Oldtown
Oldtown and its surrounding lands occupy the southwestern corner of the Reach, where the Honeywine River pours into Whispering Sound on the Sunset Sea. North of the city lie Honeyholt, seat of House Beesbury, and Brightwater Keep, fortress of House Florent. [1][2] Eastward rise the fertile Uplands, while to the west Blackcrown of House Bulwer commands the rocky cliffs of Whispering Sound. [3] [4]
The Honeywine, fed by tributaries at Honeyholt and from the Uplands, winds south through Oldtown into Whispering Sound. Its valley is the agricultural capital of the Reach, where orchards and fields yield harvests to supply the great city and beyond. [4]
Settlement at the mouth of the Honeywine dates to the Dawn Age, as runic First Men records. [5] In the Age of Heroes the Ravenry on its namesake isle began as a pirate lord’s stronghold, menacing vessels up the river.[4] House Hightower built the Hightower upon their black-stone fortress on Battle Isle. The city grew yet Oldtown’s wooden palisades still fell to the sack by countless figures until Otho II Hightower erected the massive stone walls that endure till today. [5]
Over time, more and more Andals came to Oldtown, changing the city as they brought their customs and religion with them.
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References edit
- ↑ George R. R. Martin, The World of Ice and Fire, (London: HarperVoyager, 2014) pp. 213–216.
- ↑ George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords (Bad Hersfeld: Random House LLC US, 2003), Tyrion III
- ↑ George R. R. Martin, Fire and Blood, (Bad Hersfeld: Random House LLC US, 2018) pp. 817–818
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows, (Bad Hersfeld: Random House LLC US, 2005) Samwell V
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 George R. R. Martin, Fire and Blood, (Bad Hersfeld: Random House LLC US, 2018) pp. 817–818