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− | '''Spices''' are plant substances primarily used for flavoring or coloring [[food]].
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− | Several variety of spices exist in the [[known world]], such as: red pepper,{{Ref|AFFC|36}} white pepper,{{Ref|AFFC|36}} black pepper,{{Ref|AFFC|36}} peppercorn,{{Ref|ACOK|5}} cinnamon,{{Ref|ADWD|17}} cloves,{{Ref|ADWD|17}} nutmeg,{{Ref|AFFC|36}} saffron,{{Ref|ADWD|9}} curry,{{Ref|ASOS|42}} cardamom,{{Ref|ASOS|42}} ginger,{{Ref|ACOK|30}} mustard seed,{{Ref|ADWD|17}} and salt.{{Ref|ADWD|17}}
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− | ==Culture==
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− | The [[spiceflower]] is a scented [[Plants|flower]] found in the [[Dothraki sea]] that is used in perfumes.{{Ref|AGOT|3}}
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− | The [[Ancient Guild of Spicers]] is one of the three prominent organization of merchant princes within the city of [[Qarth]].{{Ref|ACOK|40}}
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− | The [[Saffron Straits]] are the eastern exit of the [[Jade Sea]], dividing the continents of [[Essos]] and [[Ulthos]].{{Ref|TLOIAF|The Known World}}
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− | [[Lannisport]] is known for its spiced honey [[wine]].{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}} At the [[Wall]], the brothers of the [[Night's Watch]] drink hot mulled wine, spiced with cloves and nutmeg.{{Ref|ADWD|49}}
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− | The Summer Isles have spices rarely seen in [[Westeros]].{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}} Spices are often imported to Westeros from the Eastern part of [[Essos]]—[[Qarth]], [[Yi Ti]] and [[Leng]]—by way of a long journey east by ship. The discovery of a shorter western route, would make its discoverer an extremely wealthy person.{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
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− | ==History==
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− | Two of the [[Rhoynish Wars]], fought between the [[Valyria]]ns and the [[Rhoynar]], were named the [[Spice War|first]] and [[Second Spice War]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships}}
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− | In {{Date|50}}, King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] and his [[master of coin]], a former [[Pentos]]hi spicemonger named [[Rego Draz]], instituted a series of luxury taxes on expensive foreign imports including spices.{{Ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}}
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− | [[Elissa Farman]] and the [[House Hightower|Hightower]] brothers, [[Eustace Hightower|Eustace]] and [[Norman Hightower|Norman]], attempted to find a western route to the Eastern Essos in {{Date|56}}.{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}} After facing fierce storms, Elissa and Eustace found new spices on [[Aegon, Rhaenys, and Visenya (islands)|three small uninhabited islands]]. Elissa continued her voyage west from there but Eustace sailed east desiring to return home.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}} It is unknown if Elissa succedded to find a western route but many years later, [[Corlys Velaryon]] found an old ship similar to ''Sun Chaser'' in [[Asshai]].{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}} Unlike Elissa, Corlys made several [[Great Voyages|voyages]] by sailed east to the Eastern part of [[Essos]]. Those voyages made Corlys and [[House Velaryon]] extremely wealthy to the point of becoming the wealthiest House in Westeros.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}} One of the villages on Corlys's home island of [[Driftmark]] developed into a prosperous port town named [[Spicetown]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} and the Velaryon warship ''[[Spicetown Girl]]'' was [[named after]] the town.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}
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− | The [[Shivers]] hit Westeros in the [[winter]] of {{Date|59|60}}. As no remedy was known to cure the deadly [[disease]], several options were tested such as drinking wine spiced with [[snake]] [[Poison|venom]].{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
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− | Trade boomed in [[King's Landing]] during the [[Lysene Spring]], spices from the East were arriving to the city more frequently than before.{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
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− | [[House Spicer]] was founded by a petty [[lord]], a wealthy merchant elevated to [[nobility]] by Lord [[Tytos Lannister]] of [[Casterly Rock]].{{Ref|AFFC|36}}
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− | ==Recent Events==
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− | ===''A Game of Thrones''===
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− | Magister [[Illyrio Mopatis]] is a dealer in spices.{{Ref|AGOT|3}}
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− | ===''The Winds of Winter''===
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− | [[Saffron]], the daughter of a spice merchant from [[Gulltown]], is pregant with the [[bastard]] of Ser [[Harrold Hardyng]].<ref name="twow">''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Alayne I (The Winds of Winter)|Alayne I]]</ref>
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− | ==References==
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