By the shores of the Gods Eye, directly north of the Isle of Faces, stands a monument of arrogance and cruelty: Harrenhal.
The once-mighty Ironborn Empire reached its zenith during the reign of King Harren Hoare, known as Harren the Black. Harren the Black enslaved the Riverlands to build a fortress grander than anything Westeros had ever seen.
It was a castle capable of holding a million people, with walls so thick and strong that no siege, no matter how long, could ever breach it, even if the besiegers grew old and grey-haired.
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