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== Maidenpool == | == Maidenpool == | ||
Maidenpool stretches along the Trident to the Bay of Crabs. 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> | Maidenpool stretches along the Trident to the Bay of Crabs. 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> Maidenpool belongs now to the Kingdom of Duskendale. | ||
===Notable Houses=== | ===Notable Houses=== | ||
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Rather than destroy them entirely, Vance offered terms: Blackwood Vale would become his vassal, granted religious exemptions; the Tully lands were awarded to [[House Lydden]]; and the Mudds were forced to swear peace. With this, the last free southern kingdoms of the Riverlands fell to the Andals. | Rather than destroy them entirely, Vance offered terms: Blackwood Vale would become his vassal, granted religious exemptions; the Tully lands were awarded to [[House Lydden]]; and the Mudds were forced to swear peace. With this, the last free southern kingdoms of the Riverlands fell to the Andals. | ||
The Kingdom of Maidenpool eventually fell under the dominion of the Kingdom of Duskendale, after King Aldhelm Darklyn forced his nephew Seth Mooton to bend the knee, surrender his crown, and accept vassalage. Weakened by the death of Florian the Brave, the ineffectual rule of his son, and the constant raids from the Clawmen, Maidenpool was in no position to resist—and the conquest went unchallenged. | |||
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