Seat of House Yronwood, the Bloodroyal, greatest of the Dornish lords after the Martells themselves. The castle stands at the foot of the Boneway, guarding the stony road that climbs through the mountains toward the Dornish Marches.
The Bloodroyal
The Yronwoods were kings in Dorne long before the coming of Nymeria, styling themselves the Bloodroyal and High Kings of Dorne. Though they bent the knee to Sunspear in the end, their words still name them Masters of the Way, and their pride has never fully cooled.
Wards of Yronwood
It has long been the custom of great houses to send sons to foster at Yronwood, where boys learn horse and lance and sword beneath the black portcullis of its ancient gate. More than one prince of Dorne has served his time there, to bind old wounds between the two proudest houses of the realm.