Wharfs or Wharves are structures on the shore of a harbor or on the bank of a river or canal where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
Culture
Scattered throughout the Free City of Braavos are small wharves and landings for fishermen and ferries.[1] Some of the wharves are located below the Drowned Town.[2] The trade tongue is frequently heard in the wharves, docks, and sailor's taverns of Braavos.[3]
In addition to Braavos, several other ports and harbors in the known world have shipyards, such as Norvos,[4] Volantis,[5] White Harbor,[6] Oldtown,[7] Spicetown,[8] the harbor of King's Landing,[9] and the caverns beneath Casterly Rock, where the Lannisters have their own protected docks, as well as wharves and shipyards.[10]
History
As the new city of King's Landing grew during the reign of King Aegon I Targaryen, wharves and storehouses rose along the banks of the Blackwater Rush.[11] The Mud Gate is near the center of the southeast wall and connects Fishmonger's Square and the wharfs on the Blackwater Rush.[9]
During the time of Lord Corlys Velaryon, Spicetown's wharves became crowded with ships from the Free Cities and beyond.[8]
During the Dance of the Dragons, Ser Perkin the Flea led his gutter knights in looting wharves and warehouses and any ships not out to sea amid rioting in the city.[12]
Following the fall of the Rogare Bank, the magisters of Lys seized their wharves and storehouses, among other things.[13]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
While living in the streets of King's Landing, Arya Stark decides to go to the riverfront on her way to the Mud Gate, hoping to stow away on a ship. Once in the wharfs, Arya finds the Wind Witch, which was the ship that her father had contracted to take her and Sansa to Winterfell, but the ship is guarded by gold cloaks in the livery of House Stark.[14]
A Clash of Kings
During the battle of the Blackwater, Ser Davos Seaworth sees that the Lannisters burned the riverfront and retreated to the Mud Gate.[15] Seeing shapes moving among the charred ruins of the city wharves, Tyrion Lannister commands Ser Jacelyn Bywater to make another sortie against soldiers stumbling ashore.[16]
A Feast for Crows
There are rumours that archmaester Marwyn sacrifices to queer gods at the little sailors' temples down by the wharves of Oldtown.[7]
Arya Stark, disguised as the Braavosi fishmonger Cat of the Canals, is sent to work for Brusco, who sells his stock below the wharves of the Drowned Town.[2] Cat also sells mussels and oysters and clams for Brusco on the wharves and alleys of the Ragman's Harbor.[17]
A Dance with Dragons
Prince Quentyn Martell and his companions take a hathay from the Volantene wharves back to the Merchant's House.[18]
When Ser Davos Seaworth walks by the dockside wharves of White Harbor, he sees a clutter of small boats tied up along the fish market, off-loading their catches.[6]
Tyrion Lannister sees the wharves of Volantis teemed with sailors, slaves, and traders.[5]
References
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 26, Samwell III.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 22, Arya II.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 34, Cat Of The Canals.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Free Cities: Norvos.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 27, Tyrion VII.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 15, Davos II.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 A Feast for Crows, Prologue.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Fire & Blood, Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 The Lands of Ice and Fire, King's Landing.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Westerlands: Casterly Rock.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 65, Arya V.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 58, Davos III.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 59, Tyrion XIII.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 45, The Blind Girl.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 6, The Merchant's Man.