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[[File:The Blackwater.png|thumb|The Blackwater]]
[[File:The Blackwater.png|thumb|The Blackwater]]


'''The Blackwater''' is the fractured, contested heart of eastern [[Westeros]], the lands between the [[The Stormlands|Stormlands]], the [[The Riverlands|Riverlands]], the [[The Reach|Reach]] and the Narrow Sea have been the target of conquests and the prize of Storm Kings and River Kings alike for millennia. Named for the large river merging from the God's Eye and the Riverlands, the Blackwater is a melting pot of Stormmen, Rivermen, [[Andals]], and where uncountable pirates, sellswords, and wanderers from all over Westeros ply the waters of the bay and walk the forests on the mainland. During the Andal Invasions, this region was one of the main targets of their great migration and where Andals flocked to in their thousands seeking gold, glory, and land. Though the vast majority would falter and be forgotten.
'''The Blackwater''' is the fractured, contested heart of eastern [[Westeros]]. The lands between the [[The Stormlands|Stormlands]], the [[The Riverlands|Riverlands]], the [[The Reach|Reach]] and the Narrow Sea have been the target of conquests and the prize of Storm Kings and River Kings alike for millennia. Named for the large river merging from the God's Eye and the Riverlands, the Blackwater is a melting pot of Stormmen, Rivermen, [[Andals]], and where uncountable pirates, sellswords, and wanderers from all over Westeros ply the waters of the bay and walk the forests on the mainland. During the [[Coming of the Andals]], this region was one of the main targets of their great migration and where Andals flocked to in their thousands seeking gold, glory, and land. Though the vast majority would falter and be forgotten.


The Blackwater is a land of petty kings and has never been united under a sovereign kingdom, though a few houses have come close, the largest being the [[House Darklyn|Darklyns]] from their grand city of [[Duskendale]], followed by the [[House Massey|Masseys]] on the Hook. But between the grasping hands of outsiders both within and beyond Westeros, the men of the Blackwater are more tolerant to new ideas and faiths, valuing pragmatism over incompetence, and compromise over pride.   
The Blackwater is a land of petty kings and has never been united under a sovereign kingdom, though a few houses have come close, the largest being the [[House Darklyn|Darklyns]] from their grand city of [[Duskendale]], followed by the [[House Massey|Masseys]] on the Hook. But between the grasping hands of outsiders both within and beyond Westeros, the men of the Blackwater are more tolerant to new ideas and faiths, valuing pragmatism over incompetence, and compromise over pride.