Booming Tower
The Booming Tower is a tower found at Seagard, the seat of House Mallister in the riverlands.
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Layout
The Booming Tower has an immense bell made of bronze which can be rung to call smallfolk into Seagard.[1]
History
House Mallister rang the Booming Tower's bell whenever approaching ironborn longships were spotted on Ironman's Bay.[1] The bell has only been rung once in the past three centuries, during the failed storming of Seagard by Rodrik Greyjoy amid Greyjoy's Rebellion.[1]
Denys Mallister was born beneath the Booming Tower.[2]
Quotes
Their Booming Tower was named for its immense bronze bell, rung of old to call the townsfolk and farmhands into the castle when longships were sighted on the western horizon.[1]
—thoughts of Theon Greyjoy
Patrek: Never mind that the bell has been rung just once in three hundred years.
Theon: When my brother stormed Seagard.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 11, Theon I.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 78, Samwell V.