Editing Eyrie (section)

===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}}