Weirwoods once grew throughout Westeros, although they never took to the thinner soil of the Iron Islands. HistoryĪ grove of weirwood trees during a full moon - by Franz Miklis © Fantasy Flight Games Some legends state Galon Whitestaff carried a tall staff of weirwood. The High Septon has a staff made of weirwood topped with a crystal orb. Val has a pin with a "carved weirwood face" that holds her cloak, and Morna's mask is made of weirwood. In the House of the Undying, the doors of the room with the "splendor of wizards"-a mirage depicting the Undying Ones in their prime-are made of weirwood and ebony. Tobho Mott's shop in King's Landing has doors carved out of weirwood and ebony showing a hunting scene. Its chairs are also made of the two materials. One of the main doors of the House of Black and White in Braavos is made of weirwood, with the other made of ebony. Weirwood is used in the Black Gate of the Nightfort and the rafters of Harrenhal and Whitewalls. At the Eyrie, the throne of House Arryn as well as their Moon Door are carved out of weirwood. The meeting table of the Kingsguard in the Red Keep is made of white weirwood fashioned into the shape of a shield and supported by three white stallions. Weirwood can also be used to make furniture. Styr has a long bronze and weirwood spear. Weirwood can be used for making bows, spears, and arrows Ygritte and Brynden Rivers both have horn and weirwood bows, and the children of the forest are said to have used weirwood bows. The wood of the weirwood is an excellent, though expensive, building material because it does not rot. Ice against a weirwood © Fantasy Flight Games The Night's Watch uses a grove of nine weirwoods in the haunted forest half a league from Castle Black as a godswood when necessary. The ironborn believe the demon tree Ygg had pale wood and fed on human flesh, suggesting a possible connection with weirwoods. The Skagosi allegedly still maintain this practice. Thousands of years ago, the entrails of the condemned were sometimes placed in the branches of weirwoods. It said that it is impossible to lie in the presence of a heart tree. Weirwoods are used to bear witness to important ceremonies such as marriages and oaths, since followers believe that the old gods watch through the faces. Since trees have no sense of time, the greenseer can see into the past or present when looking through the eyes of a tree. The greenseers of the children of the forest can see through the eyes of weirwoods with carved faces. Weirwoods are considered sacred to the followers of the old gods, and children of the forest believe weirwoods are the gods. Godswood of Winterfell in Game of Thrones
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