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== History == | == History == | ||
Stone-paved Oldtown stands at the mouth of the Honeywine, where men have lived since the Dawn Age. At the city’s heart rises Battle Isle, crowned by a square black-stone fortress whose builders remain unknown. When the chronicles first name the Hightowers, they already rule from that ancient stronghold, raising a succession of wooden beacon-towers to guide trading ships through fog-shrouded Whispering Sound. Legend credits [[Uthor_of_the_High_Tower|Uthor of the High Tower]] with commissioning the fifth tower, this time in stone, two hundred feet tall, said by some to be the work of Brandon the Builder. Meanwhile, [[Peremore_Hightower|Prince Peremore “the Twisted”]] gathered philosophers, healers, and alchemists to satisfy his boundless curiosity; after his early death, King Urrigon granted those land beside the Honeywine—ground that grew into the Ravenry. | Stone-paved Oldtown stands at the mouth of the Honeywine, where men have lived since the Dawn Age. At the city’s heart rises Battle Isle, crowned by a square black-stone fortress whose builders remain unknown. When the chronicles first name the Hightowers, they already rule from that ancient stronghold, raising a succession of wooden beacon-towers to guide trading ships through fog-shrouded Whispering Sound. Legend credits [[Uthor_of_the_High_Tower|Uthor of the High Tower]] with commissioning the fifth tower, this time in stone, two hundred feet tall, said by some to be the work of [[Brandon_Stark_(Builder)|Brandon the Builder]]. Meanwhile, [[Peremore_Hightower|Prince Peremore “the Twisted”]] gathered philosophers, healers, and alchemists to satisfy his boundless curiosity; after his early death, King Urrigon granted those land beside the Honeywine—ground that grew into the Ravenry. | ||
As Oldtown’s wealth swelled, its prosperity drew raiders: [[Samwell_'Starfire'_Dayne|Samwell Dayne “the Starfire,”]] [[Qhored_I_Blacktyde|Qhored the Cruel]] and his ironmen, and [[Gyles_I_Gardener|Gyles I Gardener “the Woe”]] each sacked the city in a single bloody century. In answer, [[Otho_II_Hightower|King Otho II Hightower]] encircled Oldtown with massive stone ramparts; though the effort beggared the realm for three generations, those walls thereafter broke every would-be conqueror. <ref name="Oldtown">George R. R. Martin, ''The World of Ice and Fire'' (London: HarperVoyager, 2014) pp. 213–216</ref> | As Oldtown’s wealth swelled, its prosperity drew raiders: [[Samwell_'Starfire'_Dayne|Samwell Dayne “the Starfire,”]] [[Qhored_I_Blacktyde|Qhored the Cruel]] and his ironmen, and [[Gyles_I_Gardener|Gyles I Gardener “the Woe”]] each sacked the city in a single bloody century. In answer, [[Otho_II_Hightower|King Otho II Hightower]] encircled Oldtown with massive stone ramparts; though the effort beggared the realm for three generations, those walls thereafter broke every would-be conqueror. <ref name="Oldtown">George R. R. Martin, ''The World of Ice and Fire'' (London: HarperVoyager, 2014) pp. 213–216</ref> | ||