Kingswood
The kingswood is a large forest that lies across the Blackwater Rush from King's Landing. It is in the southern Crownlands and appears to extend south into the northern Stormlands.[1] The Wendwater is the largest river in the kingswood.[2]
The kingswood is the private hunting area for the King of Westeros. However, some smallfolk live in the forest.
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History
The kingswood was the hideout of an infamous band of outlaws, the Kingswood Brotherhood.[3]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Robert Baratheon is hunting in the kingswood when he is mortally wounded by a boar.
A Clash of Kings
Tyrion Lannister sends the mountain clansmen who had accompanied him to King's Landing to the kingswood in preparation for Stannis Baratheon's imminent arrival. There they prey on Stannis's baggage train and harry his flanks.[4]
A Storm of Swords
After the Battle of the Blackwater, the Stone Crows remain in the kingswood.[5]
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References and Notes
- ↑ The Lands of Ice and Fire
- ↑ "Kingswood" entry in A World of Ice and Fire
- ↑ A Game of Thrones RPG and Resource Book, Guardians of Order
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 49, Tyrion XI.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 4, Tyrion I.