Leowyn Corbray

Leowyn was the elder brother of Ser Corwyn Corbray, who carried the Valyrian steel blade known as Lady Forlorn. His own marriage gave him a son, Quenton, who would go on to inherit Heart's Home and the lordship of the house.

When House Targaryen split into two camps, House Corbray declared for Rhaenyra. In 130 AC Lady Arryn placed Leowyn and his brother Corwyn at the head of a ten-thousand-strong army raised at Gulltown.

After King Aegon II died in 131 AC, Leowyn landed his troops at Duskendale to seize the city, while Corwyn did the same at Maidenpool with the rest of the Vale's forces. Soon after, during the Hour of the Wolf, the two brothers reached King's Landing and joined the council governing alongside Lady Arryn and the so-called Boy Lords, a reinforcement that left Cregan Stark with less say in the ruling.

The new king named Leowyn Protector of the Realm for his loyalty to the black cause, while the green Ser Tyland Lannister was given the office of Hand of the King; both answered to the Council of Regents above them. The Crown's armies obeyed Leowyn, yet as the months passed it was Tyland who came to run the daily business of rule.

In 133 AC Leowyn fell ill with a winter fever. He withdrew to his chambers and tried to cure himself with hot spiced wine, but died there, with his wife and several servants at his side. His son Quenton succeeded him as lord of Heart's Home and head of House Corbray.

Those who knew him remembered a man of few wits, though a dependable one. The fool Mushroom, sharper of tongue than of memory, said of him: "What he had in neck he lacked in wit, but I never knew a man who could fart louder".