Dolorous Ali Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Storm's End. Come one, it was built by Bran the Builder.But if I had to choose anywhere, not just a castle, then of course Greywater Watch. No one will find us and we won't starve there either.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maester Gandalf Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Highgarden might be, if you want to get technical. It's so deep in the Reach that you'd have to have a massive army or go up the Mander to assault it fully. Outside of the Paramount castles, the Hightower in Oldtown is probably an awesome castle. The castles of the Dornish marches (Caron, Swann, Dondarrion for the Stormlands, Fowler and Yronwood for the Dornish) are probably all exceedingly strong due to their circumstances, having to be prepared for attack at all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vleeter Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Storm's End for the reasons other members have posted plus it's also probably imbued with sorcery. For that matter I'm going to throw in Castle Black (from the north side) because well, it's positioned on a 700 foot wall of magical ice and may also have some sorcery within it. But yeah, if the gates are frozen shut there's no getting into Castle Black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nQthing Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 the Eyrie is impregnable...1) wildfire on its entrance2) starve them out3) light the wildfire when they descend4) ???5) kill robin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nQthing Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Harrenhal, or dreadfort. Both can withstand a siege and are big enough to support themselves resourcefully if they are trying to be starved out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuisDantas Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Hard to tell. My pick would be Riverrun, for the reasons Durarara mentioned.Harrenhall and Eyrie aren't contenders IMO. Both are way too dependent on external support, and Harrenhall is in bad disrepair to boot. It has the potential to be the supreme castle in Westeros, but first you must settle something like King's Landing whole population next to its walls... and then convince them to repair and man the castle. Not too likely to happen, and anyway what is the point of a castle that only works properly when surrounded by friendly forces? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuisDantas Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Storm's End for the reasons other members have posted plus it's also probably imbued with sorcery. For that matter I'm going to throw in Castle Black (from the north side) because well, it's positioned on a 700 foot wall of magical ice and may also have some sorcery within it. But yeah, if the gates are frozen shut there's no getting into Castle Black.Castle Black, like at seventeen or so Night's Watch castles, was purposefully built to be vulnerable from the south, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nQthing Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 You pick Riverun which was taken 3 times in 5 books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artos Stark Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 I always find it interesting that no one even mentions Moat Cailin in these "strongest castles" threads. The place has yet to be breached by an army while the Northmen held it. The Northman have used it for 10,000 years and held off armys 100 times as big. It has been used to protect the North since before the First Men came. That being said I think the Eyrie has to be the top spot, it is absolutely impossible to take that castle and that is assuming you will be able to make it there, which is highly doubtful. I would put Moat Cailin as number 2 on the list and then Storms End. Winterfell, Casterly Rock, Etc. come in after those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MallisterTheMighty Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Winterfell was taken with fewer than 30 men....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anvilbreaker Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Give me ten good men and some climbing spikes, I'll impregnate the bitch.that was what I was hoping someone would say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nQthing Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 I really think taking the eyrie would be easy if you starve them out. Davos can't smuggle any onions up there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pod The Impaler Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 I really think taking the eyrie would be easy if you starve them out. Davos can't smuggle any onions up thereI'm sure if anyone can manage to, he can.First he has to find those famous Skagos ice onions though. Delicious ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Thomas Derpingham Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Harrenhal would be shit for defence.It's so big you would need a whole army to man it to its fullest, and even then some assholes might ruin your epic plan by slipping through its cracks and cutting your throat while you sleep.In a classic siege with less defenders than attackers, you, as the besieged party, would be fucked. Why? Because the enemy would file into Harrenhal from one of its numerous weaknesses, and then, you'd be stuck in there with them! And they would assfuck you! And then mount your head on a spike.If you had enough men to defend Harrenhal, you could just sally forth, and destroy the enemy. Harrenhal is so fucking pointless it makes me mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuisDantas Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 You pick Riverun which was taken 3 times in 5 booksAs I remember it, each time it happened it was a major thing, occupying a major portion of whole armies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maester Gandalf Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Winterfell was taken with fewer than 30 men.......A Winterfell that was extremely deprived of men. If Winterfell had full strength, it would have been much, much harder to take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puck the Goat Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 I'll take Castle Black... as long as I'm defending against the North. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Thomas Derpingham Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 I am flipping off Dead King Harren so hard right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nQthing Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Harrenhal would be shit for defence.It's so big you would need a whole army to man it to its fullest, and even then some assholes might ruin your epic plan by slipping through its cracks and cutting your throat while you sleep.In a classic siege with less defenders than attackers, you, as the besieged party, would be fucked. Why? Because the enemy would file into Harrenhal from one of its numerous weaknesses, and then, you'd be stuck in there with them! And they would assfuck you! And then mount your head on a spike.If you had enough men to defend Harrenhal, you could just sally forth, and destroy the enemy. Harrenhal is so fucking pointless it makes me mad.If all 5 towers were good and not in ruin(I think 2 are). Then during a siege you would barely defend the walls and then go in the five towers. When the enemy breaches the walls they would be sitting ducks in the middle of 5 towers. Arrows, boulders, boiling oil, and anything tthey can find would be raining on the attackersAs I remember it, each time it happened it was a major thing, occupying a major portion of whole armies.It has a great natural defense but past that it divides the armies in 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Thomas Derpingham Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 The enemy would assfuck your precious little towers with their onagers and trebuchets, before going in.I would not want to be in one of those towers with Trebuchets out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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