The fifth house to rule Harrenhal after Aegon’s Conquest, the Lothston line was ended within living memory as an old smith, Ben Blackthumb, worked in the forges for Lord Lothston when he was a boy. The Lothstons recieved the lordship after the ending of the Strong line, and when their own line ended the Whents were given the lordship of Harrenhal. The Lothstons were a powerful family in their day.