Ormund Hightower

During the First Battle of Tumbleton, Lord Ormund's archers and heavy cavalry defeated Rhaenyra Targaryen's six thousand supporters, led by Ser Garibald Grey. After the surviving Riverlands men retreated to Tumbleton, Roderick Dustin, Lord of Barrowton, led his Winter Wolves to confront the Greens. Shouting war cries, the northerners fought against ten times their size until Roderick came face to face with Lord Hightower. Ormund's cousin, Ser Bryndon Hightower, placed himself between the northerner and his liege lord, severing his arm with his long axe, but Roddy Ruin killed them both before succumbing to his wounds. After losing their general at the First Battle of Tumbleton, Lord Ormund's army was divided and leaderless, with the Calfs and the Two Traitors vying for leadership. Ser Hobert Hightower, Ormund's cousin, unsuccessfully claimed command. The army finally disbanded after the Second Battle of Tumbleton. The fifteen-year-old Lyonel succeeded his father as Lord of the Hightowers and took Lady Samantha Tarly, Ormund's second wife, as his mistress.

Lord Ormund had three sons, Lyonel, Martyn, and Garmund, and at least one daughter, Bethany, with his first wife. After her death in childbirth, he remarried Samantha Tarly, who was only two years older than his eldest son. Ormund led the forces supporting the Greens of the Reach during the civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons, in support of his kinsman, King Aegon II Targaryen. His army included a thousand knights, a thousand archers, three thousand men-at-arms, and thousands of other less disciplined recruits. Many lords of the Reach opposed him. Ser Alan Beesbury and Lord Alan Tarly attacked Ormund's camps and killed his scouts, while Lord Owen Costayne attacked his baggage train. Ormund wanted to wait for reinforcements from King's Landing. During the Battle of the Honeywine, Ormund and his troops were trapped on the banks of the river, between the armies of Lord Thaddeus Rowan and Tom Flowers on one side, and Owen and the two Alans on the other. Lord Hightower's lines were beginning to crumble, and defeat seemed inevitable. Prince Daeron Targaryen, squire to Ormund and brother of King Aegon, appeared mounted on his dragon, Tessarion, and turned the tide in favor of the Greens. After the battle, Ormund knighted Daeron with the sword Vigilance, granting him the title "Ser Daeron the Bold". After the fall of King's Landing, Ser Criston Cole marched south from Harrenhal intending to join Ormund's army, but Criston was killed at the Butcher's Ball. After the siege of Longtable, Ormund spared Lady Merryweather. Ormund and Daeron led the sack of Bitterbridge, as Daeron's nephew, Prince Maelor Targaryen, had been killed in that city.

Title(s): Lord of Torralta Southern Lighthouse Lord of Vilavelha Defender of Vilavelha Defender of the Citadel Lord of the Port Voice of Vilavelha Loyalty: House Hightower The Greens Culture: Campina Birth: before 103 AD Death: 130 AD Tumbleton Spouse 1st: Unknown 2nd: Mrs. Samantha Tarly Child(ren): Lyonel Hightower Martyn Hightower Garmund Hightower Bethany Hightower