Post by Ser Hyde Mormont on Aug 25, 2012 6:17:22 GMT -5
The Mormont Castle is actually a wooden longhall, surrounded by an earthern palisade. There is a carving on the gate of the Mormont keep depicting a woman holding a babe in one arm and a battleaxe in the other, to represent the fact that whilst the men of the island would be away fishing, the women would have to defend home and hearth against ironborn raiders or wildling forces crossing over from the Frozen Shore to the north.