The Crownlands
The Crownlands are the lands on Westeros surrounding King's Landing are ruled directly by the crown on the Iron Throne. Besides King's Landing, which is the largest city in Westeros, the Crownlands also include the towns of Rosby, Stokeworth and Duskendale. The Crownlands are south of the Vale, southeast of the Riverlands, east of the Westerlands and north of the Reach and Stormlands. The Targaryen kings formed the Crownlands from sparsely populated pieces of the surrounding kingdoms after their conquest. The area overlooks Blackwater Bay. As with Westerosi customs to give bastards a surname showing their origins, the illegitimate children born in the Crownlands are given the surname Waters. The original Targaryen homeland on the island of Dragonstone is also considered part of the Crownlands.
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