House Gargalen of Salt Shore is a major
Dornish noble house. Their seat, Salt Shore, is located along the Summer Sea on
the southern coast of Dorne.
Their blazon is a red cockatrice with black
snake in beak on gold. Their words have not appeared on the books.
History
Doran Martell, the Prince of Dorne, squired
for Lord Gargalen in his youth. When he was nine, he was at Salt Shore when
Lord Gargalen gave him the news that he had an infant sister, Elia.
Recent
Events
A
Storm of Swords
Lord Tremond Gargalen is among the Dornish
nobles that accompany Oberyn Martell to King's Landing. Oberyn explains to
Tyrion Lannister that Lord Gargalen once said that he hoped to die with sword
in hand, and Oberyn replied he would sooner prefer to die with a breast in
his.[1] During the Dornish visit to King's Landing, a fight at a Flea Bottom
pot-shop leaves one Tyrell man-at-arms dead and two Gargalens scalded.
A
Dance with Dragons
Areo Hotah observes that Lord Tremond does
not drink during Ricasso's toast for King Tommen I Baratheon.
House Gargalen at the end of the third
century
The known Gargalens during the timespan of
the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire are:
Lord Tremond Gargalen, the Lord of Salt
Shore.
Coat of arms: Red cockatrice with black
snake in beak on gold (Or, a cockatrice gules, in its beak a serpent sable)
Seat: Salt Shore
Lord: Lord Tremond Gargalen
Region: Dorne
Title: Lord of Salt Shore
Overlord: House Martell
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