Editing Rat pits (section)

==History==
The [[rat]] pits of Flea Bottom date back to the founding of [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|FAB|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I}}

During Princess [[Viserra Targaryen]]'s "one last night of laughter" before her marriage, she visited the rat pits with her companions, among other unsavory locations in King's Landing, before her death in a [[horse]] racing accident that night.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] spent time with his friends and his [[City Watch of King's Landing|gold cloaks]] in the seedy places of King's Landing, which earned him such nicknames as the "Prince of the City" and "Lord Flea Bottom".{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} Daemon knew the rat pits well.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}}

If the ''[[The Testimony of Mushroom|Testimony]]'' of [[Mushroom]] can be believed, when Ser [[Criston Cole]] of the [[Kingsguard]] searched for Prince [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]] to inform him of the death of his father, King [[Viserys I Targaryen]], he eventually found the prince drunk and naked in a Flea Bottom rat pit, watching two children with filed teeth fight each other for his entertainment while another young girl fellated him. [[Grand Maester]] [[Munkun]]'s [[The Dance of the Dragons, A True Telling|account]] corroborates that Aegon was "at his revels", but does not specify the details.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}}

During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], the [[Riot of King's Landing (Dance of the Dragons)|riot of King's Landing]] started in the rat pits, among other seedy places in Flea Bottom.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

Just like her father, Daemon, before her, Princess [[Baela Targaryen]] had a wild side to her and enjoyed spending time in the low places of King's Landing. She was known to wager [[Currency|coin]] and sometimes clothing in the rat pits of Flea Bottom.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}

According to a semi-canon source, [[Rorge]] owned a [[pot shop]] or tavern in Flea Bottom that also served as a rat pit where he would stage rat fights, dog fights, and bear cub fights for his profit. At some point, he found the orphan child [[Biter]], and raised him ferally to compete in these fights.{{ref|SSM|1400}}{{ref|SSM|1401}} The adult Biter has teeth filed into points,{{ref|ACOK|5}} and following Mushroom's account of the Flea Bottom rat pits in a previous era, this was likely done when he was a child competitor in the pits.