In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, House Florent of Brightwater Keep also lays claim to Highgarden, due to a closer blood relationship to House Gardener, the Kings of the Reach before Aegon the Conqueror extinguished their line on the Field of Fire. As a result of this, the Florents are surly and reluctant bannermen to the Tyrells. Following the Battle of the Blackwater, House Florent is attainted by the Iron Throne and stripped of lands and titles. Brightwater Keep is granted to Ser Garlan Tyrell, the second son of Lord Mace Tyrell, who has been cut from the series so far.