Trident

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The Riverlands and the location of the Trident
The Riverlands and the location of the Trident
Trident
The Riverlands and the location of the Trident

The Trident is a river in the aptly named Riverlands. It is one of the largest Rivers on the continent of Westeros, made of numerous smaller tributaries, its a confluence of three main forks: the Red, the Green and the Blue, eventually flowing into the Bay of Crabs.

In peacetime, the forks of the Trident are the easiest way to move goods and men across the Riverlands.[1] The Ruby Ford and the Twins are two of the major crossing over the rivers.


The Forks

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] Upstream from Riverrun, the river makes a wide loop and the waters become shallower and muddier.[2] Along the Red Fork the west bank is higher than its eastern bank.[3] 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.[4] Red Deer Island is located on the Red Fork. South of the Inn of the Kneeling Man, the river is broad but shallow. ITs banks are all mud and reeds.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7] At the Twins, the Green Fork runs deep and swift.[8]

Blue Fork

Seagard lies near the headwaters of the Blue Fork.[9] 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.[10]

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