Editing Water Gate (section)

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
The boat bringing [[Catelyn Stark]] to [[Riverrun]] passes through the Water Gate. She notices that the lower half of its portcullis is rusted red.{{ref|AGOT|71}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
During the [[plot to free Jaime Lannister|failed plot]] to free Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] from captivity at Riverrun, a [[mummer]] imitates Ser [[Edmure Tully]]'s voice and orders [[Enger]], [[Delp]], and [[Long Lew]] to raise the portcullis of the River Gate.{{ref|ACOK|39}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Catelyn orders that the portcullis of the Water Gate be raised when she has [[Brienne Tarth|Brienne of Tarth]] and Ser [[Cleos Frey]] smuggle Jaime out of the castle in a skiff.{{ref|ASOS|1}}

The funeral boat of Lord [[Hoster Tully]] is released through the Water Gate into the Tumblestone and quickly reaches its confluence with the [[Red Fork]].{{ref|ASOS|35}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] resolves the [[siege of Riverrun]] by threatening its captive former lord, [[Edmure Tully]]. Against Jaime's wishes, Ser [[Brynden Tully]], Edmure's uncle and the castle's [[castellan]], escapes in the night by swimming underneath the portcullis after it is partially raised without the besiegers' knowledge.{{ref|AFFC|44}}