Editing Prostitution (section)

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Chatayas.jpg|thumb|350px|Chataya's brothel, by Bjarne Hansen © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Whores from throughout the realm come to the capital for the [[Hand's tourney]] and surrounding festivities.{{ref|AGOT|27}} The surrounding roads and inns become busy as well. While returning to the [[north]] from King's Landing, Lady [[Catelyn Stark]] sees whores traveling south to the capital.{{ref|AGOT|28}}

Lords [[Stannis Baratheon]] and [[Jon Arryn]] visited [[Chataya's brothel]] when trying to identify [[bastards]] fathered by King [[Robert I Baratheon]],{{Ref|AGOT|27}} and later, Lord [[Eddard Stark]] visits the same brothel for the same reasons, finding that [[Barra's mother|one of the whores]] has [[Barra]], a bastard daughter of King Robert.{{Ref|AGOT|35}}

[[Petyr Baelish]], the [[master of coin]] for King [[Robert I Baratheon]], owns many brothels. After Lord [[Eddard Stark]] is imprisoned by the [[Iron Throne]], Petyr hides [[Jeyne Poole]] in one of his [[Petyr Baelish's brothel|establishments]].{{Ref|AGOT|51}}

The camp follower [[Shae]] becomes the lover of [[Tyrion Lannister]].{{Ref|AGOT|62}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Before embarking on the [[great ranging]], many [[rangers]] go drinking and whoring in [[Mole's Town]]. To celebrate [[Grenn]]'s first ranging, [[Halder]], [[Pypar]], and [[Todder]] pay for his first woman. [[Samwell Tarly|Sam]] and [[Jon Snow|Jon]] are invited as well, but they remain at [[Castle Black]].{{Ref|ACOK|6}}

Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]] outlaws prostitution on [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]].{{Ref|ACOK|10}}

Tyrion brings Shae to [[King's Landing]] against the wishes of his father, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]].{{Ref|ACOK|3}} He visits Chataya's on several occasions as a front for his clandestine visits with [[Shae]] at a [[Shae's manse|manse nearby]].{{Ref|ACOK|15}} During one visit, [[Bronn]] goes off with a girl from [[Dorne]].{{Ref|ACOK|29}} Tyrion considers bringing King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] to the brothel so he can enjoy the girls.{{Ref|ACOK|36}} [[Marei]] teaches her fellow prostitutes how to read, and she wagers with [[Dancy]] over the latter girl's ability to seduce Tyrion.{{Ref|ACOK|29}}

Some whores use the [[Dragonpit]] as a place to entertain their customers and one of them, along with their patron, falls through the rotting floor into a cellar. There they find a hidden stash of [[wildfire]], placed by Lord [[Rossart]] during [[Robert's Rebellion]].{{ref|ACOK|49}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
During his journey to [[King's Landing]], [[Oberyn Martell]] hears from Lord [[Ralph Buckler]]'s steward that Tyrion Lannister has introduced a tax on whoring.{{Ref|ASOS|38}}

[[Anguy]] reveals he spent the small fortune he had won at the [[Hand's tourney]] at Chataya's brothel, enjoying lavish excesses with [[Jayde]], [[Alayaya]], and [[Dancy]].{{Ref|ASOS|39}}

When Tyrion is on trial for the death of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], Shae claims that she was forced to pleasure him.{{Ref|ASOS|70}} After Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] releases his brother from the [[Red Keep]]'s dungeon, Tyrion kills Shae after learning she had been sleeping with Tywin. Having also learned from Jaime that [[Tysha]] had not actually been a prostitute, Tyrion kills Tywin when his father says Tysha went "wherever whores go".{{Ref|ASOS|77}}

After the [[Red Wedding]], [[Petyr Frey]] wanders off with a camp follower, and is captured and hanged by the [[brotherhood without banners]].{{Ref|ASOS|Epilogue}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[Obara Sand]] claims the whores in the pillow houses of [[Dorne]] mourn the death of Prince [[Oberyn Martell]] so much that they are working for free.{{Ref|AFFC|2}}

Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] has the [[House Kettleblack|Kettleblacks]] remove Shae's body from Tywin's room and swears she will have the tongue removed of any man who mentions the whore was ever there.{{Ref|AFFC|3}}

During his stay at [[Maidenpool]], Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] decides that a whore accused of giving the [[pox]] to four Tarly soldiers is to be imprisoned and have her private parts washed with lye.{{Ref|AFFC|14}}

[[Masha Heddle's nephew]] reopens the inn, bringing in whores to attract customers.{{ref|AFFC|37}} When questioned by [[Rafford]], the innkeep and his whores attribute the deaths of Gregor's men to [[Sandor Clegane]], but Raff the Sweetling decides not to send men after the [[Hound]].{{ref|AFFC|27}} When Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] arrives at [[Harrenhal]], he requests to interview the whores from the crossroads, and then takes [[Pia]] into his entourage as a washerwoman.{{ref|AFFC|27}} Jaime believes she is likely barren, as she has not become pregnant after being with numerous soldiers.{{Ref|AFFC|30}}

During the [[siege of Riverrun]], [[Ryman Frey]] leaves the planning to his son [[Edwyn Frey|Edwyn]], so he can spend his time drinking and whoring.{{Ref|AFFC|33}} Ryman later crowns a whore with [[Crown#Crowns of the Kings in the North|the crown]] of [[Robb Stark]], taken by [[House Frey]] after the [[Red Wedding]], calling her [[queen o' whores]].{{Ref|AFFC|38}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Tyrion visits a sad [[sunset girl|scarred prostitute]] in [[Selhorys]],{{Ref|ADWD|22}} and later meets the [[widow of the waterfront]] in [[Volantis]], a former bedslave, who is still referred by the [[Old Blood]] of eastern Volantis as [[Vogarro]]'s whore.{{Ref|ADWD|27}}

The city of [[Tolos]] declares [[Daenerys Targaryen]] a [[whore]] and demands she return [[Meereen]] to its [[Great Masters]].{{Ref|aDwD|23}}

Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] arrives to end the [[siege of Raventree]], finding Jonos [[Bedding|abed]] in his tent with a camp follower named [[Hildy]].{{Ref|ADWD|48}}