Longtable

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Longtable
Castle[1]
Location Reach, Westeros
Government House Merryweather, feudal lord
Ruler Lord Orton Merryweather
Religion Faith of the Seven
The Reach and the location of Longtable
The Reach and the location of Longtable
Longtable
The Reach and the location of Longtable

Longtable is the seat of House Merryweather in the Reach.[2] It sits along the Mander near its confluence with the Blueburn.[3] It is located some thirty leagues to the southwest of Bitterbridge.[1]

History

During the Dance of the Dragons, Lord Ormund Hightower led the siege of Longtable. Lady Caswell of Bitterbridge sent him the dragon egg of Prince Maelor Targaryen, who had just been murdered in the town, in hopes it might appease him. The siege of Longtable eventually ended when the widowed Lady Merryweather yielded. Lord Ormund took the castle's wealth and food before marching for Bitterbridge to sack the town and revenged Maelor's death.[1] Blacks from Longtable helped to fortify Tumbleton before the First Battle of Tumbleton.[1]

Russell Merryweather was born at Longtable[2] in 293 AC or 294 AC.[4]

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

After Cersei Lannister is arrested by the Faith of the Seven, Lord Orton Merryweather and Taena of Myr flee from King's Landing back to Longtable.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant.
  2. 2.0 2.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 28, Cersei VI.
  3. A Dance with Dragons, Map of the South
  4. See the Russell Merryweather calculation.
  5. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 43, Cersei X.