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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>
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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]], [[A Game of Thrones-Appendix|Appendix]]</ref> It is situated between the Red Fork of the [[Trident]] and the [[Tumblestone]] in the [[Riverlands]].<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 2|Chapter 2]], Catelyn</ref> <ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 63|Chapter 63]], Catelyn</ref> The walls are made of sandstone.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 71|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>
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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]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 69|Chapter 69]], Tyrion</ref> The keep is three-sided.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 71|Chapter 71]], Catelyn</ref>
  
 
==Towers and Gates==
 
==Towers and Gates==
 
===Wheel Tower===
 
===Wheel Tower===
The Wheel Tower contains the great waterwheel within.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], Chapter 71, Catelyn</ref> Ivy climbs the outside of it.
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The Wheel Tower contains the great waterwheel within.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 71|Chapter 71]], Catelyn</ref> Ivy climbs the outside of it.
  
 
===Water Gate===
 
===Water Gate===
The Water Gate has a wide arch and a heavy iron portcullis. One must use a boat to go through it.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], Chapter 71, Catelyn</ref>
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The Water Gate has a wide arch and a heavy iron portcullis. One must use a boat to go through it.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 71|Chapter 71]], Catelyn</ref>
  
 
==Godswood==
 
==Godswood==
  
The godswood at Rivverun is bright and airy, a garden with tall redwoods and streams.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], Chapter 2, Catelyn</ref> It has one [[weirwood]] at its center.
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The godswood at Rivverun is bright and airy, a garden with tall redwoods and streams.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 2|Chapter 2]], Catelyn</ref> It has one [[weirwood]] at its center.
  
 
==References and Sources==
 
==References and Sources==

Revision as of 01:15, 27 March 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