Eyrie

The Eyrie is the principal stronghold of House Arryn. It is located in the Vale of Arryn near the east coast of Westeros. The Eyrie straddles the top of a peak in the Mountains of the Moon several thousand feet above the valley floor below. It is approached by a narrow causeway and road. Those who would approach the Eyrie must pass through three way-castles guarding the ascent - and then, must proceed in single file, making them very vulnerable to archers. For these reasons, the Eyrie is considered impregnable to any attack that does not involve dragons, and its defenses have never been overcome. It is currently the seat of Robin Arryn – the Warden of the East. 
The High Hall of the Eyrie is the main audience chamber, where the Lord of the Vale greets visitors from a throne made of weirwood. A notable feature of the chamber is the Moon Door, a hatch built into the floor through which people can fall to the floor of the Vale far below. Being thrown through the Moon Door is the preferred method of execution at the Eyrie, and is a particular amusement for the intellectually stunted Robin Arryn.
Prisoners at the Eyrie are incarcerated in the sky cells, cells which are open on one side to the air. There is a very slight slope in the cells, and prisoners must be careful not to roll out of the cell in their sleep and plummet to their deaths.
The Eyrie was the ancestral seat of the First Men Mountain Kings until the Andal Invasion, where it was won by Ser Artys Arryn after the Battle of the Seven Stars. He ruled from the Eyrie as King of the Mountain and the Vale and it became the seat of House Arryn, whose head was also the Lord of the Eyrie. It proved impregnabe by the hostile Hill tribes.
== Members ==
* Lord Jon Arryn, former Lord of the Eyrie, Defender of the Vale, and Warden of the East. Served as Hand of the King to King Robert Baratheon before being poisoned by his wife, Lady Lysa, on the direction of Petyr Baelish.
** His widow, Lady Lysa Arryn of House Tully, former Lady Regent of the Vale. Pushed through the moon door by Lord Petyr Baelish.
** Lord Robin Arryn, Lysa's son and titular head of House Arryn.
* Ser Vardis Egen, Captain of the Guards. Killed while championing for Lysa Arryn during a trial by combat by the sellsword Bronn, who was championing for Tyrion Lannister.
* Mord, the castle's gaoler and keeper of the sky cells.
* Lord Petyr Baelish, widower of Lady Lysa and former Lord Protector of the Vale. Executed by Arya Stark for his many crimes against the North.
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