1000th Lord Commander Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 We know that it was named by Rhaegar as such, and it's location in the Prince's Pass, but little more. Who built it? Was it originally part of the fortifications for Dorne? Who owns the land on which it is built? The Iron Throne, the Martells, House Fowler? Any theories? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvo the Crow Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Joy Hill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Ice Spider Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 I'm guessing that if Rhaegar named it, Rhaegar built it. Though given how unreliable narrators are in ASOIAF, and how Ned was losing his marbles in the black cells at the time he remembered it, it may not even have been Rhaegar who named it. Maybe it was Lyanna, or the previous user, or Howland Reed as some sort of dark joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frey Kings Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Rhaegar built it to lure young girls in and rape them just because he read a prophecy in a book. Rhaegar is a sick sick man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Commentator Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 The tower was located in the red mountains of Dorne. I don't know if Rhaegar had the tower built. It's not exactly a great vacation spot. It was probably the keep of an old castle that stood there long ago. Rhaegar found it and remodeld it for his own use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvo the Crow Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 It's just some long abandoned tower slowly crumbling to dust due to neglect. It's not like Westeros has a lack of those. Even the fertile riverlands is not too densely populated, or Goodbrook village would have been long since rebuilt. Seriously nothing speciwl about it. If you really want to think it has some significance here's an idea; Randyll built it for Sam during an instance of rare emotion. Sam wantrd to be a wizard so he built a tower for him in secret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bent branch Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 The Tower of Joy was an old watchtower at the northern entrance of the Prince's Pass in Dorne. It was there to serve as an early warning about attacks from the north before Dorne joined the rest of the Westeros. It was long since abandoned when Rhaegar made use of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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