Editing Eyrie (section)

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[[File:Thomas Denmark eyrie.jpg|thumb|The Eyrie by Thomas Denmark © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The Eyrie is the smallest of the great castles,{{ref|TWOIAF|The Vale: The Eyrie}} being no larger than [[Maegor's Holdfast]].{{ref|ASOS|80}} The castle is made of fine white stone.{{ref|AFFC|41}} Its seven slim, white towers are bunched tightly together and can hold up to five hundred men.{{Ref|AGOT|34}} The waterfall known as [[Alyssa's Tears]] can be heard from the Eyrie,{{ref|AFFC|23}} and [[falcon]]s fly near the castle.{{ref|AGOT|34}}{{ref|AFFC|23}}

The Eyrie lacks stables, smithys, and kennels, but its granary is as large as those found in much larger castles, like [[Winterfell]].{{Ref|AGOT|34}} The Eyrie also contains a [[sept]].{{ref|AFFC|41}} The castle's [[House Arryn guards|household guard]] wear sky-blue cloaks.{{ref|AFFC|10}}

* The [[High Hall]] is a long and austere hall, with walls made of blue-veined white [[marble]].{{ref|AGOT|38}} The High Hall is decorated with rows of slim fluted pillars and a blue silk carpet.{{ref|ASOS|80}} At the end of it sit two thrones carved of [[weirwood]], one the high seat of the lord and the other a lesser throne for a consort.{{Ref|AGOT|38}}{{ref|ASOS|80}} It has narrow, arched windows, between which are torches mounted on high iron{{Ref|ASOS|80}} or silver{{Ref|AFFC|10}} sconces. Feasts can be held in the High Hall.{{ref|AGOT|30}} Entrance to the High Hall is through carved wooden doors.{{ref|ASOS|80}}
* The [[Moon Door]] is a narrow weirwood door that stands between two slender pillars halfway in the High Hall. A crescent [[moon]] is carved into the door, which opens inward and is barred by three heavy [[bronze]] bars. The door opens into the sky. Most executions at the Eyrie use this door, which opens onto a six hundred foot drop to the stones of the valley below.{{Ref|AGOT|38}}
* The [[Crescent Chamber]] is the Eyrie's reception hall. Here, guests are given refreshments and warmed by the fire after making the climb up the [[Giant's Lance]].{{Ref|AFFC|23}}
* A flight of steep marble stairs from the Crescent Chamber bypasses the Eyrie's undercrofts and dungeons and is protected by three murder holes. The portcullis atop the stairs leads to an arcade decorated with [[tapestries]].{{ref|AFFC|23}}
* The solar is located at the end of the arcade. The chamber is decorated with a [[Myr]]ish carpet and has enough room for a trestle table and at least eight heavy [[oak]]-and-leather chairs.{{ref|AFFC|23}}
* The [[Lower Hall]] is a hall in which food and [[wine]] can be served.{{ref|AFFC|10}}
* The [[Morning Hall]] is located above the kitchens and is where people can break their fast.{{ref|AFFC|23}} 
* The [[Maiden's Tower]] is the easternmost of the seven towers of the Eyrie. From a balcony on the tower, one can see the [[Vale of Arryn (valley)|Vale]] and the Giant's Lance.{{Ref|AFFC|10}}
* The [[Moon Tower]] contains the bedchambers of Lord Arryn,{{ref|AFFC|10}} which is protected by an oaken door four inches thick and has curtains of plush blue velvet. The bedchamber's window has small diamond-shaped panes.{{ref|AFFC|41}}
* The [[godswood of the Eyrie]] is encircled by the castle's towers. It lacks a [[heart tree]], as no [[weirwood]] would take root in the stony soil.{{ref|AGOT|40}}{{Ref|ASOS|80}} The garden, which is overlooked by Lady [[Lysa Arryn]]'s apartments, instead contains blue flowers, grass, shrubbery, thin dark trees, and statuary, including a depiction of a weeping [[Alyssa Arryn]] in its center.{{ref|AGOT|40}}{{ref|ASOS|80}}
* [[Sky cells]] are the Eyrie's infamous dungeons. They are shelves on the side of the mountain's sheer cliffs, left open to the cold sky, with slightly sloping floors to unnerve the prisoners. Many prisoners, driven mad by the cold and howling wind, commit suicide rather than remain imprisoned.{{ref|AGOT|38}}
* The Eyrie is located six hundred feet above a waycastle, [[Sky]]. Using handholds carved into the rock within the Giant's Lance, visitors can climb a ladder-like chimney{{ref|AGOT|34}}{{Ref|AFFC|23}} which leads from Sky up to the castle's undercellar.{{ref|AFFC|41}} Alternatively, wicker baskets and six great oaken buckets are drawn on long iron chains between the Eyrie and Sky.{{ref|AGOT|34}} Supplies can thus brought from Sky to the Eyrie's winch room, as can visitors unable or unwilling to climb the chimney ladder.{{ref|AGOT|34}}{{ref|AFFC|23}} Oxen are used to turn the winches, and the animals are slaughtered and left for falcons when the Arryns descend to the Gates of the Moon before winter. When the court returns to the Eyrie after winter, unspoiled meat is served in a spring feast.{{Ref|AFFC|41}}