Maester Luwin's turret,[1][2] sometimes called just the maester's turret[3] or the maester's tower,[4] is a tower at Winterfell. It contains the chambers of the castle's maester, Luwin.
Layout
Maester Luwin's turret is found below the rookery of Winterfell.[3] A covered bridge connects the second floor of the rookery with the fourth floor of the Bell Tower.[5]
Luwin's chambers, found in a large round room, are cluttered and untidy. His tables and chairs are covered with piles of books, and shadow maps are scattered among the rushes. Papers, quills, and pots of ink are spread out as well. Luwin's shelves are lined with stoppered jars. Candle stubs and dried wax decorate much of the furniture, and droppings are left by ravens in the rafters above.[4] The maester sits at a high stool.[3]
Luwin has a balcony which overlooks the castle's yard.[4] He stores his Myrish lens by the terrace door and hangs star charts from the walls.[4]
Recent Events
A Clash of Kings
During a dream of the comatose Bran Stark, Maester Luwin studies the sky from his balcony with a Myrish lens.[6]
After Luwin's arm is bitten by Shaggydog in the crypts of Winterfell, the maester returns to his tower and guides Osha in treating his wound. Luwin shows dragonglass arrowheads to Osha, Bran, and Rickon Stark. A raven arrives with a message informing Winterfell that Lord Eddard Stark has died.[4]
A Clash of Kings
Luwin tutors Bran, Rickon, and Big Walder and Little Walder Frey in his turret each afternoon for several hours.[3]
During the capture of Winterfell by Theon Greyjoy, Luwin is able to send two ravens before ironborn burst into his chambers. One bird is brought down by an arrow, but the bird sent to White Harbor is able to get away.[7]
In the aftermath of the sack of Winterfell, Bran sees that the covered bridge has collapsed into the yard and Luwin's turret has been destroyed. Osha gives the dying Luwin the gift of mercy in the godswood of Winterfell.[1]
A Storm of Swords
Sansa Stark includes the rookery and its covered bridge while making a snow castle of Winterfell at the Eyrie.[8]
A Dance with Dragons
Theon sees Luwin's ravens in the godswood during the wedding of Ramsay Bolton and Arya Stark, and he recalls that the maester's tower was put to the torch.[9] Lord Roose Bolton has Maesters Medrick, Rhodry, and Henly take charge of the surviving ravens.[9] Theon later explores the ruins of Winterfell and sees the shattered stone of Luwin's turret.[2]
Quotes
The maester's turret below the rookery was one of Bran's favorite places. Luwin was hopelessly untidy, but his clutter of books and scrolls and bottles was as familiar and comforting to Bran as his bald spot and the flapping sleeves of his loose grey robes. He liked the ravens too.[3]
—thoughts of Bran Stark
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 69, Bran VII.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 41, The Turncloak.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 28, Bran IV.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 66, Bran VII.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 8, Bran II.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 17, Bran III.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 46, Bran VI.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 80, Sansa VII.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 37, The Prince of Winterfell.