House Tarly of Horn Hill

In the days of Aenys I Targaryen, a Tarly remembered as Sam the Fierce was among the marcher lords who joined the pursuit known as the Vulture Hunt.

When Queen Jaehaera Targaryen died and the throne passed to a boy king, Aegon III, Lady Samantha Tarly wrote to the young king with a list of possible brides. Among the names she put forward alongside those of other great Reach houses were maidens of her own blood.

At the tourney held at Ashford, the house's red huntsman flew among the arms the young Ser Duncan managed to recognize, and a Tarly, Ser Samwyle, entered as one of the competitors.

At a different tourney, undated in what survives, the father of the future Lord Randyll Tarly was unhorsed by the lance of Ser Denys Mallister.

When the war that put Robert Baratheon on the Iron Throne broke out, Lord Randyll Tarly took command of the Reach's vanguard and led it to Ashford. There he killed Lord Cafferen and forced Robert himself to retreat from the field.

The victory, however, was credited to Lord Mace Tyrell, who claimed it as his own.