Lord Medgar Tully participated in the tourney at Ashford Meadow, where he challenged Ser Humfrey Hardyng in his first tilt but was defeated. The Tullys were Targaryen loyalists during the Blackfyre Rebellions. Lord Borros Baratheon in the Battle of the Kingsroad. The aged Grover Tully wanted to support the greens, but his grandson Elmo Tully and great-grandson Kermit Tully supported the blacks. The Tullys later supported Prince Jaehaerys Targaryen against Maegor.ĭuring the Dance of the Dragons, the Tullys ruled over, in name at least, the quarrelsome river lords. King Aenys I Targaryen relied on the Tullys during the rebellion of Harren the Red, and King Maegor I Targaryen was supported by the Tullys and the Harroways against Prince Aegon Targaryen in the Battle Beneath the Gods Eye. Edmyn's daughter married Lord Quenton Qoherys of Harrenhal, while Edmyn himself served two years as Hand of the King to King Aegon I. Following the burning of Harrenhal, Edmyn was rewarded with dominion over the riverlands as the Lord Paramount of the Trident.

House Tully rose to prominence during the War of Conquest, when Lord Edmyn Tully led the rebel river lords who deserted King Harren the Black and joined Aegon the Conqueror. Lord Tommen Tully futilely supported Lady Agnes Blackwood against King Harwyn Hoare, and Tommen's natural son Samwell Rivers was slain at the Tumblestone. Lord Elston Tully died supporting Lord Roderick Blackwood against King Humfrey I Teague. They often defended the Trident from the Kings of the Rock. Unlike many Great Houses the Tullys never ruled as kings, but held Riverrun for a thousand years as powerful vassals of those who did.

Edmure's son Axel Tully received land at the junction of the Red Fork and the Tumblestone, where he constructed Riverrun.

Ser Edmure Tully and his sons were allies of Tristifer IV Mudd, the King of the Rivers and the Hills, but the Tullys knelt to the Andal conqueror Armistead Vance after Tristifer's death.

House Tully is an old noble house of First Men origin, dating back to the Age of Heroes.

House tully of riverrun