Eyrie

The Eyrie is the stronghold and seat 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.

Although small compared to the seats of other Great Houses in Westeros, the Eyrie is considered impregnable to attack. During winter years, the Arryns seek refuge against the cold at the base of the mountain in the Gates of the Moon.

The High Hall of the Eyrie is the main audience chamber, where the Lord of the Vale greets visitors from a throne made from a 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 its current, physically stunted Lord 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.

History
The Eyrie was the ancestral seat of Mountain Kings descended from the First Men, 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 Mountain and 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.

Current Residents

 * Lord Robin Arryn, current Lord of the Eyrie and Warden of the East.