Fingers

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The Fingers by Cris Urdiales ©
The Vale and the location of the Fingers
The Vale and the location of the Fingers
The Fingers
The Vale and the location of the Fingers
For the ironman, see Fingers (ironman).

The Fingers are narrow peninsulas of the northeastern Vale of Arryn which extend out into the narrow sea and the Shivering Sea.[1] Pebble is north of the Fingers and the Paps is northeast, while Coldwater Burn and Snakewood are west of the peninsulas.[2]

The Fingers are windswept, treeless, bare and stony. It often rains in the region.[3] The seat of House Baelish, an unnamed old flint tower, sits on the smallest of the Fingers.[4][3]

History

The Andals first arrived on the Fingers when they invaded Westeros.[5] They chiseled the seven-pointed star of the Faith of the Seven onto boulders to mark where they landed.[3]

History

After Petyr Baelish was wounded in a duel with Brandon Stark at Riverrun, Lord Hoster Tully sent Petyr to heal at the Fingers once he was strong enough to move.[6]

At the start of Robert's Rebellion, Lord Eddard Stark crossed the Mountains of the Moon and found a fisherman on the Fingers to sail him across the Bite.[7]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Two peasant boys from the Fingers, accused of rape, are among Yoren's band of recruits for the Night's Watch.[8] Hedge knights from the Fingers participate in the Hand's tourney.[9]

A Clash of Kings

Davos Seaworth is sent by Stannis Baratheon with a chest of letters to spread word of Joffrey Baratheon's illegitimacy. His route is to sail to the Fingers and other harbors along the narrow sea.[10]

A Storm of Swords

Varys reports to the small council that a kraken was seen off the Fingers pulling under an Ibbenense whaler.[11]

Petyr Baelish and Sansa Stark sail aboard the Merling King from King's Landing to his family's tower in the Fingers, where Petyr weds the widowed Lady Lysa Arryn.[3]

A Dance with Dragons

Tyrion Lannister recalls he once heard of a dwarf maester who served on the Fingers.[12]

Quotes

The Fingers are a lovely place, if you happen to be a stone.[3]

- Petyr Baelish to Sansa Stark

References and Notes