Ruby ford

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The Ruby Ford is a crossing of the Green Fork of the Trident in the Riverlands. It is so named for the rubies that were knocked from Prince Rhaegar Targaryen's breastplate during the Battle of the Trident.[1] A large, three-story inn with pale stone walls lies near the ford.[2] There is no crossing of the Green Fork north of it until the Twins.[3]

History

Robert Baratheon, who had raised a rebellion against the ruling House Targaryen dynasty led an army south and was met at a ford crossing the Green Fork by an army commanded by Prince Rhaegar Targaryen. Prince Rhaegar had kidnapped Lyanna Stark, who was promised to Robert and had made Robert a bitter enemy. When they came together at the ford they fought an personal battle, a battle that Rhaegar lost when Robert drove his warhammer into Rhaegar's chest, killing him. Adorning Rhaegar's breastplate was a three-headed dragon, the symbol of his house, done in rubies. The hammer blow knocked the rubies from his chest, spilling them into the ford, giving the ford its name.[4]

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