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.
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377In a key scene, Tywin Lannister tells his daughter Cersei the family's real dirty little secret: they're broke. The family had once mined gold as a source of its wealth. Not anymore. "Our last ...
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377The 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 ...
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Although 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 ...
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377In 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:
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377There is no strategic value. It's the gold that's in it. There is so much gold in that mountain that it has been mined for thousands of years and still hasn't run out of gold. The Rock is literally famous even in the Slave Cities, and maybe even Yi Ti. Whoever holds Casterly Rock has access to the best gold mines, arguably, in the whole of ...
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Casterly Rock's famous gold mines had run completely dry. Even the most experienced miners and groundlisteners emphatically stated that the mines were empty. Unknown to Tyrion at the time, his father had subsequently, and covertly, executed every miner and supervisor they employed in their mines so as to not spread rumor at the loss of their ...
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377The Westerlands are considered the richest region of Westeros because of their deep mines filled with gold, silver, and other minerals in large quantities. In some cases, the mines and castles were interwoven, such as Casterly Rock and Castamere and the abundance of minerals has made these few prominent houses very wealthy, most notably the Lannisters of Casterly Rock. Other mines include Nunn ...
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WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Yeah but casterly rock in the show is just a regular ass castle. They couldn't really do the version from the books, kinda like the iron throne itself. The castle that the unsullied take from Jaime and Bronn in season 6 is the canonical casterly rock, and there's no way in 7 hells that thing is taller than the wall.
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377The Pendric Hills are the site of a gold mine in the westerlands. Their exact location has not been published. Recent Events A Clash of Kings. After the Battle of Oxcross, Greatjon Umber captures several gold mines at Castamere, Nunn's Deep, and the Pendric Hills. References
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377But 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 ...
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377The castle is, also literally, a gold mine — one of the bestproducing mines in the country, in fact. That gold mine is where the Lannisters get all their money from. But there's a key...
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377House 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]
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Casterly Rock has been occupied long enough that it's no longer viable as a mine. Frankly Casterly Rock's mines probably went dry long before even Aegon's Conquest. I have a personal theory that there is a store of gold the Lannisters keep locked as a wellspring of money they occasionally tap.
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Casterly Rock came into view over the horizon on a . It would only be swift travel from here, and wheels found better footing among the holdfasts that littered the valley dubbed Pride's Rest. Watchtowers loomed over the goldroad, and no doubt a hunded down from their pastures to watch the glimmering wheelhouses passing by and the ...
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377It was said that Casterly Rock overlooks Lannisport, so it must be up high. The castle was also described as having a gold mine underneath it. So I imagine it being a huge mountainous goldmine next to Lannisport with a large castle on top.
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377261 Posted September 3, 2014 Gold Mines, lots and lots of gold mines in the west. Casterly Rock is on top of a Gold Mine, Castamere was a gold mine. Matter of fact I think it states that the majority of the gold mines in Westeros reside in the Westerlands. aryagonnakill#2 Members Posted September 3, 2014
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Adaptational Wimp: Tywin reveals that the last of Casterly Rock's mines have run dry, meaning the Lannisters have lost their reputed source of power. No such case happened in the books. ... Mock Millionaire: Tywin reveals in Season 4 that the gold mines ran dry three years ago and the family has been forced to take loans from the Iron Bank to ...
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Their 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 .
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377In the last episode Tywin Lannister mentions that the mines of Casterly Rock have run dry. I am currently in the middle of ADWD and I don't remember.
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Casterly 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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WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Tyrion 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:
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377311 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.
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377natassia74 • 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.
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Not knowing about the gold mines running dry, Tyrion never expected that Cersei would abandon Casterly Rock as a worthless target, instead shifting the bulk of the Lannister forces to take Highgarden from Olenna and seize their food and wealth. Olenna laments that her prize mistake was being unable to imagine what Cersei would be capable of.
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