House Woodfoot of Bear Island
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Before the Mormonts came to Bear Island, the island had other lords: House Woodfoot. Their rule is remembered today mostly for how it ended, and for a legend that ties them to one of the most feared names from the North's past.
No Woodfoot survived to tell the tale. What is left of this house is two loose facts: the conquest that erased its line, and a suspicion, never confirmed, about who might have come from it.
Bear Island
Fall of the House
Iron-born ships reached the shores of Bear Island and wiped out the Woodfoot line. The sources give no date and no name for the last of the house: only that the island lost its own lords and passed into other hands.
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Bear Island to the Mormonts
King Rodrik Stark won Bear Island in a wrestling match and gave it to House Mormont, which has ruled it ever since. With that, the Woodfoot name dropped off the map of the North.
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Theories
Night's King Theory
Among the many theories about the origin of the Night's King is one that makes him a Woodfoot, though it is neither the only guess nor the most accepted one. There is no more support for the idea than that mention: no name, no date, no proof.
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Domain
Seat
Bear Island · The North
Sworn to: House Stark of Winterfell