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Iron Gate of King’s Landing

Fire & Blood

The Iron Gate of King’s Landing is named as the endpoint of an area brought back under control during the disorder that followed the city’s collapse into violence. Its brief appearance locates the limits of one force’s effort to restore order, rather than describing the gate itself.

Location and Setting

The account places the area northeast of Aegon’s High Hill and extends it down to the Iron Gate. It gives no architectural description of the gate, but uses it as a recognizable boundary within King’s Landing’s streets.

During the City’s Disorder

After fires spread and lawless bands roamed the city, the remaining Gold Cloaks managed to restore some order in parts of King’s Landing. Ser Medrick Manderly led a hundred men from White Harbor in the effort to secure the area northeast of Aegon’s High Hill, down to the Iron Gate.

Narrative Significance

The reference marks a limited success amid a broader breakdown of authority: control could be re-established in a defined stretch of streets, but the account describes the rest of the city as remaining in chaos. The Iron Gate therefore serves as a geographic marker for the reach of Medrick Manderly’s intervention, not as the site of a separately described battle or siege.