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[The Boar of Gore]

Ok so we know the Words for the Great Houses:-

House Stark         - Winter is Coming
House Tully          - Family, Duty, Honour
House Lannister    - Hear me Roar!
House Arryn         - As High as Honour
House Baratheon   - Ours is the Fury
House Tyrell          - Growing Strong
House Targaryen   - Blood and Fire
House Martell         - Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken
House Greyjoy       - We do not Sow

Those are some pretty cool Words. They sum up the character of the House, use important themes from their arms or backgrounds, and of course have a nice ring to them.

Did GRRM mention the Words for any of the Lesser Houses like the Freys? If he did, please add them to the list. If NOT, let's try to come up with some appropriate ones. For instance:-

House Frey           - We are the Weasels
House Clegane      - Mad to the Bone

(Those are just examples and I'm sure someone can do better than that.)

Edited by Beowulf777, 18 March 2009 - 01:45 AM.

[Paxter]

Beowulf777, on Mar 18 2009, 15.44, said:

Did GRRM mention the Words for any of the Lesser Houses like the Freys?

He doesn't mention the Freys' words, but others he mentions include:

Codd: Though All Men Do Despise Us
Fowler: Let Me Soar
Hightower: We Light The Way

Edited by Paxter, 18 March 2009 - 04:33 AM.

[The hairy bear]

The ones mentiones by you and Paxter, plus de Targy "Fire and Blood" are all the canon ones I can think of (meaning they appear in teh books).

The Citadel includes a list of other mottoes that George have thought of  here. Many of them are very cool.

I think it would be great if George could think of a few more and include them all in the world book (specially the missing important houses, such as Boltons, Freys, Brackens, Blackwoods, Florents,...)

[Alys Karstark]

House Frey - "Be our guest"
House Clegane - "Who let the dogs out?"
House Bolton - "Beauty is only skin deep"
House Slynt - "We Spear from the Rear"

Edited by Alys Karstark, 18 March 2009 - 05:47 AM.

[The Boar of Gore]

Other-in-law, on Mar 18 2009, 04.38, said:

We know all sorts of house words:
http://www.westeros....raldry/Mottoes/

Nice!  :cheers:

[The Boar of Gore]

Alys Karstark, on Mar 18 2009, 05.38, said:

House Frey - "Be our guest"
House Clegane - "Who let the dogs out?"
House Bolton - "Beauty is only skin deep"
House Slynt - "We Spear from the Rear"

:lol:

House Manderly - "I am the Walrus"

[Lampmonster]

Funny thing I noticed. The citidel indicates that the Tarly words are "First in battle". Not really appropriate for Sam until you think about the fact that, despite it being totally unlikely, he is the first to kill an other. Sounds like fate to me.

[jondegi]

House Reed - "It ain't easy being green"

House Frey - "Heh heh"

That's all I can think of. :<

[Alys Karstark]

House Kettleblack - "Once you go Kettleblack, you never go back" (this one is taken from Cersei's diary)
House Payne - "Silent but Deadly"

[the silent speaker]

House Baelish: Don't Worry About Me
Houe Waynwood: This Is Unseemly
House Corbray: For Gold, For Boys, For Killing
House Arryn of Gulltown: As High As Prices
House Rosby: Cough Cough Cough
House Hodor: Hodor

Edited by the silent speaker, 18 March 2009 - 11:06 PM.

[Lady Nymeria]

Alys Karstark, on Mar 18 2009, 20.28, said:

House Payne - "Silent but Deadly"

Good one.  I read it and this popped into my head:

House Payne "Where words fail me, my sword does not"

[wakiki]

Who here hates "Hear Me Roar!"? I think "A Lannister Always Pays His Debts" is better. Vastly. Hear Me Roar is just cheesy. Blelkk!

House Bolton -- A Flayed Man Has No Secrets

[Bolton Bastard]

I always thought for some reason the Bolton's words were that cool line Roose said.  "A naked man has few secrets, a flayed man has none."  Or something of that nature.

No clue why I thought it was there words.  Just sounded like something very Boltonish.

[wakiki]

Bolton Bastard, on Mar 18 2009, 23.33, said:

I always thought for some reason the Bolton's words were that cool line Roose said.  "A naked man has few secrets, a flayed man has none."  Or something of that nature.

No clue why I thought it was there words.  Just sounded like something very Boltonish.

It was just "something he said." Perhaps it's a saying among the Boltons. They would make good words, although the whole quote a little long methinks, which is why I shortened it.

[Shigatos]

House Cassel (hey, they deserve words too!):  More Doomed Than Valyria

House Seaworth:  Service and Sacrifice

House Glover:  Never Trust The Boltons

[Cruella_Da_Oz]

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House Frey - "Heh heh"

I do so want that for MY motto. It's the coolest.

[spothisto]

House Frey: "Shit for Honor"

Simple and accurate.

[Prince Lotor]

House Timmett:  We Have One Vision
House Shagga:  You Will Feed Our Goats
House Xho:  With Our Hand Out

Pretty weak, I'm sure people will come up with better.

[Red Lion of Castamere]

House Greyjoy: Rape, Kill, and Rape Some More
House Stark: Shit Happens...To Us
House Targaryen: Ours Is The Madness
House Craster: We Make Our Own Wives