The Making of King’s Landing

Fire & Blood

This thread traces the growth of King’s Landing from a rough conquest camp into a royal city whose infrastructure shapes daily life.

increasing

Bearing strength in each event

decreasing

A Fort on a Hill A Fort on a Hill from "Fire & Blood". The First Settlement A Military Camp Aegon raises a crude fort on the hill above the Blackwater Rush.

The First Settlement A Military Camp Aegon raises a crude fort on the hill above the Blackwater Rush. The settlement is initially little more than a protected landing site. A Royal Center Emerges The conqueror chooses the settlement as his future seat, bringing political authority and trade to a place without an established city.

The City Grows Unplanned The City Grows Unplanned from "Fire & Blood". A City Without a Plan People and Trade Arrive Merchants, sailors, and workers follow the court.

The City Grows Unplanned from "Fire & Blood". A City Without a Plan People and Trade Arrive Merchants, sailors, and workers follow the court.

A City Without a Plan People and Trade Arrive Merchants, sailors, and workers follow the court. Markets and homes spread quickly across the hills and riverbank. Uneven Growth Wealthy manses rise beside poor hovels. The expanding city becomes populous but remains dirty and vulnerable.

Walls and Seven Gates Walls and Seven Gates from "Fire & Blood". Defending the Capital A New Threat Is Recognized Reports of a distant raid make Aegon reconsider the city’s vulnerability when the king and dragons are away.

Walls and Seven Gates from "Fire & Blood". Defending the Capital A New Threat Is Recognized Reports of a distant raid make Aegon reconsider the city’s vulnerability when the king and dragons are away.

Defending the Capital A New Threat Is Recognized Reports of a distant raid make Aegon reconsider the city’s vulnerability when the king and dragons are away. A Ring of Walls Construction creates a fortified perimeter and seven gates. The walls express religious symbolism as well as a practical need for defense.

A City Remade A City Remade from "Fire & Blood". Streets and Public Space Acknowledging the Disorder Jaehaerys sees that narrow, muddy streets make the capital difficult to navigate and unhealthy to inhabit.

A City Remade from "Fire & Blood". Streets and Public Space Acknowledging the Disorder Jaehaerys sees that narrow, muddy streets make the capital difficult to navigate and unhealthy to inhabit.

Streets and Public Space Acknowledging the Disorder Jaehaerys sees that narrow, muddy streets make the capital difficult to navigate and unhealthy to inhabit. A New Urban Pattern He widens roads and creates a central square. The work proceeds over years, but begins a sustained royal effort to improve the city.

Water and Sanitation Water and Sanitation from "Fire & Blood". A Healthier Capital A Basic Need The city’s water is dirty and its waste accumulates in streets. The problem is especially serious for the poor.

Water and Sanitation from "Fire & Blood". A Healthier Capital A Basic Need The city’s water is dirty and its waste accumulates in streets. The problem is especially serious for the poor.

A Healthier Capital A Basic Need The city’s water is dirty and its waste accumulates in streets. The problem is especially serious for the poor. Wells and Sewers Jaehaerys and Alysanne support wells, pipes, cisterns, and drainage. The improvements outlast their reign and change ordinary urban life.

2 BC, during the initial landing

1–25 AC, as trade shifts to the new capital

19–26 AC, during the wall construction

52 AC, after Jaehaerys’s return to personal rule

After 57 AC, during infrastructure projects