Harrenhal, the largest castle in the Seven Kingdoms, is the seat of House Whent in the Riverlands, on the north shore of the Gods Eye.
Since the burning of Harrenhal by Dragonfire in Aegon's Conquest, however, the castle has become a dark and ruinous place.
Harrenhal's holdings are some of the richest in Westeros, claiming vast tracts of green fertile land which reach as far as the hills of House Wode near the crownlands. Harren town is found near the castle.
According to a semi-canon source, Harrenhal is immensely strong. The castle has five towers of dizzying size, with equally monstrous curtain walls.
The walls are incredibly thick and its rooms are built on a scale that would be more comfortable for giants than humans. Ser Jaime Lannister thinks of the castle as Black Harren's folly.
Harrenhal has the largest chamber in Westeros, even larger than the Red Keep's throne room.
The Crown chose it as the location of the Great Council of 101 AC because it did not know how many would attend, and wanted a hall for at least five hundred lords and their entourages; more than a thousand came.
The castle covers three times as much ground as Winterfell and its buildings are so much larger that they can scarcely be compared.
Its stables can house a thousand horses, its godswood covers twenty acres, and its kitchens are as large as Winterfell's Great Hall.
However, much of Harrenhal has far gone into decay. The Whents use only the lower thirds of two of the five towers, letting the rest go to ruin, and many places in the castle have not been entered in decades. Bats infest the tops of some of the towers.
Harrenhal is built on a gigantic scale; its colossal curtain walls are sheer and high as mountain cliffs while atop the battlements the wood-and-iron scorpions seem as small as their namesakes when seen from the ground.
Harrenhal's gatehouse is as large as Winterfell's Great Keep, and its stone is discoloured and fissured. From outside the gatehouse, only the tops of five immense towers can be seen because the height of the walls obscures the view of them. Harrenhal's walls and towers are made of black stone.
Of the castle's five towers, the shortest is half again as high as the tallest one in Winterfell, yet none of the towers are proper, being bent, lumped, and cracked from the melting of the stone during the burning of Harrenhal by Balerion, the dragon of King Aegon I Targaryen, three centuries earlier. Their original names were lost with the death of Harren the Black.
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Narrator POV
It's a sunny day, A war camp is built and Jaime Lannister's army gathers around Harrenhal for a month. In a tent, Jaime and Harwin are standing around the map "There is no answer from the soldiers, Harwin"
"No, I warned you"
"All of you realize it and I was blind"
"Her son is dead, she does not eat or think well, she kept herself in the chamber with the children."
"I had no idea if she is alive or dead, who the hell disappeared with a child for three weeks"
"She will not put Luke at risk but she may put herself and I have to deal with Laela she going crazy without Luke"
Jaime sits "Today, is the last day. Tomorrow we will take Harrenhal and I will leave the army here with you and back to Kingslanding. How I could do this now?"
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Lyanna POV
I open the tent and get in holding Lucaes who giggles when see Harwin and Jaime "Do what?" Jaime and Harwin turn to me "I know, you missed me" They share a look "I know, I look great"
Harwin takes Lucaes "I guess, I will leave" he smiles "Welcome back" he walks out.
"You want to hit me or throw a dagger at me, you can do it if you will feel okay, Jaime"
Jaime stands "I was waiting to send me your corpse"
"Sorry death, not day" I chuckle "Another time"
Jaime angrily "You see yourself funny" he pushes to the chair hard "I thought you were dead!!"
"J__"
"Malia Hightower is dead by an unknown killer, and I was thinking what if they take you as a hostage? what if you are dead? I wonder for the last damn two weeks since the raven came"
I take him into my arms and he hugs me tightly and sighs in relief.
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Narrator POV
In Dragonstone, the dragons fly around the island. The throne room, where Aeryn sits on the throne wearing his crown. Daemion with him talking "Daeron is still at Hightower secretly to find his mother's killer"
"It must be someone from Kingslanding. He uses the wildfire" he nods "What about the children?" Aeryn stands and walks with his brother outside the castle.
"Aelor, Aemon, and Viserys will give Jaime Harrenhal tomorrow"
"you need something" Aeryn chuckles "Say it, you act like when you were a child"
"And I am a grown-up man and have a grown-up child"
"Say it, brother"
"I want to take Maelys and our two dragons with the army and head to Stepstones"
"It's pirates' den"
"It was for us once and I want to take it back"
Aeryn thought while looking at the youngest dragon in the castle yard "You can do it?"
Daemion nods "Yes"
"Do it then"
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Lyanna POV
Flashback
In Oldtown, Hightower, Malia Hightower gets into her chamber but falls to the ground when I hit her on the back of her head.
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Malia opens her eyes and stares at me who sits on the chair with crossed legs wearing the old clothes that Jon bought for me and cloak and hood. I hold a bucket in my hand. I smile at her "Welcome back"
"Lyanna" Malia found herself chained to the chair she sat on it.
"I think you did not miss me"
Maila asks "What are you doing?" I throw the liquid in the bucket on her and put a new candle on the ground then lit it "No, no, is this wildfire"
I sit "We have a little chat before you meet beloved one and my parents, I promise you will die screaming"
"I will not scream"
I smile "We will see" She looks at the candle "So, Why you killed my son?"
"you wanted to ruin mine"
"I always heard an eye for an eye and a son for a son. I thought to kill Daeron but I could not so I thought to kill Daella but I could not too"
Malia chuckles "I was going to ruin your but killing your son was not my idea"
"Then who?"
"Cersei Lannister"
I stare at her "And why is that?"
"You and your child are the needles in her coffin"
"And how I can prove that"
"Easy, I can come with you and say our agreement, and Tommen put his mother in jail"
"And what do you want after that"
"Help me to put my son on the iron throne" she smiles "Cersei knows that Jon is dead and at the right time, she will make everyone know that you had a bastard like her and___"
I cut her "The people stop talking about her and talk about me instead"
"The bastard of Winterfell has one. See smart, I can help you" I stand up "You can set me free now"
I kick the candle and the fire runs to her body burning it and she starts screaming "I told you, you will die screaming" I smile watching her, head to the window, and wear my hood.
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Nowadays, Jaime and I are in the tent and I take a step back. Jaime warns me "Do not do that again"
"I will not promise because that is what I have done since I was born, finally I act like myself"
"I forget that I married a troubled lady"
I smile "She died screaming"
"You talking about Malia"
"I was in Hightower"
"How did you kill her?"
I coldly "I burned her alive"
Jaime stares at me "Wildfire"
"Yes, it was easy and she suffered and I feel much better" Jaime sits in the chair still staring at me "She told me that it was your sister's idea"
"You were burning her, Of course, she will lie"
"You do not believe me"
"I do not believe Malia" I raise my eyebrow "And I believe that Cersei will not do it"
"And I believe all my heart that Cersei could do it"
"And I believe you are sick in your brain and I am scared you will become like your grandfather and you know what I mean... what you have done in King's Landing"
I glare at him "I get our son's revenge"
"Not like that, Lyanna! Not the wildfire, not that. you changing, you are less eating and not talking to me and I thought it was sadness but that that too much"
"I guess I should watch my back"
Jaime stares at me "Lyanna watch your mouth"
Reagan runs into the tent and Laela follows him so I open my arms. Reagan hugs tightly "I missed you so much"
I kiss his cheek "Oh, I missed you too" Jaime storms outside the tent "How are you?"
"Great, I will be a great knight like Father and Ser Jaime"
"And me" I argue "I am a great knight too"
Reagan smiles "And you"
"I am sorry Laela disappeared with Luke"
Laela doesn't respond just nods.
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The next day, The Harrenhal gates open, and five soldiers enter with the lions in chains and followed by the army. I, Jaime, Laela, Reagan, and Harwin followed riding our horses.
Jaime jumps from his horse and walks to the hill and shouts "This land was under the rule of the Baelish Family, but now it was cleared of the Savage Family. It became under the rule of the Lannisters until Lord Strong is of legal age and takes over."
I point to one of the soldiers at Locki's men "Get me this group inside the castle"
The soldier says "Yes, my lady" he takes his men and heads to them.
"You will be under my and my wife's rule, Lady Lyanna Lannister. Harrenhal becomes an independent land, an independent kingdom" Jaime walks towards me and gives me a look to follow inside.
I and Jaime take Reagan with one of the men of Harrenhal to show all the castle while riding our horses.
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The Five Towers: 1- Tower of Dread is near the middle bailey and the mews.
2- Widow's Tower connects to the Kingspyre Tower via a stone bridge. Underneath there is a great cell that is used to keep prisoners.
3- Wailing Tower contains storerooms on the ground floor and cavernous vaults beneath.
4- Tower of Ghosts is near the postern gate and the ruined sept.
5- Kingspyre Tower contains the castellan's chambers. It connects to the Widow's Tower via a stone bridge.
Known Gates: 1- The main gate has walls so thick that no less than a dozen murder holes are passed before one reaches the yard on the other side.
2- The east gate is smaller than the main gate and is located near the Tower of Ghosts.
The kitchens are located in a round stone building with a domed roof containing nothing but kitchens. The kitchens are as large as Winterfell's Great Hall.
The Barracks Hall above the armory is where the men-at-arms take their meals.
Adjoining the armory is the smithy, a long building in the shape of a tunnel. It has twenty forges, stone water troughs, and a high roof.
Hunter's Hall is another hall of the castle.
The mews are said to be haunted by the spirits of dead falcons.
The long stables have slate roofs.
The godswood is walled over twenty acres and has a small stream running through it. The wood contains oaks, pines, and sentinels.
Its heart tree, a weirwood, appears to have a terrible visage full of hatred, with a twisted mouth and flaring eyes. The heart tree has thirteen deep marks carved into it dating to the Battle Above the Gods Eye in 130 AC during the Dance of the Dragons. These marks still bleed every spring.
Flowstone Yard is where men-at-arms exercise and drill and squires clean arms and armor. It has a lumpy surface and is located near the Wailing Tower. There is a covered gallery above the yard with arches looking towards it.
The bear pit is ten yards across and five yards across, walled in stone, floored with sand, and encircled by six tiers of marble benches. It is located in the middle ward.
The bathhouse is a low-ceilinged room filled with great stone tubs large enough to hold six or seven after the fashion of the Free Cities. The bathhouse is made of stone and timber, with only one entrance to the room.
Household: Servants at Harrenhal include the blacksmiths Lucan and Ben Blackthumb. Tuffleberry maintains the brewhouse, and Pia works in the buttery. Goodwives include Amabel and Harra, while Weese and Mebble are servants at the Wailing Tower. Tothmure may be the castle's maester.
Finally, we arrived at the great hall, The Hall of the Hundred Hearths is the castle's great hall. It has only thirty-three or thirty-five hearths but is said to be able to entertain an army. Its floors are smooth slate and there are steps to two galleries above.
The soldiers hung Lannister and Strong Banners in the hall and tore the Bolton's banners.
Larla holding Lucaes. Jaime takes Reagan and my hand.
Harwen approaches us holding two crowns and a sword. he smiles at Reagan and gives him the sword "This my gift from me and your mother"
Laela smiles "Happy name day, son"
Reagan hugs them "Thank you, father, mother"
Jaime says "Valyrian steel"
I say "And you must name him"
Reagan looks at his sword "Spear of Mercy"
Harwin smiles "Happy Nameday Reagan"
Jaime smiles "I and Lyanna gift all this land under your commander when you age" The people gather "New rules with new orders, Harrenhal is open to the poor but it will be under high security to prevent thieves and murderers, and when they are caught, they will be sent to Kings landing." we look at Locke's men "As for Locke's men, you will be sent now"
They shout "Mercy, please"
I glare at them "I told you I would come for revenge"
Jaime looks at me and the guards take them out.
Harwin says "King Jaime Lannister, the first king of Harrenhal" he puts the crown on Jaime's head and mine "Queen Lyanna Lannister, the first queen of Harrenhal" he turns to the people "Regents for Harenhal as a separate kingdom until the lord is of legal age" The people bow down. Jaime and I share a look and I turn looking at the people who shout "Long may they reign"