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[[File:Green Fork.jpg|thumb|The Green Fork leads to the Neck in the North.]] | [[File:Green Fork.jpg|thumb|The Green Fork leads to the Neck in the North.]] | ||
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The [[Blackwood]] Kings rule these lands from their seat at Raventree Hall. Raventree Hall is renowned for its towering stone walls, flanked by lofty square towers and encircled by a deep, stone-lined moat. Its most striking feature is the godswood: a vast, ancient grove dominated by a massive dead weirwood tree. Each dusk, hundreds of ravens descend to roost on its skeletal branches, a ritual that has endured for generations. <ref>George R. R. Martin, ''A Song of Ice and Fire: A Dance with Dragons'' (HarperCollins, 2012) Jaime I</ref> | The [[Blackwood]] Kings rule these lands from their seat at Raventree Hall. Raventree Hall is renowned for its towering stone walls, flanked by lofty square towers and encircled by a deep, stone-lined moat. Its most striking feature is the godswood: a vast, ancient grove dominated by a massive dead weirwood tree. Each dusk, hundreds of ravens descend to roost on its skeletal branches, a ritual that has endured for generations. <ref>George R. R. Martin, ''A Song of Ice and Fire: A Dance with Dragons'' (HarperCollins, 2012) Jaime I</ref> | ||
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*[[House_Alderdice|Alderdice]] | *[[House_Alderdice|Alderdice]] | ||
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Southstone is ruled by the [[Bracken]] kings from Stone Hedge, a fortress just south of the Red Fork. Nestled between the wooded rise of High Heart and the open fields around Acorn Hall, Stone Hedge commands both the hill and the river, making it a vital stronghold for House Bracken’s control of the region. <ref>George R. R. Martin, ''The World of Ice and Fire'', (London: HarperVoyager, 2014) p. 152–153.</ref> | Southstone is ruled by the [[Bracken]] kings from Stone Hedge, a fortress just south of the Red Fork. Nestled between the wooded rise of High Heart and the open fields around Acorn Hall, Stone Hedge commands both the hill and the river, making it a vital stronghold for House Bracken’s control of the region. <ref>George R. R. Martin, ''The World of Ice and Fire'', (London: HarperVoyager, 2014) p. 152–153.</ref> | ||
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== Maidenpool == | == Maidenpool == | ||
The Kingdom of Maidenpool stretches along the Trident to the Bay of Crabs, sharing a border with the realm of Duskendale. Blessed with both fertile fields and stands of forest, it ranks among the most prosperous regions of the Riverlands. At its heart lies the walled town of Maidenpool, which takes its name from Jonquil’s Pool—a famed freshwater spring. Legend holds that during the [[Age_of_Heroes|Age of Heroes]], Florian the Fool first beheld Jonquil and her sisters bathing in its clear waters, an encounter later immortalised in the song “Six Maids in a Pool.”<ref>George R. R. Martin, ''A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords'', Arya III (2002).</ref> | The Kingdom of Maidenpool stretches along the Trident to the Bay of Crabs, sharing a border with the realm of Duskendale. Blessed with both fertile fields and stands of forest, it ranks among the most prosperous regions of the Riverlands. At its heart lies the walled town of Maidenpool, which takes its name from Jonquil’s Pool—a famed freshwater spring. Legend holds that during the [[Age_of_Heroes|Age of Heroes]], Florian the Fool first beheld Jonquil and her sisters bathing in its clear waters, an encounter later immortalised in the song “Six Maids in a Pool.”<ref>George R. R. Martin, ''A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords'', Arya III (2002).</ref> | ||
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*[[House_Buckwell|Buckwell]] | *[[House_Buckwell|Buckwell]] | ||
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[[File:Misty island.jpg|thumb|The lands of the Fisher Kings are known for their swampy, salty and foggy land.]] | [[File:Misty island.jpg|thumb|The lands of the Fisher Kings are known for their swampy, salty and foggy land.]] | ||
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*[[House_Crabb_of_Misty_Isle|Crabb]] | *[[House_Crabb_of_Misty_Isle|Crabb]] | ||
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== Western Riverlands == | == Western Riverlands == | ||
Since the fall of the Mudd kings, the Western Riverlands have once again become a patchwork of independent petty realms. Along the winding course of the Red Fork, rival lords cling to hilltop keeps and scattered woodlands, each claiming its own stretch of fertile river-vales. Boundaries shift fast, for here every ford, ridge, and copse is fought over—and the land remains one of the most hotly contested and blood-soaked in all the Trident. | Since the fall of the Mudd kings, the Western Riverlands have once again become a patchwork of independent petty realms. Along the winding course of the Red Fork, rival lords cling to hilltop keeps and scattered woodlands, each claiming its own stretch of fertile river-vales. Boundaries shift fast, for here every ford, ridge, and copse is fought over—and the land remains one of the most hotly contested and blood-soaked in all the Trident. | ||
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*[[House_Blanetree|Blanetree]] | *[[House_Blanetree|Blanetree]] | ||
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Not far from these contested lands lies the Gods’ Eye, the great inland lake of the Riverlands, famed for the Isle of Faces at its center. Here the Pact between the First Men and the children of the forest was signed, and the Green Men were sworn to guard its weirwoods.<ref>George R. R. Martin, ''The World of Ice and Fire'', (London: HarperVoyager, 2014) p. 8–9.</ref> In summer its waters gleam blue-green in the sun; in winter they harden to a pewter hue “like cold steel.”<ref>George R. R. Martin, ''A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords'', Arya I (2002).</ref> Travellers warn of odd, shifting currents and “hungry fish” lurking in the deep.<ref>George R. R. Martin, ''Fire and Blood'', (Random House LLC US, 2018) p. 567–569.</ref> | Not far from these contested lands lies the Gods’ Eye, the great inland lake of the Riverlands, famed for the Isle of Faces at its center. Here the Pact between the First Men and the children of the forest was signed, and the Green Men were sworn to guard its weirwoods.<ref>George R. R. Martin, ''The World of Ice and Fire'', (London: HarperVoyager, 2014) p. 8–9.</ref> In summer its waters gleam blue-green in the sun; in winter they harden to a pewter hue “like cold steel.”<ref>George R. R. Martin, ''A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords'', Arya I (2002).</ref> Travellers warn of odd, shifting currents and “hungry fish” lurking in the deep.<ref>George R. R. Martin, ''Fire and Blood'', (Random House LLC US, 2018) p. 567–569.</ref> | ||
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*[[House_Boddy|Boddy]] | *[[House_Boddy|Boddy]] | ||