Gods Eye

Location from A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin

A vast lake in the heart of the Riverlands with the mysterious Isle of Faces at its center — the ancient site where the First Men and the Children of the Forest signed the Pact that ended their war four thousand years ago.

Gods Eye is one of those places in Westeros where the ancient world presses uncomfortably close to the present. The lake itself is unremarkable — fishermen work its edges, and Harrenhal's melted towers overlook its northern shore — but the Isle of Faces at its center is something else entirely. The Green Men, if they still exist, tend the weirwoods there, and the carved faces are said to have witnessed the signing of the Pact between the First Men and the Children of the Forest. No one visits the isle voluntarily, and those who claim to have seen it from the water describe feeling watched by something patient and vast. In a world of dragons and ice demons, the Isle of Faces represents the oldest and quietest magic — the kind that doesn't announce itself but simply endures.

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An enormous freshwater lake, calm and reflective, stretching miles across the Riverlands. At its center, the Isle of Faces is a dark smudge of ancient weirwoods whose carved faces are said to watch everything. Mist often hangs over the water, and local fishermen avoid the isle.

Also known as: Gods Eye, the Gods Eye lake, the Isle of Faces

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