Kingswood

Kingswood
Information
Type	Forest
Location	Southern Crownlands Northern Stormlands
Geography	Woodland, evergreen
Rulers	King of the Andals and the First Men

Cersei Lannister: "I'll tell you a story. You the one about the mother lion and her little cub? They lived in the woods."

Tommen Baratheon: "The Kingswood?"

Cersei Lannister: "Yes, my love. In the Kingswood lived a mother and her cub. She loved him very much. But there were other things that lived in the woods; evil things..."

— Cersei Lannister comforts Tommen Baratheon during the Battle of the Blackwater

The Kingswood is a forest in central Westeros. It begins in the Crownlands immediately south of King's Landing and extends into the Stormlands. The Kingsroad passes through the Kingswood as it runs from King's Landing to Storm's End. The Roseroad meets the Kingsroad within the forest. The Kingswood is the private hunting grounds for the rulers of Westeros. The white hart is considered the "King of the Kingswood" and a symbol of local pre-Targaryen royalty.

History

House of the Dragon: Season 1

The royal court departs for a grand hunt in the Kingswood to celebrate Aegon's second nameday. The royal retinue attempts to hunt the white hart.

Game of Thrones: Season 1

Twenty years prior to the events of the series, an outlaw band known as the Kingswood Brotherhood took up residence in the Kingswood, led by Simon Toyne. They caused significant problems before the Mad King sent a small army to root them out. Ser Barristan Selmy slew Simon Toyne with a counter-riposte, impressing the fifteen-year-old Jaime Lannister (who killed his first man during the battle, beheading him).

Robert Baratheon is hunting in the Kingswood, accompanied by Renly Baratheon, Ser Barristan Selmy and his squire, Lancel Lannister. He suffers a life-threatening injury while trying to slay a boar.

In the books

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, the Kingswood is an extensive, large and deep forest with many small villages located within its eaves. The Kingswood Brotherhood took its name from the forest.

Felwood, the seat of House Fell, is located at the southern edge of the kingswood, south of the Wendwater.

In A Clash of Kings, Tyrion sends the hill tribes to the Kingswood, ordering them to harass Stannis's army, kill the scouts and raid the baggage train. Stannis orders to light fires in the wood in attempt to smoke out the savages.

After the Battle of the Blackwater, Shagga and the Stone Crows decide to stay in the Kingswood, feeling that there are better opportunities for them there.

When Margaery and Sansa come to the Kingswood, they find a wilderness of ash and charcoal and dead trees.

External links

• Kingswood on A Wiki of Ice and Fire
• Kingswood on The Official Guide