Editing Riverrun (section)

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===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File: Riverrun by Feliche.jpg|thumb|400px|Riverrun by feliche ©]]
With Lord [[Hoster Tully]] ill at the start of the [[War of the Five Kings]], Ser [[Edmure Tully]] is defeated by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] in a [[battle under the walls of Riverrun]].{{Ref|AGOT|56}} The castle is then besieged by a [[House Lannister|Lannister]] host commanded by Jaime. It is relieved in the [[Battle of the Camps]] by a [[House Stark|Stark]] force commanded by [[Robb Stark]], Lord of [[Winterfell]].{{Ref|AGOT|69}}

In the [[Great Hall of Riverrun]], Robb is elevated to [[King in the North]] by his [[northmen|northern bannerman]] as well as the [[rivermen|river lords]], who were never ruled by the old Kings of Winter.{{Ref|AGOT|71}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Lord Hoster's [[solar]] in the [[keep of Riverrun]] is used as his [[sickroom]].{{ref|ACOK|7}}

Robb allows the gathered riverlords to disperse from Riverrun to defend their own lands.{{ref|ACOK|7}} When Robb, the [[King of the Trident]], leaves the riverlands to attack the [[westerlands]], he leaves Edmure to protect Riverrun.{{Ref|ACOK|39}} [[Tyrion Lannister]], the acting [[Hand of the King]], sends a group of envoys to Riverrun. Some are involved in a [[plot to free Jaime Lannister]], a prisoner since the [[battle in the Whispering Wood]], but these false envoys are hanged at the castle when the rescue attempt fails.{{Ref|ACOK|39}} 

Edmure admits [[smallfolk]] within the walls of Riverrun to protect them from war. The knight regathers riverlords{{Ref|ACOK|39}} to defend the [[Red Fork]] from Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]'s army,{{Ref|ACOK|45}} with [[House Blackwood|Blackwoods]] and [[House Mallister|Mallisters]] encamped between the rivers and [[House Darry|Darrys]], [[House Paege|Paeges]], and [[House Piper|Pipers]] established north of the [[Tumblestone]].{{Ref|ACOK|39}} After Tywin retreats from the [[Battle of the Fords]], Riverrun celebrates Edmure's victory and Robb's [[storming of the Crag]].{{Ref|ACOK|55}}

Following the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], the [[Iron Throne]] names [[Petyr Baelish]] the [[Lord Paramount of the Trident]], the new liege lord of the [[riverlands]], with the castle of [[Harrenhal]] as his seat.{{ref|ACOK|65}} However, the [[House Tully|Tullys]] of Riverrun and their bannermen remain loyal to Robb.{{Ref|ASOS|Appendix}} 

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Marco Caradonna FamilyDutyHonor.JPG|thumb|500px|Family Duty Honor by Marco Caradonna © Fantasy Flight Games]]
[[Arya Stark]] hopes that the [[brotherhood without banners]] will escort her to her family at Riverrun,{{Ref|ASOS|17}} but the outlaws instead bring her to Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]] in the [[hollow hill]].{{Ref|ASOS|34}}

Robb's mother, [[Catelyn Stark]], releases Jaime from [[dungeons of Riverrun|Riverrun's dungeon]] in an attempt to exchange him with the Iron Throne for her daughters, [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark]]. Ser [[Robin Ryger]], the captain of [[House Tully guards|Riverrun's guards]], tries to recover Jaime but is stopped by Jaime's escort, [[Brienne of Tarth]].{{Ref|ASOS|1}} Catelyn remains in house arrest in the chambers of her ailing father, Lord Hoster.{{Ref|ASOS|2}}

Having been informed that Robb has married [[Jeyne Westerling]] instead of one of Lord [[Walder Frey]]'s daughters, the [[House Frey|Freys]] at Riverrun angrily return to the [[Twins]].{{Ref|ASOS|14}}

Livid with Catelyn's release of Jaime, Lord [[Rickard Karstark]] sends his riders from Riverrun in search of the escapee, and he murders two of Robb's captives, the squires [[Willem Lannister]] and [[Tion Frey]]. Robb beheads Rickard in the [[godswood of Riverrun|castle's godswood]].{{Ref|ASOS|20}}

Once Hoster dies, a funerary boat with his body is launched by Robb, [[Tytos Blackwood]], [[Jonos Bracken]], [[Jason Mallister]], [[Marq Piper]], [[Karyl Vance]], and [[Lothar Frey]].{{Ref|ASOS|35}}

When Robb marches north to attend the wedding of Lord Edmure to [[Roslin Frey]] at the [[Twins]], he leaves Ser [[Brynden Tully]] at Riverrun as the [[Warden of the Southern Marches]]. Jeyne, Robb's queen, also remains at Riverrun.{{Ref|ASOS|45}}

Edmure is captured and Robb is killed at the [[Red Wedding]], however, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], the Hand of the King, strips Riverrun from House Tully and grants it to Ser [[Emmon Frey]], forming [[House Frey of Riverrun]]. Brynden the Blackfish continues to hold the castle against a Frey siege.{{Ref|ASOS|72}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File:Siege of Riverrun.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Siege of Riverrun by Andrew Johanson © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Brynden expels the smallfolk from Riverrun and replenishes its provisions from the countryside.{{Ref|AFFC|33}} Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] sends her brother, Jaime, to resolve the [[siege of Riverrun]].{{Ref|AFFC|27}} Since the siege has become a stalemate, Jaime takes command from Ser [[Daven Lannister]] and Ser [[Ryman Frey]].{{Ref|AFFC|33}}

During a meeting at the castle's drawbridge, Brynden rejects Jaime's terms of surrender. After Jaime tells the captive Edmure he will sacrifice rivermen in an assault and launch Edmure's unborn child into the castle,{{Ref|AFFC|38}} Edmure negotiates Riverrun's surrender from House Tully to House Frey.{{Ref|AFFC|44}} Jaime resides in Lord Hoster's chambers, while Edmure is placed in another tower.{{Ref|AFFC|44}}

Brynden escapes through the [[Water Gate]], however, and presumably swims down the [[Red Fork]]. Lord Emmon has a large garrison of two hundred to defend his new castle, while the Blackfish's garrison is allowed to depart without arms and armor. Robin Ryger and Ser [[Desmond Grell]] agree to [[Night's Watch|take the black]]. Ser [[Forley Prester]] commands the escort taking Edmure and the [[House Westerling|Westerlings]] from Riverrun to the westerlands. When snow falls at Riverrun, its people engage in a snowball war along the battlements. Maester [[Vyman]] receives Cersei's request for aid from Jaime, but the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] refuses to answer his sister.{{Ref|AFFC|44}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
After resolving the [[siege of Raventree]], Jaime is said to have disappeared while returning to Riverrun.{{Ref|ADWD|54}}