Riverrun
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.[1] [2] The walls are made of sandstone.[3]
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.[4] The keep is three-sided.[5]
Towers and Gates
Wheel Tower
The Wheel Tower contains the great waterwheel within.[6] 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.[7]
Godswood
The godswood at Rivverun is bright and airy, a garden with tall redwoods and streams.[8] It has one weirwood at its center.
References and Sources
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 2, Catelyn
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 63, Catelyn
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 71, Catelyn
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 69, Tyrion
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 71, Catelyn
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 71, Catelyn
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 71, Catelyn
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 2, Catelyn