The surname a bastard received appears to be connected to the location the child is raised, though this is not a consistent rule. Daemon Waters took the surname Blackfyre at the age of twelve, after having been knighted and having received lands and the Valyrian steel sword of the same name from his father, King Aegon IV Targaryen. A bastard might also chose a surname for himself. Bastard children of two people of the smallfolk are not given a distinctive surname. The parents may give a bastard a different surname if they wish, e.g. Bastards with a high-born parent are given these surnames to hold them apart from their parent's houses. SurnamesĮach of the nine constituent regions of the Seven Kingdoms have bastard surnames decreed by custom, not law. House Justman ruled the riverlands for three centuries before being eventually wiped out during a war against the ironborn and King Qhored Hoare. This house was founded by Benedict Rivers, a bastard son descending of both House Blackwood and House Bracken. Bastards who have risen to positions of command include Cotter Pyke, who is the commander at Eastwatch-by-the-Sea, and Robin Hill and Jon Snow, who both became Lord Commanders.Īnother example is the origin of House Justman. In the Night's Watch, any man may rise to command, no matter the circumstance of his birth. Bastards can even rise to become the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, as Robert Flowers and Addison Hill did. Potentially, this might mean that male bastards could become septons.īastards can also be knighted, and may even be appointed to the Kingsguard (e.g., Mervyn Flowers ). Male bastards may study at the Citadel and become a maester (e.g., Walys, a former maester of Winterfell ) Female bastards are allowed to join the Faith of the Seven and become septas, like Alysanne, Lily, Willow, and Rosey, the four bastard daughters of King Aegon IV Targaryen by his second mistress, Megette. Even after being legitimized, bastards will usually have considerable difficulty in removing the stigma of having been bastard-born. Because of the stigma bastards have to deal with, they are said to grow up faster than trueborn children. They are said to be born from lust, lies, and weakness, and as such, they are said to be wanton and treacherous by nature. There is a certain stigma that comes from being born as a bastard. A noble-born wife can take insult at her husband's bastards being introduced into her household and being commensurate in rank with her legally-born children. Some might chose to have their bastards fostered at the home of another lord, while others might decide to raise their bastard at their own home, in the position of a servant (e.g. While it is not typical for a noble to bring his bastards home and raise them with his own children, it is usually expected that he will see to the child's well-being to some degree.
It is not unexpected for noblemen to have bastard children, though it is considered rude to pry into the origins of a man's bastards. A euphemism for being bastard-born is being "born on the wrong side of the blanket". The term "baseborn" is used to refer to a child of whom one parent is of the smallfolk. Others might refer to a bastard simply as "bastard-born". © Fantasy Flight GamesĪ polite way of referring to someone who is bastard-born is referring to them as a "natural son" or "natural daughter". A bastard daughter of Prince Oberyn Martell - by Magali Villeneuve.
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