House Caron of Nightsong

The Carons rank among the oldest houses of the Dornish Marches, their origin traced by tradition to the Age of Heroes. Warriors and singers alike came from their line, and their sigil appeared in countless battles defending the border of the Stormlands. The title Lord of the Marches brought them renown, though never command over the region's other houses.

During the First Dornish War, Lord Fowler besieged Nightsong, put it to the torch, and carried off its lords as prisoners.

Generations later, a Lord Caron joined Lord Dondarrion in his campaign against the Vulture King in the Red Mountains, the same campaign in which the hedge knight Arlan of Pennytree and his squire Dunk served.

Lord Bryce Caron fell in single combat to Ser Philip Foote during the Battle of the Blackwater, fighting on Stannis Baratheon's side. With no kin left but Mylenda Caron and the bastard Rolland Storm, King Joffrey I granted the lands, seat, titles and incomes to Ser Philip, and House Foote of Nightsong rose upon those remains.

Despite their house's fall, loyal Carons followed Stannis Baratheon to the Wall; during the Battle of Castle Black, Jon Snow recognized a field of birds among his men's banners. Rolland Storm, Bryce's bastard half-brother, would go on claiming rights over Nightsong, though the seat already belonged to Ser Philip Foote.