Post by Father on May 23, 2018 18:39:26 GMT 1
Highgarden is vast, like a big castle inside a large castle inside a huge castle that also holds a grand sept and a pleasure palace according to one singer. The accuracy can be disputed, but it certainly has a great many halls more sizeable than the one most other lords have to make do with. There is another song about the hundred halls of Highgarden, like Harrenhaal's Hall of a Hundred Hearths, that boast is rather far from the truth, but there are still many of them.
The Hall of Singers, this hall is fashioned in the likeness of the Valyrian amphitheaters depicted in scrolls from Dragonstone, there is a stage at one end, large enough to accommodate a troupe of acrobats or actors, with terraced seats in a semi-circle facing it, tapestries and cushions reduce echoes.
The Hall of Artists, more of a long corridor winding from the Hall of Singers, past the green yard and up to the private quarters of House Tyrell, it's main purpose is to display Lady Tyrell's vast collection of paintings, some of which have offended more than one septon for their audacity, but most depict scenes from the Seven Pointed Star or famous victories of House Tyrell and House Gardener, there is also portrait of each Lord of House Tyrell, though most of them have been painted long after their deaths. It actually features several halls along the way, each with it's own artistic theme.
The Small Hall is hardly small, it is merely the second largest in Highgarden, it is just big enough to seat all the knights of Highgarden, though usually they take their meals in the Great Hall and sleep in the small.
The Ballroom could seat three hundred, but there are no tables. It is long and narrow, with high arched windows along the southern wall and a gallery on the north side, for both musicians and onlookers. Its walls are paneled with richly carved wood.
The Hall of Singers, this hall is fashioned in the likeness of the Valyrian amphitheaters depicted in scrolls from Dragonstone, there is a stage at one end, large enough to accommodate a troupe of acrobats or actors, with terraced seats in a semi-circle facing it, tapestries and cushions reduce echoes.
The Hall of Artists, more of a long corridor winding from the Hall of Singers, past the green yard and up to the private quarters of House Tyrell, it's main purpose is to display Lady Tyrell's vast collection of paintings, some of which have offended more than one septon for their audacity, but most depict scenes from the Seven Pointed Star or famous victories of House Tyrell and House Gardener, there is also portrait of each Lord of House Tyrell, though most of them have been painted long after their deaths. It actually features several halls along the way, each with it's own artistic theme.
The Small Hall is hardly small, it is merely the second largest in Highgarden, it is just big enough to seat all the knights of Highgarden, though usually they take their meals in the Great Hall and sleep in the small.
The Ballroom could seat three hundred, but there are no tables. It is long and narrow, with high arched windows along the southern wall and a gallery on the north side, for both musicians and onlookers. Its walls are paneled with richly carved wood.