
The harbor beneath Dragonstone[1] is located in a fishing village beneath Dragonstone on the island of the same name.[2]
History
Alysanne and two Kingsguard welcomed the Wise Women when they arrived at the harbor.[3]
Androw Farman chose not to explore the fishing village and its docks beneath the castle.[4]
The merchant cog Nessaria limped into the harbor after being battered by a storm. Its crew told tales in taverns, inns, and brothels along the waterfront that they had seen two battling dragons (Sunfyre and the Grey Ghost).[1] Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen returned to Dragonstone's harbor on the Violande, unaware that her rival, King Aegon II Targaryen, had already taken the castle.[5]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Stannis Baratheon, Lord of Dragonstone, returns to his isle after King Robert I Baratheon departs for Winterfell to name Lord Eddard Stark as Hand of the King.[6] War breaks out after Robert's death, and Lord Varys hears whispers that Stannis is building ships.[7]
A Clash of Kings
Ser Davos Seaworth meets with Salladhor Saan in the common room of the weathered little inn, and then meets his son Devan at the docked Black Betha and informs his father that Stannis has requested his presence in the castle.[8]
A Storm of Swords
The harbor and the dockside streets are largely empty since so many of Stannis's ships were destroyed in the Battle of the Blackwater.[9]
A Feast for Crows
Lord Paxter Redwyne leads a siege of Dragonstone, encamping his army beneath the castle's walls.[10]
Quotes
The port was as crowded as Davos had ever known it. Every dock teemed with sailors loading provisions, and every inn was packed with soldiers dicing or drinking or looking for a whore ... a vain search, since Stannis permitted none on his island. Ships lined the strand; war galleys and fishing vessels, stout carracks and fat-bottomed cogs. The best berths had been taken by the largest vessels: Stannis's flagship Fury rocking between Lord Steffon and Stag of the Sea, Lord Velaryon's silver-hulled Pride of Driftmark and her three sisters, Lord Celtigar's ornate Red Claw, the ponderous Swordfish with her long iron prow. Out to sea at anchor rode Salladhor Saan's great Valyrian amongst the striped hulls of two dozen smaller Lysene galleys.[8]
—thoughts of Davos Seaworth
His walk up from the Bountiful Harvest to the gates of Dragonstone was long and lonely. The dockside streets where soldiers and sailors and smallfolk had thronged were empty and deserted. Where once he had stepped around squealing pigs and naked children, rats scurried. His legs felt like pudding beneath him, and thrice the coughing racked him so badly that he had to stop and rest. No one came to help him, nor even peered through a window to see what was the matter. The windows were shuttered, the doors barred, and more than half the houses displayed some mark of mourning. Thousands sailed up the Blackwater Rush, and hundreds came back, Davos reflected. My sons did not die alone. May the Mother have mercy on them all.[9]
—thoughts of Davos Seaworth
Chapters that take place at the harbor
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Year of the Three Brides - 49 AC.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, A Surfeit of Rulers.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 20, Eddard IV.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 69, Tyrion IX.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 10, Davos I.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 10, Davos II.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 32, Cersei VII.