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The '''Gate''' is a cavernous [[mummer]]s playhall in [[Braavos]]. It was built by [[Izembaro]].
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The '''Gate''' is a [[mummer]]s' playhouse owned by [[Izembaro]] in [[Braavos]]. It is located by the edge of [[Drowned Town]], between the [[Outer Harbor]] and the [[Purple Harbor]] and near the [[Ship (playhouse)|Ship]].<ref name=mercy>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Mercy (The Winds of Winter)|Mercy]]</ref>
  
==About==
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==History==
The Gate is located close by the edge of Drowned Town, between the Outer Harbor and the Purple Harbor. [[The Ship]] is close by.  
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The Gate was built by [[Izembaro]] on the flooded stone foundation of a warehouse after it burned down; Izembaro was able to acquire the land for cheap. The Gate's stage developed a tilt as the building settled.<ref name=mercy/>
  
An old warehouse had burnt down where the Gate now stands and the ground is sinking a little more each year, so the land came cheap. [[Izembaro]] raised his playhall atop the flooded stone foundation of the warehouse.
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==Layout==
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Commoners such as sailors, peddlers, and prostitutes patronize the pit of the cavernous playhall. The first and third levels of the balconies are for respectable folk like merchants and captains. The fourth balcony, the highest, is where the seats are cheapest, so it is preferred by [[bravos]]. The second level, which has private boxes, is where the rich and mighty have the best views and can be catered to by servants. The second level is rarely full, however, as powerful Braavosi are more inclined to visit the [[Dome]] or the [[Blue Lantern]]. Although the [[Sealord of Braavos]] has never visited the Gate, Izembaro named the grandest private box after the ruler.<ref name=mercy/>
  
The Gate's stage developed a tilt as the building settled and water snakes nest in the flooded cellar.  The mummers costumes are prone to mildew.
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Water snakes nest in the flooded cellar, and the mummers' costumes are prone to mildew.<ref name=mercy/>
 
 
According to Izembaro the [[Dome]] and the [[Blue Lantern]] might enjoy more fashionable environs but with the Gate’s location being between the Outer Harbor and the Purple Harbor the troupe would never lack for sailors and whores to fill their pit. He told the mummers that the Gate would flourish as [[the Ship]] had, and in time he was proven right.  The [[Sealord]] has never visited the Gate, but Izembaro named a box for him anyway, the largest and most opulent in the house.
 
 
 
==Layout==
 
* '''The pit''': patronized by the ''hoi polloi''
 
The four balconies:
 
* '''The first level''': for merchants and captains and other respectable folk.
 
* '''The second level''': is cut up into private boxes where the mighty can comport themselves in comfort and privacy, safely apart from the vulgarity above and below. Patrons have the best view of the stage, and servants to bring them food, wine, cushions, whatever they might desire. It is rare to find the second balcony more than half full at the Gate; the mighty who relish a night of mummery are more inclined to visit the [[Dome]] or the [[Blue Lantern]], where the offerings are considered subtler and more poetic.
 
* '''The third level''': also for merchants and captains and other respectable folk.
 
* '''The fourth level''': the highest level.  The [[bravos]] prefer this level where the seats are the cheapest. 
 
  
 
==The company==
 
==The company==
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* The [[Snapper]]  
 
* The [[Snapper]]  
 
* [[Lady Stork]]
 
* [[Lady Stork]]
* Big [[Brusco]]
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* [[Big Brusco]]
 
* [[Bobono]]
 
* [[Bobono]]
 
* [[Marro]]
 
* [[Marro]]
* [[Daena]]
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* [[Daena (mummer)|Daena]]
* [[Mercy]]
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* [[Arya Stark|Mercy]]
 
* [[Wendeyne]]
 
* [[Wendeyne]]
 
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==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
 
===''The Winds of Winter''===
 
===''The Winds of Winter''===
The mummers of the Gate put on a performance of ''[[The Bloody Hand]]''.
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The mummers of the Gate put on a performance of ''[[The Bloody Hand]]'' in honor of an envoy of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], Ser [[Harys Swyft]].<ref name=mercy/>
  
==References and Notes==
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==References==
 
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[[Category:Places in Braavos]]
 
[[Category:Places in Braavos]]
[[Category:Buildings]]
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[[Category:Playhouses]]
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[[es:La Puerta]]
 
[[es:La Puerta]]
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[[fr:Portail]]

Latest revision as of 14:34, 24 May 2021

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The Gate is a mummers' playhouse owned by Izembaro in Braavos. It is located by the edge of Drowned Town, between the Outer Harbor and the Purple Harbor and near the Ship.[1]

History

The Gate was built by Izembaro on the flooded stone foundation of a warehouse after it burned down; Izembaro was able to acquire the land for cheap. The Gate's stage developed a tilt as the building settled.[1]

Layout

Commoners such as sailors, peddlers, and prostitutes patronize the pit of the cavernous playhall. The first and third levels of the balconies are for respectable folk like merchants and captains. The fourth balcony, the highest, is where the seats are cheapest, so it is preferred by bravos. The second level, which has private boxes, is where the rich and mighty have the best views and can be catered to by servants. The second level is rarely full, however, as powerful Braavosi are more inclined to visit the Dome or the Blue Lantern. Although the Sealord of Braavos has never visited the Gate, Izembaro named the grandest private box after the ruler.[1]

Water snakes nest in the flooded cellar, and the mummers' costumes are prone to mildew.[1]

The company

Recent Events

The Winds of Winter

The mummers of the Gate put on a performance of The Bloody Hand in honor of an envoy of the Seven Kingdoms, Ser Harys Swyft.[1]

References