Editing Bay of Crabs

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The '''Bay of Crabs''' is a large bay that opens off the [[narrow sea]]. It lies along the southern [[Vale of Arryn]], eastern [[riverlands]], and northern [[crownlands]].

==Geography==
The bay's northern shore includes [[Gulltown]]{{ref|TWOIAF|The Vale}} and [[Wickenden]] in the [[Vale of Arryn]].{{Ref|TLOIAF|Westeros}} The mouth of the [[Trident]] at [[Saltpans]] and the [[Quiet Isle]] opens into the bay. Its southern shore includes [[Maidenpool]] in the [[riverlands]] and [[Crackclaw Point]] in the [[crownlands]].<ref>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'', [[A Dance with Dragons-Map of the South|Map of the South]]</ref>{{Ref|TLOIAF|Westeros}}

The waters of the Bay of Crabs shimmer blue and green{{Ref|ASOS|74}} or blue and silver{{Ref|AFFC|31}} in sunlight. A crooked trail on the southern shore between Saltpans and Maidenpool has sandy dunes, salt marshes, tidal pools, reeds, and [[willow|pussywillows]].{{Ref|AFFC|25}} A ferry allows travel between the [[Quiet Isle]] and Saltpans.{{Ref|AFFC|31}} Some [[smallfolk]] in the region live in homes built on rickety wooden stilts above the dunes, and they fish using leather coracles.{{Ref|AFFC|25}} The bay has deep waters at Maidenpool.{{ref|AFFC|14}}

Towns and villages grow less frequent as one travels east from Maidenpool toward the forests of Crackclaw Point.{{Ref|AFFC|20}}

Slow-moving streams flow into the Bay of Crabs, and wildlife include [[tern]]s, [[sandpiper]]s, [[frog]]s, and [[fox]]es.{{Ref|AFFC|25}} [[Crab]]s scurry in the shallow waters of the Quiet Isle.{{ref|AFFC|31}}

==History==
During the [[coming of the Andals]] to the [[Vale of Arryn|Vale]], [[Gerold Grafton (king)|Gerold Grafton]] put down a rebellion of the [[First Men]] of [[Gulltown]], with the dead thrown into the bay to feed crabs. Gulltown developed into a city under the rule of [[House Grafton]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Vale}}

The [[Storm King]]s from [[House Durrandon]] once controlled land from [[Cape Wrath]] to the Bay of Crabs, but they gradually lost much of it over the centuries.{{Ref|FAB|Aegon's Conquest}}

The [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] and [[House Arryn|Arryns]] fought a [[battle in the waters off Gulltown]] during [[Aegon's Conquest]].{{Ref|FAB|Aeong's Conquest}}

After fleeing [[Maidenpool]] during the [[Dance of the Dragons]], the dragonrider [[Nettles]] was last seen flying [[Sheepstealer]] in the morning mists of the Bay of Crabs.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[Arya Stark]] boards the ''[[Titan's Daughter]]'' in [[Saltpans]] intending to sail to [[Braavos]].{{Ref|ASOS|74}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[Brienne of Tarth]] spots fishermen in the bay at [[Maidenpool]].{{Ref|AFFC|14}} [[Dick Crabb]] escorts her from Maidenpool to the [[Whispers]].{{Ref|AFFC|20}} Septon [[Meribald]] later guides Brienne and her party from Maidenpool to the [[Quiet Isle]].{{Ref|AFFC|25}}{{Ref|AFFC|31}}

==Quotes==
[[File:Pojypojy MeribaldandCo.JPG|thumb|350px|[[Meribald]], [[Brienne Tarth|Brienne]], [[Podrick Payne|Podrick]], [[Hyle Hunt|Hyle]], and [[Dog (Meribald)|Dog]], by Pojypojy ©]]
{{Quote|[[Saltpans]], she hoped. A small castle dominated the town; no more than a [[holdfast]], really, a single tall square keep with a bailey and a curtain wall. Most of the shops and inns and [[ale]]houses around the harbor had been plundered or burned, though some looked still inhabited. But the port was there, and eastward spread the Bay of Crabs, its waters shimmering blue and green in the sun.{{ref|ASOS|74}}|thoughts of [[Arya Stark]]}}

{{Quote|There were no trees for leagues around, just sea and sky and sand. No land could have been more different from [[Tarth]], with its mountains and waterfalls, its high meadows and shadowed vales, yet this place had its own beauty, Brienne thought. They crossed a dozen slow-flowing streams alive with [[frog]]s and crickets, watched [[tern]]s floating high above the bay, heard the [[sandpiper]]s calling from amongst the dunes. Once a [[fox]] crossed their path, and set [[Dog (Meribald)|Meribald's dog]] to barking wildly.{{Ref|AFFC|25}}|thoughts of [[Brienne Tarth]]}}

{{Quote|Where [[Trident|the river]] meets the bay, the currents and the tides wrestle one against the other, and many strange and wondrous things are pushed toward us, to wash up on [[Quiet Isle|our shores]]. Driftwood is the least of it. We have found [[silver]] cups and [[iron]] pots, sacks of wool and bolts of [[silk]], rusted helms and shining swords ... aye, and [[ruby|rubies]].{{ref|AFFC|31}}|[[Elder Brother (Quiet Isle)|Elder Brother]] to [[Brienne Tarth]]}}

==References==
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{{region Crownlands}}
{{Region Riverlands}}
{{Region Vale of Arryn}}

[[Category:Bays|Crabs]]
[[Category:Places in the Crownlands]]
[[Category:Places in the Riverlands]]
[[Category:Places in the Vale]]

[[es:Bahía de los Cangrejos]]
[[fr:baie des Crabes]]
[[pt:Baía dos Caranguejos]]
[[ru:Крабий залив]]
[[zh:螃蟹湾]]