Horn Hill
| Horn Hill | |
|---|---|
| Castle | |
 Horn Hill by Logan Feliciano © Fantasy Flight Games | |
| Location | Westeros, Reach |
| Government | House Tarly, feudal lord |
| Ruler | Lord Randyll Tarly |
| Religion | Faith of the Seven |
| Founded | Age of Heroes by Herndon of the Horn and Harlon the Hunter[1] |
| Notable places | Sept |
Horn Hill is the seat of House Tarly in the Reach. Located on an eponymous hill, the castle lies south of Highgarden and a hundred leagues northeast of Oldtown among the thickly-wooded foothills[2] of the Red Mountains.[3] The Tarlys are marcher lords of the Dornish Marches.[4]
Contents
Layout
Horn Hill has a sept within its walls.[5] According to Samwell Tarly, those walls are less formidable than the city walls of Oldtown.[2] A pond lies below the castle.[6] The woods around Horn Hill are teeming with game. The Tarlys employ huntsmen and hounds during their hunts.[7]
History
According to legend, the castle was built on Horn Hill by the brothers Harlon the Hunter and Herndon of the Horn, twin sons of Garth Greenhand.[1] In the Age of the Hundred Kingdoms, before the Reach was united under the Kings of the Reach, the kingdom of the western marches extended from Horn Hill to Nightsong.[8]
King Aegon I Targaryen visited Horn Hill during his reign.[9]
The Vulture King led one of his Dornish hosts to attack Nightsong and Horn Hill, but he was defeated in the Vulture Hunt.[10]
House Tarly hosted King Jaehaerys I Targaryen and Queen Alysanne Targaryen at Horn Hill in 54 AC.[11]
Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen made a tour of the Riverlands, the Westerlands and the Reach in 112 AC which included a stop at Horn Hill.[12]
Two warlocks from Qarth sacrificed a bull aurochs at Horn Hill and had young Samwell Tarly bathe in its blood. When the act did not make his son stronger, Lord Randyll Tarly had the warlocks scourged.[13] Samwell rode a mare from Horn Hill to the Wall to join the Night's Watch.[14]
Recent Events
A Clash of Kings
Renly Baratheon is camped at Horn Hill when Lord Randyll Tarly receives Stannis Baratheon's letter claiming that the children of the late King Robert I Baratheon are bastards.[15]
A Feast for Crows
Samwell Tarly intends to send Gilly and the infant wildling prince from Oldtown to live at Horn Hill with his mother, Melessa Florent.[2]
Quotes
Jon: Do you dream of Horn Hill?
Samwell: No. I hated it there.[13]—Jon Snow and Samwell Tarly
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach: Garth Greenhand.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 45, Samwell V.
- ↑ The Lands of Ice and Fire, Westeros.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 48, Jon VI.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 15, Samwell II.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 46, Samwell III.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Sons of the Dragon.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 26, Jon IV.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 5, Samwell I.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 31, Catelyn III.