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− | '''Craster's Keep''' is not an actual keep, it is only given that title by members of the [[Night's Watch]]. It lies beyond the [[Wall]]. Its master is [[Craster]], an ornery [[wildling]] who is a friend to the Night's Watch. | + | '''Craster's Keep''' is not an actual keep, it is only given that title by members of the [[Night's Watch]]. It lies beyond the [[Wall]]. Its master is [[Craster]], an ornery [[wildling]] who is a friend to the Night's Watch. |
− | The door to the hall is made of two flaps of deer hide. | + | ==Craster's Keep== |
+ | Craster's Keep sits atop a low hill with an earthen dike around it, there is at least one gate on the southwest side of the compound and a stream runs around the north end of the hill. Inside the dike there is also a midden heap, pigsty and sheepfold.{{Ref|aCoK|23}} | ||
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+ | The Keep itself is a daub-and-wattle hall that is long and low, made with logs and roofed with sod, big enough to hold thirty to fifty men at best. The door to the hall is made of two flaps of deer hide. The hall is a single room, with a sleeping loft above reached by a pair of splintery ladders, inside only Craster has a chair, all others sit on the benches.{{Ref|aCoK|23}} | ||
==Recent Events== | ==Recent Events== | ||
− | + | '''A Clash of Kings''', The [[Night's Watch]] stayed here during their [[The Great Ranging|great ranging]] beyond the [[Wall]].{{Ref|aCoK|23}} | |
− | The [[Night's Watch]] | + | |
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+ | '''A Storm of Swords''', Night's Watch survivors of the [[Battle of the Fist of the First Men]], stayed here and later during a mutiny Craster and Lord Commander Mormont were killed here.{{Ref|aSoS|34}} | ||
==References and Notes== | ==References and Notes== | ||
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[[Category:Places beyond the Wall]] | [[Category:Places beyond the Wall]] | ||
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[[fr:Manoir de Craster]] | [[fr:Manoir de Craster]] |
Revision as of 01:29, 28 December 2011
Craster's Keep is not an actual keep, it is only given that title by members of the Night's Watch. It lies beyond the Wall. Its master is Craster, an ornery wildling who is a friend to the Night's Watch.
Craster's Keep
Craster's Keep sits atop a low hill with an earthen dike around it, there is at least one gate on the southwest side of the compound and a stream runs around the north end of the hill. Inside the dike there is also a midden heap, pigsty and sheepfold.[1]
The Keep itself is a daub-and-wattle hall that is long and low, made with logs and roofed with sod, big enough to hold thirty to fifty men at best. The door to the hall is made of two flaps of deer hide. The hall is a single room, with a sleeping loft above reached by a pair of splintery ladders, inside only Craster has a chair, all others sit on the benches.[1]
Recent Events
A Clash of Kings, The Night's Watch stayed here during their great ranging beyond the Wall.[1]
A Storm of Swords, Night's Watch survivors of the Battle of the Fist of the First Men, stayed here and later during a mutiny Craster and Lord Commander Mormont were killed here.[2]
References and Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 23, Jon III.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 34, Arya VI.