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'''Riverrun''' is the ancestral seat of [[House Tully]], shaped in a triangle. It is situated between the Red Fork of the [[Trident]] and the [[Tumblestone]] in the [[Riverlands]].<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], Chapter 2, Catelyn</ref> <ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], Chapter 63, Catelyn</ref> The walls are made of sandstone.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], Chapter 71, Catelyn</ref>
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'''Riverrun''' is the ancestral seat of [[House Tully]], shaped in a triangle. It has been held by House Tully for over a thousand years.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], Appendix</ref> It is situated between the Red Fork of the [[Trident]] and the [[Tumblestone]] in the [[Riverlands]].<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], Chapter 2, Catelyn</ref> <ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], Chapter 63, Catelyn</ref> The walls are made of sandstone.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], Chapter 71, Catelyn</ref>
  
 
The castle is located on the end of a point of land where the Tumblestone flows into the Red Fork of the Trident. The rivers form two sides of a triangle and when danger threatens, the Tullys open their sluice gates upstream and create a wide moat on the third side, turning Riverrun into an island. The walls rise sheer from the water, the towers command the opposite shores.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], Chapter 69, Tyrion</ref> The keep is three-sided.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], Chapter 71, Catelyn</ref>
 
The castle is located on the end of a point of land where the Tumblestone flows into the Red Fork of the Trident. The rivers form two sides of a triangle and when danger threatens, the Tullys open their sluice gates upstream and create a wide moat on the third side, turning Riverrun into an island. The walls rise sheer from the water, the towers command the opposite shores.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], Chapter 69, Tyrion</ref> The keep is three-sided.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], Chapter 71, Catelyn</ref>

Revision as of 00:24, 19 January 2010

Riverrun is the ancestral seat of House Tully, shaped in a triangle. It has been held by House Tully for over a thousand years.[1] It is situated between the Red Fork of the Trident and the Tumblestone in the Riverlands.[2] [3] The walls are made of sandstone.[4]

The castle is located on the end of a point of land where the Tumblestone flows into the Red Fork of the Trident. The rivers form two sides of a triangle and when danger threatens, the Tullys open their sluice gates upstream and create a wide moat on the third side, turning Riverrun into an island. The walls rise sheer from the water, the towers command the opposite shores.[5] The keep is three-sided.[6]

Towers and Gates

Wheel Tower

The Wheel Tower contains the great waterwheel within.[7] Ivy climbs the outside of it.

Water Gate

The Water Gate has a wide arch and a heavy iron portcullis. One must use a boat to go through it.[8]

Godswood

The godswood at Rivverun is bright and airy, a garden with tall redwoods and streams.[9] It has one weirwood at its center.

References and Sources

  1. A Game of Thrones, Appendix
  2. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 2, Catelyn
  3. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 63, Catelyn
  4. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 71, Catelyn
  5. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 69, Tyrion
  6. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 71, Catelyn
  7. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 71, Catelyn
  8. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 71, Catelyn
  9. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 2, Catelyn