Bay of Seals
The Bay of Seals is a bay in the north that extends from beyond the Wall to the shores that fall under the domain of House Umber.[1] The Night's Watch have a castle astride it, Eastwatch-by-the-Sea. Isles of the bay, which is named after the animal, include Skagos and Skane.[2][3]
Contents
Geography
The grey and green waters of the Bay of Seals are choppy.[4] The wooded coastline to its south has rocks and whirlpools.[4]
Free folk raiders sometime cross the Bay of Seals in small boats[1][5] and rafts.[6]
History
According to Jon Snow, free folk have crossed the Bay of Seals to raid the lands of House Umber since the Dawn of Days.[7]
In the Feast of Skane, stoneborn from Skagos raided Skane, allegedly rendering the isle uninhabited.[4][8] Brandon IX Stark, King in the North, stopped Skagosi from raiding the mainland by destroying their ships and denying them the sea.[8]
Galleys from Eastwatch-by-the-Sea caught Cobblecat in the Bay of Seals.[9]
Recent Events
A Clash of Kings
Free folk in little boats cross the Bay of Seals and wash up on Umber lands, causing Hother Umber to demand that a fleet be built to stop the wildlings.[1]
A Storm of Swords
Stannis Baratheon sails from Dragonstone to Eastwatch-by-the-Sea.[10]
A Feast for Crows
Samwell Tarly, Gilly, and Maester Aemon sail on Blackbird from Eastwatch across the Bay of Seals to Braavos.[4]
A Dance with Dragons
When the fleet of Salladhor Saan sails south from Eastwatch, Oledo and Old Mother's Son are driven onto Skagos.[11]
A savage storm rages on the Bay of Seals.[12]
Quotes
The Bay of Seals was a lot deeper than his waist, and not so friendly as that little fishpond below his father's castle. Its waters were grey and green and choppy, and the wooded shore they followed was a snarl of rocks and whirlpools.[4]
—thoughts of Samwell Tarly
It was cold when the wind was blowing, but there was something bracing about the salt smell in the air.[4]
—thoughts of Samwell Tarly
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 16, Bran II.
- ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Bay of Seals.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Map of the North
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 15, Samwell II.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 30, Jon IV.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 73, Jon X.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 17, Jon IV.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The North: The Stoneborn of Skagos.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 54, Davos V.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 75, Samwell IV.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 9, Davos I.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 49, Jon X.
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