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[[File:Folko Streese the Citadel.png|350px|thumb|right|© Fantasy Flight Games]] | [[File:Folko Streese the Citadel.png|350px|thumb|right|© Fantasy Flight Games]] | ||
The '''Citadel''' is a complex of buildings in [[Oldtown]] that serves as headquarters to the order of the [[maesters]]. | The '''Citadel''' is a complex of buildings in [[Oldtown]] that serves as headquarters to the order of the [[maesters]]. | ||
==About== | |||
The Citadel is where the maesters convene, study, and train new members, and it is also the residence of the archmaesters. [[House Hightower]] played an integral role in the foundation of the Citadel and continue to be strong patrons of learning.{{ref|AFFC|Appendix}} The Citadel is funded by taxes from Oldtown and payments from [[lord]]s for the service of maesters.<ref>So Spake Martin: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/ConJose_San_Jose_CA_August_29_September_22 ConJose (San Jose, CA; August 29-September 2)]</ref> | |||
==Layout== | |||
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of the Citadel|Images of the Citadel]]'' | |||
The Citadel lies on the [[Honeywine]], where its towers and domes are connected with arching stone bridges. Houses and stalls sit on the bridges.{{ref|AFFC|Prologue}} The gates are flanked by a pair of tall green [[sphinx]]es with the bodies of lions, the wings of eagles and the tails of serpents. One has the face of a man, the other a woman.{{Ref|aFfC|45}} | The Citadel lies on the [[Honeywine]], where its towers and domes are connected with arching stone bridges. Houses and stalls sit on the bridges.{{ref|AFFC|Prologue}} The gates are flanked by a pair of tall green [[sphinx]]es with the bodies of lions, the wings of eagles and the tails of serpents. One has the face of a man, the other a woman.{{Ref|aFfC|45}} | ||
===Scribe's Hearth=== | ===Scribe's Hearth=== | ||
Just inside the gates of the Citadel lies the Scribe's Hearth. Here, the citizens of Oldtown come to hire scribes, usually acolytes, to write and read letters for them. The scribes wait in open stalls for their custom. Other stalls situated at the Scribe's Hearth include those where books are bought and sold. Others offer maps.{{Ref|aFfC|45}} | Just inside the gates of the Citadel lies the Scribe's Hearth. Here, the citizens of Oldtown come to hire scribes, usually acolytes, to write and read letters for them. The scribes wait in open stalls for their custom. Other stalls situated at the Scribe's Hearth include those where books are bought and sold. Others offer maps.{{Ref|aFfC|45}} | ||
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===Isle of Ravens=== | ===Isle of Ravens=== | ||
The | :{{Main|Isle of Ravens|White raven}} | ||
The Isle of Ravens is linked to the eastern bank of the Honeywine by a weathered wooden drawbridge. On the island is located the Ravenry, the oldest building of the Citadel. In the [[Age of Heroes]] it was supposedly a stronghold of a pirate lord who picked off ships as they came downriver. The walls of the Ravenry are covered in moss and vines and within its yard sits a [[weirwood]] tree on which the ravens like to perch. The white raven rookery is located in the west tower.{{Ref|aFfC|45}} | |||
==Recent Events== | |||
[[File:Andrew BosleySphinx At the Gates.png|350px|thumb|right|The Citadel gates are flanked by a pair of tall green [[sphinx]]es. © Fantasy Flight Games]] | |||
===''A Feast for Crows''=== | |||
Lord Commander [[Jon Snow]] sends [[Samwell Tarly]] to the Citadel to study and become a maester.{{ref|AFFC|5}}{{ref|AFFC|45}} | |||
==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
{{Quote|The world the Citadel is building has no place in it for sorcery or prophecy or [[glass candle]]s, much less for [[dragon]]s.{{ref|AFFC|45}}}} | {{Quote|The world the Citadel is building has no place in it for sorcery or prophecy or [[glass candle]]s, much less for [[dragon]]s.{{ref|AFFC|45}}}} – [[Marwyn]] | ||
{{Quote|The healers of the Citadel are the best in the Seven Kingdoms.{{Ref|aFfC|35}}}} – [[Samwell Tarly]] | |||
{{Quote|There are so many books at the Citadel that no man can hope to read them all.{{Ref|aDwD|7}}}} – [[Jon Snow]] | |||
==References and Notes== | ==References and Notes== | ||
{{references|2}} | {{references|2}} | ||
Revision as of 14:57, 10 August 2014
The Citadel is a complex of buildings in Oldtown that serves as headquarters to the order of the maesters.
About
The Citadel is where the maesters convene, study, and train new members, and it is also the residence of the archmaesters. House Hightower played an integral role in the foundation of the Citadel and continue to be strong patrons of learning.[1] The Citadel is funded by taxes from Oldtown and payments from lords for the service of maesters.[2]
Layout
- See also: Images of the Citadel
The Citadel lies on the Honeywine, where its towers and domes are connected with arching stone bridges. Houses and stalls sit on the bridges.[3] The gates are flanked by a pair of tall green sphinxes with the bodies of lions, the wings of eagles and the tails of serpents. One has the face of a man, the other a woman.[4]
Scribe's Hearth
Just inside the gates of the Citadel lies the Scribe's Hearth. Here, the citizens of Oldtown come to hire scribes, usually acolytes, to write and read letters for them. The scribes wait in open stalls for their custom. Other stalls situated at the Scribe's Hearth include those where books are bought and sold. Others offer maps.[4]
Weeping Dock
From this dock one can get a boat for a short voyage to the Bloody Isle.[4]
Seneschal's Court
Outside the Seneschal's Court lies where acolytes and novices are punished for minor crimes, such as petty thievery. Inside the doors is a hall with a stone floor and high, arched windows. At the far end of the hall there is a raised dais where a gatekeeper greets all those who wish to make an appointment to see the Seneschal.[4]
Isle of Ravens
The Isle of Ravens is linked to the eastern bank of the Honeywine by a weathered wooden drawbridge. On the island is located the Ravenry, the oldest building of the Citadel. In the Age of Heroes it was supposedly a stronghold of a pirate lord who picked off ships as they came downriver. The walls of the Ravenry are covered in moss and vines and within its yard sits a weirwood tree on which the ravens like to perch. The white raven rookery is located in the west tower.[4]
Recent Events
A Feast for Crows
Lord Commander Jon Snow sends Samwell Tarly to the Citadel to study and become a maester.[5][4]
Quotes
The world the Citadel is building has no place in it for sorcery or prophecy or glass candles, much less for dragons.[4]
– Marwyn
The healers of the Citadel are the best in the Seven Kingdoms.[6]
There are so many books at the Citadel that no man can hope to read them all.[7]
– Jon Snow
References and Notes
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Appendix.
- ↑ So Spake Martin: ConJose (San Jose, CA; August 29-September 2)
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Prologue.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 45, Samwell V.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 5, Samwell I.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 35, Samwell IV.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 7, Jon II.