Trident
The Trident is a river in the aptly named Riverlands. It splits into three forks; the Red, the Green and the Blue.
Red Fork
The Red Fork of the Trident is wide and slow, a meandering river of loops and bends dotted with tiny wooded islets and frequently choked by sandbars and snags.[1] The lands of House Bracken lie along the Red Fork. There is a crossing, the Mummer's Ford, where the Battle at the Mummer's Ford took place. Riverrun sits along the Red Fork.[2] Upstream from Riverrun, the river makes a wide loop and the waters become shallower and muddier.[3] Along the Red Fork the west bank is higher than the eastern bank.[4]
Green Fork
North of the Crossroads Inn, the Kingsroad travels along the Green Fork of the Trident, through fertile valleys and green woodlands, past thriving towns and the castles of the Riverlords.[5] North of the Ruby Ford, where Robert Baratheon won his crown at the Battle of the Trident, there is no crossing until the Twins, the seat of House Frey.[6] At the Twins, the Green Fork runs deep and swift.[7]
Blue Fork
Seagard lies near the headwaters of the Blue Fork.[8] Two towns, Ramsford and Fairmarket, lie on the Blue Fork. In order to get around the Blue Fork when it swells its banks, one must travel through Sevenstreams and Hag's Mire. The Blue Fork dissolves into smaller waterways such as rills and brooks beyond Sevenstreams.[9]
References and Notes
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 1, Jaime
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 2, Catelyn
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 39, Catelyn
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 45, Catelyn
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 27, Catelyn
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 55, Catelyn
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 59, Catelyn
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 63, Catelyn
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 45, Catelyn