The Known World

Honeyholt

Castle · Seat of House beesbury

Seat of House Beesbury on the banks of the Honeywine, a day's ride upriver from Oldtown. Its hives are beyond counting, and the mead of Honeyholt is named the finest in the Seven Kingdoms, sweetening the tables of lords from Highgarden to the Eyrie.

Ellyn Ever Sweet

The Beesburys count themselves among the oldest houses of the Reach, tracing their line to Ellyn Ever Sweet, a daughter of Garth Greenhand who is said to have learned the secrets of the bees and brought the first hives to the banks of the river. The three beehives of her children have stood upon the yellow banner of Honeyholt ever since, and the river itself is held to take its name from the honey-rich waters that flow past the castle's walls.