A dwarf elephant is a small species of elephant. The streets of Old Volantis are overrun with white dwarf elephants, which are used as a mode of transport. A single dwarf elephant pulls an ornate cart called a hathay, which is similar to a Westerosi oxcart but far more decorative. In Volantis persons of quality travel by palanquin, or in the back of the hathay.[1]
About
The hide of the dwarf elephant is white in colour. The elephant that pulls Quentyn Martell's hathay is the colour of dirty snow.[2] Tyrion Lannister espies a dwarf elephant whose hide is as white as bone. A dwarf elephant can emit a honking noise. The rump of the elephant makes a rolling motion as it walks.[1]
Recent Events
A Dance with Dragons
Prince Quentyn Martell and his companions take a hathay from the Volantene wharves back to the Merchant's House.[2]
While held captive by Ser Jorah Mormont in the common room of the Merchant's House, Tyrion Lannister thinks he glimpses Illyrio Mopatis for half a heartbeat, but it turns out to be a white dwarf elephant passing the front door.[1]
Quotes
When their hathay reached the edge of the Fishermonger's Square, their elephant lifted her trunk and made a honking noise like some huge white goose, reluctant to plunge into the tangle of wayns, palanquins, and foot traffic ahead. Their driver prodded her with his heel and kept her moving.[2]
—thoughts of Quentyn Martell
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 27, Tyrion VII.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 6, The Merchant's Man.