A chamber pot, also called a pisspot, is a portable container kept in a bedroom that is used for night soil and urine.
History
On one occasion, Aerea Targaryen threw the contents of a chamber pot over the head of his stepfather Androw Farman just because she was angry at her mother.[1]
Princess Saera Targaryen once played a prank on her sister Daella, who was afraid of gardens after a bee almost stung her once, by filling her chamber pot with bees.[2]
When Lady Caswell sent Maelor Targaryen's head to his aunt Queen Rhaenyra at King's Landing, she ordered that the head be cremated per Targaryen funeral customs (according to Eustace). False rumors spread through King's Landing, perhaps spread by Larys Strong, that Rhaenyra had Maelor's head delivered to his mother, Queen Helaena Targaryen, in a chamber pot.[3] After the fall of King's Landing to Aegon II's rival, Queen Rhaenyra, her men found Aegon's wife, the mad Queen Helaena, locked in her bedchamber. When they broke down the doors of Aegon's apartments, they discovered only his empty bed and a full chamber pot.[4]
Recent Events
A Feast for Crows
During the search of Rugen's apartments by Qyburn, a coin from the reign of Garth XII Gardener, King of the Reach, is found beneath his overflowing chamber pot.[5]
During one of his tantrums, Lord Robert Arryn empties his chamber pot upon Maester Colemon, who is forced to leave to wash the night soil from his hair and change his robe. Alayne Stone then asks Gyles Grafton to clean up the broken chamber pot, causing Gyles to complain, saying that he is no scrubwoman.[6]
A Dance with Dragons
The furnishings of Ser Barristan Selmy's bedchamber at the apex of the Great Pyramid consist of a bed, a chamber pot, a wardrobe for his clothing, and a chair to sit on.[7]
Quotes
I better go. I'll spend my first year on the Wall emptying chamber pots if I keep Uncle Ben waiting any longer.[8]
—Jon Snow to Arya Stark
Victarion: You have sons.
Euron: Baseborn mongrels, born of whores and weepers.
Victarion: They are of your body.
Euron: So are the contents of my chamber pot. None is fit to sit the Seastone Chair, much less the Iron Throne. No, to make an heir that's worthy of him, I need a different woman. When the kraken weds the dragon, brother, let all the world beware.[9]
—thoughts of Cersei Lannister
Kem: Is it true the chamber pots in Casterly Rock are made of solid gold?
Tyrion: You should not believe everything you hear. Especially where House Lannister is concerned.[11]—Kem and Tyrion Lannister
References
- ↑ Fire & Blood, Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 7, Cersei II.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 41, Alayne II.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 59, The Discarded Knight.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 10, Jon II.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 29, The Reaver.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 39, Cersei IX.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 66, Tyrion XII.