The Eyrie was intentionally vague about the size of the Ice and Fire world, omitting a scale on the maps to discourage prediction of travel lengths based on measured distances.
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10 Facts About The Eyrie
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The last part of the climb to the Eyrie is something of a cross between a chimney and a stone ladder, which leads to the Eyrie's cellar entrance.
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The Eyrie's dungeons, known as "sky cells", are left open to the sky on one side and have sloping floors that put prisoners in danger of slipping or rolling off the edge.
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Executions in the Eyrie are carried out via the Moon Door, which opens from the high hall onto a 600-foot drop.
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The Eyrie is made of pale stone and primarily decorated with the blue and white colors of House Arryn.
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The Eyrie was held by Lord Jon Arryn, who fostered Ned Stark and Robert Baratheon prior to Robert's Rebellion.
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The Eyrie returned there after the disastrous Battle of the Blackwater.
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The Eyrie took the castle but lost a thousand men and was himself reportedly gravely wounded.
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The Eyrie stays in Meereen throughout most of A Dance with Dragons.
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The Eyrie gives the power over Astapor to a council of former slaves led by a healer, a scholar and a priest, and tens of thousands of former slaves join her on her travels to Yunkai.
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