Wavey Sauce Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Which castle, or castles ranked, are best designed to withstand a heavy siege? Or if you had your own garrison and were forced to pick a castle to defend, with your life on the line what would you pick? There isnt too many castles that are really described as "weak". Other than Deepwood Motte I cant really think of many examples of castles that arent super loaded, so kind of hard to say because there is numerous that are said to be very strong. I was thinking the Dread Fort. Has a strong design and once lasted for 2 years against a siege from the Starks. Then again I know Winterfell was described as being able to hold off 10k men with just 500 men. Storms End as well has been detailed to be close to impossible to get into. So if you had food/supplies that would last a few years what would you pick that gives you the most safety and best chance of surviving? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyenon15 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 The Wall castles would be the unquestioned best if they were allowed to defend from both directions.Other than that I'd go with the Eyrie.possibly Casterly Rock not enough info about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennis of the Brown Shield Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Probably Casterly Rock. The way it is described in TWOIAF it seems more like a hollowed out mountain than a castle, with rich gold mines inside it to boot. It is basically the Lonely Mountain from the Hobbit.The Lannisters are lucky that ASOIAF dragons don't care about treasures. None of the typical medieval siege weapons like towers, trebuchets or sappers would do anything to it at all. So the enemy would have to try to batter their way throughout the entire mountain with rams. Good luck with that. http://i.picpar.com/To9.jpg If the situation starts getting really dire you can try to use your gold to bribe the enemy army into leaving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Led Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Other than that I'd go with the Eyrie.possibly Casterly Rock not enough info about it. I'd say Casterly Rock actually... It has never been taken, and it seems to have much larger food stores than the Eyrie could ever hope to stack up. If not counting food supplies, I'd say the Eyrie tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRS Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 While there are much more desirable locals, I think that if you were able to get past the Blood Gate, the second gates name escapes me at this time, The Erie would be a safe bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tyrion I Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 1. Casterly Rock2. The Eyrie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Onion Kniggit Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Storm's End, The Eyrie and Casterly Rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihlus Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Definitely not the Eyrie. It's nigh-impenetrable to assault, but comically easy to lay siege to (that narrow path works both ways, and it's extremely isolated). Which was how 95% of castles were taken anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Umber Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Casterly Rock. The Eyrie is kind of a stupid castle. Just leave the Arryns up there for a winter and the siege takes care of itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrus Martell Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Sandstone. Out in the middle of the Dornish desert, fortified around the only well for fifty leagues in the deep sand dunes and far from the river Vaith. See how long armies will tolerate the heat, the scorpions and the guerilla attacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavey Sauce Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 I guess in the situation I gave the Eyrie is a good bet. But overall in other situations they have a bad layout because they end up stuck in as well and have no real way of getting trade supplies or paths to get outside help and outside plans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Mac Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Of the great castles, I'd say the top three are in no particular order -Casterly Rock-The Eyrie-Storm's End Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonking Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Unless someone desperately wanted something or someone inside a castle, they were usually just ignored. Cities were the major targets of sieges, no real point in scrounging the countryside to clear-out every castle.Especially castles as remote as the Eyrie or Storm's End provide no strategic value Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dofs Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Casterly Rock. With all the advantage mentioned above, it is also extremely wide - more than 10 km wide. To even lay a siege to it, you have to have an absolutely ridiculous army, and a fleet as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Storm Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Seems like the consensus is Casterly Rock. Gotta agree with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensenmenn Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Harrenhall if it's repaird and you have enough people would be a good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavey Sauce Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Sandstone. Out in the middle of the Dornish desert, fortified around the only well for fifty leagues in the deep sand dunes and far from the river Vaith. See how long armies will tolerate the heat, the scorpions and the guerilla attacks. Is there any information on Sand Stone? As far as how successful they were when it came to past sieges? Or how well it did and how long it lasted etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavey Sauce Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Harrenhall if it's repaird and you have enough people would be a good one. Smart man. I forgot about that. It was pretty much impossible to penetrate back in the day. It was just the dragons that ruined it, if not for Dragon fire, it would never have fallen to anyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavey Sauce Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Unless someone desperately wanted something or someone inside a castle, they were usually just ignored. Cities were the major targets of sieges, no real point in scrounging the countryside to clear-out every castle. Especially castles as remote as the Eyrie or Storm's End provide no strategic value Storms end holds tons of value. As does the Eyrie because controlling that gives the add on support of the vale in general Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyenon15 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 I guess my next question to that is, could dragons take Casterly Rock like they did Harrenhal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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