Bay of Seals
The Bay of Seals is a bay in the north that extends from beyond the Wall to the shores that fall under the domain of House Umber.[1] The Night's Watch have a castle astride it, Eastwatch-by-the-Sea. Isles of the bay include Skagos and Skane.[2][3]
Contents
Geography
The grey and green waters of the Bay of Seals are choppy.[4] The wooded coastline to its south has rocks and whirlpools.[4]
Free folk raiders sometime cross the Bay of Seals in small boats[1][5] and rafts.[6]
History
According to Jon Snow, free folk have crossed the Bay of Seals to raid the lands of House Umber since the Dawn of Days.[7]
In the Feast of Skane, stoneborn from Skagos raided Skane, allegedly rendering the isle uninhabited.[4][8] Brandon IX Stark, King in the North, stopped Skagosi from raiding the mainland by destroying their ships and denying them the sea.[8]
Galleys from Eastwatch-by-the-Sea caught Cobblecat in the Bay of Seals.[9]
Recent Events
A Clash of Kings
Free folk in little boats cross the Bay of Seals and wash up on Umber lands, causing Hother Umber to demand that a fleet be built to stop the wildlings.[1]
A Storm of Swords
Stannis Baratheon sails from Dragonstone to Eastwatch-by-the-Sea.[10]
A Feast for Crows
Samwell Tarly, Gilly, and Maester Aemon sail on Blackbird from Eastwatch across the Bay of Seals to Braavos.[4]
A Dance with Dragons
When the fleet of Salladhor Saan sails south from Eastwatch, Oledo and Old Mother's Son are driven onto Skagos.[11]
A savage storm rages on the Bay of Seals.[12]
Quotes
It was cold when the wind was blowing, but there was something bracing about the salt smell in the air.[4]
—thoughts of Samwell Tarly
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 16, Bran II.
- ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Bay of Seals.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Map of the North
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 15, Samwell II.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 30, Jon IV.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 73, Jon X.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 17, Jon IV.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The North: The Stoneborn of Skagos.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 54, Davos V.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 75, Samwell IV.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 9, Davos I.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 49, Jon X.
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