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| name = Riverrun
 
| name = Riverrun
| image = [[File:Riverrun by Feliche.jpg|300px]]
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| image = [[File:Ted Nasmith A Song of Ice and Fire Riverrun.jpg|350px]]
| image_caption = Riverrun by [http://feliche.deviantart.com/ Feliche
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| image_caption = Riverrun by [http://www.tednasmith.com/ Ted Nasmith] ©
| settlement_type= Castle, former Regional Capital
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| settlement_type= castle, former regional capital
| location = [[Westeros]], [[Riverlands]]
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| location = [[Westeros]], [[riverlands]]
 
| seat = [[House Frey of Riverrun]]<br>[[House Tully]] (exiled)
 
| seat = [[House Frey of Riverrun]]<br>[[House Tully]] (exiled)
| seat_type = [[Feudalism|Feudal Lord]]
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| seat_type = [[Feudalism|feudal lord]]
 
   
 
   
 
| religion = [[Faith of the Seven]]
 
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| caption = [[The Riverlands]] and the location of Riverrun
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'''Riverrun''' is the ancestral castle of [[House Tully]], held by them for over a thousand years.{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}} It is situated in the [[Riverlands]], at the point where the [[Tumblestone]] and [[Trident|Red Fork]] rivers meet.{{Ref|aGoT|2}}
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'''Riverrun''' is the ancestral castle of [[House Tully]], the [[Lords Paramount of the Trident]]. It is situated in the western [[riverlands]], at the confluence of the [[Tumblestone]] and [[Red Fork]] rivers.{{Ref|aGoT|2}} Riverrun is north of [[Pinkmaiden]] and northwest of [[Acorn Hall]]. The castle sits along the [[river road]], an easy ride{{ref|AGOT|28}} which links [[Lannisport]] and the [[crossroads]].{{ref|TLOIAF}}
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==Household==
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The household of Riverrun includes [[Vyman]], its maester, and [[Utherydes Wayn]], its steward. Ser [[Desmond Grell]] serves as master-at-arms, while Ser [[Robin Ryger]] commands the [[House Tully guards|Tully guards]] as their captain. [[Rymund the Rhymer]] entertains as a singer.{{ref|ACOK|Appendix}} Earlier servants included Septon [[Osmynd]] and Maester [[Kym]].{{ref|ASOS|45}}
  
 
==Layout==
 
==Layout==
Riverrun is a strong three-sided castle, although not especially large. The castle is bordered on two sides by rivers, while on the west a third side faces a massive man-made ditch. In time of danger the sluice gates can be opened to fill a wide moat and leave the castle surrounded on all three sides by water, turning Riverrun into an island and leaving it practically unassailable.
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:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Riverrun|Images of Riverrun]]''
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Riverrun is a strong three-sided castle, although not especially large. The castle is bordered on the north by the [[Tumblestone]] and on the south by the [[Red Fork]], while on the west a third side faces a massive man-made ditch. In time of danger the sluice gates can be opened to fill a wide moat and leave the castle surrounded on all three sides by water, turning Riverrun into an island and leaving it practically unassailable. It commands a view of many leagues.{{ref|AGOT|69}}
  
The castle has sandstone walls which rise sheer from the water, its battlements are crenelated and have arrow loops, and its towers command the opposite shores.{{Ref|aGoT|69}} Riverrun's keep is located inside.{{Ref|aGoT|71}} Properly garrisoned, Riverrun can hold supplies for men and horses for as long as two years; a garrison of two hundred men is larger than Riverrun requires in most circumstances.<!-- (IV: 491)(IV: 660) -->
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The castle has sandstone walls which rise sheer from the water, its battlements are crenelated and have arrow loops, and its towers command the opposite shores.{{Ref|aGoT|69}} Riverrun's keep is located inside.{{Ref|aGoT|71}} Properly garrisoned, Riverrun can hold supplies for men and horses for as long as two years;{{ref|AFFC|33}} a garrison of two hundred men is larger than Riverrun requires in most circumstances.{{ref|AFFC|44}} [[House Tully guards|Guardsmen]] wear fish-crest helms.{{ref|AGOT|71}} The castle's doors are made of heavy redwood.{{ref|ACOK|45}}
  
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[[File:Riverrun castle.jpg|400px|thumb|Riverrun castle - by Franz Miklis. © FFG]]
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* '''The Keep''', The inner keep is triangular, like Riverrun itself, and the lord's [[solar]] is triangular as well with a stone balcony jutting eastwards. The [[solar]] can be reached by a spiral stairway.{{Ref|aGoT|69}}
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The Wheel Tower has a great waterwheel turned by the Tumblestone. It has ivy climbing alongside it, and below one makes a wide turn and ends up in churning waters. The Tumblestone leads to the Water Gate, a wide arch and a heavy iron portcullis, red with rust in its lower half. It is named so for being half in the water, and one must use a boat to go through it. Many boats are tied up within the Water Gate, secured to iron rings in the walls. The water stair leads from the lower bailey up to the castle.{{Ref|aGoT|71}}
  
* '''The Great Hall''', It's where the Large councils are held and the high seat of the Tullys sits.{{Ref|aGoT|69}} There is a private audience chamber above the Great Hall with a high seat for the lord and a bell to ring for servants.{{Ref|aCoK|45}}
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The keep is triangular, like Riverrun itself, and the lord's [[solar]] is triangular as well with a triangular stone balcony jutting eastwards. The solar can be reached by a spiral stairway.{{Ref|aGoT|69}} The pillars of Hoster's great canopied bed are carved as leaping trout.{{ref|ASOS|20}}
  
* '''Dungeons''', The dungeons of Riverrun are windowless, their doors are heavy and made of wood and iron.{{Ref|aGoT|69}}
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The Great Hall is where large councils are held and the high seat of the Tullys sits.{{Ref|aGoT|69}} There is a private audience chamber above the Great Hall with another high seat for the lord and a bell to ring for servants.{{Ref|aCoK|45}}
  
* '''Wheel Tower''', The Wheel Tower has a great waterwheel within it, which is turned by the Tumblestone whose waters go through it. It has Ivy climbs along side it, below it one makes a wide turn and ends up in churning waters. Eventually one can reach the Water Gate.{{Ref|aGoT|71}}
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The shortest way from the Great Hall to the keep is through the [[godswood]],{{ref|ACOK|7}} a bright and airy garden{{ref|AGOT|2}} with elms, redwoods, wildflowers, nesting birds, and streams.{{ref|ACOK|7}} Its [[heart tree]] is a slender carved [[weirwood]].{{Ref|aGoT|71}} The [[sept]] at Riverrun is a seven-sided sandstone building amidst the gardens of the late [[Minisa Tully]]. Inside, images of [[Faith of the Seven|the Seven]] are painted on marble.{{Ref|aCoK|45}} A rainbow of light fills the sept.{{ref|AGOT|2}}
  
* '''Water Gate''', The Water Gate has a wide arch and a heavy iron portcullis, red with rust in its lower half. It is named so for being half in the water. One must use a boat to go through it. Many boats are tied up within the 'Water Gate', secured to iron rings in the walls and the 'water stair' leads from the lower bailey up to the Castle.{{Ref|aGoT|69}}
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The dungeons of Riverrun are windowless{{ref|ACOK|55}} and damp,{{ref|ASOS|17}} their doors heavy and made of wood and iron.{{Ref|aGoT|69}} The castle also contains kennels{{ref|ASOS|14}} and stables.
  
* '''Godswood''', The godswood is a bright and airy garden, with redwoods, flowers, nesting birds, and streams. It's heart tree is a slender carved Weirwood. {{Ref|aGoT|71}}  
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==History==
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===Andal era===
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[[File:Marco Caradonna FamilyDutyHonor.JPG|thumb|500px|House Tully knights leave Riverrun - Illustrated by Marco Caradonna. © Fantasy Flight Games.]]
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[[House Tully]] had served [[House Mudd]] of [[Oldstones]], but King [[Tristifer IV Mudd]] was killed during the [[Andal invasion]]. After the king's death, Ser [[Axel Tully]] constructed the red castle at the juncture of the [[Red Fork]] with the [[Tumblestone]], land which he had received from an [[Andal]] king, [[Armistead Vance]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Riverlands: House Tully}}
  
* '''Sept''', The sept at Riverrun is a seven-sided sandstone building. It was built by [[Hoster Tully]] and set amidst the gardens that his wife [[Minisa Whent]] cherished. Inside, the images of the Seven Holies are painted on marble.{{Ref|aCoK|45}}
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The strategic position of Riverrun brought wealth to the Tullys, who guarded the western riverlands from the [[Kingdom of the Rock]]. The castle has rarely been surrendered and has never fallen by storm.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Riverlands: Riverrun}} The Tullys have ruled Riverrun and its rich lands for at least a thousand years.{{ref|AGOT|Appendix}}  
  
==Recent events ==
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When [[Harwyn Hoare]], [[King of the Iron Islands]], invaded the riverlands, Riverrun was abandoned by Lord Tully, who joined the host of Lady [[Agnes Blackwood]]. Agnes's forces were betrayed by Lord [[Lothar Bracken]], however.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Riverlands}}
[[File:Riverrun castle.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Riverrun castle©Fantasy Flight Games©]]
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===Targaryen Era===
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During [[Aegon's Conquest]] a few generations later, Lord [[Edmyn Tully]] raised the standard of [[House Targaryen]] above Riverrun, beginning the rebellion of the river lords against Harwyn Hoare's grandson [[Harren Hoare|Harren the Black]], the [[King of the Isles and the Rivers]]. Following the [[burning of Harrenhal]], King [[Aegon I Targaryen]] named Edmyn the first [[Lord Paramount of the Trident]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
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Prince [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor Targaryen]] was [[knight]]ed during a great tourney at Riverrun in {{Date|28}}.{{ref|TSOTD}} The rebellion of [[Harren the Red]] began while King [[Aenys I Targaryen]] was guesting at Riverrun.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}} Aenys and Lord Tully gathered a thousand men to Riverrun before marching to Harrenhal.{{ref|TSOTD}}
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House Tully supported King Maegor I against Aenys's son, Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon Targaryen]], in the [[Battle Beneath the Gods Eye]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Riverlands: House Tully}}{{ref|TSOTD}} Riverrun turned against Maegor in favor of [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] and the [[Poor Fellows]] in {{date|48}}, however.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}} Lord Tully is said to have hosted Ser [[Joffrey Doggett]] at his castle.{{ref|TSOTD}}
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Riverrun was initially neutral during the [[Dance of the Dragons]], as Ser [[Elmo Tully]] barred the castle's gates against the wishes of his father, the [[greens|green]]-supporting Lord [[Grover Tully|Grover]]. Elmo and his son [[Kermit Tully|Kermit]] actively supported the [[blacks]] later in the war.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Riverlands: House Tully}}
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[[Petyr Baelish]] spent part of his youth at Riverrun with the Tully siblings, [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]], [[Lysa Arryn|Lysa]], and [[Edmure Tully|Edmure]].{{ref|AGOT|18}} Retainers at Riverrun during Cat's youth included Maester [[Kym]] and Septon [[Osmynd]].{{ref|ACOK|45}} When Lord [[Sumner Crakehall]] sent [[Jaime Lannister]] to deliver a message to Riverrun, Lord [[Hoster Tully]] unsuccessfully attempted to interest Jaime in his daughter, Lysa.{{ref|AFFC|33}}
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In Riverrun's sept during [[Robert's Rebellion]], Lords [[Eddard Stark]] and [[Jon Arryn]] married Catelyn and Lysa, respectively.{{ref|AGOT|2}} Ned and Cat's eldest child, [[Robb Stark]], was born at Riverrun nine months later{{ref|AGOT|63}} with the assistance of Maester [[Luwin]].{{ref|AGOT|6}}
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==Recent Events ==
 
===''A Game of Thrones''===
 
===''A Game of Thrones''===
During the [[War of the Five Kings]], Riverrun is besieged by a Lannister host commanded by [[Jaime Lannister]]. It is relieved in the [[Battle of the Camps]] by a [[House Stark|Stark]] force commanded by [[Robb Stark]]. In the Great Hall of Riverrun Robb is elevated to [[King in the North]] by his Northern bannerman as well as the river lords, who have never been part of the old Northern kingdom.
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With Lord [[Hoster Tully]] ill at the start of the [[War of the Five Kings]], Ser [[Edmure Tully]] is defeated by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] in a [[battle under the walls of Riverrun]].{{ref|AGOT|56}} The castle is then besieged by a [[House Lannister|Lannister]] host commanded by Jaime. It is relieved in the [[Battle of the Camps]] by a [[House Stark|Stark]] force commanded by [[Robb Stark]], Lord of [[Winterfell]].{{ref|AGOT|69}} In the Great Hall of Riverrun Robb is elevated to [[King in the North]] by his [[north]]ern bannerman as well as the river lords, who were never ruled by the old Kings of Winter.{{ref|AGOT|71}}
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[[File:Siege of Riverrun.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Siege of Riverrun - FFG@.]]
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Robb allows the gathered riverlords to disperse from Riverrun to defend their own lands.{{ref|ACOK|7}} When Robb, the [[King of the Trident]], leaves the riverlands to attack the [[westerlands]], he leaves Edmure to protect Riverrun.{{ref|ACOK|39}} [[Tyrion Lannister]], the acting [[Hand of the King]], sends a group of envoys to Riverrun. Some try to free Tyrion's brother Jaime, a prisoner since the [[battle in the Whispering Wood]], but these false envoys are hanged at the castle when the rescue attempt fails.{{ref|ACOK|39}}
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Edmure admits [[smallfolk]] within the walls of Riverrun to protect them from war. The knight regathers riverlords{{ref|ACOK|39}} to defend the [[Red Fork]] from Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]'s army,{{ref|ACOK|45}} with [[House Blackwood|Blackwoods]] and [[House Mallister|Mallisters]] encamped between the rivers and [[House Darry|Darrys]], [[House Paege|Paeges]], and [[House Piper|Pipers]] established north of the [[Tumblestone]].{{ref|ACOK|39}} After Tywin retreats from the [[Battle of the Fords]], Riverrun celebrates Edmure's victory and Robb's [[storming of the Crag]].{{ref|ACOK|55}}
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Following the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], the [[Iron Throne]] names [[Petyr Baelish]] the [[Lord Paramount of the Trident]], the new liege lord of the [[riverlands]], with the castle of [[Harrenhal]] as his seat.{{ref|ACOK|65}} However, the [[House Tully|Tullys]] of Riverrun and their bannermen remain loyal to Robb.{{ref|ASOS|Appendix}}
  
 
===''A Storm of Swords''===
 
===''A Storm of Swords''===
Following the death of Robb at the [[Red Wedding]], [[Tywin Lannister]] strips House Tully of Riverrun and grants it to [[Emmon Frey]], forming [[House Frey of Riverrun]]. However, [[Brynden Tully]] continues to hold the castle against a Frey siege.
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[[Arya Stark]] hopes that the [[brotherhood without banners]] will escort her to her family at Riverrun,{{ref|ASOS|17}} but the outlaws instead bring her to Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]] in the [[hollow hill]].{{ref|ASOS|34}}
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Robb's mother, [[Catelyn Stark]], releases Jaime from Riverrun's dungeon in an attempt to exchange him with the Iron Throne for her daughters, [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark]]. Ser [[Robin Ryger]], the captain of [[House Tully guards|Riverrun's guards]], tries to recover Jaime but is stopped by Jaime's escort, [[Brienne of Tarth]].{{ref|ASOS|1}} Catelyn remains in house arrest in the chambers of her ailing father, Lord Hoster.{{ref|ASOS|2}}
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Having been informed that Robb has married [[Jeyne Westerling]] instead of one of Lord [[Walder Frey]]'s daughters, the [[House Frey|Freys]] at Riverrun angrily return to the [[Twins]].{{ref|ASOS|14}}
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Livid with Catelyn's release of Jaime, Lord [[Rickard Karstark]] sends his riders from Riverrun in search of the escapee, and he murders two of Robb's captives, the squires [[Willem Lannister]] and [[Tion Frey]]. Robb beheads Rickard in the castle's godswood.{{ref|ASOS|20}}
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Once Hoster dies, a funerary boat with his body is launched by Robb, [[Tytos Blackwood]], [[Jonos Bracken]], [[Jason Mallister]], [[Marq Piper]], [[Karyl Vance]], and [[Lothar Frey]].{{ref|ASOS|35}}
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When Robb marches north to attend the wedding of Lord Edmure to [[Roslin Frey]] at the [[Twins]], he leaves Ser [[Brynden Tully]] at Riverrun as the [[Warden of the Southern Marches]]. Jeyne, Robb's queen, also remains at Riverrun.{{ref|ASOS|45}}
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Edmure is captured and Robb is killed at the [[Red Wedding]], however, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], the Hand of the King, strips Riverrun from House Tully and grants it to Ser [[Emmon Frey]], forming [[House Frey of Riverrun]]. Brynden the Blackfish continues to hold the castle against a Frey siege.{{ref|ASOS|72}}
  
 
===''A Feast for Crows''===
 
===''A Feast for Crows''===
Jaime Lannister negotiates the surrender of Riverrun from House Tully to House Frey.
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Brynden expels the smallfolk from Riverrun and replenishes its provisions from the countryside.{{ref|AFFC|33}} Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] sends her brother, Jaime, to resolve the [[siege of Riverrun]].{{ref|AFFC|27}} Since the siege has become a stalemate, Jaime takes command from Ser [[Daven Lannister]] and Ser [[Ryman Frey]].{{ref|AFFC|33}}
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During a meeting at the castle's drawbridge, Brynden rejects Jaime's terms of surrender. After Jaime tells the captive Edmure he will sacrifice rivermen in an assault and launch Edmure's unborn child into the castle,{{ref|AFFC|38}} Edmure negotiates Riverrun's surrender from House Tully to House Frey.{{ref|AFFC|44}} Jaime resides in Lord Hoster's chambers, while Edmure is placed in another tower.{{ref|AFFC|44}}
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Brynden escapes through the Water Gate, however, and presumably swims down the [[Red Fork]]. Lord Emmon has a large garrison of two hundred to defend his new castle, while the Blackfish's garrison is allowed to depart without arms and armor. Robin Ryger and Ser [[Desmond Grell]] agree to [[Night's Watch|take the black]]. Ser [[Forley Prester]] commands the escort taking Edmure and the [[House Westerling|Westerlings]] from Riverrun to the westerlands. When snow falls at Riverrun, its people engage in a snowball war along the battlements. Maester [[Vyman]] receives Cersei's request for aid from Jaime, but the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] refuses to answer his sister.{{ref|AFFC|44}}
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After resolving the [[siege of Raventree]], Jaime is said to have disappeared while returning to Riverrun.{{ref|ADWD|54}}
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==Quotes==
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{{quote|She had been born a [[House Tully|Tully]], at Riverrun far to the south, on the [[Red Fork]] of the [[Trident]]. The [[godswood]] there was a garden, bright and airy, where tall redwoods spread dappled shadows across tinkling streams, birds sang from hidden nests, and the air was spicy with the scent of flowers.{{ref|AGOT|2}}}} - thoughts of [[Catelyn Stark]]
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{{quote|The southern rain was soft and warm. Catelyn liked the feel of it on her face, gentle as a mother's kisses. It took her back to her childhood, to long grey days at Riverrun. She remembered the [[godswood]], drooping branches heavy with moisture, and the sound of [[Edmure Tully|her brother's]] laughter as he chased her through piles of damp leaves. She remembered making mud pies with [[Lysa Arryn|Lysa]], the weight of them, the mud slick and brown between her fingers. They had served them to [[Petyr Baelish|Littlefinger]], giggling, and he'd eaten so much mud he was sick for a week. How young they all had been.{{ref|AGOT|28}}}} - thoughts of [[Catelyn Stark]]
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{{quote|'''Harys''': How could this happen? How? Even after the [[battle in the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]], you had Riverrun ringed in iron, surrounded by a great host ... what madness made Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] decide to split his men into [[Battle of the Camps|three separate camps]]? Surely he knew how vulnerable that would leave them?<br>
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'''Kevan''': I would have done the same. You have never seen Riverrun, Ser Harys, or you would know that Jaime had little choice in the matter.{{ref|AGOT|69}}}} - [[Harys Swyft]] and [[Kevan Lannister]]
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{{quote|It was late afternoon when they sighted Riverrun, rising from the narrow point where the [[Tumblestone]] joined the [[Red Fork]]. The [[House Tully|Tully]] castle looked like a great stone ship with its prow pointed downriver. Its sandstone walls were drenched in red-gold light, and seemed higher and thicker than Jaime had remembered.{{ref|AFFC|33}}}} - thoughts of [[Jaime Lannister]]
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{{quote|Riverrun is mine, and no man shall ever take it from me.{{ref|AFFC|44}}}} - [[Emmon Frey]] to [[Genna Lannister]]
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{{quote|This was [[Hoster Tully|my father's]] solar. He ruled the [[riverlands]] from here, wisely and well. He liked to sit beside that window. The light was good there, and whenever he looked up from his work he could see [[Red Fork|the river]]. When his eyes were tired he would have [[Catelyn Stark|Cat]] read to him. [[Petyr Baelish|Littlefinger]] and I built a castle out of wooden blocks once, there beside the door. You will never know how sick it makes me to see you in this room, Kingslayer. You will never know how much I despise you.{{ref|AFFC|44}}}} - [[Edmure Tully]] to [[Jaime Lannister]]
  
 
==Chapters that take place at Riverrun==
 
==Chapters that take place at Riverrun==
*[[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 71|A Game of Thrones: 71. Catelyn XI]]
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*[[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 71|''A Game of Thrones'': 71. Catelyn XI]]
*[[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 7|A Clash of Kings: 7. Catelyn I]]
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*[[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 7|''A Clash of Kings'': 7. Catelyn I]]
*[[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 39|A Clash of Kings: 39. Catelyn V]]
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*[[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 39|''A Clash of Kings'': 39. Catelyn V]]
*[[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 45|A Clash of Kings: 45. Catelyn VI]]
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*[[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 45|''A Clash of Kings'': 45. Catelyn VI]]
*[[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 55|A Clash of Kings: 55. Catelyn VII]]
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*[[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 55|''A Clash of Kings'': 55. Catelyn VII]]
*[[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 2|A Storm of Swords: 2. Catelyn I]]
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*[[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 2|''A Storm of Swords'': 2. Catelyn I]]
*[[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 14|A Storm of Swords: 14. Catelyn II]]
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*[[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 14|''A Storm of Swords'': 14. Catelyn II]]
*[[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 20|A Storm of Swords: 20. Catelyn III]]
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*[[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 20|''A Storm of Swords'': 20. Catelyn III]]
*[[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 35|A Storm of Swords: 35. Catelyn IV]]
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*[[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 35|''A Storm of Swords'': 35. Catelyn IV]]
*[[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 33|A Feast for Crows: 33. Jaime V]]
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*[[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 33|''A Feast for Crows'': 33. Jaime V]]
*[[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 38|A Feast for Crows: 38. Jaime VI]]
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*[[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 38|''A Feast for Crows'': 38. Jaime VI]]
*[[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 44|A Feast for Crows: 44. Jaime VII]]
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*[[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 44|''A Feast for Crows'': 44. Jaime VII]]
 
 
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Riverrun
castle, former regional capital
Ted Nasmith A Song of Ice and Fire Riverrun.jpg
Riverrun by Ted Nasmith ©
Location Westeros, riverlands
Government House Frey of Riverrun
House Tully (exiled), feudal lord
Religion Faith of the Seven
The riverlands and the location of Riverrun
The riverlands and the location of Riverrun
Riverrun
The riverlands and the location of Riverrun

Riverrun is the ancestral castle of House Tully, the Lords Paramount of the Trident. It is situated in the western riverlands, at the confluence of the Tumblestone and Red Fork rivers.[1] Riverrun is north of Pinkmaiden and northwest of Acorn Hall. The castle sits along the river road, an easy ride[2] which links Lannisport and the crossroads.[3]

Household

The household of Riverrun includes Vyman, its maester, and Utherydes Wayn, its steward. Ser Desmond Grell serves as master-at-arms, while Ser Robin Ryger commands the Tully guards as their captain. Rymund the Rhymer entertains as a singer.[4] Earlier servants included Septon Osmynd and Maester Kym.[5]

Layout

See also: Images of Riverrun

Riverrun is a strong three-sided castle, although not especially large. The castle is bordered on the north by the Tumblestone and on the south by the Red Fork, while on the west a third side faces a massive man-made ditch. In time of danger the sluice gates can be opened to fill a wide moat and leave the castle surrounded on all three sides by water, turning Riverrun into an island and leaving it practically unassailable. It commands a view of many leagues.[6]

The castle has sandstone walls which rise sheer from the water, its battlements are crenelated and have arrow loops, and its towers command the opposite shores.[6] Riverrun's keep is located inside.[7] Properly garrisoned, Riverrun can hold supplies for men and horses for as long as two years;[8] a garrison of two hundred men is larger than Riverrun requires in most circumstances.[9] Guardsmen wear fish-crest helms.[7] The castle's doors are made of heavy redwood.[10]

Riverrun castle - by Franz Miklis. © FFG

The Wheel Tower has a great waterwheel turned by the Tumblestone. It has ivy climbing alongside it, and below one makes a wide turn and ends up in churning waters. The Tumblestone leads to the Water Gate, a wide arch and a heavy iron portcullis, red with rust in its lower half. It is named so for being half in the water, and one must use a boat to go through it. Many boats are tied up within the Water Gate, secured to iron rings in the walls. The water stair leads from the lower bailey up to the castle.[7]

The keep is triangular, like Riverrun itself, and the lord's solar is triangular as well with a triangular stone balcony jutting eastwards. The solar can be reached by a spiral stairway.[6] The pillars of Hoster's great canopied bed are carved as leaping trout.[11]

The Great Hall is where large councils are held and the high seat of the Tullys sits.[6] There is a private audience chamber above the Great Hall with another high seat for the lord and a bell to ring for servants.[10]

The shortest way from the Great Hall to the keep is through the godswood,[12] a bright and airy garden[1] with elms, redwoods, wildflowers, nesting birds, and streams.[12] Its heart tree is a slender carved weirwood.[7] The sept at Riverrun is a seven-sided sandstone building amidst the gardens of the late Minisa Tully. Inside, images of the Seven are painted on marble.[10] A rainbow of light fills the sept.[1]

The dungeons of Riverrun are windowless[13] and damp,[14] their doors heavy and made of wood and iron.[6] The castle also contains kennels[15] and stables.

History

Andal era

House Tully knights leave Riverrun - Illustrated by Marco Caradonna. © Fantasy Flight Games.

House Tully had served House Mudd of Oldstones, but King Tristifer IV Mudd was killed during the Andal invasion. After the king's death, Ser Axel Tully constructed the red castle at the juncture of the Red Fork with the Tumblestone, land which he had received from an Andal king, Armistead Vance.[16]

The strategic position of Riverrun brought wealth to the Tullys, who guarded the western riverlands from the Kingdom of the Rock. The castle has rarely been surrendered and has never fallen by storm.[17] The Tullys have ruled Riverrun and its rich lands for at least a thousand years.[18]

When Harwyn Hoare, King of the Iron Islands, invaded the riverlands, Riverrun was abandoned by Lord Tully, who joined the host of Lady Agnes Blackwood. Agnes's forces were betrayed by Lord Lothar Bracken, however.[19]

Targaryen Era

During Aegon's Conquest a few generations later, Lord Edmyn Tully raised the standard of House Targaryen above Riverrun, beginning the rebellion of the river lords against Harwyn Hoare's grandson Harren the Black, the King of the Isles and the Rivers. Following the burning of Harrenhal, King Aegon I Targaryen named Edmyn the first Lord Paramount of the Trident.[20]

Prince Maegor Targaryen was knighted during a great tourney at Riverrun in 28 AC.[21] The rebellion of Harren the Red began while King Aenys I Targaryen was guesting at Riverrun.[22] Aenys and Lord Tully gathered a thousand men to Riverrun before marching to Harrenhal.[21]

House Tully supported King Maegor I against Aenys's son, Prince Aegon Targaryen, in the Battle Beneath the Gods Eye.[16][21] Riverrun turned against Maegor in favor of Jaehaerys I Targaryen and the Poor Fellows in 48 AC, however.[23] Lord Tully is said to have hosted Ser Joffrey Doggett at his castle.[21]

Riverrun was initially neutral during the Dance of the Dragons, as Ser Elmo Tully barred the castle's gates against the wishes of his father, the green-supporting Lord Grover. Elmo and his son Kermit actively supported the blacks later in the war.[16]

Petyr Baelish spent part of his youth at Riverrun with the Tully siblings, Catelyn, Lysa, and Edmure.[24] Retainers at Riverrun during Cat's youth included Maester Kym and Septon Osmynd.[10] When Lord Sumner Crakehall sent Jaime Lannister to deliver a message to Riverrun, Lord Hoster Tully unsuccessfully attempted to interest Jaime in his daughter, Lysa.[8]

In Riverrun's sept during Robert's Rebellion, Lords Eddard Stark and Jon Arryn married Catelyn and Lysa, respectively.[1] Ned and Cat's eldest child, Robb Stark, was born at Riverrun nine months later[25] with the assistance of Maester Luwin.[26]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

With Lord Hoster Tully ill at the start of the War of the Five Kings, Ser Edmure Tully is defeated by Ser Jaime Lannister in a battle under the walls of Riverrun.[27] The castle is then besieged by a Lannister host commanded by Jaime. It is relieved in the Battle of the Camps by a Stark force commanded by Robb Stark, Lord of Winterfell.[6] In the Great Hall of Riverrun Robb is elevated to King in the North by his northern bannerman as well as the river lords, who were never ruled by the old Kings of Winter.[7]

A Clash of Kings

Siege of Riverrun - FFG@.

Robb allows the gathered riverlords to disperse from Riverrun to defend their own lands.[12] When Robb, the King of the Trident, leaves the riverlands to attack the westerlands, he leaves Edmure to protect Riverrun.[28] Tyrion Lannister, the acting Hand of the King, sends a group of envoys to Riverrun. Some try to free Tyrion's brother Jaime, a prisoner since the battle in the Whispering Wood, but these false envoys are hanged at the castle when the rescue attempt fails.[28]

Edmure admits smallfolk within the walls of Riverrun to protect them from war. The knight regathers riverlords[28] to defend the Red Fork from Lord Tywin Lannister's army,[10] with Blackwoods and Mallisters encamped between the rivers and Darrys, Paeges, and Pipers established north of the Tumblestone.[28] After Tywin retreats from the Battle of the Fords, Riverrun celebrates Edmure's victory and Robb's storming of the Crag.[13]

Following the Battle of the Blackwater, the Iron Throne names Petyr Baelish the Lord Paramount of the Trident, the new liege lord of the riverlands, with the castle of Harrenhal as his seat.[29] However, the Tullys of Riverrun and their bannermen remain loyal to Robb.[30]

A Storm of Swords

Arya Stark hopes that the brotherhood without banners will escort her to her family at Riverrun,[14] but the outlaws instead bring her to Lord Beric Dondarrion in the hollow hill.[31]

Robb's mother, Catelyn Stark, releases Jaime from Riverrun's dungeon in an attempt to exchange him with the Iron Throne for her daughters, Sansa and Arya Stark. Ser Robin Ryger, the captain of Riverrun's guards, tries to recover Jaime but is stopped by Jaime's escort, Brienne of Tarth.[32] Catelyn remains in house arrest in the chambers of her ailing father, Lord Hoster.[33]

Having been informed that Robb has married Jeyne Westerling instead of one of Lord Walder Frey's daughters, the Freys at Riverrun angrily return to the Twins.[15]

Livid with Catelyn's release of Jaime, Lord Rickard Karstark sends his riders from Riverrun in search of the escapee, and he murders two of Robb's captives, the squires Willem Lannister and Tion Frey. Robb beheads Rickard in the castle's godswood.[11]

Once Hoster dies, a funerary boat with his body is launched by Robb, Tytos Blackwood, Jonos Bracken, Jason Mallister, Marq Piper, Karyl Vance, and Lothar Frey.[34]

When Robb marches north to attend the wedding of Lord Edmure to Roslin Frey at the Twins, he leaves Ser Brynden Tully at Riverrun as the Warden of the Southern Marches. Jeyne, Robb's queen, also remains at Riverrun.[5]

Edmure is captured and Robb is killed at the Red Wedding, however, Lord Tywin Lannister, the Hand of the King, strips Riverrun from House Tully and grants it to Ser Emmon Frey, forming House Frey of Riverrun. Brynden the Blackfish continues to hold the castle against a Frey siege.[35]

A Feast for Crows

Brynden expels the smallfolk from Riverrun and replenishes its provisions from the countryside.[8] Queen Regent Cersei Lannister sends her brother, Jaime, to resolve the siege of Riverrun.[36] Since the siege has become a stalemate, Jaime takes command from Ser Daven Lannister and Ser Ryman Frey.[8]

During a meeting at the castle's drawbridge, Brynden rejects Jaime's terms of surrender. After Jaime tells the captive Edmure he will sacrifice rivermen in an assault and launch Edmure's unborn child into the castle,[37] Edmure negotiates Riverrun's surrender from House Tully to House Frey.[9] Jaime resides in Lord Hoster's chambers, while Edmure is placed in another tower.[9]

Brynden escapes through the Water Gate, however, and presumably swims down the Red Fork. Lord Emmon has a large garrison of two hundred to defend his new castle, while the Blackfish's garrison is allowed to depart without arms and armor. Robin Ryger and Ser Desmond Grell agree to take the black. Ser Forley Prester commands the escort taking Edmure and the Westerlings from Riverrun to the westerlands. When snow falls at Riverrun, its people engage in a snowball war along the battlements. Maester Vyman receives Cersei's request for aid from Jaime, but the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard refuses to answer his sister.[9]

A Dance with Dragons

After resolving the siege of Raventree, Jaime is said to have disappeared while returning to Riverrun.[38]

Quotes

She had been born a Tully, at Riverrun far to the south, on the Red Fork of the Trident. The godswood there was a garden, bright and airy, where tall redwoods spread dappled shadows across tinkling streams, birds sang from hidden nests, and the air was spicy with the scent of flowers.[1]

- thoughts of Catelyn Stark


The southern rain was soft and warm. Catelyn liked the feel of it on her face, gentle as a mother's kisses. It took her back to her childhood, to long grey days at Riverrun. She remembered the godswood, drooping branches heavy with moisture, and the sound of her brother's laughter as he chased her through piles of damp leaves. She remembered making mud pies with Lysa, the weight of them, the mud slick and brown between her fingers. They had served them to Littlefinger, giggling, and he'd eaten so much mud he was sick for a week. How young they all had been.[2]

- thoughts of Catelyn Stark


Harys: How could this happen? How? Even after the Whispering Wood, you had Riverrun ringed in iron, surrounded by a great host ... what madness made Ser Jaime decide to split his men into three separate camps? Surely he knew how vulnerable that would leave them?
Kevan: I would have done the same. You have never seen Riverrun, Ser Harys, or you would know that Jaime had little choice in the matter.[6]

- Harys Swyft and Kevan Lannister


It was late afternoon when they sighted Riverrun, rising from the narrow point where the Tumblestone joined the Red Fork. The Tully castle looked like a great stone ship with its prow pointed downriver. Its sandstone walls were drenched in red-gold light, and seemed higher and thicker than Jaime had remembered.[8]

- thoughts of Jaime Lannister


Riverrun is mine, and no man shall ever take it from me.[9]

- Emmon Frey to Genna Lannister


This was my father's solar. He ruled the riverlands from here, wisely and well. He liked to sit beside that window. The light was good there, and whenever he looked up from his work he could see the river. When his eyes were tired he would have Cat read to him. Littlefinger and I built a castle out of wooden blocks once, there beside the door. You will never know how sick it makes me to see you in this room, Kingslayer. You will never know how much I despise you.[9]

- Edmure Tully to Jaime Lannister

Chapters that take place at Riverrun

References and Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 2, Catelyn I.
  2. 2.0 2.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 28, Catelyn V.
  3. The Lands of Ice and Fire.
  4. A Clash of Kings, Appendix.
  5. 5.0 5.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 45, Catelyn V.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 69, Tyrion IX.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 71, Catelyn XI.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 33, Jaime V.
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 44, Jaime VII.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 45, Catelyn VI.
  11. 11.0 11.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 20, Catelyn III.
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 7, Catelyn I.
  13. 13.0 13.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 55, Catelyn VII.
  14. 14.0 14.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 17, Arya III.
  15. 15.0 15.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 14, Catelyn II.
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 The World of Ice & Fire, The Riverlands: House Tully.
  17. The World of Ice & Fire, The Riverlands: Riverrun.
  18. A Game of Thrones, Appendix.
  19. The World of Ice & Fire, The Riverlands.
  20. The World of Ice & Fire, The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest.
  21. 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 The Sons of the Dragon.
  22. The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I.
  23. The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I.
  24. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 18, Catelyn IV.
  25. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 63, Catelyn X.
  26. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 6, Catelyn II.
  27. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 56, Tyrion VII.
  28. 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 39, Catelyn V.
  29. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 65, Sansa VIII.
  30. A Storm of Swords, Appendix.
  31. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 34, Arya VI.
  32. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 1, Jaime I.
  33. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 2, Catelyn I.
  34. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 35, Catelyn IV.
  35. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 72, Jaime IX.
  36. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 27, Jaime III.
  37. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 38, Jaime VI.
  38. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 54, Cersei I.