3. lakomadt. • 8 mo. ago • Edited 8 mo. ago. Well you can take it a few different ways. One way with an obvious and straight siege of it. Start by taking Lannisport and cutting off all supplies to Casterly Rock by having your fleet besiege it by sea, this way will take time, but in time it would be forced to surrender.
311 Posted by I'll make you rich. 9 years ago (Spoilers All) The state of Casterly Rock Wouldn't it be hilarious if Casterly Rock's goldmines had run dry? So far, we've only had descriptions of the rock in modern times (I haven't read Dunk and Egg), but even from the map it's not the largest of landspaces.
natassia74 • 8 mo. ago. For something truly extreme, Tyrion leads a dragon attack on Casterly Rock during which he uses his knowledge of the sewers and tunnels to direct the heat and fire through the very foundations of the bluff/castle. The structure is weakened and collapses, perhaps plummeting into the ocean.
Casterly rock had no value since the gold mines had run dry. I don't believe Tywin would have sent Jaime there. Well the mines of Casterly Rock running dry is a show only invention but even with that Casterly Rock is still the capital of the richest realm in the seven kingdoms (that is a lot of tax) and overrules the nearby Lannisport while ...
Casterly Rock is the wealthiest Castle in Westeros. The Lannister homestead is a gold mine responsible for almost all the gold in the seven kingdoms. Because they had the bestproducing mines, House Lannister became one of the primary sources of money for King's Landing.
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Could have been a lot of reasons tbh. He doesn't know that the gold mines are dry, taking someone's home from under them sends a demoralizing message (same reason why Robb wanted to take Casterly Rock, Bolton insisted Winterfell must be taken back, Tyrells tried to take Storm's end way back in the Rebellion, etc).
So Olenna knows that the Lannisters have No gold. And she doesn't see fit to tell Tyrion. ... If he knew that Casterly Rock ran dry, would he have wasted the Unsullied on taking Casterly Rock? Where would the Unsullied go instead? Jump to content. E03: The Queen's Justice; A Forum of Ice and Fire A Song of Ice and Fire Game of Thrones.
In a major change from the book, Tywin Lannister confided to Cersei in Season 4 that Casterly Rock's gold mines had run dry, relying on the Iron Bank of Braavos to fund their wars. This seemed like a major revelation, one that threatened the power base of the Lannisters and imperiled their dynasty. Instead, this detail faded into the background.
The Lannister's mines close to Casterly Rock are rich in gold, but so are/were the mines of Castamere, Golden Tooth, and a few other places. The Iron Islands are rich in iron (hence the name), but the natives believe most of the mining of it should be left on thralls. KermitMudmaven • 8 yr. ago Yeah, its the smallfolk who do the actual mining.
House Lannister is one of the Great Houses of Westeros. Their lands are in the far west of the continent. Their seat is Casterly Rock, a castle on a rocky promontory overlooking the Sunset Sea. It overlooks the thriving city of Lannisport and sits atop the most productive gold mine in the Westerlands. [3]
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Tyrion didn't know that Casterly Rock's mines had run dry. Even Cersei didn't know before Tywin told her in Season 4. ... "The Rock" may have had gold mines, but that's not the only thing that made it valuable. There's lotsa keeps scattered throughout the kingdoms that don't produce gold, either. There are plenty of other advantages to owning it:
The stone has been mined for thousands of years, so there are hundreds of mineshafts in the depths of the Rock, as well as yet untouched gold veins. [3] The face of the mount has windows and arrow slits scattered all over, they look small from the outside but it is only an illusion due to the huge size of the Rock.
THEY ARE LANNISTERS OF CASTERLY ROCK. Sons of his father. They would NEVER let Casterly Rock, the visible head of House Lannister's power fall. And as Tywin did, they would NEVER let the realm know the mines have run out cause they would lose a great deal of respect and ability to command respect and loyalty.
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Although it's incredibly important to the politics of "Game of Thrones," there's a major location we have yet to see in the HBO show: Casterly Rock. The seat of House Lannister, Casterly Rock was referred to by Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) as the true seat of power in Westeros. The Lannister homestead is the site of Lannister wealth, and House Lannister has been lending all kinds ...
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So, I was reading a fic, like, a month ago, and there was this plot point in which Casterly Rock falls and is occupied for a while. So, I know that in the show the gold mines have run dry, but I don't recall something like that being ever mentioned i the books. For all we know, there is still a thousand yearsworth of gold in Casterly Rock.
In the Westerlands: Casterly Rock has a unique modifier. The Golden Tooth, Castle Pendric, and Nunn's Deep all have mining settlement modifiers which give lots of gold. Silverhall does too, but the modifier bonus gives 10% less holding taxes than the others. Castamere is a ruin which can be restored. In the Iron Islands:
Answer: Gold mines Casterly Rock is the seat of the House of Lannister, a great castle carved within a massive hill overlooking the sea. Deep inside "The Rock" are dungeons, prison cells, cages for lions, stables and a great many gold mines. ... There are rumors the mines are dry, but others say many veins of gold have yet to be harvested. 5 ...
In the case of the Casterly Rock prophecy a people seemed to believe it, so much apparently that this society that enslaved a whole continent to work and die in their mines to dig up gold and silver, never tried to take the Rock, never set up a type of business agreement with the kings there.
The Lannisters Of Casterly Rock . ... Midway through Game of Thrones season 4, Tywin informed Cersei that the gold mines had run dry, forcing him to keep the rich Tyrells close. He arranged Cersei ...
But now the mines are dry and Casterly Rock just that; a rock. Our gold has passed into legend just like the merciful huntsman and Lann the Clever. Are the Lannisters broke in the book? Well, GRRM's reading from The World of Ice and Fire confirms that the Lannisters aren't broke. The mines haven't emptied, and are considered the best in ...
And inside? Yes, the Lannister stronghold has all the passages, halls, stairs, caves, mines, galleries, tunnels, chutes, and wells that Gibraltar has. and more, and more, and more. It is thousands of years older, after all." And as all of you know the Lannister gold is all but gone so to me that means that The Rock is now hollow.
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Even if Casterly Rock mines and treasury are dry (we have no indication of this as far as I can remember), the Lannisters would still be massively wealthy in land, liquid assets, and tax income. And loans, such as the crown debt of 3 million gold dragons owed to the Rock.
GRRM's New NotABlog Post on Casterly Rock. Recently (December 23, 2022), ... Me pet theory until we see otherwise is that those mines have been tapped out and empty of gold for a few generations now and the family lives on collected taxes and their reputation/perceived wealth. George gives us a taste/hint of this with Xaro's empty vault in Qarth.
The Rock of Gibraltar is three miles long, seventenths of a mile wide, and almost 1400 feet high at its highest point. (That's twice as tall as the Wall, for those who want a Westerosi reference). Casterly Rock is larger. Two leagues long from west to east. that's approximately six miles, compared to three for Gibraltar.
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