House Telarien

House Telarien is a noble family which currently rules the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. Dirk Telarien, more commonly known by his royal name Daemon, is the head of House Telarien and the Lord of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. Their words are "We will Rise"

The Phoenix Kings
House Telarien traces its lineage back to Telar Twiceborn, a mythical figure from the Age of Heroes. Telar was a legendary warrior who was crowned a king after falling in battle and rising to life again the next day. Some versions of this myth involve Telar fighting for the freedom of the smallfolk against a group of despotic lords, while others place him fighting against the Others during the Long Night.

Irrespective of myth, House Telarien did come to rule the area around the mouth of the Blackwater Rush as petty kings. Known as the Phoenix Kings, the line of Telar ruled from the castle of Ebonheart, located at an unknown location along the Blackwater Rush. For hundreds of years the Pheonix Kings were locked in a bitter feud with the Dusk Kings of Duskendale, the ancestors of House Darklyn.

Surviving the Andal invasion through a series of intelligent marriages, as well as several wars with the southern Storm Kings, the Phoenix Kings were finally undone by the Ironborn. While Duskendale and Rosby bent the knee to the invading reavers of Halleck Hoare, King of the Isles and the Rivers, Ebonheart refused. For this insolence Hallack razed Ebonheart to the ground stone by stone, and nearly extinguished House Telarien.

Age of Dragons
Members of House Telarien survived this calamity, and ended up as minor lords in service to House Darklyn, who had once been their ancient foes. Having lost even the knowledge of the location of their seat of Ebonheart to the tides of time, the Telarien's were now the rulers of three villages and a glorified watchtower along the coast south of Duskendale. Despite this, they served loyally as Darkyln bannermen for hundreds of years.

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