Call of the sea endings7/27/2023 Borros hosted Aemon and Prince Lucerys Velaryon, an envoy of Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen, in the Round Hall. Near the start of the Dance of the Dragons, Prince Aemond Targaryen enjoyed feasts, hunting, and jousting at Storm's End when he visited Lord Borros Baratheon as an envoy of King Aegon II Targaryen. The Dowager Queen Alyssa Velaryon died giving birth to Jocelyn Baratheon at Storm's End in 54 AC. In the same year a steward at Storm's End and his barren wife fostered the baseborn son of Coryanne Wylde. Jaehaerys I Targaryen was proclaimed king by Lord Rogar Baratheon at Storm's End in 48 AC, hastening the downfall of Maegor I Targaryen. Aenys I Targaryen visited the castle after becoming king. Storm's End hosted Aegon I Targaryen several times during the king's royal progresses. Library by Yoann Boissonnet © Fantasy Flight Games Taking Argilac's daughter, Argella, as his bride, Orys became Aegon's Lord Paramount of the Stormlands and House Baratheon replaced the Durrandons as lords of Storm's End. ĭuring Aegon's Conquest, the last Storm King, Argilac the Arrogant, abandoned his impressive defenses to meet Orys Baratheon in open battle and suffered accordingly in the Last Storm. Gyles III Gardener, King of the Reach, conquered much of the stormlands but failed to capture Storm's End after a siege of two years. The great tower and curtain wall appear beyond the capability of the ancient First Men, at least, as they often built ringforts which are now left in ruins. Archmaester Vyron speculates in his Triumphs and Defeats that the final form of the castle being the seventh shows a clear Andal influence and suggests the possibility that the final form was achieved in Andal times. Instead, the Durrandons and Andals eventually came together through marriage. ĭuring the coming of the Andals, the invaders are said to have abandoned attempts to capture Storm's End from the First Men Storm Kings after seven failed sieges and assaults. In its long history the formidable fortress has never fallen to siege or storm. The Storm Kings, Durran's descendants from House Durrandon, used Storm's End as their seat as the First Men consolidated control over the stormlands. The storms of 166 AC and 221 AC were particularly powerful. The maesters serving at Storm's End have recorded fierce storms nearly every year especially in autumn. Others believe that a young boy who grew up to be Bran the Builder advised Durran on its construction. Some believe this was because the children of the forest took a hand in its construction, using their magics in raising the castle walls which allow it to resist the storms. The massive seventh castle, Storm's End, is also called Durran's Defiance because it was able to endure the storms. It was said Durran raised six castles, each larger and more formidable than the last, but all were destroyed by storms. Legend claims that it was built by Durran Godsgrief, the first Storm King during the Dawn Age, who declared a war against the sea god and the goddess of the wind after they killed his family and guests, ruining his wedding to their daughter, Elenei. The mighty fortress called Storm's End has stood for centuries, facing the terrible weather of Shipbreaker Bay with little wear to show for it. History OriginĮlenei protects Durran as Storm's End is constructed. There are fields and stony ridges in the vicinity. ĭespite a good wind off Shipbreaker Bay, the weather is hot at Storm's End in summertime. The godswood of Storm's End has a weirwood heart tree carved with a solemn face. There is a watery passage through a cavern that leads beneath the castle, protected by a portcullis, bars, and murder holes. The seaward side of the castle stands upon Durran's Point, a high white cliff overlooking the sea. It is said that there are spells woven into the stonework of Storm's End. The maester's cell and the rookery are located at the top of the tower, which is windowless on the side facing the sea. The main hall of the castle is called the Round Hall. The tower is so large that it comfortably contains the granary, barracks, armory, feast hall, and lord's chambers all at once. Storm's End has only one tower, a colossal drum tower crowned with formidable battlements, making it look like a huge, spiked fist thrusting towards the sky from afar. The curtain wall protects the castle's kitchens, stables, and yard. There is no safe anchorage by the castle. On the seaward side, there is a one hundred fifty foot drop below the wall into the sea. The wall is smooth and curving, the stones so well placed and so perfectly fit together that the wind can find no purchase. It is composed of a double course of pale grey stone with an inner core of sand and rubble. Storm's End is surrounded by a massive outer curtain wall, one hundred feet high and forty feet thick on its thinnest side and nearly eighty feet thick on its seaward side.
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