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===A Feast for Crows===
 
===A Feast for Crows===
 
Masha Heddle's nephew reopened the Inn as a brothel following his aunt's death, but he too was killed at the hands of a noble and eventually the inn was left vacant. Recently, two of Masha's nieces have reopened the inn for business and it has been serving as a refuge for orphan children. [[Brienne of Tarth|Brienne]], [[Podrick Payne|Podrick]], [[Meribald|Septon Meribald]] and Ser [[Hyle Hunt]] found [[Gendry]] working there as a smith. They also encountered and slew [[Rorge]] and [[Biter]], reclaiming [[Sandor Clegane|the Hound's]] helm from them.<ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 37|Chapter 37]], Brienne</ref>
 
Masha Heddle's nephew reopened the Inn as a brothel following his aunt's death, but he too was killed at the hands of a noble and eventually the inn was left vacant. Recently, two of Masha's nieces have reopened the inn for business and it has been serving as a refuge for orphan children. [[Brienne of Tarth|Brienne]], [[Podrick Payne|Podrick]], [[Meribald|Septon Meribald]] and Ser [[Hyle Hunt]] found [[Gendry]] working there as a smith. They also encountered and slew [[Rorge]] and [[Biter]], reclaiming [[Sandor Clegane|the Hound's]] helm from them.<ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 37|Chapter 37]], Brienne</ref>
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==Chapters that take place at the Crossroads Inn==
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*[[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 28|A Game of Thrones: 28. Catelyn V]]
  
 
==References and Notes==
 
==References and Notes==

Revision as of 20:57, 3 February 2013

The Riverlands and the location of the Crossroads Inn
The Riverlands and the location of the Crossroads Inn
Crossroads Inn
The Riverlands and the location of the Crossroads Inn

The Crossroads Inn, sometimes called the Old Inn or the Inn at the Crossroads and formerly the Two Crowns, the Bellringer Inn and the Clanking Dragon, is an inn that lies at the crossroads between the Kingsroad running north-south and the east-west road in the Riverlands. The inn sits to the north of the Trident.[1] It lies in the lands that used to belong to House Darry. It is three stories tall with turrets and chimneys made of white stone. Its south wing is built upon pilings that rise over a bed of weeds. On the north side there is a stable with a thatch roof and a bell tower. The building is surrounded by a low wall of broken white stones.[2] It is run by Masha Heddle.

History

An inn has existed at this spot for hundreds of years. The current inn has existed since the reign of Jaehaerys I, who had the crossroads built during the construction of the Kingsroad. He and Queen Aelinor stayed there. It has been known as the Two Crowns, in their honor and the Bellringer Inn, after one of the innkeeps built the bell tower. It eventually passed into the hands of a knight who had been crippled, Long Jon Heddle, who had taken up ironworking in his old age. He forged a new sign to hang in the yard, a three-headed black dragon. After this device was affixed, the inn became known as the Clanking Dragon, for the noise the sign would make in the wind.

During the Blackfyre Rebellion, Daemon Blackfyre took the black dragon as his emblem. Lord Darry, who was a famous Targaryen supporter, saw the sign, cut it down and hacked it to pieces. The sign was never replaced and people eventually forgot about the dragons and began calling it the River Inn, where one could take a ferry across to Lord Harroway's Town and Whitewalls. However the river moved and soon that name faded. Masha Heddle's grandfather was the innkeeper at the time the river moved.[3]

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Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Catelyn Tully and Ser Rodrik Cassel stay at the Inn at the Crossroads. There they encountered Tyrion Lannister, who they then arrested and took with them when they left. Masha Heddle begged for the nobles to take their fights elsewhere but was refused.[4] Later, Lord Tywin Lannister took his revenge on the inn, placing Masha in a gibbet to die and took the inn as his quarters while he was encamped there.[5] Tyrion meets his father there after leaving the Eyrie.

A Clash of Kings

After his loss at the Battle of the Green Fork, Lord Roose Bolton recaptured the crossroads from the Lannisters, and presumably took the Inn with it.[6]

A Storm of Swords

Sandor Clegane and Arya Stark happened upon three of Gregor Clegane's men at the Crossroads Inn. After a brief dialogue, Sandor and Arya killed Polliver, the Tickler and their squire, but Sandor was sorely wounded in the mêlée.[7]

A Feast for Crows

Masha Heddle's nephew reopened the Inn as a brothel following his aunt's death, but he too was killed at the hands of a noble and eventually the inn was left vacant. Recently, two of Masha's nieces have reopened the inn for business and it has been serving as a refuge for orphan children. Brienne, Podrick, Septon Meribald and Ser Hyle Hunt found Gendry working there as a smith. They also encountered and slew Rorge and Biter, reclaiming the Hound's helm from them.[8]

Chapters that take place at the Crossroads Inn

References and Notes