House Sunderland

House Sunderland of the Three Sisters rules the Three Sisters, three islands located in the Bite. They reside in Sisterton in their castle Sunder. The Sunderlands are sworn to House Arryn of the Eyrie, though the Arryn's grasp over the Sunderlands and their vassals is tenuous at best.

House Sunderland blazons their arms with three women's heads, white with black hair, on barry wavy blue and green. Their words are "Suffer No Others".

History
They did not participate in the War of the Ninepenny Kings, learning from their experiences in the Blackfyre Rebellions.

Peace beset upon the island for many years, and during those years, ambitious Sunderland lords sought to integrate the Sisters more with the mainland.

The Three Sisters participated in the Woe of Wolves, blockading White Harbor for the King. On their short journey home, the fleet of the Sisters was beset upon by a massive rogue wave, destroying just over a third of their fleet. Many in the Sisters saw this as a sign, an omen of things to come as their Lord Triston Sunderland had perished as he was dragged out to sea by the wave.

The Sistermen participated in the Second Lyseni Spring, called to war by their King and Master of Ships Marlon Sunderland. Being their first war in one-hundred and fifty years, the Sistermen were eager to participate. They found glory and embarrassment both, as they fared well under their Grafton commander, but lost under their Sunderland commander when their Tyroshi allies failed to perform.

Recent History
Ten years after the Lyseni Spring, son rebelled against father in the Dragon's Defiance. Marlon Sunderland resigned his post as Master of Ships and returned to the Sisters in time to lead the Valeman naval invasion of the Riverlands. They ferried over thousands of troops; vital operations that led to Valeman victories early in the war. Lord Steffon Sunderland and his heir Triston were slain in the war, Steffon being slain by Baelon Targaryen and Triston perishing in the Sacking of King's Landing at the wars end.

Marlon Sunderland now sits upon the Sisters' Seat, and already has suffered one assassination attempt that has left him with a limp. A crossbow bolt struck him in the knee upon his return to the Sisters from King's Landing following the ending of the war. The perpetrator has not yet been found. Marlon inherits the lordship in the midst of a schism in the Sisters, one side seeks to return to isolation as they had for nearly one-hundred and fifty years, and the others seek to integrate further with the mainland.

Family Tree

 * Lord Triston Sunderland, d. 352 AC
 * (m.) Gella Borrell, d. 341
 * Lord Steffon Sunderland, d. 379 AC
 * (m.) Lady Jeyne Tully, b. 321 AC
 * Triston Sunderland, d. 379 AC
 * (m.) Alarra Bolton, b. 342 AC
 * Lyanna Sunderland, b. 360 AC
 * Elys Sunderland, b. 345 AC
 * Anya Sunderland, b. 350 AC
 * (m.) ____ Upcliff, b. X
 * Marlon Sunderland, b. 324 AC
 * (m.) Alys Belmore, d. 342 AC
 * Marlon Sunderland, b. 342 AC
 * Dagon Stone (Marlon’s bastard), b. 353 AC
 * Sarra Sunderland, b. 328
 * (m.) Alistair Arryn
 * Edric Arryn
 * Wylla Arryn, b. 356 AC
 * Osric Arryn, b. 357
 * Sharra Sunderland, b. 330
 * (m.) Duncan Grafton
 * Marsella Grafton
 * (m.) Gerion Lannister
 * Rhea Grafton
 * Raymar Grafton

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