Batelgause
Royal Messenger
District Description : The Old Gate is one of the 7 gates of King's Landing which directly faces north . It is located near the center of the northwestern wall near Rhaenys's Hill and has The Street of Silk located on its southeast .
New Canon : In the reign of Maegor I Targaryen, Maegor had his own wife and queen, Alys Harroway, tortured to death and executed. Following her death, Alys's body was cut into seven parts and mounted on spikes above each of the seven gates of the city, one of which was above the Old Gate.
During the Dance of the Dragons, a massive riot broke out in the city. The captains of the Old Gate and Dragon Gate managed to sally out and restore some semblance of order to the streets north and east of Rhaenys's Hill.
In the Regency of Aegon III, the Hand of the King, Tyland Lannister commanded the city gates to be strengthened so they could better resist attacks from within the city walls.
District's Current State : The district is quite outdated at the moment , currently , it has 2 Brothels , 1 Tavern , 1 Stables , 1 , Glassbower , 1 Custom's Office , 1 Barracks and an open air theatre on the square. it borders KL4 to the west and KL6(which includes Street of Silk) to the south/east
Update Plans : First of all , the district has the "square 2" style according to Emot's map which includes quote " more of a festive vibe with some rustic thatch rooves rather than the grand, imposing facades of KL1 " which i believe would create cohesiveness issues with the surrounding districts of KL4 and Street of Silk which has only a single thatch rooved house , however , i plan to stick to the "festive vibe" and northern pale timber as mentioned in the related post here . Now coming to the plotting , after a brief chat with scubooty who leads the bordering district of KL4 we decided it'd be better if we downsized(horizontally) the tavern and custom's office and moved the buildings into Scub's district for the purpose of making a smooth transition between the two district (shown in the map below) . Now about the square itself , i plan to keep the open air theatre yet will move the theatre to the west alongside the tavern leaving more open space for the square itself . Furthermore , i thought it might be a cool idea to add a simple , subtle column in the center of the square since it is called "the old gate" but the square itself wont have many stands and stuff going on besides a few here an there since i mentioned earlier that it is my intend to make it more festive . Additionaly i plan to remove the barracks for there is already a barracks at the end of the same street and use the emptied space for something else perhaps a shopping area for the Street of Silk(i plan to make buildings closer to the Street of Silk fancier) and finally i want to add due to the fact that it is one of the smallest districts if not the smallest i plan to make every building somehow unique in the shape and builders with old buildings there are more than welcome to redo their previous stuff! thank you for reading , there is more information on the map below.
Green = small update
Orange = Remarkable update ,
Red = total redo or moving
Purple = new building seperated from a previous bigger one
The brothel and stables are seperated into 2 diferent buildings to create a better transition(shown with yellow stripes)
4 sided star = middle class
5 sided star = middle-high class
6 sided star = high class
Red X = to be removed , Red rectangles are the buildings to be moved and Yellow rectangles are the locations they will be moved
Tests : Before having a peek at my test keep in mind that these only indicate the style not an actual location from the district since almost all buildings are seperated from each other within the district hence they will be unique . Here is the tests i made , you can have a closer look at my plot /warp batel . Thanks for reading!
New Canon : In the reign of Maegor I Targaryen, Maegor had his own wife and queen, Alys Harroway, tortured to death and executed. Following her death, Alys's body was cut into seven parts and mounted on spikes above each of the seven gates of the city, one of which was above the Old Gate.
During the Dance of the Dragons, a massive riot broke out in the city. The captains of the Old Gate and Dragon Gate managed to sally out and restore some semblance of order to the streets north and east of Rhaenys's Hill.
In the Regency of Aegon III, the Hand of the King, Tyland Lannister commanded the city gates to be strengthened so they could better resist attacks from within the city walls.
District's Current State : The district is quite outdated at the moment , currently , it has 2 Brothels , 1 Tavern , 1 Stables , 1 , Glassbower , 1 Custom's Office , 1 Barracks and an open air theatre on the square. it borders KL4 to the west and KL6(which includes Street of Silk) to the south/east
Update Plans : First of all , the district has the "square 2" style according to Emot's map which includes quote " more of a festive vibe with some rustic thatch rooves rather than the grand, imposing facades of KL1 " which i believe would create cohesiveness issues with the surrounding districts of KL4 and Street of Silk which has only a single thatch rooved house , however , i plan to stick to the "festive vibe" and northern pale timber as mentioned in the related post here . Now coming to the plotting , after a brief chat with scubooty who leads the bordering district of KL4 we decided it'd be better if we downsized(horizontally) the tavern and custom's office and moved the buildings into Scub's district for the purpose of making a smooth transition between the two district (shown in the map below) . Now about the square itself , i plan to keep the open air theatre yet will move the theatre to the west alongside the tavern leaving more open space for the square itself . Furthermore , i thought it might be a cool idea to add a simple , subtle column in the center of the square since it is called "the old gate" but the square itself wont have many stands and stuff going on besides a few here an there since i mentioned earlier that it is my intend to make it more festive . Additionaly i plan to remove the barracks for there is already a barracks at the end of the same street and use the emptied space for something else perhaps a shopping area for the Street of Silk(i plan to make buildings closer to the Street of Silk fancier) and finally i want to add due to the fact that it is one of the smallest districts if not the smallest i plan to make every building somehow unique in the shape and builders with old buildings there are more than welcome to redo their previous stuff! thank you for reading , there is more information on the map below.
Green = small update
Orange = Remarkable update ,
Red = total redo or moving
Purple = new building seperated from a previous bigger one
The brothel and stables are seperated into 2 diferent buildings to create a better transition(shown with yellow stripes)
4 sided star = middle class
5 sided star = middle-high class
6 sided star = high class
Red X = to be removed , Red rectangles are the buildings to be moved and Yellow rectangles are the locations they will be moved
Tests : Before having a peek at my test keep in mind that these only indicate the style not an actual location from the district since almost all buildings are seperated from each other within the district hence they will be unique . Here is the tests i made , you can have a closer look at my plot /warp batel . Thanks for reading!
