Barony of the Thorn

The Barony of the Thorn is one of the oldest installments of power in the Reach and ancestrally the seat of the House of Darkoak. Formerly a Viscounty, the barony was demoted after the Invasion of Gilneas and was ruled by Duke Berenal Grayblade due to his Darkoak blood by way of his mother. The lands were later given to Lerren Dayne, who also held a minor blood claim. Lord Dayne was eventually elevated onto the name Darkoak, thus restoring the family to the region and replacing the Thorn by the Earldom of the Gale, of which the Thorn is the head of.