Fishmonger's Square[1] or Fishermonger's Square[2] is a market square inside the River Gate in King's Landing.[3][4]
Layout
Fishmonger's Square is located inside the River Gate in the south of King's Landing. The Street of Steel begins at the market square beside the gate[5] and runs west to Visenya's Hill.[6] The Muddy Way heads north from the square to the center of King's Landing, while the River Row runs along the southern wall of the city.[7]
The fish market is located nearby outside of the walls.[8]
History
During the Dance of the Dragons, violent riots occurred in the capital. Ser Torrhen Manderly led a sortie from the Red Keep down the Hook with his northmen to try to stop the rioters. When they arrived at the Fishermonger's Square and the River Row, the place was swarming with the gutter knights of Ser Perkin the Flea. Torrhen lost a quarter of his men fighting his way back to the Red Keep.[2]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Lord Eddard Stark, Hand of the King, rides from the Tower of the Hand and sees crowds at the market as he travels toward the River Gate and the Street of Steel.[5]
A Clash of Kings
On the way back to the Red Keep from the docks, the party of King Joffrey I Baratheon crosses Fishmonger's Square.[1]
Three catapults are built in the market square by the Mud Gate in preparation for the Battle of the Blackwater.[9]
Quotes
The Street of Steel began at the market square beside the River Gate, as it was named on maps, or the Mud Gate, as it was commonly called.[5]
—thoughts of Eddard Stark
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 41, Tyrion IX.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown.
- ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Fishmonger's Square.
- ↑ The Lands of Ice and Fire, King's Landing.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 27, Eddard VI.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Map of King's Landing
- ↑ The Lands of Ice and Fire, King's Landing.
- ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Fishmarket.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 49, Tyrion XI.