Location Details |
Address: | The Crownlands |
Coordinates: | Mideast Westeros |
Owner: | House Targaryen |
Type: | Capital City |
Wealth: | Destitute - Opulent |
King's Landing is the capital of the Seven Kingdoms, located in the crownlands on the east coast of Westeros. It is situated along the Kingsroad at the mouth of the Blackwater Rush and overlooks Blackwater Bay. King's Landing is the site of the Iron Throne and the Red Keep, which is the seat of the king, Robert I from House Baratheon of King's Landing.
The main city is surrounded by a wall, manned by the City Watch of King's Landing, also known as the gold cloaks. King's Landing is the most populous city in Westeros, but unsightly and dirty compared to other cities. Poorer smallfolk build shanty settlements outside the city. The stench of the city's waste can be smelled far beyond its walls.
King's Landing, the principal harbour of the Seven Kingdoms, is rivalled only by Oldtown, which is larger in the area but less populous. Nearby towns include Rosby and Duskendale to the northeast and Tumbleton to the southwest, while the Kingswood is found south of the capital across the Blackwater. Driftmark and Dragonstone in the Gullet protect the bay from the narrow sea.
Characters of Note
The King's Small Council
The Royal Family
The Greens
The Blacks
While all Royals have great ties to King's Landing as it is the Royal Targaryen Seat, many, especially those in the political party of the Blacks are based out of Dragonstone. So those listed below are very often in King's Landing for court and events, but they call Dragonstone home.
Kingsguard
- Ser Willis Fell, Sides with the Greens.
- Ser Rickard Thorne, Sides with the Greens.
- Erryk Cargyll, Twin of Arryk Cargyll. Sides with the Blacks.
- Arryk Cargyll, Twin of Erryk Cargyll. Sides with the Greens.
- Ser Steffon Darklyn, Sides with the Blacks.
- Ser Lorent Marbrand, Sides with the Blacks.