House Velaryon of Driftmark rules the island of Driftmark, the largest island of Blackwater Bay in the crownlands. Their castles include Driftmark and High Tide. [1] The head of House Velaryon is titled Lord of the Tides and Master of Driftmark. [2] The Velaryons are sworn to Dragonstone. [3] Their arms depict a silver seahorse on sea green. Checking the map carefully, Driftmark appears to be approximately 907 square miles in area, which is reasonably substantial. That's two-thirds the size of Long Island, or between the size of Peleng in Indonesia and Cornwall Island off Canada. If we assumed something approaching a logical population density for Westeros, the population of Castle Driftmark -more ancient than Dragonstone-a dark, grim place, always damp and often flooded-dark, salt-stained walls High Tide-a new castle built by Corlys Velaryon on the other side of the island, when the house was the richest in Westeros, surpassing the Hightowers and the Lannisters in wealth-built of the same pale stone as the Eyrie
According to legend, the throne was given by the Merling King as part of a pact with the Velaryons, who had settled in Westeros before the Targaryens. Lord Corlys Velaryon moved the Driftwood Throne from Driftmark to High Tide prior to the Dance of the Dragons. [1] It is unknown if the throne survived the burning of High Tide which followed the

↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 2, Catelyn I. ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 4, Eddard I. ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 12, Eddard II. ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 15, Sansa I. ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 53, Bran VI. ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 62, Tyrion VIII. ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 1, Arya I. ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 5

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