House Ambrose is a noble house from the Reach.
Casa Ambrose | |
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Brasão | Fundo amarelo coberto de formigas vermelhas |
Lema | Nunca Descansando |
Lorde Atual | Lord Arthur Ambrose |
Região | The Reach |
Suserano | House Tyrell |
They blazon their arms as a yellow field strewn with red ants.[1][2] According to semi-canon sources their motto is «Never Resting».[3]
History
Ser Aubrey Ambrose was named by Eustace Osgrey as one of the outstanding supporters of the Black Dragon's cause.[4]
Recent Events
A Clash of Kings
House Ambrose follow their Tyrell overlords in declaring for Renly Baratheon on the outset of the War of the Five Kings. While on the march with Renly's army, Ser Edmund Ambrose is one of the knights who start the wager on the maidenhood of Brienne of Tarth.
After Renly's death, the Ambroses again follow the Tyrells, marching with the Tyrell-Lannister army at the Battle of the Blackwater. The squire Alyn Ambrose slays a Myrish crossbowman and a Mullendore man-at-arms during the fighting.
A Storm of Swords
Elinor Tyrell is betrothed to Alyn Ambrose.
Ambrose men march with Lord Randyll Tarly to pacify the Crownlands after the victory at the Blackwater.
A Feast for Crows
Brienne of Tarth spots horse trappings bearing the ants of Ambrose among the gear collected from the dead after the Battle of Duskendale.[1]
House Ambrose at the end of the third century
The known Ambroses during the timespan of the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- Lord Arthur Ambrose, Lord of the house.
- Lady Alysanne Hightower, His wife.
- Alyn Ambrose, his young son. A squire.
- Lady Alysanne Hightower, His wife.
With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch of the house there is also:
- Ser Edmund Ambrose, a knight from Randyll Tarly's household.
Historical Members
- Ser Aubrey Ambrose, a knight who supported Daemon Blackfyre's rebellion.[4]
References and Notes
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 O Festim dos Corvos, Capítulo 9, Brienne.
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses in the Reach
- ↑ The Citadel. House Mottoes
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 O Cavaleiro dos Sete Reinos, A Espada Juramentada.