Winterfell

The Bell Tower

Place Kings of Winter

Winterfell stands on ground that was never levelled. Hills and hollows lie inside the walls, and the buildings rise from them at different heights. The bell tower shows it best: a covered bridge leaves its fourth floor and arrives at the second floor of the rookery, because the two stand on different slopes.

Across the bridge the rookery keeps the castle’s ravens, and the maester lives close by, in a turret in its shadow. From the lord’s chambers in the Great Keep the bell tower can be seen above the roofs.

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