

↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 51, Catelyn VII.↑ 18.0 18.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 42, The King's Prize.↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 53, Bran VI.↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 21, Tyrion III.↑ 15.0 15.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 12, Eddard II.↑ Fire & Blood, Reign of the Dragons - The Wars of King Aegon I.↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Iron Islands: Driftwood Crowns.↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 66, Bran VII.↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The North: The Kings of Winter.↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 56, Bran IV.↑ The Night's King might have been a Woodfoot.↑ 7.0 7.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Iron Islands.↑ 6.0 6.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The North: The Mountain Clans.↑ 5.0 5.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 45, Catelyn V.↑ A Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide.However, Alysane Mormont, the new heir to Bear Island, joins Stannis's army after the fight by Deepwood Motte and the defeat of Asha Greyjoy's longships. When King Stannis Baratheon demands allegiance from the northmen, ten-year-old Lyanna Mormont, Maege's youngest daughter, reaffirms Bear Island's support for House Stark. Maester Aemon sends a raven to Bear Island, in a plea for help defending Castle Black from wildlings. Dacey, the heir to Bear Island, is killed alongside Robb in the Red Wedding. In case of capture, Maege is to claim to be returning to Bear Island. Robb, King in the North, sends Maege into the Neck to find Lord Howland Reed. A Clash of Kingsĭaenerys Targaryen intends to restore Bear Island to the exiled Ser Jorah Mormont if she gains the Iron Throne. She is accompanied by three of her daughters, Dacey, Lyra, and Jorelle. Lady Maege Mormont leads the levy from Bear Island that joins the army of Robb Stark. Recent Events A Game of Thronesīear Island by Franz Miklis © Fantasy Flight Games Bear Island thus passed to Jeor's sister, Lady Maege Mormont. However, the disgraced Jorah had already taken ship into exile with his wife by the time Ned arrived. After Jorah was caught selling poachers to a slaver to support Lynesse's lifestyle, Eddard Stark, the liege lord of the north, traveled to Bear Island to execute Jorah or force him to take the black. Jorah ruled the island with his wife, Lynesse Hightower, but she decided that the remote isle was no place for a Hightower of Oldtown. Lord Jeor Mormont joined the Night's Watch to allow his son, Jorah Mormont, to rule Bear Island. Įlissa Farman sailed as far as Bear Island and the Arbor by the age of twenty. Lord Torrhen Stark sent a few longships from Bear Island to aid King Aegon I Targaryen in his campaign against the Iron Islands. This presumably occurred in the century after Gerold Lannister, King of the Rock, raided the Iron Islands, when weaker driftwood kings lost most ironborn possessions along western Westeros. King Rodrik Stark is said to have won the island in a wrestling match and granted it to House Mormont, although some scholars are skeptical of the story. The driftwood king Loron Greyjoy retook Bear Island, but it was again lost to the ironborn after the Old Kraken's death.

Theon Stark, a King in the North, drove the ironborn from Bear Island during his reign, slaying Ravos himself. The island was used as a reaving base by Ravos Hoare, the son of Harrag Hoare, King of the Iron Islands. The ironmen of antiquity controlled the Sunset Sea from Bear Island and the Frozen Shore as far south as the Arbor. Thousands of years ago, Bear Island was ruled by House Woodfoot prior to its conquest by the ironborn.

Bear Island scout by Aleksander Karcz © Fantasy Flight Gamesīear Island has long been disputed by the north and the Iron Islands.
