The main gates are the primary gates of Winterfell, seat of House Stark in the north. An arched gate is found between two huge bulwarks at the gatehouse.[1] The massive gates are made of oak and iron,[2] and the main gate has a portcullis.[3] A drawbridge passes between the castle's inner and outer walls, with the winter town nearby.[4]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
The entourage of King Robert I Baratheon arrives at Winterfell through the castle gates, though the wheelhouse of Queen Cersei Lannister is too wide to pass through.[5]
Bran Stark rides through the gates to the winter town and then the wolfswood during his first ride on Dancer outside of Winterfell.[4]
Bran watches northmen arrive at Winterfell after Robb Stark calls the banners after the arrest of Eddard Stark in King's Landing, and the boy watches as Robb's host departs the castle to march to Eddard's rescue.[6]
A Clash of Kings
Theon Greyjoy presents the bodies of two miller's sons as those of the missing Bran and Rickon Stark and has their heads displayed on the wall by the main gate.[7][8] Theon passes through the gatehouse to meet with Ser Rodrik Cassel and Lord Cley Cerwyn in the market of the winter town. After the battle outside the gates of Winterfell, Theon allows Red Helm to enter the castle.[8]
In the aftermath of the sack of Winterfell by House Bolton, the massive oak-and-iron gates are charred and askew and the drawbridge is a tangle of broken chains and missing planks.[2]
A Dance with Dragons
Lord Roose Bolton, the new Warden of the North after the Red Wedding, holds the wedding of his son Ramsay to "Arya Stark" at Winterfell. Roose has squatters raise stout new gates to replace those which had burned, and then he has them all hanged.[9]
The great main gates become choked with ice and snow during a blizzard.[10] When Roose decides to send the feuding Freys and Manderlys against Stannis Baratheon, he orders the Freys to gather by the main gates and the Manderlys by the east gate.[11]
The Winds of Winter
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Mors Umber has his green boys dig a pit trap outside Winterfell. When the Freys ride out of Winterfell's main gate, several fall into the trap. Ser Hosteen Frey loses his horse and Ser Aenys Frey breaks his neck and dies.[3]
References
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 80, Sansa VII.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 69, Bran VII.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Winds of Winter, Theon I
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 37, Bran V.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 4, Eddard I.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 53, Bran VI.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 56, Theon V.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 66, Theon VI.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 37, The Prince of Winterfell.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 46, A Ghost in Winterfell.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 51, Theon I.