House Glover

An old, proud house who once ruled as kings, the Glovers are now nobles sworm to House Stark, and one of Starks' principal bannermen. The Glovers are Marquesses of Deepwood Motte, which is located in the northwestern wolfswood. Their blazon is silver mailed fist on scarlet. Their words are "Courage through Faith." House Glover is said to be one of the purest lines of First Men in the north.

A faithful and dutiful man, Marquess Garyn has long held a reputation as a skilled warrior while defending the Bay of Ice against increasing Ironborn raiders for decades. When House Stark called the banners to defend against Bravosii invaders, House Glover was among the first to answer the call. In the first battle on Westeros' shores, Marquess Glover challenged the Captain of the Mighty Machamps in single combat, beheading him in four moves. When the dishonorable sellswords entered the fray, Marquess Garyn took a spearhead through the shoulder. After discarding his shield, Marquess Glover was joined by Ser Brandon Umber. It's said that the two men alone slew 50 sellswords, and the Glover host drove the Machamps back into the sea. Yet when the fighting had ended, Marquess Glover found his only son and heir slain. The skirmish became known as the Battle of the Bleeding Shore, for the red-stained sands.

With his son dead and his shield-arm irreparably damaged, Glover joined only a few more battles over the course of the war. With no living wife, his only remaining family is a daughter, married in Dorne, and a bastard grandson. Glover seems to have weakened quickly after the Bleeding Shore, but has not made an effort to take a new wife to father an heir. Some suspected he would legitimize his grandson as a true Glover.

Unfortunately, Garyn passed without an heir, under mysterious circumstances, leaving the question of succession uncertain.