House Florent

House Florent is a Knightly House of Oldtown sworn to House Hightower. They were formerly the Lords of Brightwater Keep in the Reach, one of the main houses sworn to House Tyrell until 299 AC. Their sigil is a red-gold fox's head encircled by lapis lazuli flowers. Members of the House are known for their prominent ears.

According to legend, the Florents, the Balls, and the Peakes descend from the three husbands of Florys the Fox.

The Florents, like the Tyrells, claim descent from the extinct House Gardener, the defunct Kings of the Reach. The Florents have a superior line of descent, and believe that they by rights should possess Highgarden.

Third Century AC
House Florent, the traditional lords of Brightwater Keep, declared for Stannis Baratheon during the War of the Five Kings. After the Battle of the Blackwater, King Joffrey stripped House Florent of their lands and incomes and awarded them to Ser Garlan Tyrell, second son of Lord Mace Tyrell.

Stannis Baratheon imprisoned and later executed Lord Alester Florent for attempting to seek peace with the Lannisters following the Blackwater, but the Keep remained in the hands of a Florent garrison. Garlan Tyrell returned to the Reach with a force of Tyrell soldiers to take control of his new lands. Upon hearing of the approach of Tyrell forces, Lord Alester's heir, Alekyne Florent, fled to Oldtown to seek refuge at the Hightower as his sister Rhea was married to Lord Leyton Hightower. Ser Colin Florent remained in charge of Brightwater Keep's defenses.

Before the Tyrells could lay siege to the Keep, word reached Ser Garlan of Euron Greyjoy's conquest of the Shield Islands. Ser Garlan turned instead to recruit a larger force to deal with the Ironborn. After the defeat of the Crow's Eye, Garlan returned to the Reach to the news that House Tyrell and the Reach had declared for the restored Targaryens. His reaction to the news was to march his troops swiftly to Brightwater Keep and press his claim upon the lands before anyone could convince Aegon and Daenerys otherwise.

Along the way, he crossed paths with Lord Randyll Tarly's forces, and the two commanders had a tense parley over whether or not the Huntsman of Horn Hill would intervene on behalf of his wife's family. In the end, he agreed to march with Ser Garlan to Brightwater keep to oversee the resolution of the matter. The sight of Tyrell and Tarly banners approaching the Keep was enough for the garrison to open the gates against the wishes of Ser Colin Florent and surrendered. Lord Randyll oversaw the peaceful transition of custody and gave the remaining Florents safe passage to Oldtown.

Alekyne Florent swore himself and his family to Oldtown in exchange for shelter from the Tyrells, and House Florent remains a Knightly House in the service of House Hightower to the present day.