Fool's Gate
The eastern gate is called the Fool’s Gate because Queen Cordelia granted living quarters in the ancient gate tower to the fool who helped her crazed old father, King Lear.
An old tradition is that whenever you pass through the gate of the Fool, you leave your pride at the gate. Many beggars and lost sit near the gate, hoping for the old Fool’s blessing and the generosity of the rich. Tradition say that rich men who choose this gate should give something to the poor that stay there. Most nobles ignore this tradition, no matter what gate they take. But it doesn’t stop the poor from trying.
Rudderch had a fondness for fools, and was known to walk down to the gate from time to time, and if any poor was able to make him laugh. He brought them up to the feast to entertain his guests. If they failed to make his guests laugh, they were usually flogged. his son Robyn or his grandson Count Roderick of the Rock didn't take up the tradition.
The Fool's Room
There is an old room in the tower of the gate that's always looked, and traditionally only the wife of the count holds the key. There are hundreds of legends of the old room, but the nobles and high-born hears little of them.