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The '''Wailing Tower''' is one of the towers of [[Harrenhal]]. It receives its name from the wailing noise that emanates from it when the wind blows from the north. These cracks formed when the stones fissured due to the intense heat of dragonbreath. The common held belief among the inhabitants of the castle is that it is the cries of the long dead [[Harren Hoare|Harren the Black]] and his sons, though they died in [[Kingspyre Tower]].
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The '''Wailing Tower''' is one of the towers of [[Harrenhal]]. It receives its name from the wailing noise that emanates from it when the wind blows from the north. These cracks formed when the stones fissured due to the intense heat of dragonbreath in the [[burning of Harrenhal]]. The common held belief among the inhabitants of the castle is that it is the cries of the long dead [[Harren Hoare|Harren the Black]] and his sons, though they died in [[Kingspyre Tower]].
  
 
Beneath the Wailing Tower are cavernous vaults. The ground floor of the tower is storerooms and granaries. The upper stories has not been occupied for eighty years.{{ref|ACOK|30}}
 
Beneath the Wailing Tower are cavernous vaults. The ground floor of the tower is storerooms and granaries. The upper stories has not been occupied for eighty years.{{ref|ACOK|30}}

Revision as of 21:40, 13 February 2015

The Wailing Tower is one of the towers of Harrenhal. It receives its name from the wailing noise that emanates from it when the wind blows from the north. These cracks formed when the stones fissured due to the intense heat of dragonbreath in the burning of Harrenhal. The common held belief among the inhabitants of the castle is that it is the cries of the long dead Harren the Black and his sons, though they died in Kingspyre Tower.

Beneath the Wailing Tower are cavernous vaults. The ground floor of the tower is storerooms and granaries. The upper stories has not been occupied for eighty years.[1]

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

After the departure of Lord Tywin Lannister from Harrenhal, the new castellan, Ser Amory Lorch, has the Wailing Tower closed off.[2]

After the northmen under Lord Roose Bolton retake the castle, the Freys take up residence in the Wailing Tower.[3]

References and Notes