| Alayaya | |
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 Chataya and Alayaya by Amok © | |
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| Aliases | |
| Allegiance | Chataya's brothel |
| Culture | Summer Isles |
| Born |
282 AC or 283 AC[3] King's Landing[4] |
| Mother | Chataya |
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Alayaya, sometimes called Yaya,[2] is a prostitute working at the brothel owned by her mother, Chataya, in King's Landing.
Appearance and Character
[edit]Alayaya is a beautiful young Summer Islander, with skin as smooth and black as polished jet, and wide dark eyes. She is taller than Shae, but not as tall as her own mother, Chataya.[4] She has sharp nails.[5]
Alayaya dresses in flowing silks, cinched at the waist with a beaded belt.[4] She speaks the Common Tongue with only a light accent.[4]
Tyrion Lannister considers Alayaya to be sweet and brave.[2]
History
[edit]Alayaya has Summer Islander ancestry but was born in King's Landing.[4]
Recent Events
[edit]A Clash of Kings
[edit]Thanks to Varys, who shows him a secret passage between a small stable and Chataya's brothel, Tyrion Lannister uses Alayaya as a cover for his visits to Shae.[4] Those in the brothel think the Hand of the King is using her services, but Alayaya actually spends this free time sleeping.[1]
Marei begins teaching Chataya's girls how to read.[1]
Just before the Battle of the Blackwater, Alayaya is abducted by the Kettleblack brothers at Queen Cersei Lannister's demand in order to pressure Tyrion, unaware that Tyrion's paramour is actually Shae. Alayaya scratches Osney Kettleblack's cheek during her arrest, so the sellswords beat and bruise her. Tyrion promises that whatever the Kettleblacks do to Alayaya during her confinement, he will have done to Prince Tommen Baratheon. Tyrion promises to free Alayaya, and the girl kisses his brow.[5]
A Storm of Swords
[edit]After the Blackwater, Lord Tywin Lannister has Alayaya tied to a post and whipped, then thrown out of the Red Keep naked and injured.[2] In an effort to apologize for her sacrifice and pain, Tyrion sends Alayaya a necklace of silver and jade and a pair of matching bracelets.[6]
After receiving his new knighthood, Ser Bronn of the Blackwater visits Chataya's brothel and sleeps with Alayaya and Marei simultaneously.[6]
Anguy reveals he spent the small fortune he had won in the archery contest at the Hand's tourney on Jayde, Alayaya and Dancy, girls from Chataya's brothel, and eating and drinking roast swan and Arbor wine.[7]
Oberyn Martell beds Alayaya, whose back is now scarred, during his visit to King's Landing.[8]
Quotes by Alayaya
[edit]Tyrion: You are very beautiful, Alayaya. From head to heels, every part of you is lovely. Yet just now the part that interests me most is your tongue.
Alayaya: My lord will find my tongue well schooled. When I was a girl I learned when to use it, and when not.[4]—Tyrion Lannister and Alayaya
Tyrion: What do you do while I'm gone?
Alayaya: Sleep. I am much better rested since you began to visit us, my lord. And Marei is teaching us to read, perhaps soon I will be able to pass the time with a book.
Tyrion: Sleep is good. And books are better.[1]—Tyrion Lannister and Alayaya
Tyrion: Sweetling, you must be brave. I'm sorry they hurt you.
Alayaya: I know you'll free me, my lord.[5]—Tyrion Lannister and Alayaya
Quotes about Alayaya
[edit]Tyrion: Does she come from your home lands, this girl?
Chataya: Her blood is the blood of summer, my lord, but my daughter was born here in King's Landing. My people hold that there is no shame to be found in the pillow house. In the Summer Isles, those who are skilled at giving pleasure are greatly esteemed. Many highborn youths and maidens serve for a few years after their flowerings, to honor the gods.[4]—Tyrion Lannister and Chataya
Tyrion: You are too beautiful for words, sweetling, but I've grown fond of Alayaya's remedy.
Dancy: You've never tried mine. Milord never chooses anyone but 'Yaya. She's good but I'm better, don't you want to see?[1]—Tyrion Lannister and Dancy
They tied her to a post in the yard and scourged her, then shoved her out the gate naked and bloody.[2]
—thoughts of Tyrion Lannister
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 29, Tyrion VII.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 4, Tyrion I.
- ↑ See the Alayaya calculation.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 15, Tyrion III.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 54, Tyrion XII.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 12, Tyrion II.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 39, Arya VII.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 66, Tyrion IX.