Haigh, became lord. Jonos went on to have three children.

The brothers became separated as duty took them to different ships, different duties. Donnel distinguished himself as a warrior though it came at a great cost. In the battle of the Broken Arm. Donnel Mallister was said to have rallied his men once his ship was boarded and then counter boarded, taking a stepsone ship. As his men celebrated the victory, Donnel wounds were revealed and he fell on the field of battle. He was unmarried and left no issue behind.

Lord Jonos Mallister, served with duty and distinction, but was forced to return to Seagard before the war was won due to nearly fatal wounds and to bury his son. Though no long after his early return, he was met with a present from the Gods. His dear wife had become pregnant once more, and would give birth to a healthy baby girl. But the gods give and take away: Lady Kyra died as she gave birth to the baby.

Tragedy of the Booming Tower
During a celebration of the 100 years of the birth of Lord Jonos late grandmother, Lady Carolei Mallister, a large celebration was held at the Booming Tower, during which all Mallisters attended. The feast dragged on through the night, but suddenly the festivities where cut short when a large fire started. The booming tower wooden floors collapsed, and as the guests ran for their lives, Lord Jonos stayed, trying to save his children. Him and all three of his sons and daughters died as the fire and wood fell upon them. Several other household members died alongside their lord. The tower itself didn't collapse, but it's floors. The grand bell was damaged but was repaired soon after, alongside with the blackened stone of the building.

418 - 438: Lord Harren Mallister
Lord Jonos younger brother, Harren Mallister, suceeded him on the post of Seagard's protector after his tragic death. Harren was strong, a tall large man with kind, but stern, manners. He was married to Eleanor Blackwood, to whom he had sired three children: Augusta, Jon and Ambrose. Harren's largest concern, more than anything else in the world, was just making sure all his children knew what it meant to be a good person and what it meant to be a part of a real family. A noble house is filled with responsibility and entire regions naturally reflect the aptitude and governance of their rulers. Prosperity, tenacity, or brotherhood all spread across or forsake the lands in imitation of how its court issues.

The Plague of Seagard of 432
In 432, a plague of unknown origin or name stroke Seagard, killing many dozens of townsfolk, including both son of Lord Harren: Jon and Ambrose. The maester tried to treat the boys, but he knew not the cure to such disease. Several weeks of agony and failed treatment later, both boys died on the same day. Lady Eleanor grieved profoundly, becoming deeply depressed and despaired. The plague left Seagard a dark place, stinking of burned corpses.

The Second Hammer Uprising (432-435 AC)
During the Second Hammer Uprising, Lord Harren Mallister declared his support to the crown and led a force of his men to the call of banners of Lord Damion Tully, but after the Defiance of Fairmarket and the leave of Lord Mallister, several zealot uprisings in Mallister lands erupted, culminating into a rebellion led by a septon named "Denys the Pious" by the smallfolk. He'd lead his peasant mob into a pillage frenzy, expelling any lesser lords and landed knights whose lands they passed through, taking over their lands and gold and burning down their keeps. The peasant mob soon armed themselves enough to pose a threat to Seagard itself. Augusta Mallister, now 18 years old daughter of Lord Harren, in the absence of her father took upon herself to organise the defense of the city at the Battle of Seagard alongside the Master-at-Arms of the castle Ser Didymus Bracken. She led her men to a close victory, holding the zealots off with the castle walls at her back, at the end of the narrow earth bridge that led to the gates, baiting them into the ramparts range where archers and crossbowmen could rain bolt and arrow upon their lightly armored troops. They soon retreated, being chased down on the beach. Soon after her heroic victory, Lord Harren Mallister was wounded at a battle upon the banks of the Trident, under Lord Damion Tully's banner. Ser Didymus Bracken would follow Lord Damion Tully to Oldstones, where he led the Mallister host and fought the last remnants of the Warsmiths.

438 - Current: Lady Augusta Mallister
When her father died, in 438 AC, Augusta fulfilled her promise and succeeded him as Lady of Seagard and Head of House Mallister. She threw a grand funeral for him at the cliff hugging beaches of Seagard, launching him in a large pyre boat into the ocean. She is now counselled by her uncle, Robyn Mallister, and her mother, Lady Eleanor Mallister (neé Blackwood), trying to uphold her father's legacy of honesty and justice, honor and duty, valor and responsibility, and above the rest: family.

Family Members of the House

 * Lord Jordan Mallister, d. 338 (Beheaded by Regnar Twice-Crowned)
 * m. Lady Delena Mallister, d. 338 (Executed by Regnar Twice-Crowned)
 * Rollam Mallister, d. 338 (Suicide)
 * Sarra Mallister, d. 339 (Died while giving birth)
 * Patrick Mallister, d 339 (Put to the blade during the Second Battle of Seagard)
 * Godrick Mallister, d 339 (Put to the blade during the Second Battle of Seagard)
 * Alys Mallister, d. 339 (Put to the blade during the Second Battle of Seagard)
 * Talia Mallister, d. 339 (Slain by the Freys during the Second Battle of Seagard)
 * Lady Carolei "the Salt Eagle" Mallister b. 318 d. 387 (Natural)
 * m. Lord Consort Dickon Frey, b. 320 d. 385 (Natural)
 * Lord Cedrick Mallister, b. 339 d. 394 (Natural)
 * m. Lady Celia Frey b. 349 d. 404 (Natural)
 * Lord Jonos Mallister b. 371 d. 418 (Died in a fire)
 * m. Lady Kyra Mallister neé Haigh b. 372 d. 399 (Died in childbirth)
 * Humfrey Mallister b. 390 d. 418 (Died in a fire)
 * Myranda Mallister b. 392 d. 418 (Died in a fire)
 * Lucas Mallister b. 396 d. 418 (Died in a fire)
 * Jeyne Mallister b. 399 d. 401 (Disease)
 * Lord Harren Mallister b. 372 d. 438 (Natural)
 * m. Lady Eleanor Mallister neé Blackwood b. 395
 * Lady Augusta Mallister b. 415
 * Jon Mallister b. 417 d. 432 (Disease)
 * Ambrose Mallister b. 418 d. 432 (Disease)
 * Donnel Mallister b. 373 d. 398 (War of the Three Thieves)
 * Robyn Mallister b. 379
 * Alys Mallister b. 382
 * Andros Mallister, b. 345 d. 366 (Died in battle during the Half-Blood Incursion)
 * Michael Mallister, b. 351 d. 379 (Died in the melee at the Kingswood Tournament)

Distant Family Members

 * Ser Justin Mallister of the Queensguard under Queen Visaera Targaryen b. 383 d. 420 (Suicide)