Editing Eyrie (section)

==History==
===Kings of Mountain and Vale===
[[File:LinoDrieghe EyrieII.jpg|thumb|The Eyrie by Lino Drieghe © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Legends claim that the [[Winged Knight]] drove the [[First Men]] from the Vale and flew to the top of the [[Giant's Lance]] on a huge [[falcon]] to slay the [[Griffin King]].{{ref|AFFC|10}}{{ref|AFFC|41}} Records indicate that [[Artys I Arryn]], the first [[King of Mountain and Vale]], constructed the [[Gates of the Moon]] at the foot of the Giant's Lance, where he had defeated King [[Robar II Royce]]'s army of First Men in the [[Battle of the Seven Stars]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Vale}}

Artys's grandson, [[Roland I Arryn]], believed that the Gates of the Moon was both inferior to [[Casterly Rock]] and the [[Hightower]] and strategically vulnerable to raids from the [[Vale mountain clans]]. Allegedly inspired by his wife [[Teora Hunter]], Roland decided to build a new royal palace high in the mountain above the Gates of the Moon.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Vale: The Eyrie}}

Construction of the Eyrie took place intermittently over generations, and [[marble]] was imported from [[Tarth]] in the [[narrow sea]], as Roland disliked the appearance of stone available in the Vale. The first [[maester]] to serve at the Eyrie was [[Quince]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Vale: The Eyrie}} 

The Eyrie was inhabited as a pleasure palace{{ref|AWOIAF|The Eyrie}} for the Kings of Mountain and Vale during [[spring]], [[Summer (season)|summer]], and [[autumn]]. The Arryns descend to the larger Gates of the Moon for [[winter]]{{ref|TWOIAF|The Vale: The Eyrie}} and host a feast when they return to the Eyrie in the spring.{{ref|AFFC|41}}

===The Conquest===
During [[Aegon's Conquest]], Queen Regent [[Sharra Arryn]] fortified the [[Bloody Gate]] and had her son, the boy king [[Ronnel Arryn (king)|Ronnel Arryn]], take refuge in the Eyrie. The fleet of [[House Arryn]] defeated that of [[House Targaryen]] in a [[battle in the waters off Gulltown]].{{ref|FAB|Aegon's Conquest}}

[[File:Thomas Denmark the moondoor.jpg|thumb|The [[Moon Door]] in the High Hall, by Thomas Denmark © Fantasy Flight Games]]

After the [[Field of Fire]] and the submission of the [[north]], Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]], bypassed the Eyrie's lower defenses by flying upon her [[dragon]], [[Vhagar]], to the castle's inner courtyard. Realizing that the Eyrie's isolated location could not protect against dragons, Sharra submitted to Visenya.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} Visenya flew Ronnel thrice around the [[Giant's Lance]], and the boy became [[Warden of the East]] for King [[Aegon I Targaryen]], the new [[Lord of the Seven Kingdoms]].{{ref|FAB|Aegon's Conquest}}

===Early Targaryens===
King [[Aegon I Targaryen]] visited the Eyrie during his [[royal progress]]es.{{ref|FAB|Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I}}

During the reign of Aegon's successor, King [[Aenys I Targaryen]], [[Jonos Arryn]] imprisoned his brother, Lord Ronnel, and took control of the Eyrie. When Lord [[Allard Royce]]'s host of loyal bannermen defeated Jonos's rebels below, the self-proclaimed King of Mountain and Vale threw Ronnel to his death through the [[Moon Door]]. Aegon's younger son, Prince [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor Targaryen]], rode the dragon [[Balerion]] to the Eyrie. To avoid being burned by Balerion's [[dragonflame]], the Eyrie's garrison captured Jonos and threw him through the Moon Door. Maegor hanged all of Jonos's followers from the walls of the Eyrie.{{ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}

After [[Elinor Costayne]] was forced to wed King Maegor I, one of her sons from her first marriage was sent to the Eyrie to be raised.{{ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}

King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] visited the Eyrie on [[Vermithor]] during his royal progress in {{date|52}}.{{ref|FAB|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I}} Princess [[Daella Targaryen (daughter of Jaehaerys I)|Daella Targaryen]] died at the Eyrie after giving birth to [[Aemma Arryn]] in {{date|82}}. Lord [[Rodrik Arryn]] wanted his wife to be buried in the [[Vale of Arryn]], but Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]] insisted that her daughter be burned and her ashes interred at [[Dragonstone]].{{ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

===The Dance and Regency===
[[Image:The Eyrie.jpg|300px|thumb|The Eyrie in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]
During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Prince [[Jacaerys Velaryon]] flew to the Eyrie on [[Vermax]] to secure an alliance between [[Jeyne Arryn]], [[Lady of the Eyrie]], and the [[blacks]] of his mother, Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]. According to Grand Maester [[Munkun]], Jacaerys and Jeyne agreed to an alliance in the castle's High Hall, with Jacaerys promising to have [[dragonrider]]s sent to the Vale to help protect the Eyrie from enemy dragons.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}}

Jeyne had her first cousin, Ser [[Arnold Arryn]] imprisoned in the [[sky cells]] of the Eyrie and in the dungeons of the [[Gates of the Moon]] after two failed rebellions. After Jeyne died, her preferred heir, Ser [[Joffrey Arryn]], was contested by Arnold's son, Ser [[Eldric Arryn]], and by [[Isembard Arryn]] of [[Gulltown]]. After a civil war in the [[Vale of Arryn]], Joffrey eventually emerged as Lord of the Eyrie during the [[regency of Aegon III]].{{ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}

===Recent History===
[[Eddard Stark]] and [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]] were fostered at the Eyrie for years by the childless Lord [[Jon Arryn]]. On one occasion while having breakfast, a food fight ensued when Robert struck [[Dacks]] in the face with an orange.{{ref|AGOT|30}} When King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] demanded the heads of the wards,{{ref|ADWD|9}}{{ref|TWOIAF|The Vale: House Arryn}} Lord Arryn refused and raised his banners in revolt, thus beginning what would become [[Robert's Rebellion]].{{ref|AGOT|2}} After winning the war, Jon was named [[Hand of the King]] to the new monarch, Robert I. With Jon serving in [[King's Landing]], the Vale has been ruled in his absence by Lord [[Nestor Royce]], [[High Steward of the Vale]].{{Ref|AGOT|34}}
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The singer [[Tom of Sevenstreams]] was once sent from the Eyrie by Jon's wife, Lady [[Lysa Arryn]], and forced to take the [[high road]].{{ref|ASOS|43}} Before giving birth to [[Robert Arryn]], Lysa miscarried five times, twice at the Eyrie and three times in King's Landing.{{ref|ASOS|2}}