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Knotbottle (talk | contribs) Created page with "The Mountain and Vale, commonly known simply as, "The Vale", long even before the rise of House Arryn, was a region of extremes. High, cold peaks that ringed a lush, fertile interior. In the Age of Heroes, the First Men who settled the region lived in isolated villages and hillforts, guided by ancient custom and their reverence for the old gods. The terrain shaped their lives, isolating them from the great political shifts of the early kingdoms, that is, until the arriva..." |
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=== The Bloody Gate === | === The Bloody Gate === | ||
The only viable western land passage into the Vale was through a narrow mountain pass that would one day host the famed Bloody Gate. | The only viable western land passage into the Vale was through a narrow mountain pass that would one day host the famed Bloody Gate. At the coming of the Andals, this checkpoint was little more than a crude un-mortared wall of stacked stones and timber palisades, watched over by local First men houses who protected the Vale’s interior from would be invaders.<ref>George R. R. Martin, The World of Ice and Fire – "The Vale" pg.274</ref> | ||
=== The Vale Proper === | === The Vale Proper === | ||