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Why are the Hightowers so friendly to invaders?


LordImp

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The Hightowers are truly interesting, not least because George has kept them off-screen for the entire series. They're one of the wealthiest houses in the Seven Kingdoms with one of the largest armies, a great house in all but name. I hope they become more directly involved in TWOW. 

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I will jump on the bandwagon - at some point the Hightowers decided that giving up their Kingship - they were the "Tower Kings", IIRC - and being no.2 dog in the Reach gives them more security. The Reach is about 3 or 4 times as power as the Tower Kingdom had been. And they are aware that with their power the ruler of the Reach cannot alienate them and so they always have a measure (not insignificant) of influence over how the Reach is run.

They are pragmatic, no "give me liberty or give me death!" nonsense.

"I will bend the knee but you will give me orders I find distasteful or detrimental at your own peril" ...

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