Editing Red Keep (section)

==History==
===Construction===
[[File:Red Keep - Lands of Ice and Fire.png|350px|thumb|The Red Keep, by Jonathan Roberts for ''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]''.]]
[[Image:Kings landing map.png|350px|thumb|1 [[Rosby road]], 2 [[Dragon Gate]], 3 [[Iron Gate]], 4 [[Dragonpit]], 5 [[Shae's manse]], 6 [[Chataya's brothel]], 7 [[Old Gate]], 8 [[Flea Bottom]], '''9 Red Keep''', 10 [[Street of the Sisters]], 11 [[Gate of the Gods]], 12 [[Cobbler's Square]], 13 [[Guildhall of the Alchemists]], 14 [[Hook]], 15 [[Great Sept of Baelor]], 16 [[Muddy Way]], 17 [[Fishmonger's Square]], 18 [[River Gate]], 19 [[shop of Tobho Mott|Tobho Mott's shop]], 20 [[Street of Steel]], 21 [[harbor of King's Landing|harbor]], 22 [[Lion Gate]], 23 [[River Row]], 24 [[fish market]], 25 [[tourney grounds (King's Landing)|tourney grounds]], 26 [[King's Gate]], 27 [[kingsroad]]]]

At the start of [[Aegon's Conquest]], [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] landed at the mouth of the [[Blackwater Rush]]. On the highest of the three hills of the area, Aegon's Hill, he built his first fort of earth and wood,{{Ref|AGOT|18}} the [[Aegonfort]].{{Ref|AWOIAF|King's Landing}} The new city of [[King's Landing]], the capital of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], developed around the fort. In {{Date|35}} King Aegon I tore down the wooden Aegonfort so a more fitting stone castle could be raised for [[House Targaryen]], tasking his sister, Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]], and the [[Hand of the King]], Lord [[Alyn Stokeworth]], with overseeing its construction.{{Ref|TWOIAF|4|1}}{{Ref|FAB|4}}

When Aegon died at [[Dragonstone]] in {{Date|37}}, he was succeeded by his son, [[Aenys I Targaryen]], who was crowned at Dragonstone and then traveled to the capital to claim the Iron Throne in the ruins of the Aegonfort.{{Ref|FAB|4}} Aenys was obsessed with the new castle, which the people of King's Landing named the Red Keep because of its stone,{{Ref|FAB|4}} but the king passed away at Dragonstone during the [[Faith Militant uprising]] in {{Date|42}}. Aenys was succeeded by his brother, [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor I]]. The Red Keep and the [[Sept of Remembrance]] were seized by [[Warrior's Sons]] and [[Poor Fellows]], but Maegor eventually used [[Balerion]] to destroy the [[Faith Militant]] at the sept and solidify his rule.{{Ref|TWOIAF|4|3}}

Maegor took personal charge of the Red Keep's construction in {{Date|43}}. He went beyond the plans of Aegon and Aenys by adding a moated redoubt, later known as [[Maegor's Holdfast]], within the walls of the Red Keep. He also commanded that secret passages, false walls, and trapdoors be introduced to the castle and tunnels through Aegon's High Hill.{{Ref|TWOIAF|4|3}} After Prince [[Viserys Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Viserys Targaryen]] was tortured to death by [[Tyanna of the Tower]] in {{Date|44}}, King Maegor abandoned his nephew's body in the courtyard of the Red Keep.{{Ref|TWOIAF|4|3}} Many members of [[House Harroway]] were thrown onto the spikes below Maegor's Holdfast when the king extinguished the family in {{Date|44}}.{{Ref|FAB|4}}

When the castle was completed in {{Date|45}}, Maegor threw a feast for its builders, carvers, and stonemasons. After three days of feasting, however, Maegor the Cruel had all of the craftsmen killed so that only he would know the Red Keep's secrets.{{Ref|AGOT|18}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|4|3}} With the Red Keep complete, Maegor then began construction of the [[Dragonpit]]. When Maegor the Cruel was found dead on the [[Iron Throne]] in {{Date|48}}, one theory suggested that a mason familiar with the castle's secret passages had escaped Maegor's massacre and assassinated the king.{{Ref|TWOIAF|4|3}}

===Jaehaerys the Conciliator===
King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] replaced the [[chief steward of the Red Keep]] and all of his understewards in {{date|50}}.{{ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}} Jaehaerys chose Septon [[Barth]], who had worked in the Red Keep's library{{Ref|ASOS|54}} since 50 AC,{{ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}} to serve as his [[Hand of the King]] in {{date|57}}.{{ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}

In {{Date|95}}, Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]] broke her hip after a fall on the [[serpentine steps]], forcing her to then walk with a cane.{{Ref|FAB|11}} The ashes of Jaehaerys and Alysanne were interred beneath the Red Keep after their deaths.{{Ref|FAB|12}}

===Dance of the Dragons===
[[File:Xia TaptaraRedKeepServant.jpg|thumb|A servant spying in the Red Keep, by Xia Taptara © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The Red Keep was a place of song and splendor during the reign of the generous King [[Viserys I Targaryen]].{{Ref|FAB|12}} The king's trusted friend, Grand Maester [[Mellos]], died while climbing the [[serpentine steps]] in {{Date|127}}.{{Ref|FAB|12}} Civil war erupted after Viserys's death with the [[Dance of the Dragons]], and many men were imprisoned in the dungeons once [[Aegon II Targaryen]] took the throne.{{Ref|FAB|13}} [[Blood and Cheese]] infiltrated the Red Keep and assassinated Prince [[Jaehaerys Targaryen (son of Aegon II)|Jaehaerys Targaryen]] to avenge the death of Prince [[Lucerys Velaryon]] at [[Storm's End]]. Afterward, the king commanded the city's ratcatchers be hanged. Ser [[Otto Hightower]] brought one hundred [[cat]]s to the Red Keep to take their place.{{Ref|FaB|14}}

Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] and her spouse, Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]], landed in the [[outer yard of the Red Keep]] during the [[fall of King's Landing]].{{Ref|FAB|15}} Aegon's sister-wife, Queen [[Helaena Targaryen]], threw herself to her death from [[Maegor's Holdfast]].{{Ref|FAB|17}} Rhaenyra fled the city after the [[Storming of the Dragonpit]], and Ser [[Perkin the Flea]] claimed the abandoned Red Keep for [[Trystane Truefyre]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|4|6}} Lord [[Borros Baratheon]] recovered King's Landing for Aegon II during the [[Moon of the Three Kings]], but the king was eventually found dead within the Red Keep after the [[Battle of the Kingsroad]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|4|6}}

Lord [[Cregan Stark]] administered justice for King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] during the [[Hour of the Wolf]] in {{Date|131}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF|4|7}} During the [[regency of Aegon III]] the following year, Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] died while climbing the serpentine steps,{{Ref|FAB|20}} and young [[Falena Stokeworth]] broke her leg on the steps in {{Date|133}} before the [[Maiden's Day Ball]].{{Ref|FAB|21}} Aegon and his brother, Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]], were besieged in Maegor's Holdfast for eighteen days, the so-called [[secret siege]], by Ser [[Marston Waters]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|4|7}} Ser [[Lucas Lothston]], the master-at-arms of the Red Keep, was granted Harrenhal by Aegon in {{Date|151}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF|7|3|1}}

===Blackfyre Rebellions===
[[File:Franz Miklis red keep.jpg|thumb|The Red Keep, by Franz Miklis © Fantasy Flight Games]]
King [[Baelor I Targaryen]] confined his sisters in the [[Maidenvault]] when he came to the throne, claiming it would prevent any carnal thoughts.{{Ref|ASOS|6}} After his [[Wedding of Maron Martell and Daenerys Targaryen|wedding]] to [[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon IV)|Daenerys Targaryen]], [[Maron Martell]], [[Prince of Dorne]], submitted to King [[Daeron II Targaryen]] before the Iron Throne, after which the pair rode to the [[Great Sept of Baelor]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|4|12}}

Ser [[Quentyn Ball]], the castle's master-at-arms, helped Ser [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]] escape the Red Keep at the start of the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|4|12}} The [[Raven's Teeth]] of Lord [[Brynden Rivers]] garrisoned the castle during the reign of King [[Aerys I Targaryen]].{{Ref|TSS}} [[Daemon II Blackfyre]] was kept hostage below the castle by Bloodraven after the [[Second Blackfyre Rebellion]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|4|13}} Ser [[Aegor Rivers]] was a prisoner in the Red Keep after the [[Third Blackfyre Rebellion]], but Bittersteel eventually escaped to the [[Free Cities]] while traveling to the [[Wall]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|4|13}} The murder of [[Aenys Blackfyre]] at the Red Keep by order of Brynden Rivers led to Bloodraven being sent to the Wall by King [[Aegon V Targaryen]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|4|15}}

===The Mad King===
Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], the [[Hand of the King]] to [[Aerys II Targaryen]], desired to have his brother, Ser [[Tygett Lannister]], appointed as master-at-arms of the Red Keep. The growing rift between the king and his Hand led to Ser [[Willem Darry]] instead being chosen in {{Date|170}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF|4|17}}

[[File:Jason Engle There Are No Men Like Me.jpg|thumb|Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] and the Red Keep, by Jason Engle © Fantasy Flight Games]]

The Mad King remained in the Red Keep for four years after the [[Defiance of Duskendale]],{{Ref|TWOIAF|4|17}} but he unexpectedly left the castle to attend the [[tourney at Harrenhal]].{{Ref|ASOS|42}}{{Ref|ADWD|67}} His heir, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], chose to reside at [[Dragonstone]] instead of the capital.{{Ref|TWOIAF|4|17}} Aerys tasked the [[Alchemists' Guild]] with using [[wildfire]] to ward off winter in {{Date|281}}, the [[Year of the False Spring]], and green flame burned on the walls of the Red Keep.{{Ref|TWOIAF|5|1}}

After [[Lyanna Stark]] was abducted by Rhaegar, her brother, [[Brandon Stark]], rode into the Red Keep to challenge Rhaegar. Aerys had Brandon and his companions arrested, however, and summoned their fathers to court. The king had almost all of them murdered, with Brandon and his father, Lord [[Rickard Stark]], being executed in the throne room.{{Ref|ACOK|55}} Later during [[Robert's Rebellion]], Rhaegar rode from the Red Keep to confront Lord [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]],{{Ref|AFFC|8}} but the prince was slain by Robert in the [[Battle of the Trident]].{{Ref|AGOT|4}}

Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], a member of the Mad King's [[Kingsguard]], held the Red Keep amid the [[Sack of King's Landing]]. Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] and Ser [[Amory Lorch]] climbed the walls of [[Maegor's Holdfast]] and slew Rhaegar's wife, Princess [[Elia Martell]], and children, Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]] and Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon Targaryen]].{{Ref|ASOS|11}}{{Ref|ASOS|53}} Jaime wanted the king to surrender the castle, but Aerys instead wanted to enact his [[wildfire plot]], with [[wildfire]] having been hidden throughout the city, including the castle's cellars. Jaime slew [[Rossart]] while the [[Hand of the King]] hurried to a postern gate, and then Jaime killed Aerys before the [[Iron Throne]].{{Ref|ASOS|37}} Willem Darry eventually helped Aerys's surviving children, Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] and Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]], flee Dragonstone before [[assault on Dragonstone|its assault]] by [[Stannis Baratheon]].{{Ref|AGOT|3}}

===House Baratheon===
King [[Robert I Baratheon]] claimed the [[Iron Throne]] after the death of King [[Aerys II Targaryen]]. Ser [[Aron Santagar]] serves as [[master-at-arms]] of the Red Keep, while Ser [[Ilyn Payne]] is the [[King's Justice]].{{Ref|AGOT|Appendix}} Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] handles the castle's [[raven]]s.{{Ref|AGOT|25}} [[Moon Boy]] and [[Orland of Oldtown]] are Robert's [[fool]] and bard, respectively.{{Ref|ASOS|Appendix}}