![]() ![]() The royal apartments are also located in Maegor's Holdfast. It serves as a redoubt when the city is attacked. It was named after King Maegor Targaryen, who built the Red Keep. Maegor's Holdfast is a strut tower in the centre of the Red Keep. It is also employed for official ceremonies. The King (or his Hand, in the event of the King's absence), holds court and receives petitioners within the Great Hall. The Great Hall is the massive throne room of the Red Keep and is where the Iron Throne was situated. 2 Notable current residents of the Keep. ![]() However, several parts of the castle, including the great hall and several towers remain in ruin. Following Daenerys's death, certain areas of the castle, including Maegor's Holdfast and the White Sword Tower have been refurbished or rebuilt to house the new government. However, it was also one of the few buildings left somewhat intact. įollowing the Battle of King's Landing, the Red Keep has sustained severe damage after Drogon set fire to many parts of the castle and its base, and collapsed many of its towers. When King Maegor finished it, he executed all of its builders to ensure that only the Targaryens knew of the hidden passageways within. Sometime after the Conquest, he ordered that the fort be torn down and began construction on the ambitious Red Keep. It started as a primitive fort, then named the " Aegonfort," that Aegon used as his seat during the War of Conquest and would come to house the Iron Throne. The Red Keep took three reigns to build, starting with Aegon the Conqueror and ending with Maegor the Cruel. It was the former seat of King Tommen Baratheon, King Joffrey Baratheon, King Robert Baratheon, and before him the seat of the Targaryen kings. Before this, it was briefly held by Queen Daenerys Targaryen, after she took it back from Queen Cersei Lannister following the Battle of King's Landing. It is currently the seat of King Bran Stark. Located in the southeastern corner of King's Landing, the Red Keep overlooks Blackwater Bay and the Narrow Sea. It also houses the small council, the royal privy council and government. It dominates the skyline of the city and serves as the city's primary fortress and redoubt. The Red Keep is the residence of the King of the Andals and the First Men, his family and his court, located within King's Landing, the capital of the Seven Kingdoms. " Aegon built his castle of red rock to remind people of the fire he roasted his enemies in, so whenever King's Landing looked up they'd see the price of defiance." ―Joffrey Baratheon
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