Editing Oldtown (section)

===Plagues===
During the [[Great Spring Sickness]] of {{Date|209}}, Oldtown suffered badly, second only to [[King's Landing]]. Ser [[Duncan the Tall]] met Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]] when he and Prince [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]] visited the city while returning from [[Dorne]] via ''[[White Lady]]''.{{ref|TSS}} The city steamed and sweltered during the summer of King [[Maekar I Targaryen]]'s reign.{{ref|AGOT|25}}

A generation later Oldtown was struck by the dreaded [[grey plague]], a more deadly and fast-acting cousin of [[greyscale]]. The outbreak occurred when [[Grand Maester]] [[Pycelle]] was young, and it wiped out half the city and three-quarters of the [[Citadel]] during its run. To prevent its spread, Lord [[Quenton Hightower]] ordered the gates barred, all the ships in harbor burned, and anyone trying to leave killed. These orders made him extremely unpopular, but the measures were successful. The day he rescinded the orders, after the plague had burnt itself out, Quenton and his young son were pulled from their horses and had their throats slit by the survivors.{{ref|AFFC|8}}