Nightsong

Nocturnia

Nightsong is the castle that closes off the western edge of the Stormlands, standing in the Dornish Marches just north of the Prince's Pass.

Its Singing Towers have watched that border for centuries: few keeps in the realm have weathered so many sieges. Its history is, above all, one of an unending war against the armies that come up from Dorne.

Chapter 1

The borders that burned

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For the last thousand years, Nightsong has held the western edge of the Stormlands against Dorne. No other stronghold in the region has weathered so many sieges — thirty-seven, by the count kept of it.

One of those sieges came during the First Dornish War. Lord Fowler put the walls to the torch and dragged off everyone who held the castle as prisoners, lords included.

Chapter 2

The Vulture King

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Aenys I sat the Iron Throne when the Vulture King laid siege to Nightsong and tried to take it.

He broke off the siege and turned west; Lady Ellyn Caron went after him, seizing on the retreat.

Chapter 3

The end of House Caron

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Before the Battle of the Blackwater, Nightsong belonged to House Caron. That ended when Ser Philip Foote killed Lord Bryce Caron — and the line died with him.

The Iron Throne handed the Caron lands, rights, and titles to a newly risen house, House Foote of Nightsong.

What we are not sure about

  1. PositionThe sources disagree

    No canon source places this location. The point it occupies on the map is a decision by the base map’s cartographer, not a datum.

According to the Hielo y Fuego Wiki · Nocturnia · 2026-07-30

Where each datum comes from
Position
a decision by the base map’s cartographer: the canon does not fix this position
English name
visual reading of the label
Spanish name
name from the published Spanish edition
Label on the base map
557
Symbol
castle
What was read
Nightsong
Base map
atlas-known-world-2019.png · Adam Whitehead, Atlas of Ice and Fire

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