House Baratheon of Storm's End

House Baratheon of Storm's End is a Great House of Westeros that rules it's traditional lands in the Stormlands from its seat of Storm's End.

The youngest of the Great Houses, it traces its origins back to Aegon's Conquest, when Aegon Targaryen's half-brother, Orys Baratheon, defeated Storm King Argilac Durrandon during the Last Storm. In addition to taking his lands and seat, Orys took his sigil, words and daughter, Argella Durrandon, for himself, effectively making House Baratheon the continuation of House Durrandon in all but name.

Following his victory in Robert's Rebellion, Lord Robert Baratheon seized the Iron Throne and founded the cadet branch of House Baratheon of King's Landing, assigning his former titles to his youngest brother, Renly Baratheon. Around the same time, Robert's middle brother, Stannis Baratheon, founded House Baratheon of Dragonstone on the eponymous former Targaryen stronghold.

The Storm's End branch was effectively rendered extinct following Renly's death in 299 AC, but the Baratheons of King's Landing and Dragonstone remained and continued to exert claims (with varying levels of control) over Storm's End until 303 AC, when upon the suicide of King Tommen I Baratheon, House Baratheon and all of it's cadet branches were rendered fully extinct.

Despite this, the numerous bastards of King Robert I Baratheon kept House Baratheon's legacy alive, and in 305 AC, Queen Daenerys Targaryen legitimised Gendry, Robert's eldest male bastard, naming him Lord of Storm's End and heir to the Iron Throne. This proclamation was upheld following Daenerys' death, leading the now-King Gendry I Baratheon to refound House Baratheon of King's Landing and bestow his former titles upon his younger bastard brother Edric Storm, whom he also legitimised as Edric Baratheon. No attempt was made to recreate House Baratheon of Dragonstone owing to Dragonstone's destruction during the Great War.

House Baratheon's sigil is a crowned black stag salient on a gold field, and their House words are "Ours is the Fury".