Thorne Manor

The ancestral seat of House Thorne — a long-galleried manor of pale stone and dark wood set above the inland approach to the Virelay Coastlands. Thorne Manor's Winter Room is famous on the coast: the hearth is always full, and the family's closest allies are received there. The gardens, the training courtyard, and the front gate (guarded by the comfortably bored Brennick) are the parts most visitors see; the working library and the small Anchor-stone in the back garden are the parts that are not on the tour. Auren Thorne made his "escape" from the Manor on the night the Fray reached the Coastlands. Lord Thorne and Lady Thorne watched him go from the Winter Room and did not call out.