Editing Rookery

[[File:Raven.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Raven]]s at [[Oldtown]], by Carolina Eade © Fantasy Flight Games]]
A '''rookery''' is a breeding ground for corvids such as [[crow]]s, [[raven]]s, and [[rook (bird)|rooks]], as well as for marine mammals such as [[seal]]s, [[narwhal]]s, [[walrus]]es, and [[sea lion]]s.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|Beyond the Free Cities: The Shivering Sea}}

In [[Westeros]], [[maesters]] of the [[Citadel]] keep their trained ravens in a castle rookery,{{ref|AGOT|8}} so '''ravenry''' is occasionally used as the terminology instead.{{Ref|ASOS|75}}

==Maesters==
[[Maesters]] of castles in the [[Seven Kingdoms]] usually tend to their own flock of [[raven]]s. When a master needs to send a message to another castle, he will fetch a raven from his rookery that was trained to fly to that castle.<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Theon I (The Winds of Winter)|Theon I]]</ref> A maester's chambers are usually located near a castle's rookery.{{ref|AGOT|41}}{{ref|ASOS|31}}

==Known rookeries==
[[File:Diego Gisbert Llorens Rookery of Sunspear.JPG|thumb|350px|Rookery of [[Sunspear]], by Diego Gisbert Llorens © Fantasy Flight Games]]
* [[Castle Black]], located above [[Maester Aemon's tower]].{{Ref|AGOT|41}}{{Ref|ASOS|48}}{{Ref|ASOS|55}}
* [[Citadel]], located at the [[Ravenry]], with separate rookeries for black and [[white raven]]s.{{ref|AFFC|45}}
* [[Coldmoat]]{{ref|TSS}}
* [[Dragonstone]], located above Maester [[Cressen]]'s chambers in [[Sea Dragon Tower]].{{Ref|ASOS|54}}{{Ref|FAB|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I}}
* [[Eyrie]]{{Ref|ASOS|80}}
* [[Griffin's Roost]], located in the maester's tower.{{Ref|ADWD|61}}
* [[Harrenhal]], located below the maester's chambers.{{Ref|ASOS|31}}
* [[Nightfort]]{{Ref|ASOS|56}}
* [[Red Keep]], located above the chambers of Grand Maester [[Pycelle]].{{Ref|ACOK|17}}
* [[Riverrun]]{{Ref|ASOS|2}}
* [[Storm's End]], located at the top of the massive single drum tower along with the maester's cell.{{Ref|FAB|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I}}
* [[Winterfell]], located above Maester [[Luwin]]'s turret{{Ref|ACOK|28}} and connected to the [[Bell Tower]] by a bridge.{{Ref|AGOT|8}}

==History==
[[Grand Maester]] [[Benifer]] was in his rookery when Princess [[Aerea Targaryen]] and [[Balerion]] returned to [[King's Landing]] in {{Date|56}}.{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}

Princess [[Viserra Targaryen]] liked to manipulate the boys who courted her, playing them off one against the other. To win her favor for a [[joust]], she would send them on foolish quests, such as setting free all the ravens in the Red Keep rookery.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

During the [[fall of Dragonstone]], Ser [[Marston Waters]] seized the rookery to prevent Grand Maester [[Gerardys]] from sending ravens.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

The cat [[Balerion (cat)|Balerion]] has been known to attack ravens in the [[Red Keep]] rookery.{{Ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Maester Aemon by Audrey Hotte.jpg|thumb|350px|Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]] feeds the ravens in the rookery at [[Castle Black]], by Audrey Hotte © Fantasy Flight Games]]
During the [[sack of Winterfell]], the maester's turret and the bridge connecting the [[Bell Tower]] to the rookery are destroyed. The maester's ravens are loosed, and eat the flesh of the slain, such as [[Poxy Tym]].{{Ref|ACOK|69}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Cleaning the rookery is among [[Chett]]'s duties at [[Castle Black]].{{Ref|ASOS|0}}

[[Sansa Stark]] builds a replica of Winterfell out of snow at the [[Eyrie]]. [[Petyr Baelish]] helps her make the bridge in between the rookery and the Bell Tower.{{Ref|ASOS|80}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
After the death of Lady [[Lysa Arryn]], ravens come and go from the Eyrie's rookery.{{Ref|AFFC|10}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
During the [[taking of Griffin's Roost]] by the [[Golden Company]], the castle's maester is thrown from the rookery. Later, [[Haldon|Haldon Halfmaester]] is commanded by Lord [[Jon Connington]] to take charge of the rookery in his stead.{{Ref|ADWD|61}}

==Quotes==
[[File:Chris Rallis FFG card maester.JPG|thumb|350px|A maester in a rookery reads a message brought by a raven, by Chris Rallis © Fantasy Flight Games]]
{{quote|A [[raven]] came to [[Riverrun|the castle]] in late afternoon, flapping down on great black wings to the rookery.{{ref|ASOS|2}}|thoughts of [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{quote|He could hear the [[raven]]s quorking and complaining in the rookery above.{{ref|ASOS|48}}|thoughts of [[Jon Snow]]}}

{{quote|Archmaester [[Walgrave]] has his chambers in the west tower, below the white rookery. The [[white raven]]s and the [[raven|black ones]] quarrel like [[Dornishmen]] and [[Dornish Marches|Marchers]], so they keep them apart.{{ref|AFFC|45}}|[[Alleras]] to [[Samwell Tarly]]}}

{{quote|The [[cat]]s keep the rats down, I know, but [[Balerion (cat)|that one]] ... he's been known to attack [[raven]]s in the rookery.{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}|[[Cersei Lannister]] to [[Kevan Lannister]]}}

==References==
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