The Four Storms

The Four Storms is the collective name given to the four daughters of Borros Baratheon, Lord of Storm’s End. The expression marks them as a recognizable group in the court’s marriage politics: their noble birth and ties to a powerful house made them possible royal matches, but the surviving accounts describe their fortunes individually rather than presenting them as a single, uniform presence.

The Name and Its Bearers

The nickname is attached to Borros Baratheon’s daughters. Among those identified by name in these accounts are Floris, Cassandra, and Ellyn; the fourth daughter is not named in the cited passages. Floris is described as sweet, if somewhat frivolous, and as the prettiest of the four. The name therefore functions primarily as a collective label, not as a complete account of each sister’s character.

Marriage and Court Politics

The daughters’ standing became consequential during negotiations over a royal marriage. Elenda Baratheon, the twice-widowed Lady of Storm’s End, put forward Cassandra and Ellyn as candidates for King Aegon. Cassandra had previously been betrothed to Aegon II, and Elenda presented her as ready for the role of queen. The proposal places the Four Storms within a wider contest in which noble families offered eligible daughters as prospective royal brides and marriage could serve the interests of both court and house.

Floris’s prospects took a different course. Thaddeus Rowan’s wounded pride was appeased with a betrothal to her. She died in childbirth two years later, giving her individual story a grave outcome quite apart from the collective nickname. The account calls her the prettiest of the Four Storms but also notes that, in her case, the name was a misnomer.

Significance of the Expression

The Four Storms compresses family identity and political relevance into a memorable courtly label. Its use gathers four daughters under their father’s house and region, while the marriage negotiations show how that shared identity could make them visible as potential links between noble families and the crown. Yet the surviving details resist reducing them to the nickname: Cassandra’s earlier betrothal and renewed candidacy, Ellyn’s nomination, and Floris’s betrothal and early death give the group distinct individual stakes.