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'''Whitewalls''' was the castle of [[House Butterwell]]. It was closer to [[Maidenpool]] than to [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|TMK|''Warriors 1'', ISBN 978-0-7653-6026-7, page 374 of 251-394}}
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'''Whitewalls''' was the castle of [[House Butterwell]] in the eastern [[Riverlands]]. It was closer to [[Maidenpool]] than to [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|TMK|''Warriors 1'', ISBN 978-0-7653-6026-7, page 374 of 251-394}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
 
Built forty years before the [[Second Blackfyre Rebellion]], about {{date|172}}, by Lord Butterwell, who had been [[Hand of the King]] to [[Aegon IV Targaryen]], Whitewalls was commonly called the '''Milkhouse''' by those who lived near it. Its walls and towers where made of white stone that had been quarried in the [[Vale]]. Its floors and pillars were crafted from white marble veined with gold. The rafters were carved from the trunks of [[weirwood]]s. It had been costly to build.{{Ref|TMK|''Warriors 1'', ISBN 978-0-7653-6026-7, pages 284-285 of 251-394}} Some seventy to eighty years before the [[War of the Five Kings]], one could take a ferry across the [[Trident]] from the [[crossroads inn]] to the road that led to [[Lord Harroway's Town]] and Whitewalls. However, the river moved and the ferry landing at the inn was abandoned.{{Ref|AFFC|37}}
 
Built forty years before the [[Second Blackfyre Rebellion]], about {{date|172}}, by Lord Butterwell, who had been [[Hand of the King]] to [[Aegon IV Targaryen]], Whitewalls was commonly called the '''Milkhouse''' by those who lived near it. Its walls and towers where made of white stone that had been quarried in the [[Vale]]. Its floors and pillars were crafted from white marble veined with gold. The rafters were carved from the trunks of [[weirwood]]s. It had been costly to build.{{Ref|TMK|''Warriors 1'', ISBN 978-0-7653-6026-7, pages 284-285 of 251-394}} Some seventy to eighty years before the [[War of the Five Kings]], one could take a ferry across the [[Trident]] from the [[crossroads inn]] to the road that led to [[Lord Harroway's Town]] and Whitewalls. However, the river moved and the ferry landing at the inn was abandoned.{{Ref|AFFC|37}}
  
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Whitewalls was the site of the [[Whitewalls Tourney]] and the [[Second Blackfyre Rebellion]]. Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]] had to forfeit it to the [[Iron Throne]] for the part he played in the rebellion. Lord [[Brynden Rivers|Bloodraven]] decided to have it pulled apart stone by stone and the earth salted.{{Ref|TMK|''Warriors 1'', ISBN 978-0-7653-6026-7, page 389 of 251-394}}
Whitewalls is the site of the [[Whitewalls Tourney]] and the [[Second Blackfyre Rebellion]]. Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]] forfeits it to the crown for the part he plays in the rebellion. It is to be pulled apart stone by stone and the earth salted.{{Ref|TMK|''Warriors 1'', ISBN 978-0-7653-6026-7, page 389 of 251-394}}
 
  
 
==References and Notes==
 
==References and Notes==
 
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{{region Riverlands}}
  
 
[[Category:House Butterwell]]
 
[[Category:House Butterwell]]

Revision as of 18:46, 13 May 2014

Whitewalls was the castle of House Butterwell in the eastern Riverlands. It was closer to Maidenpool than to King's Landing.[1]

History

Built forty years before the Second Blackfyre Rebellion, about 172 AC, by Lord Butterwell, who had been Hand of the King to Aegon IV Targaryen, Whitewalls was commonly called the Milkhouse by those who lived near it. Its walls and towers where made of white stone that had been quarried in the Vale. Its floors and pillars were crafted from white marble veined with gold. The rafters were carved from the trunks of weirwoods. It had been costly to build.[2] Some seventy to eighty years before the War of the Five Kings, one could take a ferry across the Trident from the crossroads inn to the road that led to Lord Harroway's Town and Whitewalls. However, the river moved and the ferry landing at the inn was abandoned.[3]

Whitewalls was the site of the Whitewalls Tourney and the Second Blackfyre Rebellion. Lord Ambrose Butterwell had to forfeit it to the Iron Throne for the part he played in the rebellion. Lord Bloodraven decided to have it pulled apart stone by stone and the earth salted.[4]

References and Notes

  1. The Mystery Knight, Warriors 1, ISBN 978-0-7653-6026-7, page 374 of 251-394.
  2. The Mystery Knight, Warriors 1, ISBN 978-0-7653-6026-7, pages 284-285 of 251-394.
  3. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 37, Brienne VII.
  4. The Mystery Knight, Warriors 1, ISBN 978-0-7653-6026-7, page 389 of 251-394.