9.1. Geography
- The Red Watch appears to be an area of the Dornish Marches (II: 32, 520)
- Perhaps two hours from Storm's End is a small village, its sept's walls cracked and crooked (II: 363)
- The shore of Shipbreaker Bay is a snarl of rocks (II: 453)
- To sail from Storm's End to King's Landing, one must go up Massey's Hook, through the Gullet, and across Blackwater Bay (II: 549-550)
- The Straits of Tarth (II: 601)
- Massey's Hook can act as a shelter for ships from storms coming across the narrow sea (II: 601)
- Tarth is a large, rocky, and mountains island (III: 17, 18)
- Tarth is called the Sapphire Isle for its blue waters (III: 18, 243)
- Sharp Point, belonging to the Bar Emmons sworn to Dragonstone, is at the end of Massey's Hook (III: 109)
- The Rainwood (III: 413)
- Bronzegate is a castle in the stormlands (III: 752)
- By 211, drought had brought forest fires even to the rainwood (TSS: 145)
- Estermont is a mountainous and damp little island off of Cape Wrath. The Estermont seat, Greenstone, can be found there (IV: 352. SSM: 1)
- Tarth has mountains, waterfalls, shadowed vales, and high meadows (IV: 371)
- There are no major cities in the stormlands, but Cape Wrath, the Rainwood, and the Kingswood are all fertile enough (SSM: 1, 2)
- For thousands of years, the marcher lords were the first line of defense against Dornish incursions, so they have strong martial traditions and some strong castles (SSM: 1)
- The stormlands are quite rainy (SSM: 1)
Last revised August 05, 2009
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9.1.1. Trade and Resources
Last revised February 28, 2007
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