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The '''Nightfort''' is one of the castles along  [[the Wall]]. It is the only castle along the Wall where the steps up the side of the Wall were carved into the ice. It was abandoned by the [[Night's Watch]] two hundred years before the [[War of the Five Kings]]. The last brothers to inhabit the castle were reassigned to [[Deep Lake]].<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 56|Chapter 56]], Bran</ref>  
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The '''Nightfort''' is one of the castles along  [[the Wall]]. It is the only castle along the Wall where the steps up the side of the Wall were carved into the ice. It was abandoned by the [[Night's Watch]] two hundred years before the [[War of the Five Kings]]. The last brothers to inhabit the castle were reassigned to [[Deep Lake]].<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 56|Chapter 56]], Bran</ref> It sits between [[Icemark]] to the west and Deep Lake to the west.<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Map of Beyond the Wall|Map of Beyond the Wall]]</ref>
  
 
===Black Gate===
 
===Black Gate===

Revision as of 19:39, 13 August 2011

The North and the location of the Nightfort
The North and the location of the Nightfort
The Nightfort
The North and the location of the Nightfort

The Nightfort is one of the castles along the Wall. It is the only castle along the Wall where the steps up the side of the Wall were carved into the ice. It was abandoned by the Night's Watch two hundred years before the War of the Five Kings. The last brothers to inhabit the castle were reassigned to Deep Lake.[1] It sits between Icemark to the west and Deep Lake to the west.[2]

Black Gate

The Black Gate is a gate through the Wall at the Nightfort. It will only open for a man who has said the words of the Night's Watch. It is made of white weirwood and has a face carved in it. The face is old, pale, shrunken and wrinkled with white eyes. The door glows. In order to open the door, the brother of the Night's Watch has to repeat his sworn words. The door opens beginning at the lips on the face.[3]

History

It was the first castle on the Wall, and the largest. It was abandoned after Queen Alysanne Targaryen convinced the Night's Watch to build a new castle seven miles to east alongside a lake. The new castle, Deep Lake, was paid for by the queen's jewels and built by men that King Jaehaerys I sent north. Once the new castle was completed, the Nightfort was abandoned.[4]

Six hundred years before the War of the Five Kings, the commanders of the Nightfort and Snowgate went to war with each other.[5] It is remembered in many stories including those of the Night's King, the Rat Cook, Danny Flint, the seventy-nine sentinels, King Sherrit, Mad Axe, and the hellhounds that Symeon Star-Eyes had spotted fighting.[6]

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Lord Commander Snow gave the Nightfort to Stannis I after Stannis demanded it.

A Dance with Dragons

After Jon Snow ceded the Nightfort to Stannis, it was discovered that it would take half a year to make it fit for habitation.[7]

References and Notes