Sept at Harrenhal

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The sept at Harrenhal is the castle sept of Harrenhal, the seat of House Whent.

Layout

Harrenhal seems to have two septs, one where followers of the Seven can pray,[1] and another one that has collapsed, located near the Tower of Ghosts and the postern gate on the east wall.[2]

History

Harrenhal's sept near the Tower of Ghosts has been abandoned since the burning of Harrenhal by Aegon the Conqueror's dragon, Balerion, and eventually collapsed.[2]

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

When Lord Tywin Lannister departs Harrenhal, Arya Stark sees followers of the Seven crowding into the sept to pray.[1]

When Arya, Gendry, and Hot Pie decide to escape Harrenhal, their rendezvous point is the castle's collapsed sept.[2]

Quotes

The Tower of Ghosts was the most ruinous of Harrenhal's five immense towers. It stood dark and desolate behind the remains of a collapsed sept where only rats had come to pray for near three hundred years.[2]

—thoughts of Arya Stark

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