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The Inn at the Crossroads (also called the Crossroads Inn) is a popular stop for travelers on the Kingsroad. It is so-named because it lies at the meeting point of major roads which run north-south and east-west. The Kingsroad runs north to Winterfell and south to King's Landing. The River Road runs west into the Riverlands. At the crossroads, however, the name of the highway running west-east changes, becoming known as the Eastern Road which runs to the Vale of Arryn.

The inn (and the crossroads) is also located close to the banks of the Trident River, as well as the main crossing point of the Trident at Ruby Ford where the Kingsroad passes over it. The inn is run by Masha Heddle.^[1]

History

Season 1

King Robert Baratheon's party rests at the Crossroads Inn on its way from Winterfell to King's Landing. Prince Joffrey Baratheon is wounded in an altercation with Arya Stark's direwolf on the riverbank. The Hound kills Arya's friend Mycah, the butcher's boy.^[2]

Catelyn Stark and Ser Rodrik Cassel stop at the inn on their way back to Winterfell, where they are accosted by the singer Marillion. Tyrion Lannister then arrives and Catelyn calls on several knights present loyal to her father to help her take him into custody. She loudly tells everyone in the inn that she is taking Tyrion to Winterfell, but instead travels east to the Eyrie.^[3]

Season 3

The Brotherhood Without Banners stop here, along with Arya Stark and The Hound. Arya confronts The Hound about what happened last time they were here. Hot Pie decides to stay and work at the Crossroads Inn and bids farewell to "Arry" and Gendry. ^[4]

In the books

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, the Crossroads Inn was built during the reign of King Jaehaerys I approximately two hundred years prior to the beginning of the novels. The inn survived the troubles of Robert's Rebellion intact. Masha Heddle's grandfather ran the inn before handing it down to her.

In the novels, Lord Tywin Lannister's army assembles at the Inn for battle with the Stark host bearing down on them from the north. Tywin hangs Masha Heddle for letting Tyrion be taken prisoner on the premises. Tyrion joins his father's host at the inn and debates strategy with him there. In the TV series, however, the Lannister army assembles much further to the west, the inn is not involved in the battle and Masha Heddle presumably survives.

Hot Pie ends up making bread for a different inn named the Inn of the Kneeling Man.

References

↑ HBO viewers guide, season 2 map, Inn at the Crossroads entry
↑ "The Kingsroad"
↑ "Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things"
↑ "Walk of Punishment"

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[1] HBO viewers guide, season 2 map, Inn at the Crossroads entry

[2] "The Kingsroad"

[3] "Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things"

[4] "Walk of Punishment"

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-[[Image:Crossroads Inn.png|thumb|right|200px|Map showing the location of the '''Crossroads Inn''' on the continent of [[Westeros]].]]
+[[Image:Crossroads Inn.png|thumb|right|200px|Map showing the location of the '''Inn at the Crossroads''' on the continent of [[Westeros]].]]
-The '''Crossroads Inn''' (also called the '''Inn at the Crossroads''') is a popular stop for travelers on the [[Kingsroad]]. It is so-named for it lies at the meeting point of roads leading to four of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. The Kingsroad runs north to [[Winterfell]] and south to [[King's Landing]], whilst another road leads east to the [[Vale of Arryn]] and west into the [[Riverlands]]. It is also located close to the banks of the [[River Trident]]. It is run by [[Masha Heddle]].<ref>[http://viewers-guide.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/season2/#!/locations/inn-at-the-crossroads/ HBO viewers guide, season 2 map, Inn at the Crossroads entry]</ref>
+The '''Inn at the Crossroads''' (also called the '''Crossroads Inn''') is a popular stop for travelers on the [[Kingsroad]]. It is so-named because it lies at the meeting point of major roads which run north-south and east-west. The Kingsroad runs north to [[Winterfell]] and south to [[King's Landing]]. The [[River Road]] runs west into [[the Riverlands]]. At the crossroads, however, the name of the highway running west-east changes, becoming known as the [[Eastern Road]] which runs to [[the Vale of Arryn]].
+The inn (and the crossroads) is also located close to the banks of the [[Trident]] River, as well as the main crossing point of the Trident at [[Ruby Ford]] where the Kingsroad passes over it. The inn is run by [[Masha Heddle]].<ref>[http://viewers-guide.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/season2/#!/locations/inn-at-the-crossroads/ HBO viewers guide, season 2 map, Inn at the Crossroads entry]</ref>
 ==History==
 ===[[Season 1]]===
-King [[Robert Baratheon]]'s party rests at the Crossroads Inn on its way from Winterfell to King's Landing. Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon]] is wounded in an altercation with [[Arya Stark]]'s [[direwolf]] on the riverbank.<ref>"[[The Kingsroad]]"</ref>
+King [[Robert Baratheon]]'s party rests at the Crossroads Inn on its way from Winterfell to King's Landing. Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon]] is wounded in an altercation with [[Arya Stark]]'s [[Direwolves|direwolf]] on the riverbank.[[Sandor Clegane| The Hound]] kills Arya's friend Mycah, the butcher's boy.<ref>"[[The Kingsroad]]"</ref>
 [[Catelyn Stark]] and Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] stop at the inn on their way back to Winterfell, where they are accosted by the singer [[Marillion]]. [[Tyrion Lannister]] then arrives and Catelyn calls on several [[knights]] present loyal to [[Hoster Tully|her father]] to help her take him into custody. She loudly tells everyone in the inn that she is taking Tyrion to Winterfell, but instead travels east to the [[Eyrie]].<ref>"[[Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things]]"</ref>
+===[[Season 3|Season&nbsp;3]]===
+The [[Brotherhood Without Banners]] stop here, along with Arya Stark and The Hound. Arya confronts The Hound about what happened last time they were here. [[Hot Pie]] decides to stay and work at the Crossroads Inn and bids farewell to "[[Arya Stark|Arry]]" and [[Gendry]]. <ref>"[[Walk of Punishment]]"</ref>
 ==In the books==
-In the ''[[Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels the Crossroads Inn was located at the intersection of the kingsroad, the river road, and the high road.
+In the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels, the Crossroads Inn was built during the reign of King Jaehaerys I approximately two hundred years prior to the beginning of the novels. The inn survived the troubles of [[Robert's Rebellion]] intact. Masha Heddle's grandfather ran the inn before handing it down to her.
-It was a large, three-story inn with turrets, walls, and chimneys made of a white stone that glimmered pale and ghostly. It was built during the reign of King Jaehaerys I approximately two hundred years prior to the beginning of the novels. The history of the inn is described by an itinerant septon, Septon Meribald, in A Feast For Crows to Podrick Payne and Brienne.
-There had been at least one inn at the crossroads for centuries before the Crossroads Inn was built.
-Jaehaerys, the king who built the Kingsroad, and his queen slept there during their journeys. Therefore, it was known as "Two Crowns" for a while. Later, an innkeeper built a bell tower, and changed its to the Bellringer Inn. Later, it passed to a crippled knight named Long Jon Heddle. This knight took up ironworking when he was too old to fight. He forged a new sign for the yard, a three-headed dragon of black iron that he hung from a wooden post. This sign was so big it had to be made in a dozen pieces, held together by rope and wire. When the wind blew the pieces would clank, and the inn become known as the "Clanking Dragon."
-About a generation later, the fourth Aegon started a rebellion and used a black dragon as his sigil. Because Lord Darry held this land at the time and he was loyal to the king, he destroyed the sign and cut it into pieces. He threw the pieces into the river. One of the dragon’s heads washed up on the Quiet Isle many years later, red with rust.
-The next innkeeper never hung another sign, so the place was called "the River Inn." Before the Trident moved its course (about seventy or eighty years before the books), it flowed beneath the back door of the inn. Half of the rooms were built out over the water and guests could throw a line out their window and catch trout. There was a ferry landing nearby as well, so travelers could cross to Lord Harroway’s Town and Whitewalls.
-The inn survived the troubles of [[Robert's Rebellion]] intact. Masha Heddle's grandfather ran the inn before handing it down to her.
-In the novels, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]'s army assembles at the Inn for battle with the [[House Stark|Stark]] host bearing down on them from the north. Tywin hangs Masha Heddle for letting Tyrion be taken prisoner on the premises. Tyrion joins his father's host at the inn and debates strategy with him there.
-After Masha was hanged, one of her nephews tried opening the inn again. He brought in whores. But, business was bad and eventually some lord killed him. In a Storm of Swords, Sandor Clegane visits the inn with Arya. They encounter Polliver, the Tickler, and a young squire. Sandor kills Polliver and the Tickler. Arya kills the squire. Sandor is, however, severely wounded and, presumably, dies of a septic wound.
+In the novels, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]'s army assembles at the Inn for battle with the [[House Stark|Stark]] host bearing down on them from the north. Tywin hangs Masha Heddle for letting Tyrion be taken prisoner on the premises. Tyrion joins his father's host at the inn and debates strategy with him there. In the TV series, however, the Lannister army assembles much further to the west, the inn is not involved in the battle and Masha Heddle presumably survives.
-In A Feast For Crows, it was maintained by an orphan named Willow with a gaggle of other children. Gendry remained at this inn after fleeing Harrenhall with Arya and Hot Pie.
+[[Hot Pie]] ends up making bread for a different inn named the Inn of the Kneeling Man.
-Seven outlaws come to the inn while Brienne is there.  Rogar is wearing Sandor's hound helmet.  Brienne fights with Rogar.  She kills him.  Biter attacks Brienne and breaks her arm and bites her, tearing flesh out of her face. He is then killed.
+==See also==
-In the TV series, however, the Lannister army assembles much further to the west, the inn is not involved in the battle and Masha Heddle presumably survives.
+* {{AWOIAF}} (MAJOR spoilers from the books)
 ==References==
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 {{The Riverlands}}
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