Hornwood is the semi-canonical name for the seat of House Hornwood in the north.[2] It is one of the castles of the family.[3]
The Hornwood lands neighbor those of House Bolton to the north.[4] The location of their seat has not been published in A Song of Ice and Fire, but according to a semi-canon source, the castle is located in the Hornwood forest near the northwestern edge of the Sheepshead Hills,[1] which are within the dominion of House Manderly.[5]
Medrick serves as maester at the castle to Lord Halys Hornwood.[6]
Recent Events
[edit]A Clash of Kings
[edit]After Ramsay Snow kidnaps and forcibly marries the widowed Lady Donella Hornwood, Hornwood is seized by Lord Wyman Manderly to prevent it from falling into Ramsay's hands.[7]
A Dance with Dragons
[edit]Davos Seaworth learns that smallfolk from along the White Knife and Hornwood have been seeking protection at White Harbor with the Manderlys. Some Hornwood men are also reported to have joined Ramsay's force marching on Moat Cailin.[8]
As a condition for peace with the Iron Throne, Wyman Manderly relinquishes his claim on Hornwood lands and castles.[3] During the wedding of "Arya Stark" to Ramsay, now legitimized as Ramsay Bolton, in Winterfell, Ramsay is introduced as Lord of the Hornwood.[6]
Quotes
[edit]Roose Bolton's bastard had started it by seizing Lady Hornwood as she returned from the harvest feast, marrying her that very night even though he was young enough to be her son. Then Lord Manderly had taken her castle. To protect the Hornwood holdings from the Boltons, he had written, but Ser Rodrik had been almost as angry with him as with the bastard.[7]
—thoughts of Bran Stark
Game of Thrones
[edit]The World Map for the television adaptation Game of Thrones places Hornwood between the Dreadfort and White Harbor, just north of the Sheepshead Hills.
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, map of Westeros.
- ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Hornwood.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 19, Davos III.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 16, Bran II.
- ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Sheepshead Hills.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 37, The Prince of Winterfell.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 28, Bran IV.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 15, Davos II.