House Flint of Flint's Finger is a noble house from Flint's Finger in the southwest of the north. They are most likely less powerful than the Flints of Widow's Watch, one of the other cadet houses of House Flint.
History[]
It is suggested that the Night's King was a Flint, among the many possibilities. Lord Commander Rodrik Flint from an unknown branch of House 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 girl from an unknown branch of House Flint who dressed up as a boy to join the Night's Watch and the sad and pretty song "Brave Danny Flint" is written about her. 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.
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 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:
- 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.