Editing Castle (section)

==History==
The [[First Men]] often built wooden motte-and-bailey castles.{{ref|TWOIAF|Dorne: Kingdoms of the First Men}} Stronger stone castles came later.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Wsterlands}}

The First Men and the early [[Andals]] built square towers and keeps, with round towers coming later in history.{{ref|TWOIAF|The North: Winterfell}}

[[Ironborn]] control over the [[Sunset Sea]] declined as Andals built walled towns and stout stone-and-timber castles to defend the coasts of the [[Reach]], the [[riverlands]], and the [[westerlands]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands: The Iron Kings}}

[[House Targaryen]] use their three [[dragon]]s, [[Balerion]], [[Meraxes]], and [[Vhagar]], to overcome [[Westeros]]i castles during [[Aegon's Conquest|the Conquest]].{{ref|FAB|Aegon's Conquest}}{{ref|ASOS|57}} The Targaryens also unleashed [[dragonflame]] against [[Dorne|Dornish]] castles during the [[First Dornish War]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Dorne: Dorne Against the Dragons}}

King [[Maegor I Targaryen]] used Balerion's flames against castles of the [[rivermen]] and the [[westermen]] during the [[Faith Militant uprising]].{{ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}} Dragons were also used against castles during the civil war known as the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}