High Heart

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The riverlands and the location of High Heart
The riverlands and the location of High Heart
High Heart
The riverlands and the location of High Heart

High Heart is a very tall hill sacred to the children of the forest in the riverlands. Around its crown stands a ring of thirty-one weirwood stumps. The hill is considered a safe place due to its relative height compared to the very flat surrounding land, making it nearly impossible to be approached unseen.

History

According to song, during the Andal invasion the Andal king Erreg slaughtered children of the forest, their animals, and their First Men allies at High Heart, after which his men cut down the weirwood grove. According to True History, however, the children had left the region long before the Andals arrived.[1]

The nearby smallfolk avoid the area as it is said to be haunted by the children of the forest who had been slaughtered by Erreg.[2]

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Arya Stark and the brotherhood without banners rest here one night in order to meet with the ghost of High Heart and to gather information on the whereabouts of Lord Beric Dondarrion.[2] The dwarf woman asks Arya to leave when the company returns later.[3]

Quotes

No harm can ever come to those as sleep here.[2]

- Tom of Sevenstreams to Arya Stark


This place belongs to the old gods still ... they linger here as I do, shrunken and feeble but not yet dead.[3]

- the ghost of High Heart to Thoros of Myr

Chapters that take place at High Heart

References and Notes