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==History==
 
==History==
King Erreg attacked [[High Heart]], a sacred place to the [[children of the forest]], killed all the children and cut down the [[weirwood]] trees. It is believed by the smallfolk that High Heart is still haunted by the dead children.{{ref|aSoS|22}}
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Crowned by a grove of giant [[weirwoods]], ancient as any that had been seen in the [[Seven Kingdoms]], [[High Heart]] was still the abode of the [[children of the forest|children]] and their [[greenseers]]. When the [[Andal]] king Erreg the Kinslayer surrounded the hill, the children emerged to defend it, calling down clouds of ravens and armies of wolves . . . or so the legend tells us. Yet neither tooth nor talon was a match for the steel axes of the Andals, who slaughtered the greenseers, the beasts, and the [[First Men]] alike, and raised beside the High Heart a hill of corpses half again as high . . . or so the singers would
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have us believe.{{ref|twoiaf| The Riverlands}} It is believed by the smallfolk that High Heart is still haunted by the dead children.{{ref|aSoS|22}}
  
 
==References and Notes==
 
==References and Notes==

Revision as of 07:38, 29 November 2014

Erreg
Alias Erreg the Kinslayer
Title King
Race Andal
Culture Andal
Books

King Erreg, better known as Erreg the Kinslayer, was an Andal king.

History

Crowned by a grove of giant weirwoods, ancient as any that had been seen in the Seven Kingdoms, High Heart was still the abode of the children and their greenseers. When the Andal king Erreg the Kinslayer surrounded the hill, the children emerged to defend it, calling down clouds of ravens and armies of wolves . . . or so the legend tells us. Yet neither tooth nor talon was a match for the steel axes of the Andals, who slaughtered the greenseers, the beasts, and the First Men alike, and raised beside the High Heart a hill of corpses half again as high . . . or so the singers would have us believe.[1] It is believed by the smallfolk that High Heart is still haunted by the dead children.[2]

References and Notes