A hathay is a cart known to be used in Volantis.[1]
Description
Despite being a cart similar to a Westerosi oxcart, the hathay is far more ornate. It is said that travelling afoot can taint visitors in the eyes of foreign-born captains and the Volantenes alike; therefore, persons of quality travel by palanquin, or in the back of a hathay.[1]
The hathay is pulled by a dwarf elephant, and it has a cushioned bench for passengers between the cart's two huge iron-rimmed wooden wheels. The slaves that drive the hathays have a wheel tattooed upon one cheek and are naked but for a breechclout and a pair of sandals.[1][2]
The cousin of the Merchant's House innkeep owns several such hathays.[1]
One of the known hathay routes is along the Volantene wharves.[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.[1]
After helping his passengers up onto the hathay, the driver clambered onto the dwarf elephant's back and directed it in the local tongue and by prodding it with his heel. To clear the way for his hathay, the driver hooted at slaves and freemen alike.[1]
Quotes
Their driver awaited them beside his hathay. In Westeros, it might have been called an oxcart, though it was a deal more ornate than any cart that Quentyn had ever seen in Dorne, and lacked an ox. The hathay was pulled by a dwarf elephant, her hide the color of dirty snow. The streets of Old Volantis were full of such.[1]
—thoughts of Quentyn Martell
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.[1]
—thoughts of Quentyn Martell