House Flint of Flint's Finger is a noble
house from Flint's Finger in the southwest of the north. They are probably less
powerful than the Flints of Widow's Watch. The semi-canon A Song of Ice and
Fire Campaign Guide states Robin Flint is the lord of this house, although A
Clash of Kings states he is the son of Lady Lyessa Flint of Widow's Watch.
Neither their arms nor their words appear
in the text. According to a semi-canon source they blazon their banner as a
grey stone hand upon a white inverted pall on paly black and grey.
History
It is suggested that the Night's King was a
Flint, among the many possibilities. Lord Commander Rodrik Flint is regarded as
one of the worst commanders of the Night's Watch, for trying to make himself
King-Beyond-the-Wall. One of the dark legends surrounding the Nightfort is the
rape and murder of brave young Danny Flint.
A branch of House Flint held the Wolf's Den
for a century after the extinction of the Greystarks.
Timotty Snow, the Bastard of Flint's
Finger, founded the Wolf Pack with Hallis Hornwood after the Dance of the
Dragons.
When he was only ten years old, Balon
Greyjoy scaled the Flint Cliffs to the Blind Lord's haunted tower.
Recent
Events
A
Game of Thrones
After Robb Stark calls his banners, Maester
Luwin explains that while some houses (such as the Karstarks, Boltons,
Hornwoods and Umbers) gather at the winter town, others such as the Lords
Manderly and Flint are waiting to join him along the kingsroad. Since House
Flint of Widow's Watch is ruled by a lady, the passage probably refers to the
Lord of Flint's Finger, who may be Robin Flint.
A
Clash of Kings
The Flints are reported to have ties to
House Hornwood through the female line, though A Clash of Kings does not
specify which branch.
When Theon Greyjoy studies the banners from
the northern lords preparing to attack Winterfell through Maester Luwin's
Myrish lens tube, he sees some of House Flint, though not as many as from other
houses.
A
Dance with Dragons
The Flints of Flint's Finger swear
allegiance to Lord Roose Bolton, the new Warden of the North. Their stone hand
sigil is seen at Barrow Hall when Roose gathers his bannermen[14] and at
Winterfell for the wedding of Ramsay Bolton to "Arya Stark". A Flint
crossbowman is found with a broken skull in Winterfell's stable.
House Flint of Flint's Finger at the end of
the third century
The possible Flints of Flint's Finger
during the timespan of the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire are:
Robin Flint, Lord of Flint's Finger, slain
in the Red Wedding
Ser Byam Flint, a member of the Night's
Watch slain in the mutiny at Craster's Keep.
Historical Members
Timotty Snow, a founder of the Wolf Pack.
Coat of arms: A grey stone hand upon a
white inverted pall on paly black and grey, (Paly sable and cendrée on a pall
inverted argent a hand couped of the second)
Seat: Flint's Finger
Lord: possibly Robin Flint
Region: North
Overlord: House Stark (AGOT), House Bolton
(ADWD)
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