House Tully of Riverrun

General Information

The last Lord of Riverrun was Edwyn Tully, named Edwyn Edgewise for the oft-told tale that those who insisted on feuding and troublemaking during his reign could rarely get in two words edgewise as he talked them into relenting. No account of his shrewd diplomacy is better known than the time he made peace between the Lords Bracken and Blackwood and left them in their cups together in Riverrun’s great hall, wondering on just how he had set their Old Feud to rest for a time. Lord Edwyn died too young, though, taken by the bloody flux in 124. He was survived by four siblings and four children, three trueborn and one bastard.

Lord Edwyn’s brothers were Steffon and Darmen, famously estranged, and Neria, who married Lord Orstos Hawick the Golden. Steffon became Lord Protector of Riverrun for Edwyn’s heir Ander, while Darmen angered his brother with a marriage out of love to Serelle Serrett; the tale of Serelle’s murder and her avenging in combat by Darmen against the Beast of Harrenhal is even more famous than that of the brothers’ quarrels. Lord Ander himself drowned at the young age of ten, leaving his eldest sister Tinessa as Lady of Riverrun very near to the beginning of the Dance of Dragons itself.

The House underwent some tumult during the civil war, with Tinessa declaring Riverrun for Aegon II. Among the many losses were the knights betrothed to both her and her sister Ilyse; the Lady soon wedded Patrek Vance of Atranta, a politically-minded union, while Ilyse joined the Silent Sisters in the wake of her famed Ambercloak’s death. It was Darmen who helped his neice reconcile House Tully to the Iron Throne after Aegon II’s death, but Steffon remained the true power at Riverrun following the war’s end, while Tinessa spent many years at court in King’s Landing.

The current heir to Riverrun is Edmure; his brothers are Ser Brynden and young Toren and his sisters are Melene, Andrya, and Jannia. Ser Darmen, following Steffon’s death, has assumed his place as the seniormost of the Tully men.

General information about House Tully from the books.

Family Tree

• Tinessa Tully (b. 112), Lady of Riverrun,
  • her husband, Ser Patrek Vance (b. 114), of Atranta,
  • their children:
    • Melene Tully (b. 131), m. {Ser Desmond Darry} (b. 125), heir to Darry, killed in Dorne (d. 158),
      • (See House Darry),
    • Ser Edmure Tully (b. 135), heir to Riverrun, m. Simona Corbray (b. 140),
      • Edmure's daughter, Lysa (b. 157),
      • Simona's lady-in-waiting, Bessa Hunter (b. 143),
    • Ser Brynden Tully (b. 140), captain of the Eye of the Storm, officer in the Sea Watch of King's Landing (see House Targaryen),, m. Sarya Baratheon (b. 145),
    • Andrya Tully (b. 142), m. Ser Willard Ryger (b. 141),
    • Jannia Tully (b. 145), lady-in-waiting to Lady Taria Buckwell,
      • Jannia's servant, Sarah (b. 147),
      • Jannia's servant, Jeyne (b. 153), a girl of low upbringing,
      • Jannia's septa, Septa Bea (b. 120),
    • Toren Tully (b. 146), squire to his brother Ser Brynden,
  • her siblings:
    • Ilyse (b. 114), called the Cloakless, a silent sister, once betrothed to {Ser Ellard Rogers} (b. 114), called Ambercloak, killed in the Dance of the Dragons (d. 131),
    • {Ander} (b. 118), Lord of Riverrun, drowned while swimming (d. 129),
    • her bastard half-brother, Ser Tomas Rivers (b. 124), called the Bastard of Riverrun, a renowned warrior, m. Ronessa Frey (b. 130),
      • Tomas's son, Hothor Rivers (b. 147), his father's squire,
      • Tomas's daughter, Walda Rivers (b. 150),
  • her father, {Lord Edwyn} (b. 88), called Edgewise, dead of the bloody flux (d. 124),
  • her uncles, aunt, and cousins:
    • {Ser Steffon} (b. 94), for a time Lord Protector of Riverrun (d. 156), m. Elona Lefford (b. 100),
      • Steffon's daughter, {Marianne} (b. 123), died in childbed (d. 150), m. Bryne Grell (b. 120), steward of Riverrun,
        • Marianne's son, Ser Jostyn Grell (b. 141), once Ser Edmure's squire,
        • Marianne's son, Galbar Grell (b. 144), a squire,
        • Marianne's twin daughters, Dalla and {Della Grell} (b. 150), the latter dead of stoneskin (d. 152),
      • Steffon's son, {Ser Simon} (b. 125), killed in a brothel brawl (d. 149),
        • Simon's bastard daughter, Elonne Rivers (b. 144), lady-in-waiting to Pennei Massey,
      • Steffon's son, Ser Harstyn (b. 130), a former member of the house guard, knighted after the Carrion Woods, Deputy Harbormaster of King's Landing, m. Eldacey Wode (b. 136),
        • Harstyn's son, Steffon (b. 156),
      • Steffon's daughter, Septa Osmeria (b. 133), a tutor to the Targaryen princesses,
    • Ser Darmen (b. 100), who killed {Ser Borick Strong} (b. 93, d. 124), called the Beast of Harrenhal, in a trial by combat, m. {Serelle Serrett} (b. 103), raped and murdered by Ser Borick (d. 124),
      • Darmen's former squire and now retainer, Ser Moris Mallister (b. 145),
      • Darmen's squire, Clyve Bracken (b. 148),
    • Lady Neria (b. 104), m. {Lord Orstos Hawick} (b. 100, d. 140), called the Golden,
      • (See House Hawick),
  • her household:
    • Bryne Grell (b. 120), steward of Riverrun,
    • Ser Anson Grell (b. 98), Bryne's father, master-at-arms,
    • Ser Josua Paege (b. 109), captain of the guard,
    • Jorin Darry (b. 149), a squire.