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'''Tumbleton''' is the seat of [[House Footly | '''Tumbleton''' is a town in [[the Reach]] and is the seat of [[House Footly]]. It is located fifty leagues southwest of [[King's Landing]],{{ref|TPATQ}} near the Reach's northeastern border with the [[Crownlands]].<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Map of the South (A Dance with Dragons)|Map of the South]]</ref> It is near the source of the [[Mander]]. | ||
A stout but small castle with a garrison of forty men overlooks the town.{{ref|TPATQ}} | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Tumbleton was the site of two battles during the [[Dance of the Dragons]]. | The prosperous market town of Tumbleton was the site of two battles during the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{ref|TPATQ}} In the [[Battle of Tumbleton]], the [[Two Betrayers]], Ser [[Hugh Hammer]] and Ser [[Ulf the White|Ulf White]], betrayed their [[the blacks|black]] allies and unleashed their [[dragon]]s, [[Vermithor]] and [[Silverwing]], upon the town. [[Lord Footly]]'s men surrendered, but were slain Much of Tumbleton was burned to ash by dragonfire and in the subsequent sack by [[the greens]], who encamped around the castle until the second battle. | ||
Three dragons fought during the [[Second Battle of Tumbleton]], in which the town was further damaged. Archmaester [[Gyldayn]] wrote that Tumbleton was reduced to ash and embers in the civil war, never to be rebuilt,{{ref|TPATQ}} but the town existed again by the reign of King [[Robert Baratheon]].<ref>"Tumbleton" entry in ''[[A World of Ice and Fire]]''</ref> | |||
==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
{{Quote|Seldom has any town or city in the history of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] been subject to as long or cruel or savage a sack as Tumbleton after the [[Battle of Tumbleton|Treasons]]. | {{Quote|Seldom has any town or city in the history of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] been subject to as long or cruel or savage a sack as Tumbleton after the [[Battle of Tumbleton|Treasons]].{{ref|TPATQ}}}} - Archmaester [[Gyldayn]] | ||
==References and Notes== | ==References and Notes== | ||
{{references}} | {{references}} | ||
[[Category: | {{region Reach}} | ||
[[Category:House Footly]] | |||
[[Category:Castles]] | |||
[[Category:Places in the Reach]] | [[Category:Places in the Reach]] | ||
[[Category:Towns]] | [[Category:Towns]] | ||
Revision as of 16:44, 17 April 2014
Tumbleton is a town in the Reach and is the seat of House Footly. It is located fifty leagues southwest of King's Landing,[1] near the Reach's northeastern border with the Crownlands.[2] It is near the source of the Mander.
A stout but small castle with a garrison of forty men overlooks the town.[1]
History
The prosperous market town of Tumbleton was the site of two battles during the Dance of the Dragons.[1] In the Battle of Tumbleton, the Two Betrayers, Ser Hugh Hammer and Ser Ulf White, betrayed their black allies and unleashed their dragons, Vermithor and Silverwing, upon the town. Lord Footly's men surrendered, but were slain Much of Tumbleton was burned to ash by dragonfire and in the subsequent sack by the greens, who encamped around the castle until the second battle.
Three dragons fought during the Second Battle of Tumbleton, in which the town was further damaged. Archmaester Gyldayn wrote that Tumbleton was reduced to ash and embers in the civil war, never to be rebuilt,[1] but the town existed again by the reign of King Robert Baratheon.[3]
Quotes
Seldom has any town or city in the history of the Seven Kingdoms been subject to as long or cruel or savage a sack as Tumbleton after the Treasons.[1]
- Archmaester Gyldayn
References and Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The Princess and the Queen.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Map of the South
- ↑ "Tumbleton" entry in A World of Ice and Fire