Citadel
The Citadel is the seat of the maesters' order in Oldtown in A Song of Ice and Fire, where novices study under the archmaesters and forge chains whose every metal link marks a field of learning mastered.
Every chain worn by every maester in Westeros is forged at the Citadel, the seat of the order in the southern city of Oldtown, an institution standing behind the scenes of A Song of Ice and Fire from A Game of Thrones onward. The Citadel is a complex of halls, libraries, and lecture rooms where boys arrive as novices, study under the archmaesters, and earn a link of a different metal for each field they master, from healing to history to ravencraft. Acolytes who complete their chains take vows of service and are assigned to castles and towns throughout the realm, setting aside their family names when they go. Green marble sphinxes flank its gates, and its libraries are held to be the greatest store of learning in the Seven Kingdoms.
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