Editing Eyrie (section)

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Marc simonetti bronnandvardis.jpg|thumb|250px|Ser [[Vardis Egen]] dueling [[Bronn]] in [[godswood of the Eyrie|the garden]], by © Marc Simonetti]]
After the death in [[King's Landing]] of [[Jon Arryn]], [[Lord of the Eyrie]] and [[Hand of the King]] to [[Robert I Baratheon]], his widow [[Lysa Arryn|Lysa]] travels to the Eyrie with their young son, Lord [[Robert Arryn]].{{ref|AGOT|2}} Numerous suitors from throughout the [[Vale of Arryn]] come to the Eyrie to woo Lysa.{{ref|AGOT|34}}

Lysa's sister, Lady [[Catelyn Stark]], arrests [[Tyrion Lannister]] at the [[crossroads inn]]{{ref|AGOT|28}} and brings him to the [[Vale of Arryn]]. [[Mya Stone]] aids Catelyn with a night ascent to the Eyrie upon Lysa's insistence.{{ref|AGOT|34}} The rest of Catelyn's party stays at the [[Gates of the Moon]] overnight and spends the next day ascending the [[Giant's Lance]]; Tyrion falters near the end of their journey and is carried the rest of the way by a [[sellsword]], [[Bronn]].{{ref|AGOT|38}} Catelyn sends a [[raven]] from the Eyrie to [[Winterfell]] to inform her son, [[Robb Stark]], of Tyrion's capture.{{ref|AGOT|35}}

In the [[High Hall]] of the Eyrie, Lysa accuses Tyrion of having murdered her husband, and she has the [[dwarf]] imprisoned in the [[sky cells]].{{ref|AGOT|34}} When he is eventually returned to the High Hall, Tyrion publicly demands [[trial by combat]].{{ref|AGOT|38}} The captain of the [[House Arryn guards|guards]], Ser [[Vardis Egen]], is killed by Tyrion's champion, Bronn, in their duel in the [[godswood of the Eyrie|castle godswood]],{{ref|AGOT|40}} so Lysa reluctantly releases Tyrion. She expects the dwarf and Bronn to be killed on the [[high road]], however.{{ref|AGOT|42}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Ser [[Marwyn Belmore]] becomes the new [[House Arryn guards|captain of the guards]] at the Eyrie after Vardis's death.{{Ref|ACOK|Appendix}} [[Marillion]] has become the court singer for Lady Lysa.{{ref|ACOK|Appendix}}

[[Stannis Baratheon]], [[Lord of Dragonstone]] and claimant to the [[Iron Throne]], rejects Maester [[Cressen]]'s suggestion to have his daughter, [[Shireen Baratheon]], fostered at the Eyrie.{{ref|ACOK|Prologue}}

[[Robb Stark]], now [[King in the North]], sends multiple [[raven]]s to the Eyrie seeking assistance from his aunt, Lysa, during the [[War of the Five Kings]], but there is no response.{{ref|ACOK|22}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
The Eyrie continues to disregard Robb's messages.{{ref|ASOS|20}}

After Robb's death at the [[Twins]] in the [[Red Wedding]], [[Sandor Clegane]] intends to ransom [[Arya Stark]] to her aunt Lysa at the Eyrie. They are forced to turn back in the foothills of the [[Mountains of the Moon]], however, as, the [[high road]] to the Eyrie has become too dangerous because of snowfall, wild animals, and [[Vale mountain clans|mountain clans]].{{ref|ASOS|65}}

Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] brings a disguised [[Sansa Stark]] to the [[Vale of Arryn]] after [[Purple Wedding|the death]] of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]]. Lysa departs the Eyrie with a small escort to meet Petyr, her childhood friend and lover, on the [[Fingers]]. Petyr wants to publicly wed Lysa at the Eyrie, but Lysa insists upon an immediate wedding at [[Drearfort|his small castle]], as she brought her own septon. They agree to present Sansa as Petyr's [[bastard]], "Alayne Stone", and Lysa privately tells the girl that she can be betrothed to her son Robert, [[Lord of the Eyrie]].{{ref|ASOS|68}}

[[File:Sansa by akizhao.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Sansa Stark]] sculpts a snow castle of [[Winterfell]], her childhood home, by akizhao ©]]

After the party arrives at the Eyrie, Sansa finds the castle an empty and lonely place, and Lysa keeps the High Hall closed most of the time.{{ref|ASOS|80}} Lord Baelish dismisses Marwyn and names Ser [[Lothor Brune]] as his replacement.{{ref|ASOS|80}}

When heavy snow falls on the castle, Petyr aids Sansa in building a snow castle of [[Winterfell]] in the Eyrie's garden. He then kisses the girl, an act secretly witnessed by Lysa. Young Lord Robert destroys Sansa's snow castle.{{ref|ASOS|80}} A frantic Lysa summons Sansa to the High Hall, accuses her of having tried to seduce Petyr, and threatens to throw the girl through the [[Moon Door]]. Petyr, however, throws Lysa herself through the door and places blame on her court singer, Marillion.{{ref|ASOS|80}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Lord Baelish is left as Lord Protector of the Vale, ruling in the name of the child Lord Robert. Because the boy wanders the castle to sleep in the beds of others, Sansa has Ser [[Lothor Brune]] lock Robert in his room at night.{{ref|AFFC|10}} Petyr has Marillion imprisoned in the sky cells, and the prisoner's constant singing haunts Sansa and upsets Robert.{{ref|AFFC|10}}

When Lord [[Nestor Royce]] visits the Eyrie to investigate Lysa's death, Sansa lies about Lysa's death. A tortured Marillion is brought to the High Hall and confesses to having pushed Lysa. In the solar, Petyr grants Nestor the [[Gates of the Moon]], ostensibly according to Lysa's wishes.{{ref|AFFC|10}} Petyr later says that Marillion ended his life by walking from the sky cell, but Robert insists he can still hear the musician's singing.{{ref|AFFC|23}}

Objecting to Petyr's rule over the Vale,{{ref|AFFC|17}} the [[Lords Declarant]] encamp with six thousand men before the Gates of the Moon. Petyr meets with the six lords in his solar, rather than the High Hall, and they eventually agree to grant Petyr a year to bring order to the Vale.{{ref|AFFC|23}}

The [[plump septon]] is no longer in attendance.{{ref|AFFC|41}} With the arrival of winter, the court leaves the Eyrie for the Gates of the Moon at the foot of the [[Giant's Lance]].{{ref|AFFC|41}}

===''The Winds of Winter''===
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Lord Robert fears that his heir, Ser [[Harrold Hardyng]], is waiting for him to die so that Harry can claim the Eyrie. At the Gates of the Moon, the cooks of Lord Nestor prepare a lemon cake in the shape of the Giant's Lance with the Eyrie depicted in sugar.<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Alayne I (The Winds of Winter)|Alayne I]]</ref>