Crackclaw Point

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The Crownlands and the location of Crackclaw Point
The Crownlands and the location of Crackclaw Point
Crackclaw Point
The Crownlands and the location of Crackclaw Point

Crackclaw Point is a peninsula in the Crownlands. To the north lies the Bay of Crabs, the south Blackwater Bay and it juts out into the narrow sea.[1] It is full of bogs and pine barrens.[2]

Every valley has a lord and all of them distrust outsiders. The majority of the population is descended from the First Men. The Andals tried to conquer Crackclaw Point, but were defeated by their lack of knowledge of the area. Eventually, the Andals learned that what they could not conquer with swords they could through marriage and eventually they married into all the houses they did not defeat.[3]

The Darklyn kings of Duskendale had tried to impose themselves on the houses of the Point and later the Celtigars of Crab Isle. They were both beaten off. When not fighting would-be conquerors, internecine fighting between the houses would be commonplace. Champions rising from local noble families would impose peace on the Point but it would not survive their lifetime.

Visenya Targaryen during the War of Conquest won the allegiance of all the Lords of Crackclaw point. The region is known as Targaryen loyalists and many of its Lords and champions fought beside Prince Rhaegar on the Trident.[4]

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