![]() Not even in Highgarden do the pumpkins grow any larger nor is the fruit any sweeter. The valley's rich black soil allows the Valemen to grow wheat, corn, and barley. These mountain clans, such as the Black Ears and the Burned Men, are descendants of the First Men who raid unwary travelers and skirmish with the knights of the Vale. Some of the people living in the foothills of the Mountains of the Moon have rejected the authority of the Eyrie and live by their own rules. The island people of the Three Sisters are known as Sistermen. The knights of the Vale consider themselves the finest in the Seven Kingdoms, and the Valemen consider the Eyrie to be the most beautiful castle of the realm. The Valemen, the people of the Vale, are known as reliable warriors steeped in honor and the worship of the Faith of the Seven. Castles north of the Vale proper in the valleys of the Mountains of the Moon and the snakewood forest include Coldwater, Heart's Home, Snakewood, and Strongsong. The town of Wickenden is located along the Bay of Crabs, in the mountains south of the valley. The fertile lands within the valley include Ironoaks, Old Anchor, Redfort, and a peninsula containing the city of Gulltown and Runestone. The mountainous border of the Vale of Arryn proper appears to include the Bloody Gate in the west and the Eyrie and Longbow Hall to the north. The Vale can be reached through the high road, which connects the Vale and the riverlands, and is protected by the Bloody Gate. Its harsh winters make travel only possible through the mountains during warmer years, and rebellious mountain clans make travel even more dangerous. The Vale tends to be slightly isolated from the rest of Westeros. The Vale is located on the eastern shore of Westeros, a land of fertile soil, rivers, and lakes, protected by its largely impassable Mountains of the Moon. ![]() ![]() The Vale consists of various regions: the Vale of Arryn itself the Mountains of the Moon the snakewood the Fingers and the islands of the Three Sisters, the Paps, and Pebble. The borders of the Vale are held to be the Bite to the north, the Bay of Crabs to the south, the Mountains of the Moon and then the riverlands to the west, and the narrow sea to the east. ![]()
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