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[[File:Deepwood Motte Pin.png|thumb|right|200px|Map showing the location of [[Deepwood Motte]] on the continent of [[Westeros]].]]
 
[[File:Deepwood Motte Pin.png|thumb|right|200px|Map showing the location of [[Deepwood Motte]] on the continent of [[Westeros]].]]
 
'''Deepwood Motte''' is the stronghold of [[House Glover]], a vassal house holding fealty to [[House Stark]] of [[Winterfell]]. The castle is located north-west of [[Winterfell]] in the [[Wolfswood]], near the coast of the [[Bay of Ice]].
 
'''Deepwood Motte''' is the stronghold of [[House Glover]], a vassal house holding fealty to [[House Stark]] of [[Winterfell]]. The castle is located north-west of [[Winterfell]] in the [[Wolfswood]], near the coast of the [[Bay of Ice]].
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Having declared himself [[King of the Iron Islands|King]], [[Balon Greyjoy]] sends his daughter [[Yara Greyjoy|Yara]] with a fleet of thirty ships with orders to seize Deepwood Motte. Yara replies that she always wanted a castle of her own.<ref>"[[What is Dead May Never Die]]"</ref>
 
Having declared himself [[King of the Iron Islands|King]], [[Balon Greyjoy]] sends his daughter [[Yara Greyjoy|Yara]] with a fleet of thirty ships with orders to seize Deepwood Motte. Yara replies that she always wanted a castle of her own.<ref>"[[What is Dead May Never Die]]"</ref>
   
Later, Yara visits Winterfell, having successfully [[Fall of Deepwood Motte|captured]] the castle of Deepwood Motte. She points out to Theon that her castle lies close to the sea and can be easily taken and reinforced at will, whilst Winterfell is too far away. She urges him to abandon the castle and return to Deepwood Motte with her before heading home, but he rejects her advice.<ref>"[[The Prince of Winterfell]]"</ref>
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Later, Yara visits Winterfell, having successfully [[Battle of Deepwood Motte|captured]] the castle of Deepwood Motte. She points out to [[Theon Greyjoy|Theon]] that her castle lies close to the sea and can be easily taken and reinforced at will, whilst Winterfell is too far inland to be held indefinitely. She urges him to abandon the castle and return to Deepwood Motte with her before heading home, but he rejects her advice.<ref>"[[The Prince of Winterfell]]"</ref>
   
 
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* [http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Deepwood_Motte Deepwood Motte at A Wiki of Ice and Fire] (spoilers from the books).
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Revision as of 11:15, 25 July 2014

"Yara, my daughter, you'll take thirty longships to attack Deepwood Motte."
―Balon Greyjoy[src]
Deepwood Motte Pin

Map showing the location of Deepwood Motte on the continent of Westeros.

Deepwood Motte is the stronghold of House Glover, a vassal house holding fealty to House Stark of Winterfell. The castle is located north-west of Winterfell in the Wolfswood, near the coast of the Bay of Ice.

History

Season 2

Having declared himself King, Balon Greyjoy sends his daughter Yara with a fleet of thirty ships with orders to seize Deepwood Motte. Yara replies that she always wanted a castle of her own.[1]

Later, Yara visits Winterfell, having successfully captured the castle of Deepwood Motte. She points out to Theon that her castle lies close to the sea and can be easily taken and reinforced at will, whilst Winterfell is too far inland to be held indefinitely. She urges him to abandon the castle and return to Deepwood Motte with her before heading home, but he rejects her advice.[2]

In the books

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Deepwood Motte is a motte-and-bailey wooden castle rather than a more formidable stone construction. In past centuries, the castle and the surrounding area were prey to long-ranging raids by the ironborn, but it has been some considerable time since this was the case. The castle is not located on the coast due to the muddy tidal flats along the coast. Instead it is built on a hill which commands the surrounding area.

Deepwood Motte is located approximately three hundred miles from Winterfell.

See also

References

  1. "What is Dead May Never Die"
  2. "The Prince of Winterfell"

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