Scenery of the Seven Kingdoms

Charming Serpent

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We have seen the majority of the capitals that dominate the Seven Kingdoms other than Highgarden and Casterly Rock. I was curious to know if any of you think we will get a chance to see those two and if so, will either one have any interesting traits or qualities singularly unique only to them? i.e The Winter Gardens and the heating pools of Winterfell, Red Keep of Kings Landing the Shadow City of Sunspear, Eyrie of the Vale etc etc....
 
I would guess that we will see Highgarden and Casterly Rock. There are three more books to come, and as you've stated he's shown us the other capitals in the Seven Kingdoms, so I believe in the next few volumes of the story they will take us to these places.

I think there will be some unique features for each, but as to what they are I can't say.
 
The one thing I found interesting about Casterly Rock is one of Jaime's thoughts from AFFC which seems to imply that the Rock is even bigger than Harrenhal. I had always thought that Harrenhal was the biggest castle in the kingdom. It'll be interesting to see how Casterly Rock is described.
 
We've seen the pits below Casterly Rock in Jaime's dreams. I'd guess that CR also boasts some gold mines and a spectacular hall of treasures.

As for Highgarden, I guess I sort of figured they had some sort of grand gardens ala the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the parks of Versailles and Tuilleries, or Buchart Gardens. I guess I also envision many spires that maidens may wait in for their knight in shining armor... which in turn would require lots of tourney grounds... and a big circular table...
 
Hmm.... I tend to skip over description details (depending on my mood), but sometimes there's important information hidden in paragraphs that look otherwise unnecessary. A bad habit of mine.

P.S. Merry Christmas!
 
Harrenhal is the biggest castle in the Seven Kingdoms and the castle section of Casterly Rock (which is carved out of the top of it) is smaller, as far as I can tell. However, the Rock itself is absolutely colossal, bigger than the Rock of Gibraltar, and there are tunnels and dungeons extending below the castle section. I suspect there are ways down through the Rock and there may be docks as well at its base. So as a 'castle', Casterly Rock is smaller but as a geograpic, natural feature it's probably bigger. Until we see it in the books it's hard to see where the one ends and the other begins.
 

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