Cairns is a village in the riverlands, claimed by House Bracken as part of the lands stolen by House Blackwood. During Jaime Lannister's negotiations for the surrender of Raventree Hall, Lord Tytos Blackwood reluctantly cedes Cairns to Lord Jonos Bracken as part of the peace settlement.

Casterly Rock is the ancestral seat of House Lannister, a fortress carved into a towering cliff on the western coast of Westeros, and the symbolic heart of Lannister power, wealth, and pride. Throughout A Dance with Dragons, it functions as a distant, unattainable prize for Tyrion Lannister, a source of bitter memory, and a political bargaining chip in the wars of succession, its gold and authority invoked by characters from King's Landing to Meereen.

Deep Lake is one of the abandoned castles along the Wall that Jon Snow, as Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, plans to regarrison with free folk in order to strengthen the Wall's defenses against the Others and the wildlings.

The Fingers is a remote, windswept peninsula in the Vale of Arryn, known for its harsh terrain and sparse population. It serves as a crucial but perilous route for fugitives and travelers seeking to cross the Bite, and is notably associated with the story of Eddard Stark's journey during Robert's Rebellion, where he fathered his bastard son Jon Snow.

Fishfoot Yard is the central square of White Harbor, dominated by a twenty-foot-tall stone merman fountain called Old Fishfoot, and serves as the bustling heart of the city's commercial and social life.

Great Wyk is the largest of the Iron Islands, a rugged, windswept land whose rocky shores and sparse soil have shaped a seafaring, reaving culture. Its lords, including the Goodbrothers of Hammerhorn and the Farwynds of Sealskin Point, are central to the ironborn's Old Way and their struggle for dominance in the War of the Five Kings.

Greenstone is the seat of House Estermont on the island of Estermont off Cape Wrath. During the early stages of the Golden Company's invasion of the stormlands, a force under Marq Mandrake landed on Estermont, took Greenstone, and captured its garrison and inhabitants, including noble hostages with blood ties to both King Tommen and King Stannis.

Gulltown, the principal port of the Vale of Arryn, was a key strategic location during Robert's Rebellion. Its loyalty to the Iron Throne forced Eddard Stark to cross the mountains to the Fingers and find a fisherman to carry him across the Bite, a journey that resulted in the conception of Jon Snow.

Harrenhal is a colossal, cursed castle in the riverlands, built by Harren the Black and cursed by Aegon the Conqueror. Throughout the War of the Five Kings, it changes hands repeatedly, serving as a prison, a base of operations, and a site of brutal atrocities, its dark reputation and vast, decaying halls embodying the ruinous cost of ambition and the lingering shadow of past horrors.

Highgarden is the ancestral seat of House Tyrell, the ruling house of the Reach, and one of the great castles of the Seven Kingdoms. Its political and military significance is defined by its immense wealth, its fertile lands, and its strategic position as the power base of the Tyrells, who have become the indispensable allies of the Lannister regime in King's Landing.

Littlesister is one of the Three Sisters, a group of islands in the Bite off the coast of the Vale, sworn to the Eyrie but historically independent and known for smuggling and wrecking. It is ruled by Lord Godric Borrell from Breakwater Castle, and its main settlement is the squalid town of Sisterton.

The Milkwater is a major river in the lands beyond the Wall, flowing from the Frostfangs to the Shivering Sea. It serves as a crucial landmark for the free folk, a site of refuge and regrouping after the Battle of the Wall, and a boundary marking the edge of the known world for the Night's Watch.

Missy's Teats are a pair of grassy hills in the riverlands, located between the domains of Houses Bracken and Blackwood. The hills have been a point of contention between the two houses for centuries, with each claiming them under a different name. The dispute over the hills' name and ownership reflects the deep, ancient enmity between the Brackens and Blackwoods, a feud that has persisted for thousands of years and is rooted in a history of betrayal, war, and marriage.

Naath is a small, isolated island in the Summer Sea, known for its peaceful inhabitants, the Naathi, who are distinguished by their golden skin and pacifist culture. The island is repeatedly invoked in A Dance with Dragons as a symbol of lost innocence and a refuge that remains perpetually out of reach, its gentle people vulnerable to the predations of slavers from the Basilisk Isles.

The New Castle is the principal fortress of White Harbor, the seat of House Manderly, and the site where Davos Seaworth is brought before Lord Wyman Manderly to deliver Stannis Baratheon’s offer of alliance.

The Palace of Sorrow is the ruined remnant of the Rhoynar festival city Chroyane, a drowned and desolate place on the Upper Rhoyne where the stone men of greyscale dwell in madness. It is the most haunted stretch of the river, where the Shy Maid passes through the fog and the Bridge of Dream, and where Tyrion Lannister is dragged into the water by a stone man and nearly drowns.

Planky Town is a Dornish port settlement at the mouth of the Greenblood River, serving as the primary maritime gateway for the region. It is the point of departure for Quentyn Martell's ill-fated voyage to Slaver's Bay, where he and his companions begin their journey to seek an alliance with Daenerys Targaryen.

Pyke is the chief seat of House Greyjoy, the ruling house of the Iron Islands, a bleak, storm-lashed island fortress that embodies the ironborn's martial culture and their dominion over the Sunset Sea. As the ancestral home of Balon Greyjoy and his children—including Theon, Asha, and the brothers Euron and Victarion—Pyke serves as the political and symbolic heart of the ironborn rebellion, a place where the Old Way of reaving and raiding is both celebrated and contested, and where the kingsmoot that crowns Euron Greyjoy reshapes the fate of the islands and the wider war.

The Qhoyne is a tributary river of the Rhoyne, known as the Darkling Daughter, which joins the larger river at Dagger Lake and carries gold, amber, and pine from the Forest of Qohor.

Queenscrown is a ruined watchtower and village in the northern Gift, a site of both strategic significance and personal memory for Jon Snow, where he was saved by his brother Bran's direwolf Summer and where he later confronted the limits of his authority as Lord Commander of the Night's Watch.

Queensgate is one of the nineteen abandoned castles along the Wall that Jon Snow, as Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, plans to regarrison with free folk after Tormund Giantsbane's people pass through the Wall.

The River Gate is one of the principal gates of King's Landing, located on the southwestern side of the city where the Blackwater Rush meets the sea. It is the gate through which travelers and goods pass when arriving by ship or departing for the riverlands, and it serves as a critical chokepoint for the city's defenses. In A Dance with Dragons, the River Gate is the site of Barristan Selmy's dramatic escape from the city after being dismissed from the Kingsguard, an event that underscores both the gate's strategic importance and the old knight's resourcefulness.

Rosby is a modest but strategically significant holdfast in the crownlands, whose succession becomes a point of contention on the small council during the power vacuum following Cersei Lannister's arrest and the regency of Ser Kevan Lannister.

Rutting Meadow is a contested territory in the riverlands, claimed by House Bracken as part of the lands they argue were stolen by House Blackwood. It appears in the negotiations between Jaime Lannister and Lord Tytos Blackwood after the siege of Raventree Hall, where Bracken demands it as recompense for his support of the Lannisters.

Sable Hall is one of the abandoned castles along the Wall that Jon Snow, as Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, orders to be re-garrisoned with free folk under the command of his own officers, as part of his strategy to house the wildlings admitted through the Wall and to strengthen the Watch's defenses against the Others.

Seal Rock is a massive grey-green sea stone that dominates the approaches to the outer harbor of White Harbor, a strategic defensive position fortified during the War of the Five Kings.

The Shadow Tower is the westernmost fortress of the Wall, commanded by Ser Denys Mallister. It guards the Bridge of Skulls, a narrow crossing over the Gorge that wildling raiders have repeatedly tried to force. Throughout A Dance with Dragons, the Shadow Tower serves as a vital but undermanned outpost, its commander pleading for reinforcements while Jon Snow struggles to garrison the Wall's abandoned castles.

Shipbreaker Bay is the stormy, treacherous body of water that crashes against the shores of Cape Wrath in the stormlands, most famously against the base of the cliff on which Griffin's Roost is perched. Its violent reputation is established through the castle's history and the memories of its returned lord, Jon Connington, who hears its growl as he reclaims his ancestral seat.

The Sorrows is a cursed, fog-shrouded stretch of the Upper Rhoyne where the drowned city of Chroyane lies in ruins, haunted by the stone men—victims of greyscale—and ruled by the legendary Shrouded Lord. It is a place where time and space warp, rivers run backward, and the dead whisper, serving as a threshold of terror and transformation for Tyrion Lannister and the crew of the Shy Maid.

Stoney Sept is a market town in the riverlands of Westeros, best known as the site of the Battle of the Bells during Robert's Rebellion, where the rebel Robert Baratheon was nearly captured by the royalist forces under Lord Jon Connington. The town's narrow streets, brothels, and sept became the stage for a pivotal confrontation that shaped the war's outcome and left a lasting mark on Connington's psyche.