The Crownlands

The crownlands is one of the 9 Kingdoms of Westeral. It was never a sovereign nation, instead being contested by river kings, Storm Kings, and local petty kings until Aegar the Conqueror seized control of the area during his Wars of Conquest and made it his primary foothold on the continent. Since then, the crownlands have been ruled directly by the Iron Throne. Bastards of noble origin raised in the crownlands are given the surname Waters.