Blue Fork
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The Blue Fork is one of the three great branches of the Trident, in the Riverlands, named for how clear its waters run when fed by the spring rains.
Kings from two different eras marched along its course, and centuries later whole armies used it both as a route and as an obstacle during the War of the Five Kings.
Ancient History
Origins and Kings of the Trident
The clean water that gives the river its name comes from the rains that soak the Riverlands every spring. Long before the Seven Kingdoms existed, Tristifer IV Mudd ruled his lands from Oldstones, a castle built right on its bank.
In time the river changed hands in a different way. Harwyn Hoare, lord of the Iron Islands, landed with a hundred longships south of Seagard and pushed inland along the current; his men worked their way up the region's waterways until they tore the land from the Storm King Arrec Durrandon, and the decisive blow of that campaign fell near Fairmarket.
The river also left its mark on a name: a hedge knight came to call himself Ser Pate of the Blue Fork.
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War of the Five Kings
Flood During the War
When war broke out, Robb Stark's army skirted the source of the Blue Fork on its way to the Whispering Wood.
Months later, as the northern host marched down from Riverrun toward the Twins for the wedding of Edmure Tully and Roslin Frey, the rains swelled the river until they tore out the bridge at Fairmarket. The column had to swing around by Hag's Mire and Sevenstreams to get across.
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Death of Merrett Frey
After the Red Wedding, Merrett Frey set out for Oldstones carrying the ransom demanded for his half-brother's grandson. The Brotherhood without Banners was waiting for him there, and neither he nor the other Frey riding with him came out of it alive.
Later still, Lucias Vypren and Black Walder Frey picked up that same Brotherhood's trail in the country around the river.
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The physical world
El Forca Azul se disuelve en ramas más pequeñas y llega más allá de Sietecauces.
Route · Tormenta de Espadas, Capítulo 45, Catelyn.
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On the map
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What we are not sure about
PositionWe worked it out
The position was inferred from the label on the base map rather than from a symbol of its own: it marks the area, not the point.
Books and show
Where it appears
In the books (6)
- A Storm of Swords
- The World of Ice & Fire
- The Lands of Ice and Fire
- A Clash of Kings
- A Game of Thrones
- A Feast for Crows
By work
| Work | Format | Where it is told |
|---|---|---|
| A Game of Thrones | Book | Flood During the War |
| A Storm of Swords | Book | Death of Merrett Frey |