House Ambrose
Casa Ambrose
House Ambrose is a minor house of the Reach, sworn to House Tyrell, bearing a field of gold sown with red ants and the words Never Resting.
With no seat recorded, the house appears in the books tied to the levies its overlords bring to war, marching first for Renly Baratheon's cause and later under Randyll Tarly's command.
Chapter 1
Names for the boy king
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Aegon III Targaryen
Jaehaera TargaryenWhen Queen Jaehaera Targaryen dies, Lady Samantha Tarly sends the young King Aegon III a list of possible brides drawn from the great houses of the Reach, and among the names put forward are ladies of House Ambrose.
Chapter 2
Renly's cause
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Renly BaratheonWhen the War of the Five Kings breaks out, House Ambrose stands with the Tyrells, its overlords, and backs Renly Baratheon's claim to the Iron Throne.
After Renly's death, its men do not scatter: they march with the combined Tyrell-Lannister host to the Battle of the Blackwater.
Chapter 3
Surcoats among the dead
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Randyll Tarly
Brienne TarthAfter the triumph at the Blackwater, Ambrose's men join Lord Randyll Tarly's column, sent to put down what remains of resistance in the Crownlands.
Brienne of Tarth, further along the road, recognizes among the clothes stripped from the dead of the Battle of Valle Oscuro more than one garment stitched with the red ants of House Ambrose.
