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==Town==
 
==Town==
The Booming Tower in the town is named for the immense bronze bell, used to call the townsfolk and others into the safety of the castle when longships were sighted {{Ref|aCoK|11}}
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The Booming Tower in the town is named for the immense bronze bell, used to call the townsfolk and others into the safety of the castle when longships were sighted.{{Ref|aCoK|11}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==

Revision as of 06:45, 20 March 2013

The Riverlands and the location of Seagard
The Riverlands and the location of Seagard
Seagard
The Riverlands and the location of Seagard

Seagard is a town and castle, seat of House Mallister. Located on the western coast of the Riverlands, sheltered by the Cape of Eagles and near the headwaters of the Blue Fork.[1]

Castle

Seagard was built to defend the coast from Ironborn reavers.[2]

Town

The Booming Tower in the town is named for the immense bronze bell, used to call the townsfolk and others into the safety of the castle when longships were sighted.[2]

History

During the Greyjoy Rebellion, the bronze bell of the Booming Tower was rang for the first time in three hundred years, when longships under the command of Rodrik Greyjoy attacked Seagard. Lord Jason Mallister killed Rodrik beneath the castle walls and threw the ironmen back into the sea.[2]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Tywin Lannister notes that Seagard and The Twins and their forces are the only standing threats to his campaign in the Riverlands, though he dismisses Seagard and Lord Jason Mallister as unimportant compared to the imminent forces of Robb Stark.[3]

A Clash of Kings

Seagard is said to be one of the only Riverland keeps still mercifully untouched by the war.[4]

A Feast for Crows

Seagard surrenders and swears fealty to the Iron Throne after Black Walder Frey threatens to hang the captured Patrek Mallister if Lord Jason refused to surrender. Lord Jason bent the knee.[5]

References and Notes