The fish market[1] or fishmarket[2] of King's Landing is located in the south of the city near the Blackwater Rush and the harbor.[3]
Layout
The fishmarket is located outside of the River Gate,[2] with Fishmonger's Square found within the gate.[3]
History
As King's Landing developed around the court of King Aegon I Targaryen, a fish market sprang up along the riverside of the Blackwater Rush.[4]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Following the arrest of Eddard Stark, his daughter Arya sees a pair of gold cloaks walking side by side through the fish market. Half the stalls are empty.[5]
A Clash of Kings
After Shagga takes a ferry south across the Blackwater Rush, Tyrion Lannister sees fishwives selling seafood. Tyrion, the acting Hand of the King, orders Bronn to have everything between the city walls and the water's edge burned in preparation for the Battle of the Blackwater.[6]
During the battle, Ser Davos Seaworth sees that the Lannisters burned the riverfront and retreated to the Mud Gate.[7] Tyrion sees the desolation of the fishmarket and the wharves.[8]
A Storm of Swords
After the battle, Tyrion reports that the entire fish market is gone and that the River Gate should be replaced.[9]
A Feast for Crows
Queen Margaery Tyrell sometimes visits the fish market by the Mud Gate to see the day's catch.[10]
Quotes
She could hear the clamor of the fish market even at this distance.[1]
—thoughts of Catelyn Stark
Bronn and the escort were waiting at the foot of the quay, amidst swarming beggars, strolling whores, and fishwives crying the catch. The fishwives did more business than all the rest combined. Buyers flocked around the barrels and stalls to haggle over winkles, clams, and river pike. With no other food coming into the city, the price of fish was ten times what it had been before the war, and still rising. Those who had coin came to the riverfront each morning and each evening, in hopes of bringing home an eel or a pot of red crabs; those who did not slipped between the stalls hoping to steal, or stood gaunt and forlorn beneath the walls.[6]
—thoughts of Tyrion Lannister
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 18, Catelyn IV.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Fishmarket.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Lands of Ice and Fire, King's Landing.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 65, Arya V.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 49, Tyrion XI.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 58, Davos III.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 59, Tyrion XIII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 32, Tyrion IV.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 28, Cersei VI.