River Row is a street along the southeastern wall of King's Landing.[1]
Layout
The River Row runs from the King's Gate past the River Gate toward Aegon's High Hill[2] and Eel Alley, with the Blackwater Rush nearby.[1]
Inns can be found on the River Row,[3] and sea captains, fishmongers, and others with interest in the harbor live along the street.[4]
History
Princess Viserra Targaryen visited the inns of Eel Alley and River Row with her companions for "one last night of laughter" before being sent to White Harbor to marry old Lord Theomore Manderly. She died later that night at the foot of Aegon's High Hill in a drunken horse race.[3]
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 Fishmonger's Square and the River Row, the place was swarming with Ser Perkin the Flea's gutter knights. Torrhen lost a quarter of his men fighting his way back to the Red Keep.[5]
Recent Events
A Clash of Kings
Tyrion Lannister rides with Podrick Payne and Ser Mandon Moore along the River Row from the River Gate to the King's Gate during the Battle of the Blackwater.[6]
Quotes
They galloped off down River Row, Pod and Ser Mandon Moore coming hard behind him. The shuttered houses were steeped in green shadow, but there was no traffic to get in their way; Tyrion had commanded that the street be kept clear, so the defenders could move quickly from one gate to the next.[6]
—thoughts of Tyrion Lannister
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Lands of Ice and Fire, King's Landing.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Map of King's Landing
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Fire & Blood, The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain.
- ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, River Row.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 59, Tyrion XIII.