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[[File:Rhaenys's hill.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Rhaenys's Hill, illustrated by Franz Miklis © Fantasy Flight Games]]
'''Rhaenys's hill''' is one of the three hills that dominate the city of [[King's Landing]]. Atop the hill lies the [[Dragonpit]], a cavernous building that the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] used to house their dragons within.{{ref|AGOT|18}}
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The '''Hill of Rhaenys'''{{ref|ASOS|8}}{{ref|TPATQ}}{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}} or '''hill of Rhaenys''',{{ref|AGOT|18}}{{ref|ACOK|20}} also called '''Rhaenys's Hill''',{{ref|ACOK|15}}{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}} is one of the three hills that dominate the city of [[King's Landing]], the others being [[Visenya's Hill]] and [[Aegon's High Hill]]. Atop the hill lies the [[Dragonpit]], a cavernous ruin which once housed the [[dragon]]s of [[House Targaryen]].{{ref|AGOT|18}} The [[Street of the Sisters]] runs between the Hill of Rhaenys and Visenya's Hill.{{ref|AGOT|18}}
  
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==History==
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The [[Sept of Remembrance]] was raised on the Hill of Rhaenys as a memorial to Queen [[Rhaenys Targaryen]],{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}} who was lost during the [[First Dornish War]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Dorne: Dorne Against the Dragons}} In {{date|42}} during the [[Faith Militant uprising]], King [[Maegor I Targaryen]] destroyed the sept with the [[dragonfire]] of [[Balerion]],{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}} as the building had been fortified by [[Warrior's Sons]] during the reign of King [[Aenys I Targaryen]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}
  
Prior to the Dragonpit, a great Sept was built on Rhaeny's Hill known as the [[Sept of Remembrance]] which used to be the main Sept in [[King's Landing]]. During the [[Faith Militant uprising]],  [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor the Cruel]] mounted on [[Balerion|Balerion the Black Dread]] incinerated the Great Sept with dragonflame in {{date|42}} and later decreed that a large domed structure would be built on the hill for [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] to house its royal [[dragons]]. {{ref|twoiaf| Maegor I}}
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Maegor decreed that a large domed structure would be built on the hill for [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] to house its royal [[dragons]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}} This [[Dragonpit]] was later destroyed during the [[Dance of the Dragons]], however.{{ref|TPATQ}}
  
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==Recent Events==
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===''A Clash of Kings''===
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[[Tyrion Lannister]] learns that Lord [[Rossart]] had stored jars of [[wildfire]] in a cellar beneath the [[Dragonpit]].{{ref|ACOK|49}}
  
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Revision as of 16:37, 30 October 2018

Rhaenys's Hill, illustrated by Franz Miklis © Fantasy Flight Games

The Hill of Rhaenys[1][2][3] or hill of Rhaenys,[4][5] also called Rhaenys's Hill,[6][7] is one of the three hills that dominate the city of King's Landing, the others being Visenya's Hill and Aegon's High Hill. Atop the hill lies the Dragonpit, a cavernous ruin which once housed the dragons of House Targaryen.[4] The Street of the Sisters runs between the Hill of Rhaenys and Visenya's Hill.[4]

History

The Sept of Remembrance was raised on the Hill of Rhaenys as a memorial to Queen Rhaenys Targaryen,[3] who was lost during the First Dornish War.[8] In 42 AC during the Faith Militant uprising, King Maegor I Targaryen destroyed the sept with the dragonfire of Balerion,[7] as the building had been fortified by Warrior's Sons during the reign of King Aenys I Targaryen.[9]

Maegor decreed that a large domed structure would be built on the hill for Targaryens to house its royal dragons.[7] This Dragonpit was later destroyed during the Dance of the Dragons, however.[2]

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Tyrion Lannister learns that Lord Rossart had stored jars of wildfire in a cellar beneath the Dragonpit.[10]

References

  1. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 8, Daenerys I.
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Princess and the Queen.
  3. 3.0 3.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 18, Catelyn IV.
  5. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 20, Tyrion V.
  6. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 15, Tyrion III.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I.
  8. The World of Ice & Fire, Dorne: Dorne Against the Dragons.
  9. The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I.
  10. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 49, Tyrion XI.