Storm's End
Seat of House Baratheon, Lords of Storm's End and Wardens of the East
- House
- House Baratheon
- Region
- The Stormlands
- Raised by
- Durran Godsgrief — with a boy called Bran, if the storm-songs be believed
- Age
- Of the Age of Heroes, oldest of the storm-kings' seats
The stones themselves
Storm's End is defence distilled to a single idea: one colossal curtain wall, unbroken by any gate on the seaward side, curving in a smooth ring that the wind and waves of Shipbreaker Bay can find no purchase upon. Within rises one enormous drum-tower, so thick-walled that the household can shelter in its heart through the worst gales the Stormlands can raise. It has never been taken by storm, and only rarely troubled by siege — the sea guards one side, and the wall the rest.
Famous halls and features
The great drum-tower
A single immense round keep, its walls so thick that stores, hall, and household all fit within, able to weather any tempest off the bay.
The curtain wall
One seamless ring of stone facing the sea, without seam or sally port where wave or foe might work in — the whole art of the castle in a single curve.
Shipbreaker Bay
The treacherous water at the castle's foot, so named for the wrecks it has made, guarding the seaward approach better than any garrison.
Sieges and history
Where the story of Storm's End touches the great chronicle of the realm — follow each thread back into the timeline.
A legend of Storm's End
The storm-songs say the first Durran, Durran Godsgrief, wed Elenei, daughter of the sea god and the goddess of the wind, and that her vengeful parents smashed six castles he raised on this spot. The seventh stood, and stands yet — built, some tales add, with the counsel of a young boy who would grow to be Bran the Builder. Two legendary architects for one wall is surely one too many; the maesters suspect the singers of gilding a fine piece of masonry.
Beyond the chronicle's edge
A stranger thing than any storm came to Storm's End in the war of brothers — read on only if you would meet it.
Estas bifurcaciones nombran muertes, finales y sendas que los libros aún no han recorrido. Desvélalas solo si conoces ambos caminos, o si no temes saber.
Common questions
Has Storm's End ever fallen?
Storm's End has never been taken by storm or breached by force in the histories. Its unbroken seaward wall and single massive tower have withstood the fiercest gales of Shipbreaker Bay and every siege laid against it.
Who built Storm's End?
Legend credits Durran Godsgrief, the first Storm King, who is said to have raised seven castles on the site — the first six destroyed by the storm gods, the seventh standing to this day. Some tales add the young Bran the Builder as his architect.
Why is Storm's End so hard to besiege?
The sea and Shipbreaker Bay guard one side, and a single unbroken curtain wall faces the rest, with no gate on the seaward approach. Attackers cannot easily surround it, and its wall and tower are built to weather any assault.
What is the legend of Durran and Elenei?
Durran Godsgrief is said to have won the love of Elenei, daughter of sea and wind gods. Enraged, they sent storms that destroyed six castles he built; the seventh, Storm's End, endured — the origin myth of both the castle and House Durrandon.