Editing Nightfort (section)

===Ruins===
According to [[maesters]] who served at the Nightfort, the castle was rebuilt many times over thousands of years, with only deep stone vaults remaining from its first form.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Wall and Beyond: The Night's Watch}}

The abandoned Nightfort has broken towers and a maze of tunnels connecting its vaults and tunnels. Buildings include a bell tower, a [[rookery]], a brewhouse, an emptied library, a dungeon capable of holding five hundred prisoners, a bathhouse, an armory, and a forge. The rat-filled great hall only has one remaining wall. The kitchen is a stone octagon with a domed roof and contains a stepped well.{{ref|ASOS|56}}

The Nightfort's yards have become small forests, a twisted [[weirwood]] grows through a hole in the kitchen, and there are also trees growing in the stables. The ground-level gate through the [[Wall]] is sealed with frozen stone and rubble.{{ref|ASOS|56}}

Hidden in the kitchens' well, the [[Black Gate]] is a [[magic]]al subterranean gate that allows passage to the other side of the Wall and is as old as the Wall itself.{{ref|ASOS|56}}