A manse is a large house similar to a mansion or manor. Manses are frequently owned by the wealthy,[1] such as by merchants[2] and lords,[3] in cities,[4][5][6] though they can also be found in the countryside.[7] Manses can be fortified and found within walled estates.[8]
History
[edit]King Aenys I Targaryen resided at a manse atop Visenya's Hill during construction of the Red Keep.[9] Rego Draz owned a manse on the Street of Silk near the Dragonpit.[10]
Prince Daemon Targaryen and Lady Laena Velaryon settled in a manse outside Pentos owned by a magister while waiting for Laena to give birth to Baela and Rhaena Targaryen.[11]
Lord Bartimos Celtigar was slain in his manse amid the riot of King's Landing during the Dance of the Dragons.[3] Prince Viserys Targaryen stayed at the manse of Bambarro Bazanne while a captive in Lys.[12] Marilda of Hull built a palatial manse at Hull which Mushroom dubbed the Mouse House.[13]
After the passing of Vogarro, his widow had to sell his manse inside the Black Wall of Volantis because freedmen are not allowed inside.[14][15]
While Ser Jorah Mormont was fighting as a sellsword on the Rhoyne, his wife, Lynesse Hightower, moved into Tregar Ormollen's manse in Lys.[16]
Ghiscari inter their honored dead in crypts below their manses.[17]
Recent Events
[edit]A Game of Thrones
[edit]
Viserys and Daenerys Targaryen are guests at the manse of Magister Illyrio Mopatis in Pentos.[8] The siblings then reside at Drogo's manse before Daenerys's wedding.[18]
Daenerys sees manses of woven grass as large as castles in Vaes Dothrak.[5]
A Clash of Kings
[edit]Tyrion Lannister settles his mistress, Shae, in the manse near the Iron Gate.[19] A manse owned by a goldsmith is burned down during the riots in King's Landing.[20]
Daenerys stays at the manse of Xaro Xhoan Daxos in Qarth, finding it vastly larger than Illyrio's manse.[21]
A Dance with Dragon
[edit]Lord Varys has Tyrion smuggled from King's Landing to Illyrio's home in Pentos.[22] Tyrion sees the ruins of what might have been a huge stone manse while traveling in the countryside between Pentos and Ghoyan Drohe.[7]
Quotes
[edit]Downstream, below the black marble walls and arched windows of the Starry Sept, the manses of the pious clustered like children gathered round the feet of an old dowager.[23]
—thoughts of Pate
One voyage to the Jade Sea and we'll be as rich as gods. We can have a manse in Oldtown or one of the Free Cities.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ Fire & Blood, Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 18, Catelyn IV.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 36, Daenerys IV.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 26, The Wayward Bride.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 8, Tyrion III.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 3, Daenerys I.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Sons of the Dragon.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Policy, Progeny, and Pain.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, Heirs of the Draogn - A Question of Succession.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 27, Tyrion VII.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Appendix.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 12, Daenerys I.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 71, Daenerys X.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 11, Daenerys II.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 8, Tyrion II.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 44, Tyrion X.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 27, Daenerys II.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 1, Tyrion I.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Prologue.