Nightsong
Nightsong is the seat of House Caron in the southwestern stormlands. The formidable castle[1] is located in the Dornish Marches, north of the Prince's Pass and the Red Mountains.[2][3]
Layout
Nightsong is known for its Singing Towers.[4]
History
Maester Yandel states the Carons have held Nightsong for many centuries and the castle guarded the western border of the domain of the Storm Kings of House Durrandon, but also that the Kingdom of the Reach once included western marches from Horn Hill to Nightsong.[4][5] Records indicate the castle has been besieged at least thirty-seven times in the last millenium.[6]
Nightsong was burned by Lord Fowler in 10 ᴀᴄ during the First Dornish War.[7]
The Vulture King led one of his hosts of Dornishmen to attack Nightsong and Horn Hill. He failed to capture Nightsong, however, and while marching west was defeated by Lady Ellyn Caron, Lord Harmon Dondarrion, and Lord Samwell Tarly during the Vulture Hunt.[8]
Recent Events
A Clash of Kings
Ser Philip Foote kills Lord Bryce Caron during the Battle of the Blackwater. The Iron Throne awards Nightsong to Philip after the battle, forming House Foote of Nightsong.[9]
A Dance with Dragons
The Bastard of Nightsong, Bryce's half-brother Rolland Storm, is the pretender Lord of Nightsong.[10]
References
- ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Nightsong.
- ↑ The Lands of Ice and Fire.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones RPG and Resource Book, Guardians of Order
- 1 2 The World of Ice & Fire, The Stormlands.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Stormlands: The Men of the Stormlands.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, Dorne: Dorne Against the Dragons.
- ↑ The Sons of the Dragon.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 65, Sansa VIII.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Appendix.
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