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[[Emmon Frey]] and Forley Prester are encamped south of the Red Fork during the [[Siege of Riverrun]]. To prevent escape, the besiegers throw a boom across the river downstream of the castle, with [[Manfryd Yew]] and [[Raynard Ruttiger]] defending the boom.{{ref|AFFC|33}} Ser [[Brynden Tully]] swims under Riverrun's Water Gate in the night and escapes down the Red Fork.{{ref|AFFC|44}}
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[[Emmon Frey]] and Forley Prester are encamped south of the Red Fork during the [[Siege of Riverrun]]. To prevent escape, the besiegers throw a boom across the river downstream of the castle, with [[Manfryd Yew]] and [[Raynard Ruttiger]] defending the boom.{{ref|AFFC|33}} Ser [[Brynden Tully]] swims under Riverrun's Water Gate in the night and presumably escapes down the Red Fork.{{ref|AFFC|44}}
  
 
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Revision as of 17:06, 13 May 2014

The Riverlands and the location of the Red Fork
The Riverlands and the location of the Red Fork
Red Fork
The Riverlands and the location of the Red Fork

The Red Fork is one of the three main rivers of the Trident in the Riverlands, the other two being the Blue Fork and the Green Fork. The Red Fork's headwaters are in the hills near Hornvale and Deep Den in the Westerlands. It then flows northeast past Pinkmaiden to Riverrun, where it is joined by the Tumblestone. The Tullys are able to open sluice gates on the third side of their castle, turning it into an island.[1] From Riverrun the Red Fork continues east where it meets the Trident north of Lord Harroway's Town. The Trident then continues east to the Bay of Crabs.[2] Raventree Hall and Stone Hedge are also located near the Red Fork.[3]

While the deeper and faster Tumblestone is blue and white in color, the placid and wider Red Fork is muddy red and brown.[4] It meanders with loops and bends, islands and sandbars.[5] The west bank is higher and more wooded than the east bank.[6] The river road follows much of the course of the Red Fork.[7]

History

Sallydance on the Red Fork was attacked by Prince Aemond Targaryen and his dragon Vhagar during the Dance of the Dragons.[8]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Ser Gregor Clegane raids Wendish Town, Sherrer, and Mummer's Ford, but retreats across the Red Fork back to the Westerlands before Ser Raymun Darry can respond. The Hand of the King, Lord Eddard Stark, sends Lord Beric Dondarrion to bring Gregor to justice,[9] but Beric's force is ambushed by Gregor after crossing the river, however.[10] Marq Piper and Karyl Vance then raid lands of the westermen across the Red Fork.[11]

The army of Robb Stark marches south and defeats the westermen at Riverrun in the Battle of the Camps, with Ser Forley Prester leading the survivors south of the Red Fork.[1]

A Clash of Kings

Returning from Storm's End, Catelyn Tully crosses the Red Fork at a ford south of Riverrun. Her brother, Ser Edmure Tully fortifies the river to prevent Lord Tywin Lannister from crossing;[12] the rivermen successfully defeat Tywin's attempted crossing in the Battle of the Fords.[6]

A Storm of Swords

Brienne of Tarth, Ser Cleos Frey, and Ser Jaime Lannister travel along the Red Fork east from Riverrun as far as the Inn of the Kneeling Man, soon after which they head inland.[13][14] The inn's cook mentions that outlaws have been preying where the channel has been silting up by a couple of sunken boats, as well as further downstream around the Skipping Stones and Red Deer Island.[14]

After Lord Hoster Tully dies, his body is burned in a funeral pyre in the Red Fork.[4]

A Feast for Crows

Emmon Frey and Forley Prester are encamped south of the Red Fork during the Siege of Riverrun. To prevent escape, the besiegers throw a boom across the river downstream of the castle, with Manfryd Yew and Raynard Ruttiger defending the boom.[15] Ser Brynden Tully swims under Riverrun's Water Gate in the night and presumably escapes down the Red Fork.[16]

Quotes

The Red Fork was wide and slow, a meandering river of loops and bends dotted with tiny wooded islets and frequently choked by sandbars and snags that lurked just below the water's surface.[17]

- thoughts of Jaime Lannister

References and Notes