Editing Oldtown (section)

===Ancient History===
[[File:At the gates game of thrones lcg by jcbarquet-d87qsb4.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Sphinx]]es at the [[Citadel]], by Juan Carlos Barquet © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The origins of Oldtown are lost to time. The oldest [[Runes|runic]] records of the [[First Men]], as well as records from [[maesters]] that claim to have lived among the [[children of the forest]], confirm men have lived at the mouth of the [[Honeywine]] since the [[Dawn Age]]. Maester [[Jellicoe]] suggested the settlement at [[Whispering Sound]] began as a trading post where ships from [[Valyria]], [[Old Ghis]], and the [[Summer Isles]] could resupply and trade with so-called "elder races".{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: Oldtown}}

In the [[Age of Heroes]], what is now the [[Ravenry]] of the [[Citadel]] was supposedly the stronghold of a [[pirate]] lord who robbed ships as they came down the Honeywine.{{ref|AFFC|45}} [[House Hightower]] lived within an ancient fortress of [[black stone]] on [[Battle Isle]] and subsequently built the [[Hightower]] above it.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: Oldtown}}

Rival kings, pirates, and reavers coveted Oldtown's wealth as the city grew more powerful, but it was protected by only wooden palisades and ditches. In one century, the city was sacked by [[Samwell Dayne|Samwell the Starfire]], [[Qhored Hoare|Qhored the Cruel]], and [[Gyles I Gardener|Gyles the Woe]]. Three quarters of the city's inhabitants were reportedly sold into slavery by Gyles, but he failed to conquer the Hightower. [[Otho II Hightower|Otho II]], [[King of the High Tower]], built massive stone walls to protect Oldtown.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: Oldtown}}

Oldtown joined the [[Kingdom of the Reach]] when King [[Lymond Hightower]] and King [[Garland II Gardener]] agreed to marry each other's daughters.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: The Gardener Kings}}

Oldtown survived the [[coming of the Andals]] by welcoming the newcomers instead of resisting them. Lord [[Dorian Hightower]] married an [[Andal]] princess, while his grandson [[Damon Hightower|Damon]] converted to the [[Faith of the Seven]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: Oldtown}}

Oldtown was [[Anarchy in the Reach|besieged]] by a [[Dorne|Dornish]] king in the late reign of [[Garth X Gardener|Garth X]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: Andals in the Reach}}