The Arryns are descended from the Kings of Mountain and Vale, one of the oldest and purest lines of Andal nobility. Their sigil is the moon-and-falcon, white, upon a sky-blue field. The Arryn words areย As High As Honor.
{JON ARRYN}, Lord of the Eyrie, Defender of the Vale, Warden of the East, Hand of the King, recently deceased,
โhis first wife, {LADY JEYNE, of House Royce}, died in childbed, her daughter stillborn,
โhis second wife, {LADY ROWENA, of House Arryn}, his cousin, died of a winter chill, childless,
โhis third wife and widow, LADY LYSA, of House Tully,
โtheir son:
โROBERT ARRYN, a sickly boy of six years, now Lord of the Eyrie and Defender of the Vale,
โtheir retainers and household:
โMAESTER COLEMON, counselor, healer, and tutor,
โSER VARDIS EGEN, captain of the guard,
โSER BRYNDEN TULLY, called the Blackfish, Knight of the Gate and uncle to Lady Lysa,
โLORD NESTOR ROYCE, High Steward of the Vale,
โSER ALBAR ROYCE, his son,
โMYA STONE, a bastard girl in his service,
โLORD EON HUNTER, suitor to Lady Lysa,
โSER LYN CORBRAY, suitor to Lady Lysa,
โMYCHEL REDFORT, his squire,
โLADY ANYA WAYNWOOD, a widow,
โSER MORTON WAYNWOOD, her son, suitor to Lady Lysa,
โSER DONNEL WAYNWOOD, her son,
โMORD, a brutal gaoler,
The principal houses sworn to the Eyrie are Royce, Baelish, Egen, Waynwood, Hunter, Redfort, Corbray, Belmore, Melcolm, and Hersy.