page_title: List of A Song of Ice and Fire characters
section_title: House Arryn
hierarchical_section_title: List of A Song of Ice and Fire characters / House Arryn
caption_attribution_description: English: A fictional coat of arms. The coat of arms of House Arryn. Shows a falcon silhouette and a crescent moon, both in white, on a light blue field. Underneath is a scroll bearing a motto: As High as Honor. The following Commons images were used to create this image: File:Old French Escutcheon.svg by Masur (talk&#160;· contribs) File:Coat-elements-2.png by Qyd (talk&#160;· contribs) (scroll on bottom) File:PeregrineFalconSilhouettes.svg by Shyamal (talk&#160;· contribs) (silhouette on right) File:Crescent 2 (PSF).png by Pearson Scott Foresman
context_page_description: George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels feature a sizable cast of characters. The series follows three interwoven plotlines: a dynastic war for control of Westeros by several families; the rising threat of the superhuman Others beyond Westeros' northern border; and the ambition of Daenerys Targaryen, the exiled heir of the previous ruling dynasty. The Great Houses of Westeros represent the Seven Kingdoms forged across the continent: the North, the Iron Islands, the Vale of Arryn, the Westerlands, the Stormlands, the Reach, and Dorne. A massive Wall of ice and old magic separates the Seven Kingdoms from the largely unmapped area in the most northern portion of the continent.
  Each chapter is narrated in the third-person limited point of view through the eyes of a single character. Beginning with nine POV characters in A Game of Thrones, a total of thirty-one such characters have narrated over the course of the first five volumes of the series.
context_section_description: House Arryn is one of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms and is the principal house in the Vale. It is descended from Kings of Mountain and Vale. Its main seat is at the Eyrie, a small castle located at the top of a mountain and reputed to be impregnable, where they are the Wardens of the East. Its coat of arms displays a white moon-and-falcon on a sky blue field, and its words are As High as Honor.  Bastards born in the Vale are generally given the surname "Stone".
  Jon Arryn was the head of the Arryn family until he was poisoned shortly before A Game of Thrones. His only child, Robert "Sweetrobin" Arryn, became Lord of the Vale with Lysa Tully acting as regent.
caption: Coat of arms of House Arryn
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