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Winterfell is a castle in the North of Westeros. It is the ancestral home and seat of power of House Stark, which has ruled the North for millenia. Built on top of a hot spring, it uses the water from that spring for heating, making it more comfortable than other castles during the harsh northern winter. Under the castle there is a crypt where the Starks bury their dead. | Winterfell is a castle in the North of Westeros. It is the ancestral home and seat of power of House Stark, which has ruled the North for millenia. Built on top of a hot spring, it uses the water from that spring for heating, making it more comfortable than other castles during the harsh northern winter. Under the castle there is a crypt where the Starks bury their dead. | ||
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The castle was sacked and burned down by Ramsay Snow (later legitimised son of Roose Bolton in the War of the Five Kings. The crypts remain intact. | The castle was sacked and burned down by Ramsay Snow (later legitimised son of Roose Bolton in the War of the Five Kings. The crypts remain intact. | ||
Revision as of 15:28, 22 April 2007
Winterfell is a castle in the North of Westeros. It is the ancestral home and seat of power of House Stark, which has ruled the North for millenia. Built on top of a hot spring, it uses the water from that spring for heating, making it more comfortable than other castles during the harsh northern winter. Under the castle there is a crypt where the Starks bury their dead.
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The castle was sacked and burned down by Ramsay Snow (later legitimised son of Roose Bolton in the War of the Five Kings. The crypts remain intact.