Torrhen's Square

City of Torrhen's Square

Large Town • Population 8500
A large town has grown up around the Square itself, a four-sided castle with thirty-foot high walls and square towers at each corner. The town is quite prosperous, as a trading hub between the western part of the North and its capital Winterfell.

• Defense: 40 (Castle)
• Lands: 42 (Hills; Large Town, Lake)
• Power: 13 (Trained Garrison; Trained Cavalry)
• Wealth: 35 (Maester, Market, Sept)

History

• Torrhen's Square was built by Torrhen Stark, just before Aegon's Conquest.

The Town

Lakeside

Lakeside's wealth varies widely. Along its center line, directly in front of the castle, it is mostly wealthy individuals. Flanking that center, however, are those who depend on the docks for their livelihood - fishermen and the occasional boatman merchants who sell wares to the small communities all around the lake.

• Public Docks: These docks are for the use of the public. Those with boats tied up here must pay a small seasonal fee to the lords for use of the slip, but many simply carry smaller boats or fish from the docks themselves.
• House Docks: The House docks are reserved for the nobility of the city, allowing them a guarded place to store their household boats without dealing with the rabble in doing so.
• The Maester's House (Inn): Established a hundred and fifty years ago by a cast out maester, the Maester's House is a very high class establishment. The original founder's chain of forged links is still displayed on a polished plaque behind the bar, and any maester who visits has his first drink on the house. Maester Telben is a frequent visitor here, many evenings. The couple who own the Inn now are from Oldtown themselves, and they still favor the recipes used in some of the taverns around the Citadel for their meals.
• The Fish & Hound (Tavern): A smaller tavern with a sign of a large carp and a hound biting one anothers' tails, the Fish & Hound is a favored tavern for local fishermen and boatmen.
• The Blissful Heron (Tavern): A somewhat upscale drinking establishment, the Blissful Heron is mostly frequented by successful merchants and craftsmen as well as the local lords and their retinues.

Market Square

The Market Square seems busy at all hours of the day. During the day it is thick with merchants and those who would buy their wares, whether from local shops or the booths set up in the square itself. At night, its inns and taverns are popular nightspots.

• The Golden Blade (Inn): The Golden Blade - its sign painted with a gaudy golden sword, complete with glass trinkets that resemble gems closely enough that its proprietor has to get them replaced a few times every year - caters to rich merchants. It is somewhat overpriced at first glance, but the merchants who come here prefer it that way, as it keeps out "the riff-raff." Only those merchants with rooms here are allowed in its taproom, with one exception: its proprietor, Master Belvis, permits sellswords to also drink in here when they are looking to hire on to merchant caravans.
• The Yellow Hearth (Inn): Intended for travelers with some means, the Yellow Hearth boasts a massive circular fireplace in the center of its taproom, crafted of a weird yellow brick that supposedly comes from Essos. The common room in the Yellow Hearth is relatively small in space, but very warm, and the individual rooms all have much smaller hearths also made of the same stone.
• The Quill & Ink (Copyists & Scribes): The Quill & Ink is a small shop owned by Morrin Darl, a merchant's son who learned his letters quite well. Here, he offers scribing, copying and reading services for those who cannot read and write. Though he does most of the work himself, he has a journeyman and a pair of apprentices under him who help with his work.
• Master Roff's Bronzeworks (Jeweler): Roff the Ringman is a jeweler who - as his name suggests - specializes in rings for fingers and ears. Though he usually works in bronze, he will work in other, more costly metals.
• Tomreth's Tuns (Wineseller): Tomreth the Reachman is a southron merchant who specializes in wines, both local and imported. Many of the local taverns and inns buy their large tuns (250 gallon barrels) from him.
• Rosie's Cheeks (Tavern & Brothel): A favorite local alehouse, Rosie's is also a local brothel. Rosie is a former whore herself, and knows the business. She was successful in her day, and doesn't take any nonsense off her girls - or her patrons.
• Whitestar House: House Whitehill Whitestar House is a small compound owned by House Whitehill, who use the large house as their residence in Torrhen's Square. It is actually the oldest of the Whitehill domain, in possession by the Whitehills before they were landed or ever made lords.
• Sept of the Shining Lake: The Sept of the Shining Lake may very well be one of the northernmost septs in Westeros. Though nowhere near as extravagant as the sept in White Harbor, it is a proud building, dedicated and consecrated to the Seven. It has one building for its massive sept, and another attached structure that provides housing for Septon Bannerle and the body of brothers and sister that support the sept.

Eastmark

Eastmark is considered the laborer's side of town. While not exactly poor by any means, it is the home of most of the town's menial workers, basic craftsmen and other rough laborers.

• King's Gate: The King's Gate leads out to the Kingsroad, several days away.
• Abernathy's Tomeworks (Bookbinder): Abernathy Stitchfinger is a well-known bookmaker, with quite a few apprentices and journeymen who work for him. He is also well-loved by the Sept of the Shining Lake, as Abernathy himself works one day a week to teach young monks the arts of bookbinding for free, and his employees and students work one day a fortnight each stitching together new books for the Sept's libraries.
• Smoking Mug (Tavern): A workingman's alehouse, the Smoking Mug is a small establishment run by Fat Mikel, a big, bearded man with a penchant for both ale and his pipe.

Westmark

• Barrow Downs Gate: X
• The Stone Bed (Inn): X
• The Midnight Owl (Tavern): X
• Hammer Helfsin's Smithy (Blacksmith): X

Woodgate

• Woodsgate: X
• The Garrison: X
• The Pond: X
• The Keg & Whistle (Tavern): X
• The Merry Maid (Tavern & Brothel): X
• Edmure Hill Arms (Blacksmith): X

Castle of Torrhen's Square

Castle of Torrhen's Square

Ground Floor

Map [1]

• Outer Courtyards: Finely cobbled, there are three courtyards, separated by low walls with thick wooden gates built into them. Each of the Guest Towers are also designed with small private fore-courts, with their own entrances to the Gardens and a set of stables capable of housing eight horses.
• Gardens: The gardens of Torrhen's Square have been the pride and joy of generations of Ladies Tallhart. The gardens are filled with beautiful flowering hedges, layered so that they are in bloom nearly every season save winter. They are designed with a variety of nooks and crannies, little passages and small clearings with seating, statuary and beautifully carved fountains. A small portion off the kitchen door is the kitchen gardens, where herbs and some vegetable are grown.

Keep

• Inner Gate: X
• Porter: X
• Inner Courtyard: X
• Stables: X
• House Armory: X
• War Room: X
• Kitchens: X
• Great Hall: X
• Parlor: X
• House Library: X
• Castellan's Offices: X
• Lord's Offices: X
• House Cellars: X

Gatehouse

• Portcullis Room: X
• Smithy: X

Arms Tower

• Dungeon: X

Maester's Tower

• Laboratory: X

Guest Towers

• Storage & Cellars: X

Second Floor

Map [2]

Keep

• House Guard: X
• Trophy Room: X
• Arms Master Quarters: X
• Servants Quarters: X
• Lord's Bar: X
• Lord's Den: X
• Guest Chambers: X
• Guest Chambers: X
• Family Drawing Room: X

Gatehouse

• Guard Room: X

Armsmans Tower

• Guard's Mess: X

Maester's Tower

• Hall & Kitchens: X

Guest Towers

• Hall & Kitchens: X

Third Floor

Map [3]

• Wall-top Walkways: X

Keep

• Officers' Mess: X
• Servants Quarters: X
• Bedrooms: These bedrooms are traditionally used for members of the Castellan's family. Currently, they serve as bedrooms for Brandon and Beren Tallhart, sons of the Castellan Leomund Tallhart.
• Castellan's Parlor: X
• Castellan's Chambers: X
• Lord's Court: X

Gatehouse

• Barracks: X
• Arms Master's Office: X

Arms Tower

• Duty Chambers: X

Maester's Tower

• Library & Study: X

Guest Towers

• Sitting Room: X

Fourth Floor

Map [4]

Keep

• Bedrooms: X
• Heir's Chambers: X

Gatehouse

• Roof: X

Arms Tower

• Barracks: X
• Officer's Quarters: X

Maester's Tower

• Sitting Room: X
• Quarters: X
• Servant Quarters: X

Guest Towers

• Sleeping Quarters: X
• Quarters: X

Fifth Floor

Map [5]

Keep

• Lady's Chambers: X
• Lady's Maids Chambers: X

Arms Tower

• Armory: X

Maester's Tower

• Rookery: X
• Office: X

Guest Towers

• Garret: X
• Quarters: X

Sixth Floor

Map [6]

Keep

• Lord's Quarters: X

Maester's Tower

• Observatory: X

Guest Towers

• Watch Tower: X